¶ Discussion on Fragrance Review and Recommendation
Hello , ladies and gentle germs , welcome to the Colonia podcast .
I'm Mike , I'm Ryan . We're two best friends . We're fighting emotional battles , smelling fragrances , giving you an un-attracted opinion , and today , ryan , we are smelling a listener request .
Yeah , we actually had this scent a while ago . I believe the gentleman's name is Mike . So , mike , this is for you . You had Senus Aqua Deparma , great name , yeah , colonia Asensia , I believe , and it's something I've actually been wanting to smell for a long time . And today's your lucky day , pal , oh yeah baby Hell , yeah , oh yeah .
Let me tell you what Hossian G on Fragrantica says about this fragrance . Ryan , okay , I really so wonder why so many love this cologne . It's exactly like traditional soap . When I smelled this perfume , just remembered about a public bathroom don't like Next . Three out of 10 . Hossian G Okay , he says smell like a public bathroom that he did not like Next .
Yeah , I'm with him . I don't like smells like that . Yeah , that's the very like .
Rajadav , the back burner of them , rajadav fragrances .
I'm going to have to hard disagree on that . One Haven't smelled a Rajadav that smelled like a piss cake or whatever those things are Well .
I remember the first time we smelled some of the Rajadavs I was like oh , and I was like yeah , that's dirty .
Well before we get into this fragrance . We got to do that one night stand review of that one lovely fragrance that I'm not going to go to the phone and get the answer to , because I totally remember what we did .
I'm pretty sure it's axiom , axiom by Soma Parfums . Roll that beautiful music , todd yeah .
One night stand review . Well , mike , after being an asshole and having such a great , genuine person reach out that , stan Rothschild from Soma Parfums Also fragrance podcasts as well . Very good , you guys should check it out . The Laodorants , lezodorants , and yeah , what do you think about it ?
Because I have a little something to say about it , but I'll look you to your thing first . But what do you think about it after you've spent the night with it ?
I've spent many nights with it and I bought it .
I knew that I knew that when you , when you're about to say that , I knew that .
I paid my own money for it . In fact , steve listened to the episode and he sent me a voice message and he said hey , just wanted to make sure you're okay in that your tongue isn't so far lodged up , dan's ass , that you're still able to communicate . And I said , yeah , I'm using sign language .
And then I sent up the receipt and said I bought that thing with my own money . Yeah , steve , yeah , so suck on them , steve .
You need to have him back on the show . It's been a minute . I know I miss that guy .
Me too , I get to see him in Italy and if you're not too chicken , shit you could do , and Dan's going to be there . Listen to this lineup , brian , and tell me why the hell you would not go to Italy . Okay , the fragrance weirdo , that's a good one . Fragmental top shelf , every man fragrance , right there on the same show and frag dictated probably on .
They're all probably on the same shelf . Honestly , the top shelf yeah , they're going to be there and yours truly man .
It's like the only thing that would prevent me from that is death and a fiery plane crash . So I'm good , bro , I don't know , I'll do some thinking on it . Yeah , have my come to Jesus moment , and once I'm right with God , I won't be afraid to fly anywhere as difficult as life is these days .
Sometimes I'm like , would it be so bad ? It probably wouldn't . Honestly , it would be that sweet release . But , that being said , tell me what you think about . Axiom by soma Parfums .
So Mike and I have been going on a weight loss journey . Hello , hey , we're sexy or not , and it just started for me , so literally today . I think it's been like two days into it , but we were wearing at first off . I put on La Tofa's Udh for Glory and I was like God damn , you're allowed , what are you fucking wearing ?
Yeah , dude , that was loud and you thought it actually smelled like .
I was like you got some sort of Bakarai Rouge type thing going on .
Yeah , weird . Now , when I told you what it was , did it realign your brain to go ? Oh no , it smells more like Udh for greatness . Yeah , okay , yeah .
But it definitely has that same type of vibe which is just like I'm going to choke , hold you and hold you down . I'm going to rub my chest all over your nose and you love those type of fragrances , god .
I love those fragrances , but I digress . After you gave me that compliment , we went to these little incline push-up bars out in the park and I was like damn , my walkie-talkie . I was like what are you wearing ? He was like man , I'm wearing axiom and I'm going to tell you guys , it smells pretty damn good , yeah , pretty good . So is it a ? Buy it ?
