Anonymous wrote:It’s very in for middle school boys. My sons have Abercrombie colognes. Not my favorite but I do remember being a middle school girl and thinking it was the best smell ever

+1 my middle schooler loves scent, so we started him off with inexpensive cologne (Abercrombie) and then for his birthday he requested drakkar noir. I remember my brother and his friends going through a similar phase, and I also thought boys my age smelled so good! As a parent I do not, but he has mastered deodorant and washing his face, so I figure this is the next life skill to teach - we talk about NOT leaving a scent trail and how it should mix with your body chemistry and only be obvious to people who lean close, etc. Prefer he learn now than when he’s a young adult/college student without any parental advice!

It’s very in for middle school boys. My sons have Abercrombie colognes. Not my favorite but I do remember being a middle school girl and thinking it was the best smell ever

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Anonymous wrote:It's Axe Body Spray. It's disgusting.

+1. I think every teenage boy should go through an Axe Body Spray phase. It is a (smelly) right of passage. Hopefully they outgrow it quickly.

If you read the thread, the trend is for very expensive colognes. I'm okay with that as they tend to use it sparingly and the quality is much, much better.

LOL. Drakkar Noir - man. That brings back a lot of memories late 80s, early 90s memories. I have no idea what my son is wearing as far as cologne or aftershaves but it isn't offensive nor does he oversaturate himself.

As his Dad, it's not cologne, but usually aftershave. Bay Rum, Verbena, or Pinaud Clubman, something along those lines.

My 10 year old boy is begging for cologne. I don’t wear it and neither does my husband. I’ve given him a few samples I found on IPSY.

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Anonymous wrote:People still wear cologne? How 1970s.

Are people still asking dumb questions? How 1990s.

+100

Anonymous wrote:I have fond memories of my HS boyfriends’ cologne. As long as it’s not too strong, let him try different scents and see what he thinks.

This! It’s not for the fuddy Duddy middle-aged women on DCUM who hate even scented laundry detergent.

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Anonymous wrote:No. Just no. Please no cologne. Showers are preferable.

+100%.

Isn't cologne a gay thing ?

Yeah, all the teen boys who wear cologne are gay. All of them. That’s exactly right.

I was, and am, serious. I do not mean to be rude, but cologne for men isn't typical; seems popular among gay men.

This is spot on for the 40s and 50s crowd. DH does not and would not wear cologne, but my gay friends do. However, cologne is a thing for straight high school boys, just like it was a thing for the straight boys when I was in HS. There’s not a particular cologne like there was in the Polo and Drakkar Noir days. DS has three different colognes (I know one is YSL but don’t know the other two). He typically only wears them when he’s going to concerts, dances or something else he considers a big night out. His friends do the same. Most of them don’t wear too much and are not overpowering.