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post #4741 of 5348
10/24/12 at 2:42pm
+1 for Gucci Pour Homme (2003). I'm starting to pay more attention to who gives me compliments on which scents in an effort to figure out what sort of woman likes what sort of scent. I have a feeling that women who like a man to smell "manly" will enjoy Gph. I had a woman tell me I smelled nice when wearing Aventus. I fetched a cotton ball and sprayed it with Gph to see what she'd think. Her exact words: "That smells like a MAN!"

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LOL, sorry funny!
PS A request/compliment for A&F Fierce from the wife!

Interesting! I've intentionally avoided trying Fierce because of the association with A&F and the assumption that it would be too young of a scent for a guy in his late 30s. I could totally be wrong about that!
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post #4742 of 5348
10/24/12 at 3:26pm
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Originally Posted by noirdrakkar View Post

I was at the zoo and this woman came up to me. Her boyfriend followed. She asked me for the time and told her boyfriend to get her a drink. She then leaned close to me, grabbed me, and told me that I smelled so good she could rub against me all night. I got her number and walked away.

What was I wearing? Creed Aventus.

Magic everytime!

I'm a big fan of Aventus but no offence that story sounds like total bullshit to me.
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post #4743 of 5348
10/24/12 at 6:41pm
My mother complimented me on Gendarme several hours after I sprayed it. Another scent that seems to go under the radar (olfactory fatigue). She discovered it for my father about twenty years ago and still remains her favorite to this day .

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Originally Posted by adam4949 View Post

I'm a big fan of Aventus but no offence that story sounds like total bullshit to me.



Come on man!! Is that really true ? That's just so hard to believe. !!
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post #4744 of 5348
10/24/12 at 10:02pm
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Originally Posted by adam4949 View Post

I'm a big fan of Aventus but no offence that story sounds like total bullshit to me.

...I think we're all in agreement there. See also: police woman story. And the story of being on a bus and having the driver stop and check seat by seat to find out who smelled so good. Oh, brother.
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post #4745 of 5348
10/25/12 at 6:19am
you all don't understand the magic of aventus
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post #4746 of 5348
10/25/12 at 6:25am
Hahaha!! You know, some of these compliment stories might be true, but I usually think they are bullshit or exaggerated.
I think the most crazy stories have come from people who wear Aventus.
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post #4747 of 5348
10/25/12 at 6:30am
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Originally Posted by Festivus81 View Post

Hahaha!! You know, some of these compliment stories might be true, but I usually think they are bullshit or exaggerated.
I think the most crazy stories have come from people who wear Aventus.

I wear Aventus, maybe not as much as I'd like to and I agree with your first statement - most of these stories (especially in this thread) are simply cobblers!!
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post #4748 of 5348
10/25/12 at 6:57am
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Originally Posted by rum View Post

I wear Aventus, maybe not as much as I'd like to and I agree with your first statement - most of these stories (especially in this thread) are simply cobblers!!

I also wear Aventus and I think it smells fantastic, but does it make skinny women with huge tits fall from the sky on to my lap? Not yet.
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post #4749 of 5348
10/25/12 at 8:28am
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Originally Posted by Festivus81 View Post

Hahaha!! You know, some of these compliment stories might be true, but I usually think they are bullshit or exaggerated.
I think the most crazy stories have come from people who wear Aventus.

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Originally Posted by rum View Post

I wear Aventus, maybe not as much as I'd like to and I agree with your first statement - most of these stories (especially in this thread) are simply cobblers!!

+1!
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post #4750 of 5348
10/25/12 at 8:33am
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Originally Posted by Desmond Hume View Post

+1!

I think I needed something else to impress women and get laid but I see I just need to buy aventus and I will be a total playboy
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post #4751 of 5348
10/25/12 at 9:49am
Last night wearing near 20 sprays of D&G The One, I got a compliment from 2 of my female colleagues sitting in the car indicating of SUFFOCATION!!!
I thought it's more smooth & light in sillage!!!
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post #4752 of 5348
10/25/12 at 10:25am
well you did wear 20 sprays so...
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post #4753 of 5348
10/25/12 at 10:45am
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well you did wear 20 sprays so...

