I have to admit C&S Cuba is "difficult" at best, stale tobacco and swine poo, but I think it may have a competitor in Gris Clair, got my sample last week and ended up washing it off, didn't get much lavender, just a cloyingly sweet burning plastic note that hung around like crazy. I know others love both, but on me...yuk
The worst cologne you ever tried:
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Grey Flannel
I tried it:
http://www.badgerandblade.com/vb/showpost.php?p=2578371&postcount=3
And gave it away:
http://www.badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=183300
This is a lesson. Do not blind buy any scent. I bought this after reading enthusiastic reviews by people whose opinions I respect.
Ding! It did not work for me. I at least had the satisfaction of PIF ing this to someone who liked it.
I tried it:
http://www.badgerandblade.com/vb/showpost.php?p=2578371&postcount=3
And gave it away:
http://www.badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=183300
This is a lesson. Do not blind buy any scent. I bought this after reading enthusiastic reviews by people whose opinions I respect.
Ding! It did not work for me. I at least had the satisfaction of PIF ing this to someone who liked it.
ha ha ha !!!!!
Question is, why are you smelling hippies??
"it's time for a good ol' fashion hippy whompping" said Chief Wigum
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Got it for a Christmas present & gave it straight to Dad
Got it for a Christmas present & gave it straight to Dad
I used to love that smell, was a fews years ago now mind.
ha ha ha !!!!!
Question is, why are you smelling hippies??
"it's time for a good ol' fashion hippy whompping" said Chief Wigum
The overwhelming patchouli note takes me back to my concert security days. Nothing like being surrounded by 1000's of people at a hippie show trying to cover up their stink with buckets of patchouli.
Three pages and not a single mention of Axe (mind you, we're probably all wise enough to have known to avoid it! )
One other I'd put up there as a reminder from my youth, and another from Coty:
Adidas "Moves". Not sure what happened, but one day I thought it was great, and the next day it smelled like someone put some tabasco in a cologne bottle.
Lastly, as a matter of taste: Dolce & Gabbana - too much pepper/pine scent to it. It comes on VERY strong to me. While it might settle to a nice tone, it's just too much.
)One other I'd put up there as a reminder from my youth, and another from Coty:
Adidas "Moves". Not sure what happened, but one day I thought it was great, and the next day it smelled like someone put some tabasco in a cologne bottle.
Lastly, as a matter of taste: Dolce & Gabbana - too much pepper/pine scent to it. It comes on VERY strong to me. While it might settle to a nice tone, it's just too much.
I hate most perfume, but I love your avatar.
Anything with a 'modern' ocean or water note. totally synthetic in both smell and composition.
The new Marc Jacobs Bang,awfull
This is classic B&B YMMV. We both dislike C&S Cuba but I like Gris Clair. When I wear Gris Clair to the office all the ladies comment how much they like this on me. It's all in the genes I guess!
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It may have been Wild Country which is still made today although I think it's an aftershave vs. a cologne.
I picked up a bottle of Avon Wild Country Cologne a few weeks ago (it's available as both an AS and Cologne) and thought it was pretty nice for an inexpensive fragrance. My wife disagreed...quite emphatically! I probably won't drag that bottle out of the cabinet for a while...or maybe just splash it on on my way out the door!
Creed Cuir de Russie. The best thing I can say about it is that it only lasted an hour.
Grey Flannel, Halston Z-14, and Azzaro Chrome are truly awful. While Coty makes a few decent scents, overall a lot of their stuff is mediocre at best.
Really? Too bad. Absolutely one of my all-time favorites from back in the day. I love the scent and find it hypnotic and so does my girlfriend - so much so she gave it to me for Christmas. I think it's a classic and a go-to must-have.
Kouros.
Smells like the "squeezings" out of a urinal cake.
In hindsight I should have known my girlfriend was about to break up with me when she bought me a BIG bottle of this stuff. She and her cousin would tell me how "hot" it was and then giggle.
Smells like the "squeezings" out of a urinal cake.
In hindsight I should have known my girlfriend was about to break up with me when she bought me a BIG bottle of this stuff. She and her cousin would tell me how "hot" it was and then giggle.
Man, this thread - so many that I champion fair so badly....Z-14, Grey Flannel, even Clubman fer gods' sake! I LOVE THOSE!
Seriously - you want the WORST STANK OF ALL TIME? Aramis.
Smells exactly like some unholy tryst between car exhaust, stale poker night cigarette and/or cigar smoke and unwashed undershirt funk rolled into one massively potent, clear-out-the-room atomic blast. AVOID UNLESS YOU ARE:
- too busy working the ponies out at the track trying to win your belongings back
- planning to test out that mail-order iron lung in your basement (at last!)
- living out your Plan B years in some fleabag hotel in a major metropolitan area
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