/fa/ - Fashion

[Anonymous No.17340604]

What are some subtle mens scents that dont smell like overpowering cologne or perfume?

I work in a hospital as a >male nurse (LPN not a CNA)
There is a no fragrance policy here, but the women slather themselves with coco butter(>N) and other over the top bimbo juice type stuff so I figure I may as well join them, but I prefer something thats more of a skin scent but long lasting

[Anonymous No.17340612]

>>17340604
Bois Imperial smells like photorealistic woods, nothing like overbearing synthetic smelling designers.

[Anonymous No.17340616]

Bois Imperial smells like photorealistic woods, nothing like overbearing synthetic smelling designers.

[Anonymous No.17340635]

>>17340604
>Molecule 01
Literally just a slightly woody, light, slightly salty skin scent. Usually layered with other fragrances but good on its own.

>Hermes H24
Very transparent, slightly metallic, aromatic fragrance. To me, it smells like fresh ironed clothes with a slight scent of banana.

>Creed Silver Mountain Water
Fresh tea scent, very metallic. Unisex. Reminds me of fresh but very expensive soap. Cam be slightly musky.

>Montblanc individuel
Literally smells like detergent, slightly masculine, slightly sweet. Very subtle and crowd pleasing.

[Anonymous No.17340665]

ITT: people missing the point.

The obvious answers are:
Cool Water - the smell of shower gel, laundry detergent, shaving cream, etc. Very much a skin scent.
Drakkar Noir - green shower gel, you will smell like fresh out of the shower. Also a skin scent.
Tom Ford Beau de Jour - straight shaving cream, but in modern. The smell of a well groomed man. Lasts and projects, though, might be a bit too much. Also a bit more expensive.
Platinum Egoiste - Like above, but in a more timeless take. Metallic-cold and fresh, very subtle, understated.
Dunhill Icon - like moist towlettes for refreshing yourself. But the expensive ones, not the cheap ones.

None of these will make you smell like perfume, while still making you smell of something.

[Anonymous No.17340677]

>>17340665
>Cool Water
I have smelled the "cool water intense" before and DESPISED it, smelled like an old man covering up his sardine breath with oversprayed cologne before hitting on his secretary or something
Is the regular version a bit more easy on the nose?

[Anonymous No.17340684]

>rec me some expensive cosmetics that I can use but that cannot be detected

How bout just following your workplaces SoP and not being a fucking peice of shit rule rbeaker?

[Anonymous No.17341776]

>>17340677
Cool Water Intense has nothing to do with Cool Water. I don't know why they gave it the same name. CW Intense is sweet and synthetic, CW is the most recognizable scent on the market.

[Anonymous No.17341789]

>>17340635
>Unisex.
oh like toothpaste? nah this "trans"gender bullshit can go die in a dumpster

[Anonymous No.17341902]

>>17341789
>your brain on 4chan

[Anonymous No.17341905]

>>17341789
o i am laffin

[Anonymous No.17341916]

>>17340604
just get the modern dior homme. or JeP Neroli Intense if you want something at a great price
>>17340665
all good frags, but a little old school, more for a guy in his 40s

[Anonymous No.17341918]

>>17341789
retard. frags can be unisex the same way sneakers can be unisex

[Anonymous No.17341925]

>>17341918
fucking moron, only trannies wear converse, vans, air force 1s, jordans, the list goes on

[Anonymous No.17341930]

>>17341916
>more for a guy in his 40s
The reason here being that these are old fragrances and their dna has been copied into a lot of hygiene products, which is the trick to going undetected when it comes to fragrances. Smelling like showergel, shaving soap or laundry just can't offend anyone. New fragrances are very obvious-smelling due to the synthetic molecule overload.

[Anonymous No.17341979]

>>17340635
>>Hermes H24
>Very transparent
Kek. Vomit inducing vinyl smell.

>>17340604
>What are some subtle mens scents
Just wash yourself at least every morning and use 1 spray of anything.

