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post #361 of 5356
Gio and Code Pour Homme by Armani. Purple Label by RL. Green Irish Tweed by Creed. Wall Street by Bond No. 9. Diesel Fuel For Life Pour Homme. Polo Black, Romance Silver. Anything from Acqua di Parma. Angel for Men.
Gary
post #362 of 5356
Baime, Escada PH, Maubossin, Terre d'Hermes, and last but not least: Bois du Portugal
post #363 of 5356
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Originally Posted by akshay03 View Post

Unfortunately, I only received the most compliments on mass market stuff that I've moved on from. Stuff like Curve Crush, Acqua di Gio, and Abercrombie Fierce. I think the latter is also the reason I get complimented on Platinum Egoiste ("You smell good, is that Fierce?").

I wear cologne 1/3 for myself, 1/3 for girls, and 1/3 as a means of expression (which is why I've stayed away from the mass market stuff since). However, it seems that the ones that get complimented the most are "fresh" and "clean" smelling scents as opposed to Heritage or BdP.

This is an excellent and rather keen observation! I too have noticed similar responses. I teach 10th and 11th grade at a high school, so I'm constantly exposed to younger women who have nothing better to do than verbally critique an individuals sense in fashion.

I tend to wear a fragrance similar to yourself: 1/3 for me, 1/3 for the people I'm around most (my students), and 1/3 as a form of expression. The benefit I have is that I teach in a smaller, more rural area that hasn't been infiltrated by the "mass market" fragrances and is more on the economically downtrodden side. Wearing AdG gets me compliments where as BdP gets me nothing. Of course, I'm also younger (24) so BdP is a bit mature for an individual like myself in a teaching environment.
post #364 of 5356
Creed Green Irish Tweed garners the most "enthusiastic" compliments from my female co-workers.
post #365 of 5356
1. Dolce Gabbana
2. Hanae Mori/Angel Men (They smell very similar IMO)
3. Polo Double Black
4. Fierce
post #366 of 5356
Exellent thread guys.................

Ok heres mine:

Candies (claiborne) - many compliments
Polo double black (but gone after a few hours)
Michael Kors
Terre d' hermes
bvlgari extreme
post #367 of 5356
To be quite honest, as much as I love smelling fragrances, if women found it repulsive I probably wouldn't ever wear any.

I'm not going to go all Freudian and say that everyone does it to get some sort of sexual gratification - that being said, if there really were a scent that someone could wear that gave that person a high percentage of getting laid (I couldn't think of a euphemism), EVERY guy that could get his hands on it would wear it.

Despite what the title suggests, I just want to know what scents you guys get complimented on the most

I see fragrances as a way to set yourself apart, to be confident that you smell awesome, and (hopefully) increase your chances of getting some action.
post #368 of 5356
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Originally Posted by Havok View Post

Despite what the title suggests, I just want to know what scents you guys get complimented on the most

the only sticky thread?
http://community.basenotes.net/showthread.php?t=169857
post #369 of 5356
Don't you watch tv? It's AXE you're looking for, man!
post #370 of 5356
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Originally Posted by Domingo View Post

Don't you watch tv? It's AXE you're looking for, man!

Hahaha bingo

But seriously, I think it would be Kouros.. or some frag with decent amounts of Civet and/or Cumin maybe.
post #371 of 5356
Creed Acier Aluminium
post #372 of 5356
Kouros = Sex in a Bottle
post #373 of 5356
Musc Ravageur is like indulging in a post-coital cinnamon roll.
post #374 of 5356
If you ask a lot of women they'll tell you they like Joop and Eau D'Issey pour Homme.

I would never want anything to do with women who like those fragrances, so I'm quite glad I wear neither.
post #375 of 5356
Quote:
Originally Posted by CologneJunkie View Post

Musc Ravageur is like indulging in a post-coital cinnamon roll.

aka cinnamon roll in the hay?
post #376 of 5356
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Originally Posted by petruccijc View Post

Kouros = Sex in a Bottle

What is the exact name of this Kouros scent? Saw many variations with the Kouros name, just looking for the exact one. Thanks!
post #377 of 5356
I hate to be a stickler here but, there is a reason the mods felt it necessary to post a sticky at the top of the forum. There are many answers there from which to choose. That being said, Kouros is doing it porno style whereas SMN Gold Musk is like a school girl lolita pulling down her white cotton panties just before you deflower her!
post #378 of 5356
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Originally Posted by Ted34 View Post

What is the exact name of this Kouros scent? Saw many variations with the Kouros name, just looking for the exact one. Thanks!

