Comments on: Masculines and feminines

By: Subhuman

Subhuman — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 07:19:17 +0000

Not sure if this is a sign of a shift in fragrance marketing, but Shoppers Drug Mart (the Canadian Walgreens, if you will) has a number of stores with full-fledged beauty sections, filled with a wide selection of fragrances, and they’re all sorted by brand/house, rather than by gender. One shelf has the Diors, another shelf has the Chanels, etc., and Allure and Egoiste sit happily beside each other, as do Dolce Vita and Fahrenheit. It makes metaphorical “aisle-hopping” a piece of cake; I can spritz that Gucci feminine I’ve read about without that awkward feeling of strolling into the women’s fragrance department by myself and having SAs give me the squinty eye. It’s a genius setup that I wish more department stores would copy.

As for the feminine fragrances I do wear: Opium, Angel, Coco, YSL Nu, and Gucci Rush all get heavy rotation, and I don’t find one of them too “feminine” for my skin (Coco is admittedly borderline, so I stick to a light application). Uber-macho fragrances as a whole simply don’t interest me, and wearing them makes me feel like I’m in costume, or overcompensating for something. As for women who wear men’s fragrances – bravo, sisters! I can imagine a multitude of men’s scents working spectacularly on female skin – Dior Homme, Burberry London, Prada Infusion d’Homme, and Guerlain Vetiver spring immediately to mind, but there are loads more. Hell, even a woman wafting Kouros or Polo would strike me as drop-dead sexy.

By: NamonNST

NamonNST — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:28:26 +0000

My dad also uses Old Spice… but that didn’t stop me from getting a bottle of my own! It’s on heavy rotation with all my feminines. I also really like Eau Sauvage- there’s something very reassuring about it.

By: Angela

Angela — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:27:55 +0000

I can completely imagine Thierry Alien on a guy. The new Acqua di Parma sounds intriguing, too. Thanks!

By: Todd

Todd — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:18:47 +0000

Not a huge suprise here, but I do love Light Blue by D&G (feminine) far more than most masculine “fresh” scents. That said, I find myself infatuated with the scent of Theirry Mugler Alien and Kenzo Amour. Oh yeah, and I do love Aqua di Parma Fico, which some brand feminine.

By: Angela

Angela — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 18:43:18 +0000

Thanks. I like New Haarlem, but I wouldn’t mind it being a little more sheer, so maybe Rochas Man is just the ticket!

By: heydaves

heydaves — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 08:30:19 +0000

she is actually the anti-tough. lol

my nose and bandit just don’t seem to get along…yet. i also can’t seem to find a shop in this city that will let me smell their bandit to verify my own.

if you’ve smelled bond no.9 new haarlem, you’ve pretty much smelled rochas man. they’re very nearly identical, with the new haarlem being ever so slightly darker, and with 100x more sillage than the rochas. if you haven’t smelled either…they’re lovely, very gourmand, but very wearable and not cloying.

By: Lars Lapsus

Lars Lapsus — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 06:54:55 +0000

That’s funny, I think I have never seen man’s and women’s fragrances seperate departments!

By: Angela

Angela — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:47:01 +0000

Your grandma must have been one tough broad!

I’ve yet to try Rochas Man. I’ll have to remedy that.

By: Angela

Angela — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:45:09 +0000

Jasmine is fabulous. There’s no shame there.

By: Angela

Angela — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:43:16 +0000

I like L’Instant for men, too!