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post #1 of 35
12/3/08 at 6:55am
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Ok, so heres the deal. My dad is anti-fragrance, to say the least. He does not approve of my hobby, he thinks that colognes are girly, etc. etc. etc. He thinks that women think that the smell of a clean man with fresh sweat is sexy and that fragrances started out for women and now the industry is trying to feminize men. Now so that the intro is out of the way, I wanna convert him. I wanna prove to him that there is more to this art than smelling "girly". I want an overly masculine scent, that would be easy for him to appreciate. Something that can prove that you can smell like a "man" and still smell good. What would you guys suggest I get to try to convert the unconvertable?
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post #2 of 35
12/3/08 at 7:20am
Parfums de Nicolai New York. It's classy, masculine, and refined.

There are plenty that would work great like H.O.T. Always, Baie de Genievre, C/S No. 88, etc but I think New York would definitely be something that someone who thinks all perfume is girly would enjoy.
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post #3 of 35
12/3/08 at 7:28am
Anything from CB I Hate Perfumes is perfect. Cedarwood Tea or In The Library would be "anti-girly".

Or just get him some Secretions Maqnifique and dare him to find any girly qualities to it.
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post #4 of 35
12/3/08 at 7:36am
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Parfums de Nicolai New York. It's classy, masculine, and refined.

That's a good idea, I've been wanting to sample it myself, so I guess its a win/win.

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Anything from CB I Hate Perfumes is perfect. Cedarwood Tea or In The Library would be "anti-girly".

I don't really want to drown him before he knows how to swim, so to say. I want it to be something that he could easily approach, and I'm just not so sure that something like CB would be a good place to start him out on but definitely thanks for the idea! [/QUOTE]

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Or just get him some Secretions Maqnifique and dare him to find any girly qualities to it.

While, yes, that would cure him of his "all frags are girly" stance, I still need to be around him! I don't think I want to submit myself to that much pain.
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post #5 of 35
12/3/08 at 7:40am
He'll appreciate Rive Gauche for its distinct barbasol feel.

TNMA
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post #6 of 35
12/3/08 at 7:42am
Yatagan
Azzaro pour Homme

Both are inexpensive also.
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post #7 of 35
12/3/08 at 8:49am
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He'll appreciate Rive Gauche for its distinct barbasol feel.

TNMA

I'd second that.. I thought about that one as well.
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post #8 of 35
12/3/08 at 8:54am
Or you could go for the comical angle and get him L'Antimatiere.

Granted, if you can smell it (I can, and it's STRONG, but it seems most can't) it's amazing.


Otherwise, I'd got with Yatagan, Salvador Dali PH, or Route du Vetiver.
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post #9 of 35
12/3/08 at 9:25am
that horny bottle with the manbits petruding a.k.a Le Male outta do the trick...

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post #10 of 35
12/3/08 at 9:38am
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Great recs guys. I have never tried Yatagan, but now may be the time to try it. Keep em coming.
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post #11 of 35
12/3/08 at 9:48am
Yatagan is a great recommendation.
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post #12 of 35
12/3/08 at 10:02am
Lets think about this for a minute. A fragrance for someone who doesn't like fragrances, or something they will like, and actually use, and appreciate. Hmmmm!
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post #13 of 35
12/3/08 at 10:03am
Fahrenheit might be worth considering too. You can't get much farther away from feminine than gasoline notes!
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post #14 of 35
12/3/08 at 10:18am
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Originally Posted by Ron199 View Post

Lets think about this for a minute. A fragrance for someone who doesn't like fragrances, or something they will like, and actually use, and appreciate. Hmmmm!


I'm sorry that my post may have left a little grey area there, but I'm not talking about an "antif-frag" more of something so unabashadly masculine and beautiful that it will convince someone who, sees all that smells good to be non-masculine, to think twice about the industry as a whole. Those were my initial hopes. I will be going to Neiman Marcus soon and hope to get him to try Vintage Tabarome and Royal English Leather, theres no way he could think those were feminine.
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post #15 of 35
12/3/08 at 10:30am
Yatagan gets another vote.

Does he use scented soap or body wash? You could get him the body wash version of a fragrance (Rive Gauche has one, for example) and tell him a few weeks later that there is a EDT version of it too.
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post #16 of 35
12/3/08 at 10:33am
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Originally Posted by mtgprox05 View Post

I'm sorry that my post may have left a little grey area there, but I'm not talking about an "antif-frag" more of something so unabashadly masculine and beautiful that it will convince someone who, sees all that smells good to be non-masculine, to think twice about the industry as a whole. Those were my anitial hopes. I will be going to Neiman Marcus soon and hope to get him to try Vintage Tabarome and Royal English Leather, theres no way he could think those were feminine.