Sample it ? Skip it . What do you want to do ? I know you bought it . Would you recommend it as a sample by yeah , I think people should sample it .
It's not for everybody , but it is really wearable and it's pretty masculine , has a little bit of like that mature sort of old school vibe to it , but nothing crazy .
Yeah , it's like old school and it's scent profile , but it's not abusive to people within a five foot radius , like old school furniture .
It's not like you're wearing brute , yeah , it's sharp . It's nice . It has that citrus . It's got that sweeter , woodsier , and the more I wear it , the more I kind of smell that . I think he said there's like birch , like quite a bit of birch in it or something .
Yeah , I can't remember some sort of like lighter wood that he said they used a ton of , and you really start to pick that up . It's a really nice fragrance . So try it If you're so interested . I really did like it . I wasn't , you know , blowing smoke and I ended up buying it .
There you go . You heard from the man himself . Yeah , now let's get into today's episode . I've been really mega heresy on this for quite a while now and apologies to Mike . I'll say Mike C , apologize to Mike , that is taking this long .
First off , you send a shitload of stuff , so it's hard to get to all these fragrances whenever we have a bunch of people send us a shitload of stuff . But man , we about to smell this thing .
Let's roll it up and smoke it , you ready , ready bro ?
Yeah , here we go .
Damn , here we go , hit it on the card .
I see why this is loved and I see why it's hated by Hacienda G Money or whatever . His name was , hacienda G .
I feel like yeah , it's like a stankier neroli portofino it's pretty bad . Yeah , it's got got some clackers to it .
Yeah , it's like that , with like a little bit of outer tinge to it . It's very citrus . I like that . There was a ton of citrus in there . Man that is stout . Yeah , it does kind of have an old school soap vibe , but not not really one to one . I kind of get the outer edge of it .
It's kind of similar to that , but I smell so much citrus that I feel like that kind of covers that up more . Does that make sense ? Yeah , you know what you're saying , but damn , this is a clean fucking smell .
Yeah , it's like a lighter floral citrus . It's nice . It's got a little bit of like a little pickle action to it . How you fucking ruined it for me .
Really , I can't do that , dude .
It's got like a little twinge of what like Versace Arrows had . Hmm , that kind of little that bite .
Thankfully I'm not really smelling that , but I think I get what you mean , like that .
Yeah , some of that really sour , pucker-power citrus . Yeah , kind of gives that kind of like that Get out of here . You're pumpkin pie haircut .
Oh God , I'm right now as it stands . I'm a big fan of this , yeah that 4711 , the Roli Portofino floral citrus soapy . Yeah , I feel like it's like I feel like it's better than both those on the card .
But it's really nice , less pickly on the card to me Very beautiful on the card , Wow that is pretty .
I feel like this is , but it's similar to those , but I feel like this so far has done it better than both those , really Okay .
Yeah , I'm not saying like it's not like this more elegant thing , they're very similar , very close , but I just feel like it's loud where it needs to be and because of that little like aura that I said , it kind of has around it , it's more colonia . You know what I mean . So it's like it's kind of got an atmosphere to it .
I feel like this is it's kind of brighter because of that no-transcript . I really kind of like this kind of juicy .
On the card . It is a beautiful fragrance On the skin , not really sure what my body is doing to it . I also really smell like Italian urban cheese because Ryan and I just sat down in Subway to eat . Don't usually like to eat at Subway because then I just walk out smelling like freshly baked bread .
Oh God , we're trying to be healthy . Guys , Get off our fucking bag , yeah .
I had a protein bowl 450 calories . I hadn't even added my calorie shit up today . Well , I also had a cookie and a half , which that's an extra 300 calories . Yeah , they were oatmeal raisin .
Love those cookies . Hmm , live a little . I swear to God , we're trying to be healthy . I'll get off our fucking bag .
I mean for me . I've lost quite a bit of weight already . Last month I did really well . So I started on my birthday and since then I've had a few hiccup days , but just kind of right back on the horse . If I fell off , I just hop right back on it .
Oh , that guy's name that was in police academy Michael oh Winslow . Yeah , that's what it's like . It's like being around Michael out sometimes . Probably both of us . We have different things we can do sound effects on . Yeah , I like to do this sound effect .
