# What is your favorite cologne or perfume? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 8, 2012, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-cologne-or-perfume/630869 "2012-08-08T15:47:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-cologne-or-perfume/630869/1 "2012-08-08T15:47:20Z")
I use Cool Water. Just wondering what others use/like… ---
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-cologne-or-perfume/630869/2 "2012-08-08T16:12:25Z")
Wonderstruck from Taylor Swift smells amazing. I got a free sample with some foundation I bought, and I’ve already instructed my boyfriend to buy me a full bottle for my birthday. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-cologne-or-perfume/630869/3 "2012-08-08T16:15:00Z")
Royal Lime ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-cologne-or-perfume/630869/4 "2012-08-08T16:18:18Z")
I’ve always hated ‘brand’ names. Just…hate it. Hate that the label will often mean more than the quality. It’s just…icky. Hate it, hate it, hate it. 20+ years ago, there weren’t many perfumes that I liked at ALL, branding aside. So when I was in a store once and this lady just smelled SO GOOD I had to ask her what she was wearing, and she said “Obsession”. :smack::smack::dubious::(😛 I’ve had a bottle of it ever since, and still really like it. Of course nowadays it’s a LOT easier for me, as a girl, to find what I like, because someone finally figured out that vanilla makes a good perfume. I used to wear the extract when I was little; now I can just go to Bath and Body Works and get a ton of stuff that I like. 🙂 I’ve always preferred lighter scents to heavy perfumes anyway, so that store suits me to a ‘T’, whatever that means. ---
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-cologne-or-perfume/630869/5 "2012-08-08T16:21:42Z")
Oh my gosh, that’s a really good idea. I love the smell of vanilla, but it never occurred to me to go ahead and just dab some of the extract on me! ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-cologne-or-perfume/630869/6 "2012-08-08T16:24:42Z")
I still like essential oils. Patchouli is my favorite, even after a friend told me I smelled like his grandmother. Usually I wear the cleaner scents like Spring Rain or Dark Musk. I have been known to clip a few sprigs of lavender and rub them on the pulse points. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-cologne-or-perfume/630869/7 "2012-08-08T16:28:18Z")
> [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](#): > > Oh my gosh, that’s a really good idea. I love the smell of vanilla, but it never occurred to me to go ahead and just dab some of the extract on me! If you’ve never been to a Bath and Body works, I highly suggest it! The perfumes are light, relatively cheap, and the variety is amazing. Think I have at least or 6 'Vanilla \"s on my shelf right now, lol. Vanilla musk, vanilla coconut, vanilla blackberry-something, vanila ‘noir’, which really smells like vanilla extract; there’s more, I think. I’ve also found I really like some of their other scents, too. Plus they have many of the scents in lotions that are good as perfumes on their own; just putting a little on your hands makes you smell quite delicious! ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-cologne-or-perfume/630869/8 "2012-08-08T16:32:05Z")
Opium. Two half squirts, no more, because it’s strong. Apparently, though, it smells great on me, because I keep having people come up to me and ask what kind of perfume I’m wearing. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-cologne-or-perfume/630869/9 "2012-08-08T16:50:08Z")
Since it’s a male OP, I’ll say what my favorite guy cologne is: Pi. Or however it’s spelled. The problem with it is it fades quickly, which kinda sucks, cause it’s a subtle scent to begin with. But wow…just wow! ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-cologne-or-perfume/630869/10 "2012-08-08T17:35:27Z")
Chanel No. 5. So I don’t wear it often - I only get it as gifts (like I could afford it??) and Christmas only comes around once a year. ---
**Author:** ![Steken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Steken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steken)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-cologne-or-perfume/630869/11 "2012-08-08T17:50:03Z")
Terre d’Hermes, by far. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-cologne-or-perfume/630869/12 "2012-08-08T18:04:55Z")
All cologne and perfume makes me ill. Which is not to say that I dislike the smell. I _wish_ I could wear cologne! I _love_ White Shoulders and Diorissimo. If I could pick one, I’d wear White Shoulders every day. My best alternative is [orange flower water](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_flower_water), which is inexpensive and smells awesome. In the summer you can keep it in the refrigerator and put a few drops on the back of your neck. You can sprinkle it on your laundry and make your sheets smell good. This is not a threadshitting – I do have favorites. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-cologne-or-perfume/630869/13 "2012-08-08T18:14:17Z")
Chanel N°5 ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-cologne-or-perfume/630869/14 "2012-08-08T18:17:55Z")
I swap off between White Shoulders and L’Heure Bleue. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-cologne-or-perfume/630869/15 "2012-08-08T18:22:55Z")
Dragon’s Hide, from Black Phoenix Alchemy’s [Ars Draconis](http://www.blackphoenixalchemylab.com/draconis.html) offerings. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-cologne-or-perfume/630869/16 "2012-08-08T18:27:34Z")
I absolutely love Jessica McClintock - very citrusy and light - but it makes me sneeze. Second best is straight Bergamot, but it doesn’t last very long. There are some florals that I like as well; and some melony ones too. I’m all about the light, fresh scents. I’ll never comprehend people wearing musk of any type. It just smells like BO to me. ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-cologne-or-perfume/630869/17 "2012-08-08T18:32:17Z")
Charlie quit making their Oriental, so I guess Dana’s Tabu. ---
**Author:** ![Kasper1014](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c89c15/32.png) [@Kasper1014](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kasper1014)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-cologne-or-perfume/630869/18 "2012-08-08T18:38:58Z")
London Burberry…I always get compliments. And Light Blue from Dolce Gabanna. Men’s cologne, Armani Acqua Di Gio. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-cologne-or-perfume/630869/19 "2012-08-08T18:47:45Z")
> [@Kasper1014](#): > > Men’s cologne, Armani Acqua Di Gio. This is the one that I came in the mention. **Diosawhatever** picked it out for me years ago and I’ve kept with it. I hardly wear cologne, but when I do it’s that one. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-cologne-or-perfume/630869/20 "2012-08-08T18:52:12Z")
Absolute favorite is Ambre Soie from Armani’s Prive line. Unfortunately, I can’t find anywhere to buy it on the internet anymore. I think it’s out of production. My everyday scent for warm weather is Jardin Sur Le Nil by Hermes. I read an article about it in an airline magazine when it first came out (there is a book about it), but didn’t get a sniff until my honeymoon quite a while later. Love it. Dries down beautifully on me. I love vanilla, but whatever vanilla-like-substance is used in perfume rapidly degrades into the smell of rotten spaghetti on my skin. I had a little sampler vial of vanilla absolute, and it was divine, but it has too short of a lifespan. 30 minutes, about. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-cologne-or-perfume/630869.md?page=2)