# Cologne vs. Body Spray: What's Your Preference? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 11, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cologne-vs-body-spray-whats-your-preference/835386 "2019-06-11T17:55:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sta3535](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cologne-vs-body-spray-whats-your-preference/835386/1 "2019-06-11T17:55:52Z")
For me, I use cologne because it’s a higher quality product when compared to body sprays. However, some body sprays are good, but the main problem occurs when middle and high schoolers overspray them after gym class, which gives them a bad look. ---
**Author:** ![Gus\_Gusterson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@Gus\_Gusterson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gus_Gusterson)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cologne-vs-body-spray-whats-your-preference/835386/2 "2019-06-11T18:00:02Z")
Neither. If I smell the remedy is to take a shower. If I don’t already smell I don’t want to make myself smell on purpose. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cologne-vs-body-spray-whats-your-preference/835386/3 "2019-06-11T18:06:40Z")
Agreed. If random passers-by can smell you from fifteen feet away then you are doing something wrong, no matter what product you used. And expensive perfume is expensive for a reason. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cologne-vs-body-spray-whats-your-preference/835386/4 "2019-06-11T18:26:00Z")
Thirded Stay clean, smell clean. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cologne-vs-body-spray-whats-your-preference/835386/5 "2019-06-11T18:29:55Z")
If I can smell you, you are too damn close and too damn stinky. ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cologne-vs-body-spray-whats-your-preference/835386/6 "2019-06-11T18:43:25Z")
I wear a cologne that I like a lot. It’s has a pretty light soapy smell that I like for everyday use. I have a stronger, spicier?, one that I use at night if I’m going out. I’ve never used a body spray, Axe hadn’t been invented when I was in high school. The “no smell” contingent are the same people who walk around Home Depot with their dogs. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cologne-vs-body-spray-whats-your-preference/835386/7 "2019-06-11T18:49:28Z")
“Good, you’ve pinpointed it. Step two is washing it out.” - Ray Zalinsky ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cologne-vs-body-spray-whats-your-preference/835386/8 "2019-06-11T19:06:07Z")
False dichotomy! If I have to chose I’ll pick Cologne for the hilarity when people misspell it, but I use neither and would prefer the world to do the same. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cologne-vs-body-spray-whats-your-preference/835386/9 "2019-06-11T19:37:36Z")
I love perfume over cologne or body sprays. Just a dab will do ya. Tiny amount. Lasts all day. I carry a body spray that is the same as my perfume in case the smell of a place gets on me. I’m hypersensitive to the smell of a place and I don’t like carrying it around after I leave. Weird?, yep I’m crazy. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cologne-vs-body-spray-whats-your-preference/835386/10 "2019-06-11T21:52:52Z")
Neither. Allergies. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2019, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cologne-vs-body-spray-whats-your-preference/835386/11 "2019-06-13T03:20:34Z")
I don’t apply fragrance often but it’s cologne when I do. Diore Homme most recently.