Guy here at work wears the same cologne as my first boyfriend.

[eyesroll]

This is terribly disconcerting for several reasons:

A. That I can tell this to begin with. I'm almost 29. I dated this first boyfriend when I was 14.

B. That I know it's Drakkar Noir from scent alone. Preppy. Oy. (I never cared for it, but at least I'm not allergic to it.)

C. That I'm now associating a decent person at work with a guy who let condoms fall out of his wallet in front of me and then told me, "oops, you weren't supposed to see those until later -- it was going to be a surprise." He broke up with me a couple of weeks later, the condoms remaining unused. (He was clueless, but ultimately harmless.)

Anyone have a scent that dredges up old memories, good or bad?

[Jo March]

1. Drakkar Noir reminds me of my first boyfriend, too

All 6' 4" of him. Oh, he was glorious. Lost my virginity to him so when I smell Drakkar, I always think back to a wonderful stormy night in March.

Sigh....

[eyesroll]

2. You seem to have had a much better Drakkar Boy than I did.

Mine was short (didn't matter -- I'm short), and, like I said...clueless.

[Jo March]

21. Oh, he dumped me for my best friend two weeks before prom

Don't get me wrong - he turned out to be a scumbucket.

Having said that, I will say that he was glorious! When I came back from Basic and Advanced Training in the Army, I was all buff and skinny. I went over to his house and talked him into having dinner with me. Then I kind of talked him into having sex with me for old time's sake. He was still glorious but I had the upper hand because I was stronger mentally and I left him with a "thanks" and didn't look back on the way out the door.

Ah, he was built and just.... sigh. He smelled so good.

[StClone]

4. I am Glad Men don't wear "Navy"

That brings back...ah, never mind.

[Beware the Beast Man]

3. Several.

Drakkar Noir- my first "real" cologne. Didn't help me score any either.

Patchouly- reminds me of my damn dirty hippy college years.

Vanilla- I had an ex that wore it. I still like it though, because my wife wears Hypnotic Poison, which has a vanilla scent to it.

Mango- another ex. Makes me gag now.

[commander bunnypants]

5. I like vanilla

and I am a guy

DDQM

[commander bunnypants]

13. 38 in 9 days

it is a nice scent. Can you reccommend something new. not to overbearing?

[Jo March]

26. Don't wear Addias. It smells like stinky feet. n/t

[eyesroll]

7. And I bet you're in your late 20s to early 30s, right?

Did every man born in the early-mid 70s wear that stuff? (The guy at work is a bit older than that, though.)

[Magrittes Pipe]

9. I never wore Drakkar.

My high-school girlfriend made me wear "Colors" a few times.

Other than that, I heve never worn cologne in my life.

[eyesroll]

20. And my sinuses thank you.

Colors.

hahahahahaha

[Beware the Beast Man]

10. Oh, yeah. That was the Gold Standard

for teenage boys in the late 80's/early 90's. There were legends on the street about the awesome power of Drakkar. Alas, it was not so...

ON EDIT- you're right. I'm 30.

[Jo March]

Oh, you needed to drive a Monte Carlo SS and have GnR

blasting on the stereo. I would've... um, you know, with you. ;) Well, you would have had to have been tall. I only dated tall guys in high school.

[eyesroll]

28. So are you also in the late 20s/early 30s demographic, arnheim?

Seems to be a trend.

[Jo March]

30. Yes, I am and semi-proud to be so

Some of the music back then simply sucked and I apologize for it. LOL!

[Beware the Beast Man]

Sorry, I hated GnR

And didn't drive. I was a headbanger turned punk turned grungie in high school. I was tall, though. :P

[Jo March]

31. Oh, my! Where you a poet too?

I was into sensitive, angst-filled, brooding types, too.

Man, I'm making myself sound like a big old hose-beast but I really wasn't. Had lots of crushes, though.

[Beware the Beast Man]

34. Yeah, somewhat.

But I was a dork, though. We would have been just friends :)

[Jo March]

35. I was friends in high school with lots of dorky guys

My nickname in school was Miss Encyclopedia, if that tells you anything. I was very conservative and dressed like a grandma. I was shy and smart - not exactly a man magnet. :(

[Beware the Beast Man]

37. Then I probably would have had a crush on you.

I went for the easy prey :evilgrin:

[eyesroll]

38. Wow! I was my friends' walking dictionary, too!

I wasn't particularly conservative (think Lindsay Weir from "Freaks and Geeks"), but a giant dork nonetheless.

[Jo March]

23. All the guys in high school wore it

and I'm in my early 30s. ;) Good guess.

