# Mens cologne **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 6, 2010, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-cologne/563093 "2010-12-06T01:23:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Promethea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Promethea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Promethea)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-cologne/563093/21 "2010-12-06T19:08:05Z")
I am very glad to hear that. Also, good luck! ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-cologne/563093/22 "2010-12-06T20:04:20Z")
I thought the thread title was “Mensa cologne.” ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-cologne/563093/23 "2010-12-06T20:06:26Z")
It should’ve been gifts for men. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-cologne/563093/24 "2010-12-06T20:09:49Z")
> [@BigBertha](#): > > That will not work as he knows my father is deceased. Then go someplace with him and say “That cologne that guy used was nice, but WOW did he way overdo it. I hate when people use too much. What was that?” He’ll say “I didn’t smell anything.” And you can say “Maybe I’m sensitive to that kind. I wonder what it was?” And you see you lead him into the topic and kind of do some fishing around ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-cologne/563093/25 "2010-12-06T21:01:04Z")
Shower Gel: [Noir](http://www.bathandbodyworks.com/product/index.jsp?productId=4004111&cp=2484525.4191834) Had multiple compliments from wife and other ladies. Cologne: [Paul Sebastian](http://www.fragrancex.com/products/_cid_cologne-am-lid_P-am-pid_1043M__products.html) Have worn this for the last 10-12 years…many compliments from both sides of the gender aisle. Although a friend of mine said that she got the same cologne for her husband, he didn’t smell as good as I did, so it may depend on other factors as well. ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-cologne/563093/26 "2010-12-07T08:49:48Z")
I’m off to the mall this weekend to check out stuff, including fragrences. Saw him tonight, he hadn’t called for three weeks so its not like I’m going to spend a whole lot on a present. ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-cologne/563093/27 "2010-12-25T17:21:44Z")
Okay, to update you, a friend of mine got an Amazon gift card, bought stuff with it and let me use some of it for myself. I got some clothes, a calendar, and decided to use the rest for the present, which was Axe deodorant and bodywash, dark temptation. I wrapped it, put a card on, and had my friend drop it off at his place. She said he wasn’t home so left it in the door. This was Thursday. ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-cologne/563093/28 "2010-12-25T17:24:06Z")
Also, I mailed him a xmas card which pretty much said I loved him. He should’ve gotten it last week. ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-cologne/563093/29 "2011-02-14T20:32:46Z")
Not that anyone cares, but he came over last week and was wearing the stuff and it smells good. For any guys out there, its not a real masculine smelling item so if you want something woodsy, try an Avon product. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-cologne/563093/30 "2011-02-15T00:58:31Z")
I know I’m pretty late to this thread, but just wanted to say good luck **Bertha**. Hopefully, this will be a start of something nice. ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-cologne/563093/31 "2011-02-15T02:29:25Z")
Thanks. God only knows. Its complicated. He was wearing it again tonight. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-cologne/563093/32 "2011-02-15T02:38:04Z")
Cool Water. /end thread ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-cologne/563093/33 "2011-02-15T15:23:50Z")
OK, so wait. No response tot he Christmas card? Nosy minds want to know! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-cologne/563093/34 "2011-02-15T17:20:16Z")
Well, sortof. he called on new years eve and a couple times a week thereafter. Now you know. ---
**Author:** ![PoorYorick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-cologne/563093/35 "2011-02-15T18:19:37Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > It’s a very intimate gift. Scent is quite a personal thing. If you give him this, it will likely tip him the wink that you want to be more than just friends. So what does this say about my aunt giving me cologne as a Christmas present every year during my teens? Ewwwwww . . . [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-cologne/563093.md?page=1)