My kids fucking hate it , but I do a walking in squishy shoes sound effect and I like watch their feet as they hit the ground . They can't stand it . I do it all the time . I'm a fucking idiot .
It reminds me of whose line is it anyway ? When they would do that thing where they'd have somebody pretend to be a barber or something , they'd have somebody over there with a microphone doing all the .
Yeah .
I love that show Such a good show , I swear the games are made up and the points don't matter . Yeah , kind of like this podcast in a way .
It doesn't fucking matter , guys . But let's get back to this . I agree with Mike . I think the car stock definitely smells better than the skin . It's really pretty and man , it's even sharper and a little bit more sour on the car .
To me it's not more sour on the car . To me it's actually a little bit more floral , damn yeah .
It smells good , though so far I think it pulls down Tom Ford's pants . Oh really , yeah , I think it does . Wow , I really do so far . Hmm , I mean I really can't claim the 4711 like it's pants on that one . I mean that one's 15 bucks , yeah , that one's going to have the price edge probably on this and especially the Tom .
Ford one . Well , let's get into pricing trend . Tell me about that price edge , Ryan .
Well , the price fragrance net 100 ml 83 bucks .
Wow , not bad . I mean , that is a discount . Do you know what retail is ? Wow , yeah , yeah , it does , didn't you ? You normally give retail price ? Oh yeah , I do Don't know . Wow , you went lazy today . Well , you were the one pushing to do this episode . You don't care ? Here
¶ Discussion About Fragrance and Shower Products
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Surrounded by amateurs on their website . By the way , the bottle , do you kind of like the bottle ? Yeah , it's sexy , no doubt Very sexy . Black white label , black slick On the website . Damn , they make 100 and 180 ml . What is that now ?
I don't know If I had to guess , it would probably be like six ounces . Let's just choose your size .
We do not currently ship to your destination . Oh , god damn it . So they can't even like tell me a price . Well , that's the price I know , for right now , guys , they can't ship to America . Wow , okay , so 80 bucks , yeah , 80 something bucks . Yeah , it's probably 120 , probably , if I were to guess .
Hmm , it's purely speculation , okay , and the trend , the trend . And she's pretty juicy , pretty slurpy .
I see why I'm kind of confused , why it's trending right now in the colder months , but it's trending . Maybe they're getting people gifts or something that like this Because they solid smell , it is good , man , damn , it is right now . Actually . You know what it's getting down to . What On the card right now .
Guys , if you love Green Irish Tweed or if you like , what's it called Irish Spring Soap that we like so much , yeah , it's getting similar to that .
I don't like the kind of thing going on with Green Irish Tweed . It's got a little bit of a stankiness to it .
I don't like Do you feel like this is closer to the Irish Spring Soap ? Then , yeah , I would say so , man it smells pretty damn good .
This is more pleasant than Green Irish Tweed to me .
I can get behind that . Yeah , I can get you . It resonates what I said a minute ago . This is a very clean smell . I think the reviewer , Hossy Enda G-Money I think he's being truthful and that it does smell like kind of a soap , but for me I'm like that's a very clean smell .
I can't imagine you walking by somebody and they go God , you smell like dog shit . What is that ?
Okay , what's the fragrance ? You really don't like Ryan , that really don't like . Yeah that we've done an episode on .
That we've done an episode on that you really didn't like . Oh , I mean the most recent one in memory . I can tell you I don't know past that . Hit it up , that's that blue Atlantic .
Okay , that's bullshit . So then here's a question for you . I'm just going off a script here . Go for it . You have the option to either wear no fragrance for the rest of your life or only wear that . Would you wear it or would you go without fragrance ?
As much as I don't like that one , I would not wear it . I just wouldn't wear fragrance . Really , I promise I would not wear that . I promise I would not wear that . I believe you , it gave me a headache .
It smelled terrible . I think your anger gave you the headache . It may have , but it did not smell good . You're like you know that meme of the kid where he's got like veins popping out of his forehead . It's like they always use it for , like when guys who drive trucks can't back into a parking spot . I love backing into a parking spot .
Would you wear that fragrance if it was the only fragrance on earth that you could fucking wear ? Yeah .
