# What's your favorite cologne/perfume? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 15, 2003, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cologne-perfume/175373 "2003-05-15T04:47:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sirkle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@sirkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sirkle)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cologne-perfume/175373/1 "2003-05-15T04:47:04Z")
I wear Chrome, by Azzaro. My favorite for me. My favorite on other people is some scent one of my ex’s wore. I keep meaning to ask him what it is, but I always forget. And I’m not sure if its his cologne or if its a combination of pot smoke and the incense he always had burning. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cologne-perfume/175373/2 "2003-05-15T04:52:10Z")
Right at the moment, I favor Saphir by Guerlain. It’s simply wonderful. Some perennial favorites are Poison, Passion, & Jil Sander. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cologne-perfume/175373/3 "2003-05-15T04:53:09Z")
**Kouros** , by Yves Saint Laurent. The only one I’ll wear, ever. ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cologne-perfume/175373/4 "2003-05-15T04:58:01Z")
The only perfume/cologne I wear is Opium. Everyone who knows me says both the name and scent are very fitting. ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cologne-perfume/175373/5 "2003-05-15T04:58:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jinwicked \* > \*\*The only perfume/cologne I wear is Opium. > \*\* I love that stuff. I wish I were a girl just so that I could wear it. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cologne-perfume/175373/6 "2003-05-15T05:47:07Z")
I wear \* L’Heure Bleu\* by Guerlain. It’s a very old perfume and has been around for a hundred years or so. It means “the blue hour” – and refers to that time at the end of the day just after the sun has set but before complete darkness. When my first husband and I divorced and he remarried, he gave his wife a bottle of this perfume! For casual wear in the summer I use _Blue Grass_. I think it’s by Elizabeth Arden. It is the freshest, cleanest fragrance. I hope all of you store your fragrances in dark places! ---
**Author:** ![Maxxxie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@Maxxxie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maxxxie)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cologne-perfume/175373/7 "2003-05-15T06:08:03Z")
I have a few favourites! One is Kouros, by YSL, mentioned by **Zenster**. A girl I had a brief fling with wore it and even now the scent still makes me weak at the knees. I also really like CK One (I wear it when I’m feeling happy and upbeat), CK Be (I wear it when I’m trying to pick up) and Tommygirl (I wear it when I’m feeling happy-go-lucky). Mmmmmmmmmmm. _running to the bathroom cupboard to squirt some CK One onto my neck_ 😃 Max ---
**Author:** ![Maxxxie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@Maxxxie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maxxxie)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cologne-perfume/175373/8 "2003-05-15T06:09:06Z")
Oh! And Joop! MMMMMmmmmmm! Another one that makes me weak at the knees 🙂 Max ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cologne-perfume/175373/9 "2003-05-15T06:24:26Z")
Whatever it is, please wear less of it. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cologne-perfume/175373/10 "2003-05-15T06:26:10Z")
After years and years of looking and buying and trying perfumes ( and always coming out smelling like rubbing alcohol) I finally found a nice, soft fragrance that does not overwhelm nor make me smell like a hospital ward. \*\*Summer Hill \*\* by Crabtree and Evelyn. ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cologne-perfume/175373/11 "2003-05-15T07:03:03Z")
At the moment I use, \*\* Acqua di Gio \*\* (for daytime) and \*\* Armani Mania \*\* at night - both Giorgio Armani. ---
**Author:** ![tag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f14d63/32.png) [@tag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tag)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cologne-perfume/175373/12 "2003-05-15T07:25:02Z")
My primary fragrance is ‘Amarige’ by Givenchy; second favorite is Tuscany by Estee Lauder (I believe), and third would be Caroline Farrera. I’m sure I just butchered the name. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cologne-perfume/175373/13 "2003-05-15T07:28:02Z")
Chanel #5 for everyday wear. Jean Paul Gaultier about once a week. ---
**Author:** ![Shana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@Shana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shana)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cologne-perfume/175373/14 "2003-05-15T08:16:48Z")
For me my two favorites are “Antonia’s Flowers” (from a floral shop in the Hamptons, NY) - and “Origins Ginger Essence”. Yum! For men my all time favorite is “Cacherel for Men”. The first love of my life was a Swede. He wore this all the time. If I do encounter it now (very rare that I do), I feel an odd mixture of intense desire and extreme heartache. It’s really wild. Darn that olfactory memory bank! ---
**Author:** ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cologne-perfume/175373/15 "2003-05-15T08:22:31Z")
I like the smell of Ralph by Ralph Lauren, but when it gets on my skin it smells a little soapy. I like Green Tea by Elizabeth Arden, the White fragrance from Armani, and Tommy Girl. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cologne-perfume/175373/16 "2003-05-15T09:47:19Z")
Patchouli - not on me, I mean, on a lady. It brings me feelings of inexpressible longing, memories of a glorious summer day with a long-haired hippy girl in a flowing dress, out in a balmy sweet pasture. Which really sucks, because I never had such a girl and don’t know why I remember it whenever I smell patchouli… ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cologne-perfume/175373/17 "2003-05-15T09:49:11Z")
Exclamation- So far the perfume that has received the most positive comments. Free Fall and Don Algodón are the other ones I use. ---
**Author:** ![Liz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/liz/32/17737_2.png) [@Liz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liz)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cologne-perfume/175373/18 "2003-05-15T09:50:21Z")
My old standard is **Poison** by Dior, but I have a weakness for **Black Pearls** by Elizabeth Taylor. I try to collect all of her scents, but they’re usually too feminine and soft for my personal use. **Pearls** has a heavier, muskier scent to it that makes me a bit fluttery in the tummy. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Zorro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ad7895/32.png) [@Zorro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zorro)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cologne-perfume/175373/19 "2003-05-15T10:47:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Maxxxie \* > \*\*I have a few favourites! > > One is Kouros, by YSL, mentioned by **Zenster**. A girl I had a brief fling with wore it and even now the scent still makes me weak at the knees. > Max \*\* But **Kouros** is a men’s fragrance. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cologne-perfume/175373/20 "2003-05-15T10:52:58Z")
I like L’eau par Kenzo (a very fresh, clean scent), Feu d’Issey Light (warm, some floral with a hint of spice), and Chanel’s Chance (floral/fruity). Chance is the only Chanel offering I’ve seen that smells good on me. Embarrassingly, I also like Jennifer Lopez’s “signature” scent, Glow. It’s surprisingly subtle, a mild and pleasant floral that doesn’t seem too “young”. I bought a bottle and tore the tacky little rhinestone “JLo” pendant off. I’ve gotten a lot of compliments while wearing it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cologne-perfume/175373.md?page=2)