Royal English Leather
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post #17 of 35
12/3/08 at 10:37am
Rochas Lui
Gucci PH
Kouros *snigger*
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post #18 of 35
12/3/08 at 10:46am
There's no way your dad would think CdG Monocle Scent One: Hinoki could be 'girly'.
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post #19 of 35
12/3/08 at 11:51am
give Him Leather!
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post #20 of 35
12/3/08 at 11:59am
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Originally Posted by Dimitri View Post

Rochas Lui

Oh hell yes. This would please anyone.
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post #21 of 35
12/3/08 at 12:06pm
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Originally Posted by Big_Scooter View Post

Yatagan gets another vote.

Does he use scented soap or body wash? You could get him the body wash version of a fragrance (Rive Gauche has one, for example) and tell him a few weeks later that there is a EDT version of it too.

No, he really is just not into the whole scented anything. He prefers to just smell clean, and will use what ever my mother buys. I think he like Irish Spring soap though.
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post #22 of 35
12/3/08 at 12:41pm
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Originally Posted by thenmarcher View Post

He'll appreciate Rive Gauche for its distinct barbasol feel.

TNMA


This was going to be my suggestion as well
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post #23 of 35
12/3/08 at 12:43pm
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Originally Posted by mtgprox05 View Post

No, he really is just not into the whole scented anything. He prefers to just smell clean, and will use what ever my mother buys. I think he like Irish Spring soap though.

Clean, huh? Mugler Cologne or Original Vetiver.

Or Patrick from Fragrances of Ireland for Irish Spring!

Any of the Gendarme fragrances, especially V.
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post #24 of 35
12/3/08 at 12:45pm
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Originally Posted by thenmarcher View Post

He'll appreciate Rive Gauche for its distinct barbasol feel.

TNMA

Let me just say, coming from when I never wore fragrances and when I first started this hobby, I didn't like Rive Gauche one bit.
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post #25 of 35
12/3/08 at 1:02pm
The smell of cigarette/cigar smoke is generaly considered masculin. Very Valentino Pour Homme (silver box), Vintage Tabarome or Davidoff Zino would do the trick.
I myself wouldn't use Royal English Leather for this purpose. It can be cloying and is not so much masculin.
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post #26 of 35
12/3/08 at 1:08pm
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Originally Posted by SculptureOfSoul View Post

Fahrenheit might be worth considering too. You can't get much farther away from feminine than gasoline notes!

Curious - my mother always said Fahrenheit was much too feminine for a man and, although I love it, I still don't think of it as a very masculine scent.

My suggestions for the thread originator would be something like Lagerfeld Classic, Dunhill Edition or Pierre Cardin.
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post #27 of 35
12/3/08 at 2:57pm
Creed Bois Du Portugal

CDG 2 Man


if you want something easier accessible - Juicy Couture Dirty English
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post #28 of 35
12/3/08 at 3:57pm
Either something undeniably masculine like Aramis, a gentlemanly EdC like Monsieur de Givenchy, or an environmental fragrance like Anat Fritz. When was he 16? Maybe try to get that in a bottle.
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post #29 of 35
12/3/08 at 4:02pm
Aramis and Guerlain Vetiver - are both masculine (non-girly), traditional, and clean/soapy smelling.
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post #30 of 35
12/3/08 at 8:15pm
Let him die a paranoid and insecure man. j/k
or...Hermes Bel Ami.

EDIT!!!! : TUSCANY by ARAMIS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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post #31 of 35
12/3/08 at 8:27pm
Old Spice
Guerlain Vetiver
Polo Green
Versace L'Homme
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post #32 of 35
12/3/08 at 9:33pm
Yep another vote for Guerlain Vetiver. Clean, masculine and not that expensive.
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post #33 of 35
12/3/08 at 9:58pm
was going to post yatagan as well. But if your Dad is any kind of a gearhead
TAR by CDG. I got my bottle in today and its divine.
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post #34 of 35
12/3/08 at 10:14pm
My Dad's the same and he actually likes Beckham Instinct. I think a masculine classic like Guerlain Vetiver may appeal to someone whos worried about 'smelling like a girl.'
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post #35 of 35
12/3/08 at 10:24pm
Eh.. just throw him in the deep end and get him a 4.2 oz bottle of Fleur du Male.
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