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post #1 of 14
1/10/13 at 3:48pm
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Hello,

I am new to this forum, but have been into cologne since high school. I always took pride in what I wore cologne wise, you would never catch me with a can of axe or a bottle of Adidas. But now Im 22, and having a bit of a hard time finding new colonges that feel "right" on me. Im gonna see if you guys can help me, im going to list a few of my major players from my collection and maybe you guys can help me find things that are similar or would also work well with my taste.

The following are my any day of the week choices

Burberry brit
Armani code
Kenzo Homme Woody
gucci guilty intense
Ben Sherman (love/hate relationship with this one)
yves saint laurent nuit de l'homme

For the night out/bring one home:

D&G the one (formal)
Midnight in Paris Van Cleef & Arpels
yves saint laurent nuit de l'homme


SO if theres anyone who has a similar taste and has anything in their collection they think i might like, id love to hear from you.. Thanks

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post #2 of 14
1/10/13 at 3:58pm
THIS!

CHANEL ÉGO
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post #3 of 14
1/10/13 at 4:21pm
Dior Homme / Intense
Spicebomb
Rochas Man
Gucci Pour Homme II
Givenchy Play Intense
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post #4 of 14
1/10/13 at 4:25pm
For your age and for the winter maybe Chanel Allure Homme and Burberry London and L'Instant De Guerlain and Dior Homme for slightly more special occasions.
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post #5 of 14
1/10/13 at 4:33pm
Spicebomb, Aventus and Midnight in Paris for starters.
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post #6 of 14
1/10/13 at 4:51pm
Green Irish Tweed
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post #7 of 14
1/10/13 at 4:57pm
Thierry Mugler A Men Leather
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post #8 of 14
1/10/13 at 5:32pm
Midnight in Paris
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post #9 of 14
1/10/13 at 6:24pm
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Dior Homme / Intense
Spicebomb
Rochas Man
Gucci Pour Homme II
Givenchy Play Intense


Just bought rochas man for 25$, blind buy, but its cheap enough to let it gather dust if i dont like it. thanks for the input

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Spicebomb, Aventus and Midnight in Paris for starters.

Already have midnight in paris, as well as hanae mori and rochas man on the way, i think im good with the sweeter stuff for now, i heard spicebomb is a little sweet aswell, and until i find a sample a 100$ blind buy is not an option

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Midnight in Paris

got it, good stuff

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Originally Posted by martinijo View Post

For your age and for the winter maybe Chanel Allure Homme and Burberry London and L'Instant De Guerlain and Dior Homme for slightly more special occasions.

Im going to make a desicion between D&G homme, Dior Homme and Chanels Homme to start, Ive heard good things about all of them

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Green Irish Tweed

I have yet to venture into Creeds territory, but I hear theres good things over there.. Which is better between the green irish tweed and aventus ?

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Thierry Mugler A Men Leather

Heard many conflicting things about A*man frags, ive actually never even seen/heard about it until i found this site... i will have to acquire samples




And thanks everyone, you have given me a few hours of research and a half assed scavenger hunt to get started on
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post #10 of 14
1/10/13 at 6:46pm
Skip L'Instant de Guerlain pour Homme and get L'Essence de Cerutti. You can get a 3.4 oz bottle on eBay for $29.99 and you won't get a fake with this one.
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post #11 of 14
1/16/13 at 6:56am
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Skip L'Instant de Guerlain pour Homme and get L'Essence de Cerutti. You can get a 3.4 oz bottle on eBay for $29.99 and you won't get a fake with this one.



I grabbed this, very impressed... got it for 20$ shipped I can see myself sticking with this one and probably keeping it a secret as to what it is
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post #12 of 14
1/16/13 at 10:38am
The fragrance counter at Nordstrom is your friend. They let you make samples of anything you like.

If you like Armani Code and YSL Nuit, then you may like 1 million or Curve. They are both sweet. I also recommend you give the Cartier line a sniff, it has lots of the notes you like. On the more expensive side, you'll love Creed Aventus.
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post #13 of 14
1/16/13 at 10:54am
I'd strongly recommend you check out Gucci Pour Homme II and Bvlgari Black. Also, Hanae Mori H.M. really gets compliments from women, in my experience and can be had on the cheap online.

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Skip L'Instant de Guerlain pour Homme and get L'Essence de Cerutti. You can get a 3.4 oz bottle on eBay for $29.99 and you won't get a fake with this one.

L'Essence de Cerutti instead of LIDG? I didn't realize they're that similar. Are they?
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post #14 of 14
1/16/13 at 4:11pm
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I grabbed this, very impressed... got it for 20$ shipped I can see myself sticking with this one and probably keeping it a secret as to what it is

Glad you enjoy it!

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L'Essence de Cerutti instead of LIDG? I didn't realize they're that similar. Are they?

Not really similar but I consider them to be in the same vein. One is leather and one is citrus/cacao which sounds like two completely different elements of the spectrum but I see them having a similar purpose. This could be because my collection is dominated by sweet/gourmand fragrances though
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