You're a full of shit . I mean it wasn't bad , but I would . Would I wear it every day ? No , there'd be some days I would go without a fragrance , no problem .
You know , it kind of reminds me of the more I think about it and I've barely used it that bottle of commodity that you gave me , oh wool , yeah , that one's better , but it still does this thing that I don't like . It kind of gives me a headache .
Yeah , somebody sold me a bill of goods on that one . You were super stoked . I was . I was talking to one of our mutual friends that's a female and she was just basically going on and on about how , oh yeah , that fragrance , that's a lady killer , that's super sexy . I was like I'll take a gamble Worst gamble of your life , wasn't it ?
It got to an aquatic thing that I was just like here you go , pal .
You know what it also tells me too , though . Just wear the shit you like , though , oh yeah .
I actually wore it whenever I don't know was it a year ago , it's been a minute we took the kids and did a Halloween like carnival type thing in our community and I was wearing it that day and I had a couple people tell me I smell good . But I was like I don't like how I smell , but everyone else does .
That's why I was also kind of wondering it's like , would you wear something that you don't like just to know that , like , people would still think you smell good , you just wouldn't like it .
I couldn't do it . I really couldn't do it . I'd roll around the goddamn I don't know , raspberry bush or something . I'd get something natural . I would not wear that shit .
That's funny . Yeah , you can go straight herbal on it . I just have to double down on the type of soaps I would use .
You can buy Creed of Ventus Body Gel like shower gel you know , I've actually was thinking about Creed of Ventus recently because some dumbass bought a bottle of it . Oh yeah , not me , but I am super . He's supposed to get it . I'm super excited to see it .
But I remember that they sell the soap and the candle and I really want to try the candle now , but I'm like it's I remember being expensive , wasn't it ?
I don't know of a Creed of Ventus candle . I know the body , or maybe I'm thinking of the soap . The soap was like 80 bucks Fuck For shower gel . I think it was the soap and I was like you know what , just because it's that expensive makes me tempted to try it .
Yeah , I'm tempted to , but then , hell , I saw a discount for that Layton body wash .
There's a Layton body wash . Yeah , oh Lord , here we go .
Let me , let me tell you the price . I bet you might get a little horny on this .
Man , I'd be so scared because again , we talked about my deodorant fiasco . I'd be worried about the soap too , because it's a very similar type of process to me .
Ready , I'm ready . Official Parfums De Marley Layton shower gel 6.7 ounces . Okay , $39 .
$39 bucks . Yeah , wow , that's a buy . You want to buy that ? Huh , I'll buy that . Right now Is on fragrance net . Nope , our fragrances . I'm buying that . I will buy that today . I'm thinking about it .
We just go half on it so we can try it .
I was like I am not going to shower with you , Ryan . I'm not saying this Every time you want to shower to , that's good . I'm like , hey , you want to buy the shower . You want to go in hamsies and share our shower ? Oh God . Well , I'm going to show up wrapped in a towel . Hey , will you put some of that on my loofah ?
I wonder if this reminds me God , this is well subject guys . It reminds me of those like an ask reddit question . It was something about what's something that's kind of always been sold is like really sexy but it's actually really terrible . And somebody it was like one of the most upvoted things that somebody said , or comments .
Somebody said it was a pair of freezing guys . So I'm not a fucking word , smith . Okay , I was listening to one of our episode . Was it showering together ? Yes , they said , or shower sex , or showering together . It's like it's just awkward .
I think it was showering together , that's what it was because they're like it's just awkward because you're sitting there while one person has like all the hot water hitting on .
You're just like waiting in limbo and it's like it's not that great . I mean , it's not feasible every time , but if you make the most out of it , it's a lot of fun .
Yeah , I'm sure about that , but they did make a good point , because if you're just showering , that part's just kind of like .
I'm covered in suds over here . Look , the view is still nice for them .
Hey , can you show me your face . Can you turn the hot water up a little bit ? I don't have to go in hazy with you on the late night , okay , yeah .
So I'll take my own risks when it comes to suds in my body . Up there . Let's talk about who's wearing those fragrance Colonia Esenza .
Man , I feel like a really well put together young person , not too young , wow , I think a very 25 to 35 would rock the holy shit out of this .
