Fragrances

I've got alot of friends asking me about the scents i use and what I would recommend to them.

Ever since i was in secondary school, i started using deodorants, being an active boy, always sweating, i wanted somthing to destroy the odors from sweat, so i started "investing" in my first deodorant spray from slazenger, it was cheap, good and long lasting.

Subsequently, i couldn't find in the markets anymore, the only place that sold it was freaking suntec's carrefour. So i switched to adidas sprays. Adidas deodorants are really expensive considering my usage consumption but i managed to source from a cheaper supplier.

Drodorants, i'll use them during bball sessions or just a quick run to the shop nearby. I always, and i mean ALWAYS use a little deodorant even when i'm just going out for a while. Singapore's weather is a bitch, sun=hot=sweat=smelly, so deodorants are good and cheap ways of smelling nice.

Then after a couple of years, it seemed odd if i keep using deodorants for every occasion. So i started looking into colognes, perfumes, scented water, whatever you wish to call them. I know that each term had a certain percentage of nice smelling agent to be labelled under each category. For this post, i shall call them perfume.

The first perfume i got was hugo boss, boss in motion, the spherical looking thingee whereby you have to press the bottom up to spray a fizz out. I tried it because it was designed for people who sweat alot, like me. But it wasn't that good, i liked it for a while but later found it to be too musky.

Hugo Boss - Boss in Motion - 2*

As i grew fatter and worked out less, i looked at perfumes that were less "athletic" and more casual. Thats when i found one of my all time favourite. Escada Sentiment. The male's scent is the one in the dark red bottle. When i first used that, i knew then it would be one of my top few scents. Fruity, light and very alluring.

Escada - Sentiment - 4 and a half*

When i got together with june, i was introduced to Calvin Klein and Kenzo perfumes. She has been using CK Be coz its probably one of the few perfumes that come in 200ml bottles. It was all right, standard scent nothing much to shout about. Then on one of my birthdays, she got me CK Truth, an oddly shaped bottle slanted to one side. I did not really like CK Truth the initial few sprays, but the thing about CK Truth is that it gets to you, the scent wearer, not sure how others would feel. CK Truth was quite musky with wood spices. I tried CK Eternity soon after, not the regular Eternity that looks very much like pee but Eternity Summer ! Oh yes, the summer editions of CK Eternity is good. Very fresh, very medowy feel and lasts long too. But the thing about CK Eternity summer, ever year they come out with a different summer scent, although the scent is about the same for year 2007 and 2008, this year's scent was slightly different, more flora, slightly muskier. I got another CK perfume last year, given to me by my uni friends, i have yet to open and try it as i've got alot of currently opened and unused ones.

Calvin Klein - Be - 2 and a half *
Calvin Klein - Truth - 3*
Calvin Klein - Eternity Summer - 4*
Calvin Klein - in2U - unknown (not yet tested)

Kenzo perfumes, i'm only a user of one, which is Kenzo Air. Very very light scent, not musky at all, goes well with casual clothes on a sunny day.

Kenzo - Air - 3 and a half*

I tried my first "slightly" more expensive perfume, Bvlgari. A couple of years back, Bvlgari introduced their new scent, Bvlgari Aqua. Shaped like a pebble, i bought one without much consideration. It was good ! It was slightly muskier than my usual perfumes,aquatic and more distinct and has a very unique smell. Justifies the price.

Bvlgari - Aqua - 4*

Another perfume that got my attention when it was first introduced was DKNY's Be Delicious, i know many of you know it as the "apple" perfume. Yes, the bottle is shaped like an apple, like the Big Apple, New York. If i remembered it correctly, it was formulated to give off the New York scent, what ever that scent is. I got light green bottle one, but i do prefer the female version, the one in red, not pink, but red. Intense fruity smell. One of my favourites. Expensive though, but it justisfies the price too.

Donna Karen New York - Be Delicious - 4 and a half*

I have a couple more scents not opened yet. Some are gifts and some i have yet to try it out.
Mont Blanc, Hilfiger, Esprit.

I am currently using rotating the use of 3 different scents now, CK Eternity Summer, Escada Sentiment and Kenzo Air.

There are perfumes that i would like to buy and try, but have yet to. On top of that list is Polo Double Black. I have a small 10ml tester, it got me on my first spray. Then there is the Burberry collection, with their signature checkered design. I would also like to try the very famous davidoff Cool water, as well as Diesel Fuel for Life.

Perfume for females, I'd probably give my top 5 perfumes that i like. To smell that is.

1) Polo Ralph Lauren - Romance, no doubt about it, one of the best women's frangrances around. Very suitable for "pak-toring" girls and fresh grads going into the work force.

2) DKNY - Be Delicious, refer to above

3) Chanel - No5, yes, this kick ass perfume if suitable for those high power execs with domineering prescence.

4) Issey Miyake - L'eau d'Issey, because my ex girlfriend used this and i liked it.

5) Bvlgari - Blv Notte Pour Femme, seductive, sensual leaking femininity

So, what kind of fragrance are you using ?