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Hi, I just wanted to comment on some scents are very fleeting such as Polo Blue,Black XS(which I recently purchased and love!),Gai Mattiolo Uomo,Gigli Man,some Gendarme,Roma Uomo,Bulgari Aqua,etc. So maybe some people are a bit hesistant to buy a fragrance that they like but held back because of poor sillage. I recently used up Gai Mattiolo,Roma,Gigli Man and now a brand new bottle of Black XS. These scents are what I would call light scent and some people commented on their poor sillage. The trick is just use them liberally all over your body like a body spray. Yes this is wasteful but if you like the scent so much perhaps you wouldn't mind doing it. Yesterday I sprayed a whole bunch of Black XS on my body,then I put my undershirt,spray some more on my undershirt,and before I walked out of the room, my girlfriend could smell me from the kitchen and she said Black XS is sooooo yuummmy, smellss soooo good! It didn't over powered her nose, not a single bit! The same with the other scents that I mentioned earlier.
So if you love the smell of Polo Blue etc just spray a whole bunch and bring the bottle with you,spray some more before leaving your car or carry the bottle to the office,gym,etc and go nuts. Those light scents you just can't overapply, trust me, I've tried them!

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I can't even take more than 2 sprays of Black XS lol...

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I guess my point is, don't let poor sillage keep you from buying a scent that you like. Black XS, got three compliments on the first day that I used it.

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But you gotta understand some people think It's quite bad to carry a bottle (mainly if It's a big one) all over the way...

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A great technique to get more "oomph" out of your light scents is to apply, let the juice dry for a minute or 2, then reapply again over same spots. This creates a higher concentration of fragrance in a few places (same as normal application of a stronger scent) rather than just spreading the same low concentration over a larger area. The point of letting it dry and reappling is so that you don't just drench an area have it run.
Try it - it works!

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Hi,
We tend to forget that after a few minutes the wearer do not recognise that scent but everybody else arround you can - so overspraying can be taken as - dont go near me pleeEEASE.
Laurent

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I don't know whether this is an issue of inconsistent production or personal experience. For me, 2 sprays of polo blue will last 6 hours and be quite noticable, at least to me. I did exactly that last night and 2 sprays was almost strong enough to force me to wash it off before I went to bed. Our noses pick up different things at different levels I guess. I tested some Basi "in blue" (I think that's what it was called) today, and I could only faintly smell it. I had the girl spray the paper stick 3 more times and It BARELY made it any stronger... 5 mins later, I went back to the paper and could detect no scent at all! I guess I'm lacking in the nasal receptor department that picks up some of the smells in that frag. Polo blue for me, presents itself quite prominently (did I spell that right?) and for quite awhile!
Who knows? Don't forget that your nose will "get used to" a fragrance after you apply it and won't be quite as noticable to you as it will to others!

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As much as I love Lorenzo Villoresi's Uomo, I have to spray it every 30 minutes. Yes I was able to use up a 50 ml bottle in about a month.. now I have the 100 ml bottle. I take with me and it's on my LV Taiga messenger bag and spray it in my cabrio every 30 minutes. I have to go to the men's room and spray it on and more importantly, spray it on my handcherchief. Yes, there's no such thing as a weak scent. You just have to be creative, right?

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aubregene,exactly! I carry my bottle with me to work,when hanging out at the mall with my girlfriend and friends, actually my girlfriend also carries hers too! We just love smelling each others scent. When I'm at the office I always ask my closest colleague if my scent was too strong or if it had disappeared. But, I found out that you can't never overspray with Gai Mattiolo Uomo,Gigli Man,Armani Mania,Bulgari Aqua,Polo Blue,Gendarme and G.I.T. I love G.I.T and one time I sprayed a whole bunch on my body, I think it was about 6 times, put on my undershirt, sprayed some more, put on my dress shirt, and sprayed some more, I think it lasted about 45 tops. I tried G.IT when I went clubbing, none of my friends could smell it.
Creative correct! So don't let poor sillage stop you from buying a scent that you like!
On the downside, maybe this is a big conspiracy among the manufacturers so that we use more of the juiceand buy it more often that we did back in the 80's or early 90's. Also interesting is the fact that my mother is a die-hard parfume fan just like me and she agreed with me that today's scents are getting weaker and weaker,even some eau de parfum. Her friend bought Agent Provocateur Eau De Parfum and her friend asked my mother if she could smell the scent, my mom told her that she couldn't smell anything! They were hanging out at the mall and this is from an eau de parfume!

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Nothing's weak, if you cover yourself in half the bottle. I suppose it all depends on what you want out of a fragrance. I don't spray myself more than 5 times, even for the Manias, Bulgaris etc of this world. For me its about being enveloped by the fragrance, not shouting my presence from the hilltops.
I'm sure the rest of the fragrance line would help sillage/longevity - using the after shaves etc.