[commander bunnypants]

24. recommendations?

DDQM

[eyesroll]

25. Sorry -- I'm not much help.

I don't wear perfume, don't get too into cologne.

Smell clean. That's about it as far as recommendations go.

[commander bunnypants]

33. no problem there

I have a thing about having to shower 3 times a day. I hate smelling sweaty

DDQM

[jeff30997]

6. Yeah. Olfactory stimulation is the strongest ...

Sens to bring memories. What happens to you when you smell a Crayola crayon ? It brings back memories of your childhood.The brain is a wonderful and mysterious organ.

[GOPisEvil]

8. Drakkar Noir during the day?!

How gauche!

[Beer Snob-50]

11. The first cologne I ever had

was Jovan Musk Oil. It was a gift from an old girlfriend. I cannot remember what she wore, but my Mother found some stupid stuffed animal this girl gave me, and she ahd drenched it in the stuff (to remind me of her). It still had a slight stench of it

[Magrittes Pipe]

12. A peculiar combination of candlewax, sandalwood, and spilled leibfraumilch

...is what I think of when I remember a certain bedroom in Paderborn.

:evilgrin:

[jeff30997]

16. What is leibfraumilch ?

Hey,I don't know anything about cologne so spare me for my ignorance, please.

[Magrittes Pipe]

17. Cheap, sweet, horrible white wine.

What German winos drink. Go to the store and buy a bottle of "Blue Nun." That is liebfraumilch.

[jeff30997]

22. Are you serious ? Baaaaaaaarf !!!

Well, on the positive side , I learned something new today. :)

[Magrittes Pipe]

27. She was SOME good-lookin' woman, though.

Had to be for me to put up with the wine.

[jeff30997]

14. Personally I really don't like perfumes.

Years ago, I dated that wonderful girl but she always put on baby powder (talc)and that smell always made me sick !

[eyesroll]

15. I don't wear the stuff myself

Most of it makes my eyes water. Nothing worse than being stuck on a plane between "Too Much Knock-Off Chanel" and "Spilled The Bottle of Aqua Velva Before I Left."

[jeff30997]

19. Ewww! Yuck !

I hate that too.

[gollygee]

18. Calvin Klein . . .uhm one of those calvin klein ones - One or something

or something

Same thing, smells like an ex-bf.

[SidDithers]

45. Obsession....

was big when I was in University (late 80's)

Sid

[gollygee]

46. This is one that was set up as a unisex kind of fragrance (m)

I think it was called CK One. But I'm not sure.

I sure recognize the scent when I smell it though.

[SarahB]

29. LOL

My dad used to wear Drakkar Noir and I once went out with a guy years ago who wore it also and I had trouble getting into him because, well, he smelled like my dad.
I tend to be less of a cologne person though most of the time (or it has to be really light and subtle), for myself and those of the male persuasion as well. :)

[eyesroll]

32. LOL, OK, now that would have been just gross.

My dad, thank god, does not wear cologne, so I never had that experience. (My mom doesn't wear perfume, for that matter.)

[uncle ray]

36. at least it wasn't

Brut...by Faberge.

:puke:

i think i "borrowed" my dad's brut, once!

now i just stay clean generally.

[redqueen]

39. Oh certainly

Drakkar Noir reminds me of one very sweet guy in particular... and yes, your age theory sort of fits.

Polo and Gray Flannel remind me of another ex that I was engaged to for a while.

Lagerfeld reminds me of the photographer I dated. (He was much older than me, so...)

I'm sure there are others that I'm forgetting, but the moment I smell the fragrance... I remember the guy. :)

[eyesroll]

44. I think Drakkar Boy was the only guy I dated who wore cologne.

There are a few other, non-cologne scents I associate with people and places, though.

[Merrick]

40. My ex said she thought of me when her septic pipes broke

but she's just bitter. I dont smell that bad.

[Merrick]

41. what kind of place do you work where the guys where cologne?

[eyesroll]

43. I work at a publishing house.

And don't get me wrong -- it's not massive amounts of cologne. (It could very well just be scented aftershave, if Drakkar makes such. I'm not up on those things.) Just enough for me to recognize when I pass by this guy in the hallway.

[Inland]

42. Nothing so specific, but

wood smoke on a cold dry day puts me in Colorado. Hot sun on dry grass puts me in Greece.

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

47. OMG

Polo in the green bottle. The ORIGINAL Polo cologne for men. My first major boyfiend and my FIRST wore that all the time.

All I have to do is smell that and it just says "SEX" to me. It's not even particularly good cologne, either. But it is the smell of sex.

I go RIGHT back to 1985 when I smell it.