{"id":794,"date":"2010-12-21T13:22:42","date_gmt":"2010-12-21T20:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theperfumegirl.com\/fragrance\/?p=794"},"modified":"2021-09-25T14:02:52","modified_gmt":"2021-09-25T21:02:52","slug":"the-dos-donts-of-guy-scents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theperfumegirl.com\/fragrance\/the-dos-donts-of-guy-scents\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dos & Don\u2019ts of Guy Scents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\n
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Holiday shopping? Tips for buying\u00a0a fragrance he – and you – will love.\u00a0 Originally from the Valentine Day February guide provided by Sephora’s Jessica Hanson.<\/p>\nDO snoop around.
\n<\/strong>Find out what kind of scent he already has (woodsy, fresh or spicy) and stick with that category when you go shopping.\nDON’T get celeb-happy…
\n<\/strong>…unless you’re sure he’s a fan. Words of wisdom from a real guy: “We don’t want a cologne with a picture of some famous guy we can’t stand,” says Shai D., 28, NY. Dully noted.\nDO match scents.
\n<\/strong>If there’s a certain perfume he loves on you, he’ll probably like the male version, too.\nDON’T hesitate to try it.
\n<\/strong>Wear his fragrance alone or layer it over your lightweight floral.\n\n\n

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  1. Gucci by Gucci Pour Homme<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0eau de toilette ($55 for 1.7 oz., saks.com).<\/li>\n
  2. Giorgio Armani Code<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0for men eau de toilette ($68 for 2.5 oz., giorgioarmaniparfums.com).<\/li>\n
  3. Sean Jean Unforgivable Night<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0eau de toilette ($74, seanjohnfragrances.com).<\/li>\n
  4. Patrick Dempsey 2<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0eau de toilette ($35, avon.com).<\/li>\n
  5. D&G 6 L’Amoureux<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0eau de toilette ($65 for 3.4 oz., nordstrom.com).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"Code\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCode for Men Giorgio Armani\n\t
    Beauty Quickie:
    \n<\/em><\/strong>Got a sweaty guy?\u00a0 Buy him a fragrance with fresh, citrusy notes – they mask eau de odor.<\/blockquote>\n\n

    (Hanson, Jessica. “The Dos & Don’ts of Guy Scents<\/a>.”\u00a0Glamour<\/u>\u00a0Feb. 2010: 48)<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Holiday shopping? Tips for buying\u00a0a fragrance he – and you – will love.\u00a0 Originally from the Valentine Day February guide provided by Sephora’s Jessica Hanson. DO snoop around. Find out what kind of scent he already has (woodsy, fresh or spicy) and stick with that category when you go shopping. DON’T get celeb-happy… …unless you’re […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[40,83,98],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theperfumegirl.com\/fragrance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theperfumegirl.com\/fragrance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theperfumegirl.com\/fragrance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theperfumegirl.com\/fragrance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theperfumegirl.com\/fragrance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=794"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/theperfumegirl.com\/fragrance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":869,"href":"https:\/\/theperfumegirl.com\/fragrance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794\/revisions\/869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theperfumegirl.com\/fragrance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theperfumegirl.com\/fragrance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theperfumegirl.com\/fragrance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}