Speaking Of Scents

Have you ever tried picking out a new cologne for your husband or boy friend?  Wow, there is such a large variety and the prices, you can’t count on the price being a cologne that he will love or even like, price means very little in your final decision.  I know this because I bought my husband a new cologne that he hated.  So I have opted to have a trusted friend go with me when I shop for his cologne.

When you first go in the department store head straight for the men’s cologne, spray lightly on your friend, or in my case, my daughter, then go shopping for 30-40 minutes.  This will give the top notes, the scent perceived upon application, to evaporate and this will happen rather quickly.  Then there is the scent of the cologne which is called the middle notes that when combined with the base notes, which appear as the middle notes evaporate, form the main theme of the cologne.  This process takes about 30 minutes and hopefully after shopping for 1/2 hour you will decide that you like the scent and don’t have to start all over again, as in my case.  Needless to say we planned a whole day of shopping which was a very good thing.