[Anonymous No.17341995]

>>17340604
maybe good old Eau Sauvage (no relation to Sauvage)? very classy, premium smelling old school citrus, herbs and jasmine kind of scent. you can find testers for 50$ in Europe. only con is that it's weak - but that's perfect for your needs

[Anonymous No.17342033]

>>17341995
>good old Eau Sauvage
Sure a cloying 50s smell should do the job lol.

[Anonymous No.17342139]

>>17340604
Male nurse fag here. In the clinical environment I like subtle, fresh, somewhat generic easy reach scents. Basically something non-offensive and below the radar, but still smells good. The following frags are what i use at work.

[Anonymous No.17342141]

>>17342139
This one.

[Anonymous No.17342144]

>>17342141
Also this.

[Anonymous No.17342147]

>>17342144
Sometimes I use Legend.

[Anonymous No.17342236]

>>17342033
are you retarded? it's the opposite of cloying, very light and refreshing, like men's cologne used to be

[Anonymous No.17342244]

>>17342236
are YOU retarded?
It smells like the fat boomer version of AXE
Wear this and say dumb shit like "wow that young waitress really was flirting with me XD"

[Anonymous No.17342290]

>>17342141
>>17342144
synthetic garbage

>>17342144
piercing synthetic garbage

>>17342244
>boomer
It's not even boomer. It's boomer's dad.

[Anonymous No.17342507]

>>17342290
what do you rec then?

[Anonymous No.17342684]

>>17342033
have you ever actually smelled it? It's literally the opposite of cloying and it also doesn't smell dated at all

[Anonymous No.17343122]

>>17340616
Bugspray

[Anonymous No.17343159]

>>17340616
fpwp, it's one of the loudest frags you can find for the price and it just fucking sour pickles
>>17340604
dunhill dunhill (picrelated, cause their names are ambigous), quite light, slightly powdery and green
ck one
juliette has a gun not a perfume
alyssa ashley musk
katy perry indi
jeanne en provence neroli intense
lalique white (literally smell like a fresh ironed laundry or something, very clean in a not soapy way)
>>17340635
>individuel
WRONG, it's basically joop homo lite

[Anonymous No.17343521]

>>17342684
>ever actually smelled it
It's in every fucking store lol.

>60s scent staple doesn't smell dated
Get some help.

[Anonymous No.17343532]

>>17343521
dated is a matter of taste, but still waiting for you to explain how a light, fresh and not sweet citrus cologne can be cloying lmao

[Anonymous No.17343573]

>>17343532
>dated is a matter of taste
No, retard, it is a matter of time.

[Anonymous No.17343579]

>>17342141
Honestly this one probably gets it done for 90% of jobs where you're on your feet a lot. You wouldn't wear it on a date or for a night out but it's fine for a hospital job

[Anonymous No.17343592]

>>17343579
But for the 15 minutes it lasts, it does smell like a cologne.

[Anonymous No.17343593]

>>17340604
Dior - Higher.

[Anonymous No.17343887]

>>17340635
just dumped like half of my sample of molecule 01 on myself. can confirm it is a really nice but really subtle skin scent. couldn't smell it in the vial lol
>>17340665
can second egoiste if u like it
>>17341916
feel like dior homme is a bit too strong for work. big date night vibes, and not a skin scent in my experience
>>17342244
wrong. if you can't pull it off NGMI

[Anonymous No.17343917]

>>17343887
Egoiste and Platinum Egoiste are two very different fragrances. While Egoiste is great, it does very much smell like a perfume. Platinum Egoiste is just a superclean barbershop fougere.

[Anonymous No.17343932]

>>17343573
Hilarious

[Anonymous No.17344261]

>>17343521
I really feel like you're mistaking sauvage for eau sauvage. There's simply no way anyone in their right mind could think a light citrus scent like eau sauvage can be cloying.

[Anonymous No.17344294]

>>17344261
>you're mistaking sauvage for eau sauvage
Sure bro, only you know how a fucking eau sauvage looks and smells. On every fucking Dior's bottom shelf lol. Since fucking 60s.

