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Aftershave for 20 yr old boy at uni

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Grammar · 23/10/2019 18:35

My son asked for 'perfume' or Eau de Toilette for Xmas. He did not say aftershave ( i was wondering whether he was trying to tell me something, like he wants to be on Rupaul's DRAG Race, but no. He honestly sees men's fragrance as just that,.
I bought him Paco Rabanne last year, but he finds it too 'alcholy'.
I have advised him to try going into a dept store and trying out fragrances, ( he's too inhibited to do that; I also suggested he ask anyone else he likes the smell of to tell him what they use, again, he wouldn't do that)
Any ideas..?.I have told him I can't really choose for him, but have resigned myself to having to do it.
Is Antaeus too dated?
It's an almost impossible question, I realise

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milliefiori · 24/10/2019 08:36

It could be fun to take him somewhere like Penhaligons and get him to try several scents. I did that wth DS1 and he loved it. Then surprised him with a scent he really loved.

MrsPellegrinoPetrichor · 24/10/2019 08:37

Ds wears Boss,Hillfigger and Armani.

SorbetK6 · 24/10/2019 08:39

Jean Paul Gaultier is nice.

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 24/10/2019 08:58

My university student ds is nearly 20 . I ask him if he wants any eau de toilette he just shrugs. (He has a beard so no aftershave) he won't ask his mates either. I took dd into the Fragrance shop she wanted a Stella McCartney perfume. I sometimes smell really nice scents on young men but I cannot ask them without it sounding weird "oh you smell nice it's for my son I'm not a mad stalker" . Years ago on eastenders dot cotton bought "ooo savage" for her dh 😁

BuntyCollocks · 24/10/2019 09:02

Dior Sauvage.

Was told recently there’s a Facebook page “do you actually fancy him or is he just wearing Dior Sauvage”

😂

I imagine a 20YO would like that effect.

ArtieFufkinPolymerRecords · 24/10/2019 22:44

My son wears YSL L'homme.

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Redact · 25/10/2019 07:02

Abercrombie Fitch Fierce. My friend gave my son this when he was at uni. We laughed at the bottle, it has the picture of a well toned male torso on it, but he said that lots of his friends, both male and female,would comment, asking what aftershave he had on and what a lovely aftershave he was wearing.

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