“Those Axe ads are relatively accurate,” Herz says of the TV spots depicting women mauling cologne-doused schlubs. “If a woman likes how you smell, she’ll be drawn to you.” (That’s not a license to shower in Drakkar Noir, gentlemen—we still have to like the stench you’re sporting.)
— Rachel Herz, author of The Scent of Desire: Discovering Our Enigmatic Sense of Smell, quoted in Follow your nose: Arousal starts with a sniff—so watch where you dab that perfume in Time Out New York. Thank to Jessica for the link!
A recent study shows a strong correlation between the lack of genetic diversity and the poor population density of sandalwood trees in south India. Penalties and absence of uniform laws have been a deterrent to nurturing this treasure.
— From Fading Fragrance?, an article about the threats to sandalwood in the wild, in the Deccan Herald. (link no longer active, sorry!)
LOL do they still make Drakkar Noir?
One guy told me once he could not wear it because it spells “I want to get laid” and it may put his date off!
Have you heard anything about Calvin Klein discontinuing Truth of Contradiction? I see them less and less in the store.
Drakkar Noir can be found as easily as amazon.com
No idea on Truth or Contradiction, sorry! You might try emailing Calvin Klein.
This is exactly why I don't buy cologne for DH. In my single 20s I had a workplace fling with a guy because his scent drove me wild. (Jazz by YSL. So glad that one's dc'd.)
They still sell Jazz in France…best you stay home, LOL…
The weather's warmed up here, and everywhere I go that's got a large population of men (eg, two trips to DIY store this week), the smell of sweaty clothes and undeodorised body bits has been suffocating. Men, please don't believe this is a turn on! Yes, women like me prefer even a toxic cloud of Axe (Lynx over here) to untrammelled armpits! (And, actually, I love to smell a well-scented man. I'd rather they overdid it than confronted me with man-in-the-raw.) In truth, I've never followed a bloke up the street because he smelled so good, but I have trailed after a few women to soak up their sillage (and yes, I always ask).
Man in the raw! Ha! Love that phrase. I believe MITR can be very alluring…but it generally has to be a clean MITR. I actually prefer scent on a man but it needs to be wore with discretion. Faced with a cloud of Axe (or BOD, bod forbid) or a hygeinic MITR, I'll take the 'raw' any day.
But a washed-up man, sporting, say, Bigarade Concentree? or Poive Samarcande (sparingly please)….? Sign me up!
Man in the raw, LOL! I suppose that is what you can expect at the DIY store
Oh come on, what's *wrong* with Drakkar Noir! Haha. It's perhaps dated, yes, but in small quantities I can still see why it was so popular for almost a decade.
And as far as I know, YSL Jazz isn't discontinued — or it was brought back — I see it on online discounters all the time. I LOVED that about 15 years ago — or more like 18 years ago, ack! — and keep meaning to order a small bottle one of these days mostly for nostalgia's sake (as well as some Grey Flannel and Tommy).
When I first read that “the Axe ads are relatively accurate”, I though what a load of doody- but then again, I used to know three guys who lived together and wore the same cologne- and somehow I ended up dating all three of them (at separate times, of course). Maybe it was more their scent than their personalities!
Hey, did you listen to the “smell safari” radio thing I posted? They mention Drakkar Noir! And favorably.
Jazz, I think, is just no longer “officially” exported to the US.
LOL — that's funny! Or, their personalities were so similar that they chose the same scent? Who knows!