Kouros (eau de toilette) by Yves Saint-Laurent

post #379 of 5356
Is it a compliment from a girl that you're looking for? I find that they usually compliment on scents that they would like to wear themselves! I think that's why they go wild for Gucci Envy for men. With a scent that they find sexually attractive doesn't it work more subliminally, and the outward response can even be Ooh, I don't think I like THAT!
post #380 of 5356
Hmmm..as of recent:

Creed Milliseme Imperiale & Acier Aluminum
Kiton Black
Miller Harris Feuilles de Tabac
Opium PH EDP
Hermes Equipage
Parfums de Nicolai New York
Serge Lutens Ambre Sultan
Frederick Malle Noir Epices
Montale Aoud Damascus, Ta'if Roses, Attar & Black Aoud
Gucci Envy
Michael Storer Winter Star
Lorenzo Villoresi Piper Nigrum
1776 Russian Leather Elsha
Czech & Speake #88
Nag Champa

post #381 of 5356
i get "u smell nice" often from ;
<b>vs very sexy </B>
lolita lempicka
versace man (the 'fresh' version)
aqua d gio
issey miyake and burberry touch
post #382 of 5356
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Originally Posted by CologneJunkie View Post

Musc Ravageur is like indulging in a post-coital cinnamon roll.

Where can I obtain said cinnamon roll?-
post #383 of 5356
So far...Cool Water and Burberry London...
post #384 of 5356
So there I was, eating lunch and the very cute waitress was totally unmoved by my Jean Patou PH. The next day I came in wearing Havana--nothing. Two days later I wore Versailles, and once agiain-- Strikeout. Zero!

Piqued with frustration, I remembered this thread and asked myself: " What would Yoda do ? "

So as she passed by me for a second time, I merely THOUGHT of that purdy gold MI bottle-- and the scent of GIT.

Instantly she stopped in her tracks, turned towards me, got on her knees and begged me to allow her to cut my steak, to which I graciously consented.

I believe I'll write a sequel to " The Secret. "

Cheers,

Mario
post #385 of 5356
Bois du Portugal
post #386 of 5356
Had a lady I was helping at work today stop in confusion, like she forgot what she was going to say.

"You...smell really good."

Aramis Havana
post #387 of 5356
What are the best frangrances for atrracting girls for nightlife, clubbing picking up, etc. No the "oh you smell nice" reaction, but the mainly for getting girls aroused with specific scents.

Somone already mentioned:

Kouros (eau de toilette) by Yves Saint-Laurent


Any other good ones to recommend?

Please give a link if this has been discussed before, but searched and couldn't find anything.
post #388 of 5356
ted ted ted... ted... ted ted ted ted ted...
post #389 of 5356
Kouros, A*Men and Havana are all regular staples for my nightlife, depending on the atmosphere.
post #390 of 5356
search search search...search...search search search search search
post #391 of 5356
kouros will do the exact opposite of what your asking... there's a thread sticky here and in the female section look tru both because their exactly what u want
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lmaooo it even got moved here
post #392 of 5356
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Originally Posted by xclusive View Post

kouros will do the exact opposite of what your asking...

According to you. But people are different, so while you may not like it or perhaps a few female friends may not like it doesn't flat out mean 100&#37; of other people will not like it.

I don't mean to come off confrontational but it really irks me when opinions come out sounding like they're fact.
post #393 of 5356
Opium, A*Men, Black XS, Canoe, DKNY Red Delicious, Brut, Le Male =]
post #394 of 5356
i was very hopeful about armani code, but no one realised it.

the three compliment winning fragrance of mine were armani pour homme (a girl said that she wanted to lick my neck and many girls complimented about it), escada casual friday (they were asking about if i smoked djarum black clove cigar recently) and givenchy pi (thanks to vanilla).

honestly two of my favourites were escada casual friday and tabac cologne, but i can not say girls love tabac.
post #395 of 5356
kouros. spray on and watch the panties fly...
post #396 of 5356
Girls don't compliment me.
So I'm kind of jealous.

It's all good. I know I smell sexy anyway
post #397 of 5356
Lolita Au Masculin, and anything YSL
post #398 of 5356
Terre de' Hermes, and my Opium went over well yesterday.
post #399 of 5356
reneirwold878 - i know.. shit that would explain why 90&#37; of this site loves it.. i didnt mean it like that, everything i type is what i think which most of the time is far from the fact.. i just get tired of using "imo", sorry if it came off the wrong way.

sandbox - haha dont feel too bad, i dont get either i like what i use to get noticed and wouldnt mind if someone told me it stinks, just acknowledge the damn thing lol
post #400 of 5356
Musc Ravageur is neat for that. :P There are lots of scents I dig, but I don't compliment people so...
post #401 of 5356
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Originally Posted by sandbox4837 View Post

Girls don't compliment me.
So I'm kind of jealous.

