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Do you let your 5 yr old wear cologne?

post #1 of 13
12/31/07 at 2:37pm
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So my two daughters and I are spritzing on different perfumes (theirs are the body splashes in raspberry, freesia, warm vanilla sugar types) and my 5 year old son wants to smell good too.

Background: Taking my husband cologne sampling is like pulling teeth. He smelled Polo Explorer and Canali on paper but I only got samples of Burberry Brit and Dunhill. He likes Burberry Brit. The only other scent we have in the house are Gravity (from when I first met him) , leftover Old Spice (that he never wore) and soon Burberry Brit (which he will wear).

I am just starting out with perfumes so I don't really know what's out there. It's like the blind leading the blind at our house

What is appropriate, if anything, for a little boy?
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post #2 of 13
12/31/07 at 2:39pm
I think they sell a pirates of the caribean scent at disney land. But, I also think that mugler cologne is one of those fragrances that transends age, and would be appropriate on anyone.
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post #3 of 13
12/31/07 at 2:49pm
Last year I gave my 9 yr old nephew some Gendarme and He loves it....he said the little girls are always saying he smells good....I think that is pretty funny.
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post #4 of 13
12/31/07 at 3:16pm
There's a fantastic, good quality, and interestingly simple citrus made by Molinard for children: Une Souris Verte. ("A Green Mouse.") Depending on where you are, you'll very likely need to get this from somewhere online.

In general though, I think the idea of scents made cute for kids--Disney and even the Molinard example I suggest--is too cute for anyone's good. I'd get something simple but anything an adult would wear. Above examples of Gendarme and Mugler's Cologne are excellent ideas. I'd try a range of citruses on my 5 year old nephew, for example, and I couldn't help myself from trying simple vetivers on a kid too.
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post #5 of 13
12/31/07 at 3:50pm
They make a Harry Potter cologne that, to me, smells like a weaker version of Burberry Weekend. Maybe try looking for the HP cologne...but then if you can't find it, he can wear Weekend & then father & son will both have Burberry frags .
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post #6 of 13
12/31/07 at 4:21pm
No, she prefers to roll in cat shit.

(She's a Corgi/Heeler mix -- you didn't specify species.)
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post #7 of 13
12/31/07 at 4:43pm
when i was a kid i wore the croco kids...by lacoste...memories...now discontinued..

if i had a kid...haha weird thought at 17....i would MAKE them wear bvlgari petits et mamans or any of the petit prince s
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post #8 of 13
12/31/07 at 4:52pm
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Originally Posted by tvlampboy View Post

No, she prefers to roll in cat shit.

(She's a Corgi/Heeler mix -- you didn't specify species.)

lol....does she also treat cat poo as tootsie roll treats???

Thank you for everyone's suggestions. Now I have something to go by.

When we were little we were allowed to get those tiny 4711 bottles in Germany. Does anybody remember those. I haven't seen any here locally at all. I have some coming in the mail thanks to a bn'er so I can reacquaint myself with the scent. I'll see if my memories are more sentimental based or scent based
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post #9 of 13
12/31/07 at 8:49pm
If you can find it, Versace's Baby Blue Jeans is meant for kids. Smells pretty good, but doesn't have a hard masculine edge to it.
Renato
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post #10 of 13
1/1/08 at 12:53am
If I had kids I would give them my Black XS ,, Out of what I currently have in my collection its the most perfect one for lttle girls !!
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post #11 of 13
1/1/08 at 1:24am
Get him started on the right foot and simultaneously protect him from bullies. Give him some Kouros.
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post #12 of 13
1/1/08 at 1:33am
I just bought my seven year old boy baby blue jeans. Smells good but appropriate.
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post #13 of 13
1/1/08 at 1:46am
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Originally Posted by SculptureOfSoul View Post

Get him started on the right foot and simultaneously protect him from bullies. Give him some Kouros.

.. agreed ! and if that doesn't work there is always "One Man Show"
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