Gym - Agreed, never.
Job Interview - Never
Every other time - always!
Thread: Where NOT to wear fragrances |
Hi everyone!
Besides when places tell you specifically to avoid wearing fragrances (e.g. a meditation retreat), where do you think one should NOT wear any fragrance?
I admit it - I really think it is lame when people wear fragrance to the gym. There is a guy where I go that wears so much the whole gym stinks.
Gym - Agreed, never.
Job Interview - Never
Every other time - always!
Well, it's cheaper than therapy... edit: No it's not...
I've always avoided wearing one at a funeral - not sure why though
I wear frags to the gym BUT only low projecting quiet frags.
Sporty fragrance like chanel allure homme sports works well at the gym
My Top 10
1. Amouage Homage Attar
2. Serge Lutens - Muscs Koublai Khan
3. YSL M7
4. Serge Lutens - Ambre Sultan
5. Chanel Egoiste
6. 24 Gold by Scentstory
7. Amouage Epic Man
8. Amouage Jubilation XXV
9. Bond No. 9 New York Oud
10. Serge Lutens - Chergui
"A beautiful fragrance to the nose is like good jazz music to the ears, great food to the mouth, and Megan Fox and Jessica Alba to the eyes..."
The only place I wouldn't is at a hospital, because there could be sick people with allergies there.
And I tend to not wear them on dates either, because it's cliche.
Gym
I think it's okay to wear fragrance at the gym, as long as you go light and wear a fresh scent. And don't spray parts of your body that would touch the machines. Usually, the throat works. But I'd rather smell like Virgin Island Water at the gym than ass sweat.
Job Interview
I think it's okay here too, but just go very light. I would spray it an hour before I go to the interview to dissipate the scent cloud.
Everywhere, unless you're visiting some asthma patients or something.
Job interview.
I don't wear mine during air travel.
It's not a black or white all or nothing thing.
I mean, if you wear six sprays of Antaeus on the back of your neck and then you start benchpressing, that's just disrespectful.
The poll doesn't quite work since you can only vote once even though there are multiple correct answers. I chose Job Interview because that's the one where I'd NEVER EVER even consider wearing fragrance.
I was part of a hiring panel once where a guy walked in wearing a fragrance and instantly lost any chance at getting the job. I knew it before he even got to say hello. An older gentleman on the panel scrunched his nose and rolled his eyes. The moment I saw that, I knew the applicant was doomed. It's a shame too. He was a smart guy and probably pretty talented, but he didn't know how to get a job. Believe me, there's a big difference between being the right person for a job and knowing how to get the job.
I would have also selected Gym. Most of my friends are women, and they often gripe about guys on the prowl at the gym. Wearing fragrance there can give the impression that you're there to pick up women rather than there to work out.
Current Favorites (in no particular order)
Castile
Royal Oud
APOM
CurveAqua Universalis
Prada L'Homme
Petit Matin
Aqua Celestia1725 Casanova
Tom Ford Extreme
Hanae Mori H.M. EDT
Terre d'Hermes Parfum
The poll also needs a "none of the above - I wear fragrances everywhere" option
Current favorites_____Black Tourmaline_____Gucci Pour Homme II_____Memoir Man_____Tuscan Leather______Montale Aoud and Pine_____Sel Marin_____Invasion Barbare_____Tonka Imperial____Dior Homme Intense_____L'Humaniste____Santal 33_____Bois d'Argent_____Nio_____MFK Oud_____Lumiere Noire_____Bois d'Encens_____Cuir Ottoman
I think a small amount of scent is acceptable for all occasions, even interviews and funerals, being it is very, very discreet.
I only think the hospital is where fragrance should be excluded as some people have reactions to scents.
"The sunset is deeper and longer. The scent of the jasmine is stronger." Miracles. Pet Shop Boys
"Thick dome of jasmine
(Under the dense canopy where the white jasmine),
Blends with the rose,
(That blends with the rose),"
"The Flower Duet," Lakme by Leo Delibes, 1881
The gym. Not sure how you guys do it, but I consider the gym to be a place to go and sweat - no need to be all pretty and sweet.
I disagree about the interview. If the person doesn't like my fragrance, they don't need to take the job! But really, any fragrance worn in an interview (by either person) should be something very subtle of course.
You shouldn't wear fragrances while hunting. Unless your SoTD is doe urine.
Last edited by dougczar; 25th February 2013 at 07:14 PM.
Gym. Please don't.
Gym. It ends with a shower anyway.
Job interview. Why, really, why?
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Current Favorites (in no particular order)
Castile
Royal Oud
APOM
CurveAqua Universalis
Prada L'Homme
Petit Matin
Aqua Celestia1725 Casanova
Tom Ford Extreme
Hanae Mori H.M. EDT
Terre d'Hermes Parfum
At funerals
You should never wear a fragrance when you're on the International Space Station.
Alan
My first thought was hospitals and clinics. Usually they have a sign up saying it's a fragrance-free establishment.
AHAHAAHAAAA!!! Awesome. I'm so tempted to steal that and start a follow up to the "Which frag should I wear taking grandma to a cage fight?" thread... which was of course a follow up to the "Taking my girl out to a pretty upscale strip club for her first time..." thread. Oh, basenotes comedy, how I love thee.
UPDATE: I couldn't resist.
Current Favorites (in no particular order)
Castile
Royal Oud
APOM
CurveAqua Universalis
Prada L'Homme
Petit Matin
Aqua Celestia1725 Casanova
Tom Ford Extreme
Hanae Mori H.M. EDT
Terre d'Hermes Parfum
I don't wear any fragrance when I go to the doctor's.
I surely wouldn't wear my fragrance to a gym only to shower it off. Maybe AFTER the shower.
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My last job interview i put 6 sprays of Aventus and i got the job quite easily. No joke. The person hiring was female though and im guessing she liked it.
I would feel naked anywhere without some type of scent on, especially a job interview, but it would have to be subtle.
I could try and say no about airplanes out of respect for any neighbour, but everyone has just squirted all the duty free on liberally, so ones own subtle stuff would be drowned anyhow.
I think if one was in an orchestra, then a loud scent would be rude and unkind to ones fellow players concentration. Any kind of job requiring total focus should require polite frag wearing by all.
Subtle and projecting no further than ones own nose and chest is fine for most places IMO.
Only absolutely none at hospitals or suchlike where it would make people feel more sick than they were already.