It's all good. I know I smell sexy anyway

That's what matters. Sometimes you just know you smell incredible and people around you love it, but none has the courage to comment. It should just give you a great feeling, especially if it shows on people's reactions towards you. One basenoter once said that the best compliments are unspoken, and I think this is very true.

My latest female compliment was from a colleague on Diptyque L'Ombre dans L'Eau. I got many comments from the same girl, and since it's a unisex fragrance, I decided to say thank you by giving her a small atomizer with about 3 ml of the Diptyque.

But so far, nothing has been a compliment getter for me as Habit Rouge. Males and females. Relatives, friends, colleagues, you name it. And for some reason they're not just compliments but whole conversations. People find it kind of strange and actually keep trying to guess what you smell like. I got many, many funny conversations out of this, and it's always interesting to see people guess what you smell like, only to correct them saying that what they're smelling is mostly HR's vanilla.

Next comes Parfum d'Habit. This is just so intriguing that almost everyone will ask. I had compliments and questions nine hours into wearing, and people open their eyes and mouths like this smiley from the beauty of the smell. It once got me 4 compliments in one day, a record.
post #402 of 5356
The last time i wore Black Orchid i think i got 4 compliments by different females in one day.
post #403 of 5356
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Originally Posted by knightowl View Post

I have a mini of Kouros on the way, can't wait to wear it!

hi, I tried Kouros recently and had to wash it off after an hour (BTW it wouldn't wash off) I hated it...I like AdG, Opium PH, M7, D&G, Rochas Man, Pi, Boss Bottled, Bogart Man, V.S Very Sexy...etc so you get an idea
Amir
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hi, I tried CDG MAN2 recently and had to wash it off after an hour (BTW it wouldn't wash off) I hated it...I like AdG, Opium PH, M7, D&G, Rochas Man, Pi, Boss Bottled, Bogart Man, V.S Very Sexy...etc so you get an idea
Amir
post #404 of 5356
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mostapha View Post

That's what matters. Sometimes you just know you smell incredible and people around you love it, but none has the courage to comment. It should just give you a great feeling, especially if it shows on people's reactions towards you. One basenoter once said that the best compliments are unspoken, and I think this is very true.

My latest female compliment was from a colleague on Diptyque L'Ombre dans L'Eau. I got many comments from the same girl, and since it's a unisex fragrance, I decided to say thank you by giving her a small atomizer with about 3 ml of the Diptyque.

But so far, nothing has been a compliment getter for me as Habit Rouge. Males and females. Relatives, friends, colleagues, you name it. And for some reason they're not just compliments but whole conversations. People find it kind of strange and actually keep trying to guess what you smell like. I got many, many funny conversations out of this, and it's always interesting to see people guess what you smell like, only to correct them saying that what they're smelling is mostly HR's vanilla.

Next comes Parfum d'Habit. This is just so intriguing that almost everyone will ask. I had compliments and questions nine hours into wearing, and people open their eyes and mouths like this smiley from the beauty of the smell. It once got me 4 compliments in one day, a record.


But, Mostapha,

Is it Habit Rouge eau de cologne or eau de toilette you are wearing ??

Regards,
Renz
post #405 of 5356
Renz,

He told me it's the EDT.
post #406 of 5356
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Originally Posted by ChuckW View Post

Renz,

He told me it's the EDT.


Thanks ChuckW !!

;-)
post #407 of 5356
renzo, it is the EdT. HR is one of my absolute favorites, but strangely, I have not taken the time yet to test any of the variations.
post #408 of 5356
correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the EdT a variation? The EdC is the original?


Actually, Armani Code used to get a lot of compliments on me.
post #409 of 5356
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Originally Posted by baudilus View Post

correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the EdT a variation? The EdC is the original?

I don't know really. Anyone?
post #410 of 5356
I'm not in the industry and I don't have specific or certain knowledge, but my understanding--based on lots of scent collecting and reading about the stuff--is that the edc was indeed the first. I'm pretty sure Scentemental's fantastic post on Habit Rouge in all its mixes spells this out too, and a search will find that post.

Great post on the compliments you get from HR, Mostapha. A pleasure to read it.
--Chris
post #411 of 5356
When I was 14 I got a bottle of Kouros Body, by YSL and wore it non stop for about 6 years... I think i must have bout 12-14 bottles, i received the single most compliments wearing that perfume, turned 4 friends on to it.and actually had women stop me in the street to ask about it...
It was the the best elevator conversation piece...

Then for sure Passage Denfer by L'Artisan and now Cruel Intentions by Killian, Natalie Portman stopped me at a party a couple of weeks ago to inquire about the scent.
post #412 of 5356
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Originally Posted by lordnemekris View Post

When I was 14 I got a bottle of Kouros Body, by YSL and wore it non stop for about 6 years... I think i must have bout 12-14 bottles, i received the single most compliments wearing that perfume, turned 4 friends on to it.and actually had women stop me in the street to ask about it...
It was the the best elevator conversation piece...

