Brooks Brothers 1818. Classy and very masculine.
Knize 10 - Leathery and masculine
Creed Green Irish Tweed - The GIT is a crowd pleaser.
J. Peterman 1903 - Woody and dark. Manly almost to a fault.
Caron Yatagan - Weird but very manly. Clint Eastwood/Lee Marvin covered in burns kinda manly.
That ought to get you started.
Blenheim Bouquet is often referenced as the ultimate male "power" frag. But man oh man, it doesn't last 10 minutes on my skin, and it's constantly reviewed the same way by many.
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Just don't push it by showing up for breakfast in an angora sweater and pearls. I can't help you with that.
I'd sit her down and tell her this:
"You think that the cologne I'm wearing is girly? I'll tell you what girly is. It's letting my wife make me feel guilty about how I look or what I do. That's girly. But I'm not girly. I'm a man and a man has to make his own way in the world. If I'm wearing it or I'm doing it, it's not girly. It's manly."
Educate, don't capitulate.
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I'd sit her down and tell her this:
"You think that the cologne I'm wearing is girly? I'll tell you what girly is. It's letting my wife make me feel guilty about how I look or what I do. That's girly. But I'm not girly. I'm a man and a man has to make his own way in the world. If I'm wearing it or I'm doing it, it's not girly. It's manly."
Educate, don't capitulate.
Just don't push it by showing up for breakfast in an angora sweater and pearls. I can't help you with that.
I guess terms such as: manly, sexy, quality, classy, etc., are all relative terms.