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What to wear to work on a hot day

post #1 of 11
6/28/12 at 12:13am
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Tomorrow is going to be 90 degrees here and I never know what to wear on a day like this. I walk about 8 blocks to work, so I can be quite hot by the time I get in. However, once I'm there, I'm in cool air conditioning. I feel as though anything that will work well in the air conditioning will be very strong and gross by the time I get to work and anything light and fresh will be nice on the walk, but way too weak once I've been inside for a while.

So what do you do on days like this?
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post #2 of 11
6/28/12 at 12:25am
leave a bottle at work and apply after you've arrived?
I leave a bottle or two at work, locked in my drawer so I can apply weaker scents after I've arrived (or re-apply if the scent is gone)

I thought about making my own split of my fav scents but lots of my bottles doesn't twist off for a split..
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post #3 of 11
6/28/12 at 12:26am
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Acqua di Parma Colonia works for me in these situations.
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post #4 of 11
6/28/12 at 12:38am
Whatever you like.
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post #5 of 11
6/28/12 at 3:32am
Edition Blanche
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post #6 of 11
6/28/12 at 4:19am
Monsieur Balmain
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post #7 of 11
6/28/12 at 5:47am
Standard answer...TdH. I put on before train and from walk to office from train it comes out some and stays nice inside. I do carry a decant of my home bottle in my briefcase though just in case.
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post #8 of 11
6/28/12 at 5:49am
Angel Men duh something clean like Gendarme or any from the Acqua Di Parma line would work just fine.
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post #9 of 11
6/28/12 at 5:58am
Anything citrus or aquatic works for office wear in hot weather. And you can get away with almost anything else, just as long as you apply very modestly. If you're at all worried about annoying your coworkers, start with just one spray to the chest, and ask a trusted friend or co-worker if they can smell your fragrance. Proceed carefully from there.

I wore Amouage Reflection Man to the office on a scorching hot day. It's not usually something I'd wear to the office, but just one small spray, and it worked beautifully. I caught whiffs of it all day long - a very entertaining fragrance - and no one commented positively or negatively. I asked a fragrance friend at work what she thought, and she said she couldn't smell anything. Nice. I like Reflection Man, but it's not quite something I want to share with my co-workers.

A good, middle-of-the-road fragrance for office wear in warm weather: Bleu de Chanel. It's always a hit with my female co-workers.
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post #10 of 11
6/28/12 at 9:18am
YSL Live Jazz
L'Eau par Kenzo

These are the ones I wear on the hottest days of the year.
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post #11 of 11
6/28/12 at 1:42pm
L'Eau par Kenzo pour Homme by Kenzo - Initially, one is treated to a biting and sparkling blast of yuzo, somewhere between a grapefruit and a mandarin orange, with its lemon-like tangy and floral aspects. This sharp and bright citrus slowly pairs with ho leaf, which tinges the pseudo-lemon with its spicy and sweet, floral and rosewood overtones, yielding an almost lemon, furniture polish accord, morphing the stark citrus into a luscious smoothness. The refreshing, watery middle beckons. Here, in the heart, the pseudo-lemon is immersed in a bath of lotus flower, with its lovely, water lily greenness with a hint of mint, sharp and fresh ozone notes, as well as refreshful aquatic notes, with its faint, marine and mint accord, and steeps into a soothing lemonade. Pleasant white musk usurps the cool blend into the awaiting base, imparting its sweet and floral facets, and its cohort, green pepper, adds a kiss of earthiness before meandering to the light and airy drydown. A wonderful fragrance to be turned to in the heat of the summer, this fresh and crisp composition is a vibrant, green, lemony and woody scent, and has average longevity and projection. In the sweaty dog days of the summer, you need this!
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