I was worried one day I sprayed on me 6 times.... now 20 lol
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post #4754 of 5348
10/25/12 at 3:21pm

Today at work, later at a bar...... you would not believe it how ladies love it.... I did not believe it 4-5 compliments, one after another
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post #4755 of 5348
10/25/12 at 5:03pm
^^

Agreed, that stuff is magic in the cooler weather.
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post #4756 of 5348
10/25/12 at 5:15pm
Nuit seems to be the most complimented "can get at Sephora and regular department stores like Dillards" (as opposed to scents like Aventus and DHI which are either unavailable at local stores or only at the high end Neimans or Saks level places).
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post #4757 of 5348
10/26/12 at 4:36am
today Midnight in Paris did the trick!
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post #4758 of 5348
10/26/12 at 8:48am
today Fierce by Abercrombie & Fitch at the office
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post #4759 of 5348
10/27/12 at 12:22am
Jicky for today!
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post #4760 of 5348
10/27/12 at 11:24am
maybe because where I work I don't get compliments but few days ago a compliment on He Wood DSQUARED²
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post #4761 of 5348
10/27/12 at 11:23pm
My last three compliments over the past couple of weeks were Obsession, Rochas Man and Tuscany.
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post #4762 of 5348
10/28/12 at 8:28pm
Most recently: Iris Ganache and Rose Barbare (Guerlain)

A while ago: Un Jardin Sur Le Nil (Hermes)
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post #4763 of 5348
10/28/12 at 11:33pm
La Nuit de L'Homme right now seems to work really well at getting random compliments. Just a few hours ago I went to dinner with my girlfriend and her family since her sister was in town. At this point you are probably thinking the mom or sister were all over me right? Nope, they did compliment me, but the 70 year old pair of women in the booth next to our table kept remarking how I smelled good enough to eat.

As a result I am now being mercilessly mocked by my girlfriend and her family as liking women a little "dusty"

So yea, get La Nuit de L'Homme
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post #4764 of 5348
10/29/12 at 10:05am
La Nuit De L'homme PARFUM
GIT
Original Vetiver (most random compliments)
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post #4765 of 5348
10/29/12 at 12:08pm
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Originally Posted by Festivus81 View Post

I also wear Aventus and I think it smells fantastic, but does it make skinny women with huge tits fall from the sky on to my lap? Not yet.

PM me your address...I'll send them over to you when I'm exhausted!
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post #4766 of 5348
10/29/12 at 2:41pm
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PM me your address...I'll send them over to you when I'm exhausted!

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post #4767 of 5348
10/30/12 at 12:27am
bleu de chanel, did miracles yesterday!
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post #4768 of 5348
10/30/12 at 1:48pm
I Love NY For All today.
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post #4769 of 5348
10/30/12 at 2:22pm
Count another for the ever-reliable Rive Gauche!
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post #4770 of 5348
10/30/12 at 11:45pm
today Eau savage intense will do the trick...bet my head!
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post #4771 of 5348
10/31/12 at 2:34am
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Not had one in ages but got a 'you smell nice' today from a lady I walked past.

My first ever for.....

SYCOMORE by Chanel
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post #4772 of 5348
10/31/12 at 3:31am
Happy Halloween Everyone:
Aventus
Midnight in Paris, edp,
La Nuit de L'homme
Dior Homme Intense
Spicebomb
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post #4773 of 5348
10/31/12 at 10:55am
Figured I'd post a real experience since most seem fabricated.

I was at a Bachelor party this weekend, which ended at the strip club. This stripper sits down and starts trying to get me to buy a dance. She asks why I keep looking at my phone because it can't make me cum. I said "There is an ap for that!" She laughed and got caught off guard, but then went back to stripper mode. She grabbed my no-no area and leaned into my neck. Then she suddenly let go and pulled back. She went "DAMN YOU SMELL GOOD!" I smiled back and said thanks. She said well I guess I'm not getting a dance out of you. I said no and she walked off. I was wearing YSL Rive Gauche
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post #4774 of 5348
10/31/12 at 5:08pm
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Originally Posted by hunguy74 View Post


Today at work, later at a bar...... you would not believe it how ladies love it.... I did not believe it 4-5 compliments, one after another

Of all of the fragrances on here, this is the only one that I REALLY believe garners a lot of compliments.
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post #4775 of 5348
10/31/12 at 7:36pm
Aventus
Midnight in Paris, edp,
DHI,
La Nuit de L'Homme
Spicebomb
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post #4776 of 5348
10/31/12 at 10:38pm
In high school (4years ago) - Hugo Energize and 212 Men

Recently - Gucci by Gucci Pour Homme 2007 ; Girlfriend absolutely loves this
Dolce & Gabana Light Blue Pour Homme despite it's bad reviews on Basenotes
Doir Fahrenheit for obvious reasons

Sadly, Coolwater doesn't seem to last or project on me anymore so no compliments there
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post #4777 of 5348
11/1/12 at 5:53am
Chalk another up for Chanel Bleu de Chanel. Works everytime 100% of the time
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post #4778 of 5348
11/1/12 at 11:34am
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Originally Posted by rawraw View Post

Figured I'd post a real experience since most seem fabricated.