[Anonymous No.17344345]

I've only ever used british sterling HIM for my cologne and I know literally nothing about cologne. is there any masculine subtle colognes that have similar notes

[Anonymous No.17344350]

>>17344261
I think he might just have retard normie brain that thinks cloying means yucky and can't actually describe what he's smelling other than "it smells old / new"

[Anonymous No.17344355]

>>17343122
>>17343159
Nah, Bois Imperial smells like a shopping tour in Ikea

[Anonymous No.17344357]

>>17344350
it smells like shitty old man sardine breath
If you wear it you smell like a gypsy and poor retard

[Anonymous No.17344419]

>>17344350
yeah I'm just gonna go ahead and ignore him at this point lol. Anyway I really wanna try cerruti 1881. People here compare it to Eau Sauvage and it's pretty cheap too. ES is really one of my favorite scents but it's got terrible performance and the parfum version had decent performance but made me feel sick. For me the parfum didn't have the elements of the normal one that I liked.

But the smell of eau sauvage and cigarette smoke on my clothing after a night out is in my top tier of scents honestly. too bad the weather's cooling down though.

[Anonymous No.17344425]

>>17344419
yeah the parfum smells completely different to me, much sweeter and more resinous, not a refreshing summer frag like the original, reminds me of lemon candy
Cerruti 1881 is definitely closer in feel to the original. a bit more green and with added rose. performance is a bit better on my skin, but also not a huge performer. you might also want to try Boucheron Pour Homme, which performs the best of the three, at the cost of being a bit heavier and less summery (but still closer to the EDT than eau sauvage parfum IMO)

[Anonymous No.17344432]

>>17344425
Yes. Resinous, not light at all. I've tried Jaipur Homme by Boucheron and was severely disappointed but I may try to get my hands of a sample of the regular Pour Homme--thanks.

[Anonymous No.17344458]

>>17340604

Tom Ford Tabaco Oud

[Anonymous No.17344471]

>>17344432
Jaipur isn't a flanker, it's a completely different scent to Pour Homme
one harder to get alternative to Eau Sauvage is Kaszebsczi Mech by Perfumecraft - niche indie frag you have to order via email from a guy in Poland. it's got great performance though, because it has added oakmoss and deer musk (also makes it a bit heavier, bit of a trade off). the current batch sold out though

[Anonymous No.17344843]

>>17340604
>male nurse
Shalimar

[Anonymous No.17344900]

>>17340604
ISO e super, and also abroxin.
You can even combine them.

[Anonymous No.17344962]

>>17343159
wdym juliette has a gun not a perfume
I’m asking for frags stop telling me irrelevant shit also who tf

[Anonymous No.17344993]

>>17344458
Also Tom Ford tuskan leather.

[Anonymous No.17345068]

>>17340635
good list, thank you. trying to find my husband a good gift but he needs a light oud, but we are frustrated as to what to get him now, but this gives me some ideas
he naturally has a lighter smell, at least to me

[Anonymous No.17345286]

>>17340616
idiot

[sage No.17345289]

>>17344962
it's a timely warning. you will meet juliette soon enough.

[Anonymous No.17345293]

>>17345068
> a light oud
You mean a synthetic wood smell, not "light oud". What is a "light oud" supposed to be? Do you know what oud smells like?

[Anonymous No.17345298]

>>17345293
I thought it was a class of perfumes?

[Anonymous No.17345319]

>>17345298
no, oud is an ingredient / note (usually synthetic because the real stuff is very expensive)
oud malaki is nice, but not what I would call light, really. if what you're looking for is a light woody frag you should get something like dior homme

[Anonymous No.17345323]

>>17345319
Oud Malaki is also entirely devoid of oud smell. It's a great fragrance, though.

[Anonymous No.17345412]

>>17345323
well pretty much, but so are most other "oud" fragrances on the western market lmao

[Anonymous No.17345415]

>>17345319
okay, I was going off of what "smelled good" out of a sampler he had, everything that was a "yes" was labelled in the /fa/ map as "oud" so I figured it was a "class" of perfumes, sort of like "fresh" or "woody", incorrectly. Thank you for clearing that up.