Let's talk Cologne

FlyingBusDriver said:
I use Mr Burberry for winter and now seeing as it's coming into the warmer months, I use L'homme by YSL. Any chance there's a site similar to basenote for South Africans to trade/sell/talk about cologne?
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Nothing that I've found so far, thought about starting one for a while now, maybe I must get my ass into gear. Basenotes is awesome but not really feasible for Sa people to trade on there and it's so expensive buying bottles only to tire of it after a month or 2, would be awesome to have a place to swop and buy frags and get decants. Decants is what it's really about, get a taste of the real thing without the massive outlay.
 
Anybody here had the privilege of using CREED.
Damn expensive juice
 
These are the ones I've had before and I have really enjoyed them all.

Clinique Happy
Tommy
Chrome Azarro
CKBe
Tommy Hilfiger Athletics
Tommy Hilfiger Freedom
Christian Dior Dune
Estee Lauder Pleasures

My Clinique Happy is almost finished so I have been trying out colognes at Edgars and Red Square. Has anyone here smelled Hugo Boss Bottled Unlimited (white bottle)? Man it smells amazing
 
FYI people who use doedorants/cologne are usually disguising bad body odour.
 
Shaun108 said:
FYI people who use doedorants/cologne are usually disguising bad body odour.
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It may not be necessary to use deodorant if you don't sweat at all and don't have sketchy hygiene, but have you considered that people just like smelling nice? Bad odour isn't generally fooled by deodorant or cologne anyway.

In the worst of summer, or if I'm anticipating doing a presentation or having a particularly long day in general (especially in summer), I use Perspirex to totally stop underarm sweating. Available at Dischem for around R100. Can confirm that you're basically odourless if you don't sweat at all (Perspirex lasts a few days).
 
4ftersh0ck said:
These are the ones I've had before and I have really enjoyed them all.
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I dig Azzaro Chrome for an easy day...very clean and fresh.

Currently in rotation -

Azzaro Chrome (day)
Carolina Herrera Sport (day)
Zegna Z (day)
Lapidus Pour Homme (day)
Zegna Intenso (night)
Zegna Uomo (night)
 
Bryn said:
In the worst of summer, or if I'm anticipating doing a presentation or having a particularly long day in general (especially in summer), I use Perspirex to totally stop underarm sweating. Available at Dischem for around R100. Can confirm that you're basically odourless if you don't sweat at all (Perspirex lasts a few days).
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Not exactly the healthiest option...
 
Zegna Energy looks amazing, great reviews. Acqua di Parma looks amazing too. There are some good deals on Amazon but I wonder how much the import duties are on colognes.

I went into a store and sprayed Tommy on my arm but the scent had gone off, it smelt so bad. I am sure some of these colognes sit in stores for years, sometimes with direct sunlight.
 
4ftersh0ck said:
Zegna Energy looks amazing, great reviews. Acqua di Parma looks amazing too. There are some good deals on Amazon but I wonder how much the import duties are on colognes.

I went into a store and sprayed Tommy on my arm but the scent had gone off, it smelt so bad. I am sure some of these colognes sit in stores for years, sometimes with direct sunlight.
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Check Asoct Cosmetics first.
 
4ftersh0ck said:
Zegna Energy looks amazing, great reviews. Acqua di Parma looks amazing too. There are some good deals on Amazon but I wonder how much the import duties are on colognes.

I went into a store and sprayed Tommy on my arm but the scent had gone off, it smelt so bad. I am sure some of these colognes sit in stores for years, sometimes with direct sunlight.
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35% duty then 15.4% vat on top of that, I found out the hard way, thought I was getting a bargain till the Post Office duties payable slip arrived :l
 
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