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or are you obliviously sitting on the bus in the morning smelling like Graham Norton's window box?
How do you mix and match your scents?
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Yeah, that - and the fact I don't sit on the bus any morning... I might smell like Graham Norton's windowbox though - if it smells of aftershave.
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ON THE BUS
Conjures up the smell of constant fried food and too many hours spent in the dole queue, so smelling like a flower box is probably a plus... :roll:
Conjures up the smell of constant fried food and too many hours spent in the dole queue, so smelling like a flower box is probably a plus... :roll:
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Interesting topic
I find this interesting, to be honest.
Mixing or combining scents is challenging, but I believe you need to have a real sense and also aptitude in combining successfully different perfumes. To me, not everyone can do that with success (in the same sense that not all people have a 'creative' approach in decorating successfully their apartment/house or combine successfully various items in their day dress code, for example).
In addition, I heard sometime ago that there are no male or female scents or perfumes; as a result, one may mix/combine scents freely.
However, and under a general context, it is much more difficult done than said, at least for me.
For example, would you ever mix two different after shaves? And if yes, which would these be? You may say of course that "Why should I mix? Tabac AS or D.R. Harris AS (or whatever else) is fine as it is..." Sure, it is, but variety is the spice of life...
I find this interesting, to be honest.
Mixing or combining scents is challenging, but I believe you need to have a real sense and also aptitude in combining successfully different perfumes. To me, not everyone can do that with success (in the same sense that not all people have a 'creative' approach in decorating successfully their apartment/house or combine successfully various items in their day dress code, for example).
In addition, I heard sometime ago that there are no male or female scents or perfumes; as a result, one may mix/combine scents freely.
However, and under a general context, it is much more difficult done than said, at least for me.
For example, would you ever mix two different after shaves? And if yes, which would these be? You may say of course that "Why should I mix? Tabac AS or D.R. Harris AS (or whatever else) is fine as it is..." Sure, it is, but variety is the spice of life...
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the point of my post was that my interest is peaked when i read some of the combo's used in the daily shaves with people happily using 3 or 4 scented items during one shave.
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myself i tend to stick to the same scents i.e. tabac soap, deo & AS. Sandalwood soap/shave & balm and ditto with Old Spice.
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myself i tend to stick to the same scents i.e. tabac soap, deo & AS. Sandalwood soap/shave & balm and ditto with Old Spice.
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Like you I try to keep them along the same lines, most AS and Balms fade pretty quickly so don’t clash.
Tabac being the only problem with regards to using the AS, its strength and longevity limit anything else cologne wise being used over the top of it.
Tabac being the only problem with regards to using the AS, its strength and longevity limit anything else cologne wise being used over the top of it.
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+1: Some of them Jo Malone scents are lovely!
My soap/creams are scented but my witch hazel dosn't really have much of a smell. My AS balm too, doesn't have much of a smell.
On the other hand, I could go for: Cyril Rose Cream, Thayers Witch Hazel/ROSE version + Some rose After shave (Penhaligons etc.) lol. Will try it one day.
One of the posters above said scents are not male or female. Not sure I agree but recently I was at a perfume store, on the way home from work. SWMBO rang and I told her I want her to try out this female perfume to see if she likes it...so I put the female scent on my palm. An hour later I was home and she liked it a lot.
Her brother came round in the evening for dinner and to watch the footy. Once the game ended, I dropped him to the station, and as he was about to get out, he goes "by the way, what aftershave are you wearing? It's unusual and very nice"
haha.
My soap/creams are scented but my witch hazel dosn't really have much of a smell. My AS balm too, doesn't have much of a smell.
On the other hand, I could go for: Cyril Rose Cream, Thayers Witch Hazel/ROSE version + Some rose After shave (Penhaligons etc.) lol. Will try it one day.
One of the posters above said scents are not male or female. Not sure I agree but recently I was at a perfume store, on the way home from work. SWMBO rang and I told her I want her to try out this female perfume to see if she likes it...so I put the female scent on my palm. An hour later I was home and she liked it a lot.
Her brother came round in the evening for dinner and to watch the footy. Once the game ended, I dropped him to the station, and as he was about to get out, he goes "by the way, what aftershave are you wearing? It's unusual and very nice"
haha.