Brut Cologne commercials — Page 2

Are you kidding? In our house we used to fight over the bottle. One year for xmas my dad gave us all our own and that settled that.

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In high school, we wore two things:

English Leather and Jade East (remember that?)

Before college, we switched to:

Canoe.

In the late 70s, I started with Lagerfeld, still a great scent, if a strong one and then was given something called "Habit Rouge," which is the male Shalimar. Avoid it, unless you want to smell like a Turkish hustler. It'll make you lose your KFC.

The things that hit in the 1990s -- I call them Subway Scents, because I was blasted with them every day on the Number One Train in NY -- all smell like a ladies night nightmare.

I have stopped cologne -- in a man d'un age certain it's creepy -- but do like something called "4 Voleurs" from L'Occitane. If you find the spray overpowering (understandably), buy the bath gel. It's a terrific, subtle fragerence that lingers just enough.

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Updated On: 1/1/09 at 06:38 PM

Nothing in the '70s. I was too young.

Grey Flannel in the early '80s. Then Polo.

In the '90s it was Herrera and Gendarme.

Now? Nothing. Most colognes make my eyes water. I'm not a big fan.

But back in the day ... God, I musta stank.

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Don't you remember the Ads? "Canoe Canoe?" (almost sounded like Can you canoe?") As I recall that was all they said. A sexy model would look at the camera and ask "Canoe Canoe?"

"Don't you remember the Ads? "Canoe Canoe?"

Nope...I didn't even remember wearing the cologne until Auggie mentioned it.

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I'm afraid to ask about the "training wheels" and the Old Spice bottles.

When I was in HS, all the guys wore Polo.

When I was in college, my boyfriend's roomate was obsessed with Drakar Noir. Is that what it was called? Anyway, he doused himself in it. It was nauseating.

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Gah, I used to smell CK1 in the late 90s and think GAY CLUB! It was that way with pretty much any men's scents. Remember Drakkar?

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