Cologne on the Client -- is that a good idea?

[gregkidman]

I know that a lot of clients just want the MAN-scent and like their escorts to be 'au naturale' or that they want their escorts to just come from the gym all sweaty. But what about escorts? What do escorts like on a client?

 

I like putting on cologne on myself before I meet an escort. Is this ever a turn-on for any escort?

 

My ass is yours,

Greg

[Rick Munroe]

>I like putting on cologne on myself before I meet an

>escort. Is this ever a turn-on for any escort?

 

For me, it can be a turn-off. I prefer a freshly showered clean body with no added fragrance (except for minty fresh breath). If I want to hug a perfumed body, I can go visit my Aunt Arlene in Boca.

[mmk]

I do like the smell of cologne on a man, but, like many people, there are certain scents that I do not like because no matter how lightly they are applied, they still seem very heavy (at least to me they do)

 

Any time I have ever seen an escort, I have never put on cologne because usually the meeting were either in my home (and I am not going to wear cologne and sit around the house in) or I have met them in a hotel room I was at (and I am not going to sit around my hotel room in cologne either). I actually think that some cologne can be a turn on when applied properly and not when someone is doused in it. There are actaully some cologne's that can turn me and get me hard because they bring back memories of a hot encounter.

[JT Brooklyn]

Dr. Bronners "Peppermint" Soap.. always works Great for me and Who ever I am "Rolling" around with! IMHO. With some people the Body Chemistry either Compliments or Doesn't.. the Guy using Cologne,Soap etc.. Remember "Perfume was Invented" by People who to this day, Donot believe in using SOAP.. on any steady basis! LOL :+

[orlandoguy]

I personally like a little cologne on an escort -- I find it sexy. Like others have said here though -- a LITTLE dab here and there. I like to put a little on myself just before the escort arrives at my hotel room or wherever. Most all have noticed and commented how much they liked it.

 

In Orlando -- hot and sweaty

[tedbear]

More and more people are becoming sensitive to environmental chemicals--and cologne definately is one of them. I know several people who just can't stand to be near cologne. One of my coworkers now has to keep her office door shut all the time to try to reduce contact to perfumes. When someone needs to speak with her, she comes out in the hallway. If the scents are too strong, she'll head them to a conference room.

 

My own sensitivies aren't that bad, but I've been known to get off an elevator earlier than I planned in order to avoid someone's cologne. Last Christmas, i was visiting my Mom and she had worn some perfume I had bought her a previous Christmas. It hadn't bothered me at that time, but shortly after she put it on, we piled in the car and headed out shopping. We had just gotten on the highway when I had to pull over and literally jump out of the car. I was in a full-blown asthma attack.

 

I've learned to ask escorts not to wear cologne. I've had at a few asthma attacks while in the middle of sex and it's definately a turnoff for everyone! (Although the escorts in question handled the situation beautifully).

[tarrat]

Being one that suffers from allergies, heavy and perfumy scents are a definite turn-off. I don't mind a light scent (Bath and Body Works Warm Vanilla Sugar is awesome), but heavy-duty colognes are offputting.

[Steven_Draker]

Personally, I never wear perfume or any kind of Cologne. Strong cheesy odors down there or a heavy cologne are a turn-off for me. Freshly showered and shaved will just do it fine.

 

Steven Draker ~

[trilingual]

I've never seen an explanation for it, but Americans' hyper-sensitivity to cologne and perfume must have a cultural component, because this isn't a widespread problem in other countries. At least, it doesn't occupy much print space or broadcast time!

 

In tropical countries like Brazil, people love cologne/perfume. No matter how much you shower or bathe, you're inevitably going to be hot and sweaty very soon afterwards and you're stuck until your next chance to bathe. At least in Brazil, people are very turned off by body odor because it suggests that someone isn't clean, and Brazilians are exceptionally hygiene-conscious. To be sure they're not giving offense, and just because they enjoy it, Brazilians use a variety of scents. In all the time I've been visiting or living here (more than twenty years) I've never seen anyone go into an allergic reaction to someone else's cologne, or heard anyone say they couldn't be near people who use scents. Something is obviously different here than in the U.S. Anybody have any solid information about why there's a difference?