I was at a Bachelor party this weekend, which ended at the strip club. This stripper sits down and starts trying to get me to buy a dance. She asks why I keep looking at my phone because it can't make me cum. I said "There is an ap for that!" She laughed and got caught off guard, but then went back to stripper mode. She grabbed my no-no area and leaned into my neck. Then she suddenly let go and pulled back. She went "DAMN YOU SMELL GOOD!" I smiled back and said thanks. She said well I guess I'm not getting a dance out of you. I said no and she walked off. I was wearing YSL Rive Gauche

Nooo, this doesn't seem fabricated at all! Are you sure you weren't wearing Aventus?
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post #4779 of 5348
11/1/12 at 11:44am
I believe it but discount compliments from people who want your money.
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post #4780 of 5348
11/1/12 at 12:30pm
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Originally Posted by timmy-j View Post

Nooo, this doesn't seem fabricated at all! Are you sure you weren't wearing Aventus?


Of course he was wearing Aventus. There is an unwritten law that among wearers that nobody will reveal the secret of their porntastic lifestyle. Any common frag name may be substituted..
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post #4781 of 5348
11/1/12 at 12:38pm
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Originally Posted by MikeJ View Post

Of all of the fragrances on here, this is the only one that I REALLY believe garners a lot of compliments.


Just wondering why you think La Nuit is the the one that REALLY will garner compliments? Where you being sarcastic? or is it the sweetness of the frag? From my experiance women like sweet scents but they love fresh and clean ones as well.
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post #4782 of 5348
11/1/12 at 6:06pm
For me it's been Davidoff Cool Water, Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male, and Versace The Dreamer.
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post #4783 of 5348
11/1/12 at 6:55pm
Today I was given a compliment from a beautiful young Italian woman while wearing Lagerfeld Classic. I was a bit surprised as I dusted off this old classic and gave it a ride today. It still performs!
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post #4784 of 5348
11/1/12 at 8:01pm
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Originally Posted by keagz08 View Post

Gucci by Gucci Pour Homme 2007

Which scent do you mean? Gucci By Gucci wasn't released until 2008, which makes me wonder if you're actually referring to Gucci Pour Homme II, the tea based scent they launched in 2007? That's a really good one!

Or do you mean Gucci Pour Homme, their woody incense scent? Gph is often referred to as Gucci Pout Homme (2003) because Gucci had a previous scent named Gucci Pour Homme, launched back in the 70s.

Gucci really did a terrible job naming many of their scents. It's almost as if they WANT to be confusing! Luckily, some of their stuff is quite good. I think Gph(2003) and GphII are both outstanding.

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I got a nice compliment today on Corduroy by Zirh. I picked this one up REALLY cheap, and I'm impressed by it. It was something like $15 for 3.4 oz. It's one of the best bang for the buck cheapies I've come across. The bottle sure looks cheap - especially the cap - but the scent doesn't smell cheap at all.
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post #4785 of 5348
11/1/12 at 9:39pm
Newbie alert: First time posting/replying to any posts but thought I would reply to this one first

The scents that I have gotten to most compliments for up to this point are

John Varvatos Vintage(At least 3 since I got it a couple weeks ago.. One was when I was walking by some co-workers (male and female) and both said what are you wearing that smells good.. and another female co-worker walked by me and said "whatever you are wearing smells really good..)
Bleu De Chanel (Just the normal that smells really good)
CK Euphoria Intense(Had 1 co-worker(male) say "you're smelling fresh" and he would get whiffs of it and talk about how good it smells and another co-worker (female) smell it and say she better get away cuz it makes her want to bite me)
Burberry London (After it was drying down a co-worker got a whiff of it and said she liked it)

Most of the compliments were from work. I have yet to get some random person telling me they liked what I was wearing.
And most of these compliments were from different co-workers I would encounter too.
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post #4786 of 5348
11/3/12 at 7:32am
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Originally Posted by timmy-j View Post

Nooo, this doesn't seem fabricated at all! Are you sure you weren't wearing Aventus?

Ha ha, promise it really happened. Lipstixx on Bourbon street The funniest part was as soon as it happened, I thought to myself "I'm posting this on base notes"

It's my only female compliment thus far
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post #4787 of 5348
11/3/12 at 7:39am
Haters and snobs won't want to hear this, but Paco Rabanne 1 Million seems to be well-liked by young and middle-aged women. Ladies seem to be attracted to sweet notes, whereas I personally prefer some of the more masculine powerhouse type scents on myself
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post #4788 of 5348
11/3/12 at 9:25am
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Ha ha, promise it really happened. Lipstixx on Bourbon street The funniest part was as soon as it happened, I thought to myself "I'm posting this on base notes"

It's my only female compliment thus far

I believe it. I was just effing w/ you. It just sounded to me like one of those "Aventus posts". LOL
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post #4789 of 5348
11/3/12 at 9:20pm
Sorry all...but I have to do it...& add another tally mark for Aventus. Now, I don't have any far-fetched stories to tell and am certainly not trying to fuel the "hype" any more than it already is, but Aventus garnered me the most compliments in one day yesterday, than all of my other frags combined have in the past several months. On top of that, not a single compliment came within the first 12 hours of application, but actually between 12 to 14 hours after 2 sprays (front & back of neck).

