What is the socially preferred amount of cologne a man should wear?

[LuckyCharms]

12 ounces? 16 ounces? More than 16 ounces? I bought a 24 ounce bottle of cologne at the dollar store, and I used the entire thing in one day. Was that too much, or too little? I'm kind of new to this "cologne thing".

Thank you in advance.

[htuttle]

1. None

Around here, wearing cologne at the workplace is generally frowned upon, due to the potential for HR nightmares where a person says they are allergic to it.

Out and about? At the nightclub? Pour it on. There's no 'too-much'. At the very least, everyone will know that you are headed their way.

[GP6971]

3. I second. n/t

[people]

22. Amount of cologne?

I third.

[GP6971]

29. No...no cologne at all. n/t

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Certainly no more than a quart, especially if it's Hai Karate.

[LuckyCharms]

6. OK, thank you. Is that per armpit, or in total?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. Will you be spending much time in elevators?

That's an important consideration.

[sprinkleeninow]

11. 😄

Remember Kanøn? They still sell this stuff.

At the fragrance counter:
"I'd like some cannon, please."

"It's Ka-NUHN, silly great unwashed heathen barbarian."

[lapucelle]

14. Hi, Karate

[sprinkleeninow]

40. Imagine the stinky stuff some thot was so cool.

🤧

[AJT]

4. Sooo, are you drinking it or wearing it?

Cuz that makes a difference.

[customerserviceguy]

7. Yep

Cheaper by the six-pack.

[Turbineguy]

27. The Green Hornet cocktail

Agua Velva and Listerine.

[customerserviceguy]

5. I can smell you from here! n/t

[PoliticAverse]

8. You should pace it out so the bottle lasts a whole week. That way...

when you do your weekly grocery shopping at the dollar store you can pick up a new bottle just in time.

[dweller]

9. roll on

deoderant should suffice ...

✌🏼️

[lapucelle]

12. Was it eau de cologne or eau de toilette?

[MLAA]

13. One bathtub full.

[A HERETIC I AM]

15. If after applying it, you leave a puddle when you stand still.....

You have overdone it a wee tad.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

20. Birds suddenly falling out of the sky can be another indication.

[A HERETIC I AM]

21. LOL...yup.

To paraphrase an old Johnny Carson line....

"The smell could start the windmill on an old Dutch painting!"

[sprinkleeninow]

41. ---

😝

[Mira]

16. none

i had a tenant once who put the stuff on when he went out to pick up his date.
The hallway smelled of him for a good number of hours.
He never brought a date home.
GOT IT?

[LuckyCharms]

19. So my date should just come directly to my place?

[Harker]

17. Next stop...

polyester shirts and gold fertility symbols.

[Marie Marie]

37. A salmon leisure suit would go nicely with the above mentioned items and

complement that bottle of cologne. Warning: you may have to fight the ladies off.

[sprinkleeninow]

42. The ladies with beehive coifs and chemise dresses.

🤣

[lunasun]

18. Buy a bunch of different scents and try them all-1 bottle of Axe a day keeps all breathing life away

https://www.axe.com/us/en/products/fragrance.html

[True Dough]

23. Douse yourself

in the full bucket!

[NRaleighLiberal]

24. never used it - and don't use it.

[Codeine]

25. It's made with bits of real panther

so you know it’s good.

[TlalocW]

28. 60% of the time

It works EVERY time.

TlalocW

[PoliticAverse]

35. I'm gonna be honest with you, that smells like pure gasoline. n/t

[TlalocW]

26. I know you're kidding but seriously

Both women and men... find three scents that you like and rotate through them. You get used to just one scent, and that makes you think it's losing its potency so you start putting on more because if you can't smell it, you figure others can't either. Well... we can.

TlalocW

[Codeine]

30. I only wear one scent

but I limit my application based on how much I hate going to the mall to get more. I think I’m on 18 months with my current bottle, but it’s dregs and vapor now.

[GemDigger]

31. Depends on who you smell like...

If you smell like that fraudster that smells like a cesspool, then you would need a gallon at a time.

[sprinkleeninow]

43. Don't believe any scent manufactured could even come close to

covering up the stink of the 'covering up fraudster' whose smell is eradicable.

[TygrBright]

32. I think I saw a chart somewhere...

I remember it had English Leather, Hai Karate, Brut, Old Spice, Polo, Aqua Velva, Aramis, Drakkar Noir, and something called (I am NOT making this up) Joop! on it.

I believe the amounts recommended varied from .0001 mcg to .00000000001 mcg, depending on whether you wanted to get laid by someone of your own gender, a different gender, or a different species.

helpfully,
Bright

[krispos42]

33. If you smoke, that's way too much. You'll go up like a Pinto

Otherwise, it really depends on how much body hair you have to absorb the cologne and release it in a time-controlled fashion.

This is why teenagers reek of it: They lack absorbency due to their lack of body hair.

It's just scientific!

[Marie Marie]

38. "You'll go up like a Pinto".

[Laffy Kat]

34. I can smell it from here, LC.

Tone it down, will ya?

[ProudLib72]

36. Depends on what kind

I prefer good old fashioned gear oil. Pick some up at Walmart and rub it in your hair. You'll be good for a week!

[RainCaster]

39. If you are a Republican, a liter is a good start.

If you have posted here before, no response is needed.

[sl8]

44. Protips: Stick with the basics and save money by buying by the gallon.

[highmindedhavi]

45. Still use Eternity, since 89

Only enough to make my wife get close to smell my neck, not ment for anyone else to smell.

[UTUSN]

46. Uh, anything that is not Old Spice *ORIGINAL* is too much!1

[Xolodno]

47. I STILL have cologne from my early 20s....

....I'm in my late 40's.

One is from an old girlfriend, another I bought for myself. Then a third my wife bought me about 10-12 years ago.

Side note, after sitting their for literally decades...started using the old girlfriend cologne when my wife and I go out, which is about once or twice a month. She likes it and I might actually get through it this year. The next older one won't take long, used it fairly often because my then girlfriend soon to be wife, loved it.

Once that's done, then use what my wife bought me.