I asked good friend Norma Germain to write a guest post about fragrance. Norma Germain is married to fragrance designer, Michel Germain. Together they have designed fragrances for Victoria’s Secret, Bloomingdale’s, and Macy’s. Model and inspiration behind “Sexual Sugar” perfume, she can be found dishing out tips on dating, flirting, perfume, and cologne on her Sexual Perfume Blog.
O.k., I know, buying cologne is the furthest thing from your mind right now. You’ve dismissed wearing anything beyond a drugstore aftershave (if you put on any scent at all). Buying aftershave is quick and dirty. You walk over to the drugstore aisle labelled “personal hygiene”, zoom in on a forest green or brown bottle, walk up to the cashier, and leave with a bag that looks as if it’s holding something any real man uses (razors, condoms, gum). After all, walking into a department store’s fragrance section is about as manly as walking into a flower shop to buy a bouquet for your man-pad.
Oh, you are so naive.
Drugstore aftershave is fine. It does the trick, making you smell nice. But do you really love it? Does it really suit your personality and the way you want to be viewed by others, including women? Is it getting you what you really want … an ambush by Ms. Gorgeous? [Read The Rest Of This Entry]
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