Your choice of fragrance is very personal, and most of us have a few classic fragrances we keep around. (Every day perfume, sexy perfume, first date perfume, etc.) But if you are looking to change things up, or if your guy has even expressed a dislike for your current perfume, consider these tips below.
Scents Men Love
Most guys like the smell of vanilla. Maybe it reminds them of their mom baking cookies, but whatever, it still turns them on (in some cultures vanilla is an aphrodisiac). If your guy likes vanilla, try an Oriental perfume (think Christian Dior’s Poison). You can also find tons of body products (body wash, body lotion, etc.) with vanilla scents.
Guys like cinnamon, too (maybe his mom baked ginger snaps?) Not that I’m implying he has a thing for his mom. It’s just that men seem to like fragrances that remind them of cookies. Cinnamon is also considered an aphrodisiac, which may add to your guy’s attraction to these fragrances. Try L de Lolita Lempicka by Lolita Lempicka, which is a blend of vanilla and cinnamon. How can you lose?
Lavender, believe it or not, is also a favorite with most guys. I’ve read that Cleopatra, one of the original seductresses, wore lavender oils. Like vanilla, there is a plethora of fragrances and bath products available with lavender scents, so experiment until you find one that both you and your guy enjoy.
I once read that guys like pumpkin, too, but I’m not sure if that’s available as a perfume. There are bath products available in this scent, though. You can also purchase pumpkin scented candles, so maybe a few in the bedroom? Try it and let me know.
Scents They Don’t
A lot of guys don’t like fragrances that are too floral or fruity. Floral scents like Gucci Rush or Jo Malone White Jasmine, or Ralph Lauren’s fruity Lauren may smell divine to us, but your man may not care for it. That goes for floral perfumes that are categorized as fruity-florals “ a double whammy for most guys.
Also, there are certain perfumes that smell like bug repellant to guys (something to do with the way their sense of smell interprets certain elements of a perfume), so if he asks if you are worried about mosquitoes maybe save that fragrance for work. A lot of celebrity fragrances seem to affect guys this way.
Of course, if your guy is attracted to a fragrance that smells like a big bunch of lilies, go for it! It all boils down to what the two of you like.
As Dude said in the first post, that he hated lavender, my husband hated lavender also, and I thought he was the only one, since men were SUPPOSED to like lavender. Then I found out my male neighbor also hates the scent of lavender. So nothing is a fool-proof statement of fact! More research needs to be done by people who write articles with blind faith that what they think is the God’s honest truth.
I loathe Lavender and Jasmine, it smells like a dusty old grandma fart and who wants that! Total turn off. I can not stand Ysatis perfume or any other nasty perfume like it. I’ve ended dates with a quickness because of it. I’ve even bought perfume for girls I’ve dated telling them I like this and do not like those perfumes that burn my nose and make me sick. But some would continue to use the nasty perfume, strike 3 your out.
Observations: hot chick at work that we men all follow around like a puppy (and she is smart also) will wear some good perfume and we puppies will trip over each other trying to please her. The days that she wears a bad perfume.. not so much, enjoy her from far away. She’s smart and realizes that the perfume is a man repellent and does not wear it again. She knows how to play us like Pan’s flute.
Men’s cologne I wear Polo, Dakar and sometimes old school Royall Bay Rhum. The girls seem to like it and I do too. I had to give up on Chaz back in the day, few seemed to like it, so it had to go.
I think articles written for women by women are generally misleading, probably on purpose, to get women to buy crap (like vanilla scented perfumes) that they will have to throw away b/c their bf begs them not to wear it.
Yeah, some guys do put on too much. This is because they use cologne. I never use cologne just for this reason. A splash of most aftershave products does the trick, although, some aftershaves are also strong (like Brut). I even water down some products put wetting my palms before I splash the product on to them then the face and neck area.
Lacks any credibility/10.
I think articles written for women by women are generally misleading, probably on purpose, to get women to buy crap (like vanilla scented perfumes) that they will have to throw away b/c their bf begs them not to wear it.
Yeah, some guys do put on too much. This is because they use cologne. I never use cologne just for this reason. A splash of most aftershave products does the trick, although, some aftershaves are also strong (like Brut). I even water down some products put wetting my palms before I splash the product on to them then the face and neck area.
Lacks any credibility/10.
Now help us, guys!
What Men fragrances do women like(and ones they hate)? Where should we spray it.
Now help us, guys!
What Men fragrances do women like(and ones they hate)? Where should we spray it.