I mean, I was still barely catching light whiffs by that point, which did surprise me, but I certainly didn't think it was still projecting. However, all of the compliments came from people more than a few feet away. Again, I'm not talking mind-blowing compliments, just the normal, unsolicited, "you smell great" & "I really like your cologne." What's strange is, I've worn Aventus several times before without any compliments. I think the main difference this time was I had sprayed my neck area after putting my shirt on, so some of it obviously got on my shirt as well. Somehow, this stuff becomes beastly & legendary on fabric, I guess, as I've never had it project that long on previous wearings. So, while I do think it's a fantastic & easily likeable fragrance, I also think a main reason it may get complimented so often in comparison to many others is how well it projects and lasts, especially if you've gotten any on your clothes.
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post #4790 of 5348
11/4/12 at 1:39am
For me a new projection beast is the new Cartier Declaration d'Un Soir. 2 Sprays and all people in the supermarket look after me. I saw that everybody turned the head and looked at me. In my winterjacket i began to sweat, and the sillage gets stronger and stronger. I was embarrassed. GREAT SMELL, spicy , woody, floral.
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post #4791 of 5348
11/4/12 at 6:07pm
i got my tenth compliment this week on aventus.

i went to a carnival and the operator of the ferris wheel she let me ride it for free just to get a smell of my wrist.

aventus <3
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post #4792 of 5348
11/4/12 at 6:22pm
I am thankful the pronoun is "it", or else...
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post #4793 of 5348
11/4/12 at 6:36pm
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Originally Posted by noirdrakkar View Post

i got my tenth compliment this week on aventus.

i went to a carnival and the operator of the ferris wheel she let me ride it for free just to get a smell of my wrist.

aventus <3

The power of Aventus.....
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post #4794 of 5348
11/4/12 at 6:57pm
Aventus
Midnight in Paris, edp,
La Nuit de L'Homme
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post #4795 of 5348
11/4/12 at 7:33pm
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Originally Posted by kocy View Post

I am thankful the pronoun is "it", or else...

OMG!! LOL you have such a dirty mind...

I like that. I don't know why I didn't think of that before...
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post #4796 of 5348
11/5/12 at 7:41am
I'm proud of my collection....I do get compliments and all but that's not what I'm after. I'm looking to buy the one fragrance that females in general find appealing and sexy. Not just something they would find generally pleasant, but something they can admit is really really good. Something that has the potential of leaving a good and looooooonnnnng lasting impression in their minds and also something that would make them want to get closer to me. I Know opinions vary....but they don't hurt at all. Thanks all.

NB: Here's what I already have in my wardrobe, so any suggestions other than what I HAVE in my wardrobe will be fine.

L'instant De Guerlain (EDP)
Azzaro Chrome Legend
Armani Code
Michael By Michael Kors
Ecko by Marc Ecko
Hugo Boss Orange
A*Men
B*Men
Versace Eau Fraiche
Baldessarini Strictly Private
Burberry Weekend
CK Euphoria Intense
Ted Lapidus Black Soul
1 Million
Azzaro Twin
L'eau D'Issey PH
Givenchy Play
Lanvin Oxygen PH
Lanvin L'homme Sport
Chanel Allure Homme Sport Eau Extreme
Hermes Equipage
Aqua di gio
Le Male
A*Men Pure Shot
Baldessarini Del Mar
Cerruti PH
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post #4797 of 5348
11/5/12 at 7:48am
inb4 Aventus

haha, in all seriousness, here are few that could match your description, aside from some that you already have:

YSL La Nuit
Dior Homme Intense
Chanel Platinum Egoiste
Terre d'Hermes Parfum
and yes....Creed Aventus
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post #4798 of 5348
11/5/12 at 7:53am
Just as a head up, 99% of whether a scent is sexy depend on the vibe you put out, not the specific notes (or else you see nothing but those sold at cologne departments). If you don't put out sexual vibes, women won't get that from your scent unless the associate that with something sexual from a previous encounter. That said, I would look into getting a more proper gourmand or two into your collection as women tend to have deep connections to food and you seem to be lacking in that catagory. You have some sweet scents but nothing super gourmand. Maybe something like Rochas Man/New Haarlem.
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post #4799 of 5348
11/5/12 at 7:54am
Pure Malt
Rochas Man
Dior Homme/Dior Homme Intense
Midnight in Paris EdP

Gourmands are always compliment getters.
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post #4800 of 5348
11/5/12 at 7:55am
And none of those have worked? Tough crowd!

Guerlain Vetiver Extreme
YSL Rve Gauche pour homme
Givenchy Gentlemen

are three that come to mind.
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