 

Having gotten accustomed to using cologne in Brazil, I often use some in the U.S. But it's like so many things -- good scents don't seem to give offense, especially when used sparingly. I rarely use heavy, wooded scents except occasionally during the evening. Otherwise, I go for light, sporty, citrusy scents that are far from overwhelming. Either way, I try to apply the scent at least half-an-hour before going out so the more obvious "top notes" of the scent have faded down by the time I'm ready to leave. What's left is pretty subtle, and I don't recall anyone ever having had an attack around me, or object to the scent I was using. What are other reader's experiences?

[tedbear]

There's no strong evidence of the cause of this, as far as I know. However there is speculation that it's due from all the chemicals and fumes we are increasingly subjected to. Our buildings are built more and more tightly with little outside air being allowed in; Synthetic carpeting, furniture and stainfree coatings on fabrics and rugs all emit fumes. It may be the combination of these things that is behind this. A new muti-screen movie theater was built near here a few years ago and the fumes were visible in the lights for weeks after it opened. I didn't realize it at first, but my asthma was usually worse the day after I saw a movie there.

 

I assume in warmer clients buildings aren't built with "house wraps" and just aren't as tight. And in most warmer climates, carpeting isn't as popular.

 

When my firm built a new highrise office building about 15 years ago, we went all out--not only was the building tight and energy efficient, we bought all new furniture. Where there were cubes, the fabric covered walls were new. I was working 80-100 hours a week back then and I was one of several who became quite ill during that period. I missed work for 4 months, and my problems have grown increasingly worse.

 

A friend of mine had industrial carpeting put in her sewing and craft room at home. The fumes from it were so bad that within 3 days, she tore it out and threw it out on the balcony. She's had trouble ever since then.

 

I just bought a newly constructed home. It has solid oak floors over concrete. The cabinetry is solid cherry. There's no engineered wood in the place at all as far as I can tell. I currently live in a huge highrise building where the air recirculates. I'm hoping that being in a small building with lots of windows and no carpeting will help my problems.

[orlandoguy]

>Freshly showered and shaved will just do it

>fine.

>

>Steven Draker ~

 

 

What about after-shave lotion??

[JesseJamesXXX]

Personally, I enjoy cologne on someone. Just as long as it is light, and not overbearing...then by all means it is a turn-off.

[Guest DickHo]

All odors other than sweat and head cheese are unacceptable in anyone. That's my opinion!

[Steven_Draker]

>What about after-shave lotion??

 

After-shave cream or lotion is fine (as long the odor is discreet) ... and it usually is.

 

 

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[bigguyinpasadena]

Tri-that is because 99%of "scent sensitivity issues"are bullshit.

Yet another way for the cane weilding bitches that make offices and other workplaces a bit of hell on earth.

I am so glad I am out of the public sector-I don't think I could put up with this type of nonsense at this point in my life.

[bigguyinpasadena]

I dont mind a nice tastful scent.But as it is a personal thing as to what a nice scent is best to leave it off.

Also cannot stand deodorant on a guy-If I whant to lick an armpit I don't want to be eating metal, soap and other nst stuff.

Just be realllllly clean.

[Curmudgeon]

>Tri-that is because 99%of "scent sensitivity issues"are

>bullshit.

 

I could say the same about tobacco "allergies" that people moan about. OK, I get it, you don't like smoke. But don't LIE about it and make up an allergy.

 

I am in the scent-sensitive group, although I don't react to individual scents. It's overwhelming concentration that gets to me. I walk quickly through the soap aisle at the grocery store. And there are stores in malls (those "bed & bath" places with lots of potpourri) that I won't even go into lest I leave wheezing and coughing.

 

Heck, I even had to leave an athletic shoe store recently because the heavy concentration of new rubber smell had me gasping for air. I waited outside and only returned long enough to pay for my boy's new shoes.

 

If you ever experience this kind of reaction, you'll know it's real. But you're right that a lot of people use it as an excuse.

 

 

The problem with making something foolproof is the universe keeps making better fools.

[Guest RandyRon]

I think one reason so many guys are put off by the cologne on others is their "heavyness." I like a light scent rather than a clinging aroma that preceeds me by several feet. For many years I have used after shave "balms." These provide a much lighter scent and since their aroma is more dilute than colognes, it's easier to modulate them. Most "better" brands have this form of after shave available so ask for them at your favorite department store.

[Guest bernardff]

On this as with most common sense topics,I'm with Steve....scents and colognes were invented to make up for a lack of bathing and are like a pheromonic disguise or deceit to me.