Then for sure Passage Denfer by L'Artisan and now Cruel Intentions by Killian, Natalie Portman stopped me at a party a couple of weeks ago to inquire about the scent.

My wife and I nearly gagged on Kouros Body. I actually threw it away after three attempts at wearing it. Out the door. I think it is one of those love/hate fragrances.
post #413 of 5356
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mostapha View Post

renzo, it is the EdT. HR is one of my absolute favorites, but strangely, I have not taken the time yet to test any of the variations.

Yep my friend, the EdT is a variation..The EdC was the first..
Thanks to you, I tried an unopened sample of the EdT and waw...what a longlivity !! It stays with you as a good but clamorous friend, and when you are sweating, it becomes a cloud of light vanilla, that superb oriental touch !..

Waw !!

;-)
post #414 of 5356
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Originally Posted by highdudgeon View Post

My wife and I nearly gagged on Kouros Body. I actually threw it away after three attempts at wearing it.

God I'd kill for a bottle of Body Kouros and you people are throwing it away! That, mister, is unacceptable!

Quote:
Originally Posted by lordnemekris View Post

When I was 14 I got a bottle of Kouros Body, by YSL and wore it non stop for about 6 years... I think i must have bout 12-14 bottles, i received the single most compliments wearing that perfume, turned 4 friends on to it.and actually had women stop me in the street to ask about it...
It was the the best elevator conversation piece...

Man I see what you mean. If I ever detected Body Kouros on someone, I would not just compliment, I would stop them and have a whole Body Kouros conversation, which in turn will lead to a Kouros conversation, then a YSL conversation.

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Originally Posted by renzo View Post

Yep my friend, the EdT is a variation..The EdC was the first..
Thanks to you, I tried an unopened sample of the EdT and waw...what a longlivity !! It stays with you as a good but clamorous friend, and when you are sweating, it becomes a cloud of light vanilla, that superb oriental touch !..

Waw !!

;-)

I'm glad you enjoyed it.
post #415 of 5356
Mostapha: You'd kill for a bottle of Body Kouros? Is it discontinued or unavailable in your country? I see it all the time [in Sydney].

I got a compliment for Victoria's Secret - Very Sexy today. :-)
post #416 of 5356
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Originally Posted by lordnemekris View Post

,....Natalie Portman stopped me at a party a couple of weeks ago to inquire about the scent....


Holy Christ!
post #417 of 5356
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Originally Posted by interludeINC21 View Post

Mostapha: You'd kill for a bottle of Body Kouros? Is it discontinued or unavailable in your country? I see it all the time [in Sydney].

It's available everywhere, but I've got a) budget issues b) prioritized wish list.
post #418 of 5356
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Originally Posted by Mostapha View Post

It's available everywhere, but I've got a) budget issues b) prioritized wish list.

Man, if you'd kill for a bottle of Body Kouros on a whim. I wonder what you'd do for something that's higher up on your priority list. LOL.
post #419 of 5356
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Originally Posted by Rawk Lee View Post

Man, if you'd kill for a bottle of Body Kouros on a whim. I wonder what you'd do for something that's higher up on your priority list. LOL.

You just had to remind me of the "something higher on my priority list" didn't you? I was trying hard to forget about it. I kept myself busy with sports, college, sitcoms and video games, and you come here and blow all this with a single, one-line post? Thank you, now I'm getting imaginary whiffs of Dior Homme all over again.

Something on topic. Wearing DH, I got a female comment saying that it really smells feminine (I took it as a compliment). Dior Homme is one of those fragrances that people actually remember. I had a question about it a few days later.
post #420 of 5356
Funny what you guys are saying, because i bought Body Kouros yesterday.
I have to say i loved it right away, like many YSL.
I wore it today (one spray on the chest ,1 below each ear, one on the wirst) , and i had 3 girls of my office telling me it was smelling very very good, of course without that i do or ask anything , just "free" compliments..

First time it happened to me 3 in the same morning, i was impressed. Specially since i worked with 3diferent women this morning, 3/3 seems a pretty nice score.

Also women under 30-35, specially in the 20-35 range LOVE vanilla scents and fresh ( mainly citrus) scents, probably even much more than men do.

I get lots of compliments for Versace Dreamer and its potent vanilla. I like it but would not give it a higher rating than 7/10. Also , all the "fresh" scents like Allure , Burberry classic (former london) get me lot s of compliments. And from many diferent girls (under 35 i have to admit.)

I think it s quite sure that female and male tastes about male fragrances are diferent. They also don t like patchouli that much.

However, i m 26 and speak only about women under 35, it might change (drasticaly for women over 35).
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