Asian Men: Your Favorite Fragrance?

[greendragon]

A Thai gent where I work asked me about the cologne I was wearing, It was Eau De Caron Forte. He went out that night and bought a bottle. That's all he seems to wear these days...

[skyhye0808]

i am telling you man, fahrenheit is the longest lasting men's fragrance there is...there simply has to be something wrong with ur nose because i get 24 plus hours out of this stuff...

[somethinpositiv]

I think it's better to avoid stuff like YSL Opium or M7, because imho those smell like an Asian medicine cabinet. If - for example - a western person would wear those fragrances, it would smell exotic on him. But if an Asian would wear it, it would smell like he's having a cold and put on some medicine on his chest. My uncle is into Chinese (herbal) medicine and acupuncture, and his storage rooms do smell like that. Kinda.

I felt that way when I tried Pomegranate Noir. NOT for Asians lol. I think I can pull off M7 though; I'm don't think westerners would associate Oud wood with traditional Chinese medicine...

[shadowzxfire]

MEGA BUMP!

i'm an ABC as well and from some research i've been doing on google.. i think that as asians (well, lighter skinned) our skin types play a major factor in how well our scents project..

i've been using sillage monsters like Le Male and A*men and can barely smell them after an hour. I asked a friend if i was wearing any cologne and she looks super confused at me.. the only time I can get any sillage or longevity is when i spray like CRAZY.

I sprayed Black XS and 1 million both 7 times before I asked my friend if she could smell me and she had to get within 3 inches of me and then said yeah i kinda smell something.. so I think it is really our genetic problem

i tried the whole unscented lotion or frag/lotion/frag method and that kinda helps.. but not really.

[heperd]

Its just you. May be different with 2 billion other people, or maybe not. Keep spraying like crazy if that works. Spray lower down far away from your nose.


You mega bumped a thread just so I will get closed very soon

[mesaboogie]

Asians only??? What kind of racial stereoptyping is this?!!??


J/k

As a half South Korean man I enjoy Aventus, Tobacco Vanille, and Acqua Di Gio the best right now.

[Wit_Siamese]

I am Thai. What popular here are what Kiat have mentioned.

My favourites that work great here are

- Fahrenheit : 3 sprays on center of my chest last for a day

- Green Irish Tweed : I have test it on one hand and Cool Water on the other, I prefer GIT

- Aventus

- Sycomore : It is the best smoky vetiver in my opinion

- Timbuktu by L'Artisan Parfumeur

- Esencia Loewe : great scent when I travel in the forest in the north last week.

[eMCizzle]

Hmm I'm Filipino-American, and I LOVE sweet fragrances as well. But I'm not sure what kind of sweet you are looking for recommendations on? Floral sweet, gourmand sweet, etc. Also, your age might help me help you as well.

Cheers,

~Mªrk~

[hobbes22]

The OP posted this in 2007 - I think he's probably long gone.

I'm half Chinese btw, and I'm not sure how this is supposed to affect my skin. I have dry skin that tends to absorb scent, is that related somehow?

[undercover]

Philippines here

My current top fav

Gucci pour homme II
Chanel allure homme
Chanel sycomore
Chanel coromandel
BOD fresh blue musk

[change1]

This post is racist...

[icanzapyou]

Guys, I can't help but think we're all being kind of silly here. Does color actually affect the scent, or does it have more to do with texture, dryness, etc.? I totally realize I might be using flawed logic, but that's like saying a scent will smell different if I spray it on black construction paper vs. white construction paper. In all seriousness and with zero sass, if someone wants to educate me I'm more than happy to learn.

[icanzapyou]

Oh and to actually answer the question my current favorite is Rose 31 from Labo

[funhuntr]

I don't think this is racist at all, if you read through it.
The OP was Asian, and the responses were either suggesting frags or discussing if race or genetics has some kind of effect in the way frags are perceived or absorbed. I'm from Manila Philippines, and was also wondering if there were some frags that work better with Asians in the tropics as compared to say, people of Arabic descent in the Middle East (who have great access to ouds and attars).
Anyway, topsellers here are always in the fresh-aquatic vein, like Acqua di Gio, Hugo Hugo Boss...a lot of people wear Cool Water and CKOne or its copies. Versace Eau de Fraiche has been around for a while but it's a forum fave in the Phils. There's a good number also stuck in the Fahrenheit-Drakkar Noir-Eternity realm too. A*Men does not have good distribution in the Phils (and it's so freakin' hot and humid here) so I guess this is at least one market that's not A*Men crazy.

[Indaco]

I'm half Chinese and have no problems with longevity. Most frags stick with me through the workday, and a handful will still be going strong late in the evening.

[cikonan]

Hi.... I am Asian too. My favorite designer perfumes currently are Dunhill Brown, Ed Hardy Born Wild and Banana Republic.

[espinado]

For a Asian men = Bois 1920 - Sushi Imperial

[tonghpafu]

I don't think this is racist at all, if you read through it.
The OP was Asian, and the responses were either suggesting frags or discussing if race or genetics has some kind of effect in the way frags are perceived or absorbed.

Spot on. Asian here too, but I get most frags to work well.

[Stinkyboi]

Amongst these, Bvlgari Extreme is often mentioned that it lasts so long and smells like a rich man. I know that these are mass-marketed frags, but they work.[/QUOTE]

I agree with bvlgari pour homme extreme

also :

Aventus
Aspen
Polo sport
Pi
Animale Animale by animale
New Haarlem
Dior homme/ intense
la nuit de lhomme
nautica voyage
versace medusa

Filipino

P.s. - it depends also on the climate where you live.

[noirdrakkar]

im sure asian men are a fan of oriental fragrances

[Xqizit]

la nuit is nuclear on my skin,

[protector]

i've been using sillage monsters like Le Male and A*men and can barely smell them after an hour. I asked a friend if i was wearing any cologne and she looks super confused at me.. the only time I can get any sillage or longevity is when i spray like CRAZY.

I sprayed Black XS and 1 million both 7 times before I asked my friend if she could smell me and she had to get within 3 inches of me and then said yeah i kinda smell something..

Why, oh why, don't you just spray your fragrances on your shirt fabric (not your skin) and call it a day? The spraying regime you've described above is a huge waste of very nice juice!

[CapriDog]

This thread is funny but I'll play. In public, I respect people's space so I tend to wear scents with less projection and sillage. At home, anything goes and orientals are not among my most favorite fragrances.

[Vinrambo09]

The title of this OP can be misleading because in the UK and Europe, Asian is used for people from the Indian subcontinent, while Oriental is used for East Asians (read: chinese).

[Buysblind]

Not mine, but hey...

Whatever rocks your wok!

[happyscent]

I'm asian and I like floral/citrus scents with hearts of greeeeens and anchored on sandalwood/cedar/or incense

[PungentPuncher]

I'm half-Korean and Ramon Monegal lasted 12 hours on my skin. Last strong, even after putting it on in the early afternoon and though falling asleep and waking up in the morning!

[Primrose]

I would venture to say that Asian men buy what is marketed to them and available. I know of one elderly Japanese woman whose father was fond of Coty fragrances back in the 1930s.