Question for you all, in your experiences which types of scents get you the most compliments niche house or mainstream designer houses/factories?

The most positive reactions I've had are from TL AXE smelling types. If you want to get a lot of compliments stick with the mainstream scents.
Not to sound like a snob, the only people that notice my niche scents are the well off cougar types. So like mones it's about congruance, match the scent to the environment.

I get the feeling most people prefer the ADGs clean, simple, aqua, generic scents, I guess thats why niche is niche.
So if you want to get compliments with your mones stick with the mainstream and save your money avoid niche(only for those special times)?

Anyone else have the same type of experience?

(06-20-2013 1:43 PM)sunny10 Wrote:  Question for you all, in your experiences which types of scents get you the most compliments niche house or mainstream designer houses/factories?

The most positive reactions I've had are from TL AXE smelling types. If you want to get a lot of compliments stick with the mainstream scents.
Not to sound like a snob, the only people that notice my niche scents are the well off cougar types. So like mones it's about congruance, match the scent to the environment.

I get the feeling most people prefer the ADGs clean, simple, aqua, generic scents, I guess thats why niche is niche.
So if you want to get compliments with your mones stick with the mainstream and save your money avoid niche(only for those special times)?

Anyone else have the same type of experience?

I think you are mostly right. As far as mainstream,
Issey Miyake has gotten me the most compliments by
a mile. Acqua di Gio, Armani Code and One Million
are popular for a reason too- though I hate One
Million. D&G The One is pretty nice so is YSL Nuit.

My sexiest cologne though is Musc Ravageur- its
well worth the price, and its insane for night time wear
and goes well with none based mones.

Some of the Creeds are very, very good, check out
Aventus and Silver Mountain Water. People seem to
love Green Irish Tweed, its just ok for me.


The mainstream stuff I mentioned is miles
ahead of Axe. But hey, if it works for you
then who am I to disagree?!

I think your spot on with this one. Younger girls stick to very basic and really well known stuff, Most girls I know perfume collection comes from Victoria's Secret and Bed Bath and Beyond. They like things that smell "manly" and they can't really describe that either

Anything else is pearls before swine because they don't understand value of those non generic scents.

I like the love magic stuff, but nobody appreciates it, unfortunately there are not enough halos to enjoy the scents where I'm based. I once wore prazzade and one lady said I stink of parsley