Really I think that's kind of young Really . This does feel because it has that older kind of soapy vibe to it . This does feel a little bit more mature . What age range are you thinking ? 40 and up .
I guess I could get behind that . But there is something kind of like sweet and sharp to this , to where I'm just like man , I don't know , I don't know , I don't . I think that honestly , I could see a young person rocking this .
I'm talking like the young cat who's probably got his life together way before most of us and is wearing like a nice white shirt , chilling for the day Hmm , I'm not saying you're wrong . Drives a fucking I don't know Oddie , yeah , probably so . He's wearing sunglasses , has resting asshole face , yeah .
Instagram influencer type guy . No , I mean , for me this feels like 40s and up . You want a clean , citrusy , warmer weather fragrance . You want to wear something to the office that's pleasing , has a little bit of personality but isn't overbearing . I think this is it ?
Yeah , I can see . I can see where you're going with it . I I somewhat agree . I don't know . I really feel like for me it's young , but I I , I , I I .
This isn't to convince you , it's to convince the audience . Oh well , skip it , sample it or buy it . What are you going to do , ryan ?
It's a skip , really . Okay , nothing's going to beat the 4711 price point yeah 15 bucks .
You have to see how this holds on , though , because that one , it is literally an Odecalone , so it is really low in concentration and it goes away quick . The beautiful thing about it is it's so cheap . You could just carry a bottle around with you in the car , exactly , and splash it on .
Yeah , but if you're spending I don't know , this would be whatever four times the price about for it , you know . Yeah , does it last four times long ? I don't know . We're going to find out . It's not bad For me . It is a sample for sure .
Okay , if you like the 4711 stuff , if you like Neuroly , portofino , those type of fragrances , anthony Hopkins a little throwback episode if you like those sort of floral , citrus , old school vibes , I think it's worth a sample . I will not do anything with it . I'm not going to buy it . I won't buy a decant of it . I don't need it .
I just bought a Ventus .
Is it in yet ? Do you get delivered ? It's got to it by now . I'm ready to pretend like I've never smelled it and sprayed from the real deal for once . Just go ham dude . I've only experienced it in decants . Do you think that sometimes you have experienced something in a decant ?
This probably should be a frigging philosophy , but have you experienced something in a decant and then experienced it in the real bottle and you're like I like it more now or less ? Hmm , because we do have to agree with decanting . The only the big hang up is like you got a really spray to get somewhat of a wearing , but it's not .
I found that it's not as much as like getting from a real bottle and getting that real atomizer shit going on .
It's like a soda fountain versus in a glass bottle scenario . Yeah , to me at least . I think that's a good fragrance philosophy episode . We should dive into it and look , there's going to be people out there like RXL 209 . That'll go . You guys have just been . You're doing all this decant reviews , the sample reviews .
Hey , this is actually a fragrance philosophy I feel like we're built and made for because we have sampled so many decants that I think yeah , I think we could compare . There have been plenty of samples that we've then gone and bought the bottle and has the experience been different ?
You'll find out on our next fragrance philosophy episode here on the Cologne podcast .
It's a skip . For me , it's a sample .
It's a sample for y'all . It's a skip for me too .
Oh , so I mean you kind of agree with what I'm saying , or just different kind of mindset on it ?
I mean , I'm just saying , if the people are interested in what they should do , I think , give it a sample . If you're into those , does everyone need to sample it ? No , but if you are just rock hard horny for some Neurolyportafino , you might like this and it's way cheaper .
Yeah , but I think if you really want that spring tea you can go 47-11 and it's even cheaper than this .
I know , but we haven't wore it out , seen how it kind of interacts we have with 47-11 . It's gone in 10 minutes . Yeah , 10 minutes , but those are some good 10 minutes . They're juicy and they're cheap .
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They all just got a cajol three and four samples before the fragrance even released , and we threw a little something extra in there for each one of them .
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Yeah , we're about to open up chats . If you're Friends with Benefits , you're about to be in that chat room . Dog Mmm , and until next time , spreeeeet it up , damn you rock .
You robbed me of my AS . Was it H-A-S-L age sex location ? Yeah ?
Chat room Could . Nobody wants any sort of aged sex with you , no matter the location , Whether it be in the shower smelling like Layton .
Mmm . Oh God , all right , spray it up , y'all Spray it up .