I was reading a older book on gentlemen's grooming, ettiquete and clothing.
It suggested applying scents to collar,cuffs and handkerchief. I tried this, and was amazed how much longer my AS lasted. My cleanest dirty shirt from last Thursday leaning against the wall still has a wiff of # 74
I still prefer scent to skin, but it is interesting. NOTE: natural fibers like cooton, notplastic hoodies puleeze.
Try this with cologne too? I do notice that my shirt collar and sometimes my cuffs smell like the cologne I had on that day and it does last.
One time, there was an upper end men's store in Memphis (Julius Lewis) and a cologne salesman spritzed my hair and my shirt with cologne. I thought he was out of his mind, but he insisted I would smell it longer and on the clothes and hair, it would smell as it was out of the bottle and not change during the day.
Wouldn't cologne sprayed on clothing smell slightly different from that which interacts with personal chemistry on the skin?
I would imagine that this varies considerably from individual to individual, but I would also guess that in some cases there could be some incompatibility.
I don't wear cologne, so I can't speak to this from personal experience, but from what I've read here, I'm surprised that no one has remarked about it (possibly because the difference isn't significant).
Good point Murray but the scent does carry. A friend of mine bought a vintage Corvette from an estate but then sold it because the interior had been permeated by the previous owner's cologne.
Smart retailers are using small cotton paper strips to spray a scent on with the name for customers to keep. The last time clerk sprayed me with cologne I threatened to scent mark my territory on his counter.
Like Chris, I use this technique as well, but with a light hand. A little on the cuffs and shirt front and sometimes a quick run down the back of my hair with whatever little bit may still be on my hand after applying to the sides of my neck. For some reason I don't think I've ever mentioned this before on the forum, probably because I viewed it as a minor personal quirk, but yes, I do do that.
Regards,
Gordon
Wouldn't cologne sprayed on clothing smell slightly different from that which interacts with personal chemistry on the skin?
yes. cologne and edts are designed by the parfumiers to be worn on the skin and the scent radiates and develops via your body heat's interaction with the oils both on your skin and in the edt itself.
therefore the scent on clothes smells not as the designer intended it and the scent itself will not develop during the wearing as it would compared to if it were applied to the skin.
as for myself i never apply scent to clothing; only on to skin.
Remember: this is all just wasted time and lives talking nonsense to strangers about pieces of metal, hair and chemical compounds.
