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Originally Posted by Ruggles I'm flying to Japan, in coach, next week. The air in airplane cabins is always very dry, so my experience is that fragrances don't last long during a flight. I like the idea of wearing a body lotion as smelling something familiar on my arm is always comforting while flying. I need to buy one for the trip. What's the fragrance culture like in Japan? Is it ok to wear a fragrance to a restaurant? Are they discreet or blatant with their "spritzing"? It's quite discreet and tends more towards the aquatic. Heavy scents like Gucci PH, Hermes Belami, etc. don't go over well (the heavy, woody character will remind many Japanese of the smell of "senkou" or buddhist altar incense and they'll sometimes ask you why you'd want to smell like that). No matter what you wear, though, definitely don't overspray; subtlety and non-projection is key.
When in doubt, remember the Japanese maxim, "The nail that sticks up gets pounded back down." This could be translated into basenotes as "The spritzer who projects makes no friends."

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Originally Posted by rach2jlc It's quite discreet and tends more towards the aquatic. Heavy scents like Gucci PH, Hermes Belami, etc. don't go over well (the heavy, woody character will remind many Japanese of the smell of "senkou" or buddhist altar incense and they'll sometimes ask you why you'd want to smell like that). No matter what you wear, though, definitely don't overspray; subtlety and non-projection is key.
When in doubt, remember the Japanese maxim, "The nail that sticks up gets pounded back down." This could be translated into basenotes as "The spritzer who projects makes no friends." Funny you would say Gucci PH, I just ordered that for me, I hope i like it. I would be a horror on a long plane trip, thank goodness I don't travel at all anymore. I love my strong scents, and probably out of fear of flying, wouldn't change what I normally would wear, so I guess the people sitting next to me would be passed out. Which wouldn't be a bad idea on a long boring flight. My son has a fascination with someday traveling to Japan. I would like to go, but I wouldn't be able to fly that long. (Unless I was heavily sedated). Nothing more than 2 hrs tops. (I told you I didn't travel anymore!)

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Kouros Extreme.


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Having flown to Hong Kong, Sydney, and Frankfurt many times, I can safely say that subtle, close to the skin fragrances are much preferred by your seatmates, and by you. I do think its really nice to get cleaned up about an hour before landing. And that includes a couple of spritzes of something light like Paul Sebastian, or SMW. All of the flight time before that moment is just survival.

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Originally Posted by TricsMan Having flown to Hong Kong, Sydney, and Frankfurt many times, I can safely say that subtle, close to the skin fragrances are much preferred by your seatmates, and by you. I do think its really nice to get cleaned up about an hour before landing. And that includes a couple of spritzes of something light like Paul Sebastian, or SMW. All of the flight time before that moment is just survival. You're right, John. As well, it seems to me that given the stress of getting through the airport, fighting crowds, lugging bags around then being squished into a seat, no matter what I end up smelling terribly and feeling really disgusting while in flight. I don't know if there is a "smell" to stressful exertion, but I never feel as nasty as I do when flying (even a short flight... after a marathon Japan run, I feel almost sub-human). So, like you, I like to go "Freshen up" before landing, but still whenever I get to my hotel or to my apartment I HAVE to take a bath.

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L'Homme de Coeur by Divine, because it come in a small travel size flacon.

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Burberry For Men
I wore it once on the train on one of my winter Canada snow picture vacations and it has now become a tradition for me to do so.

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A light, close to the skin, inoffensive but nice fragrance lightly applied. When people are confined in close proximity it is just good form to show respect for their sensibilities.
Fragrances which I've used are:
- Yang (1999) by Jacques Fath
- Cool Water (1988) by Davidoff
- Aveda Pure-Fume Tonic for Men (1999)
- Mugler Cologne (2001) by Thierry Mugler

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Guerlain Vetiver
On saturday I flew to Cape Town for the day, but I went with D & G.

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Originally Posted by rach2jlc It's close to torture, to tell the truth. Even if you manage to get an entire night's sleep on the plane (which I usually do thanks to heavy barbituates)... you've still got 7 more hours! And, trust me, you can only watch the lame in-flight movies so many times. The worst trip I had was about three years ago when they had an error with the projection system and all we could watch was Jackie Chan's "The Tuxedo" in a continual loop. I no longer fear hell now, knowing it couldn't possibly be worse than that. It's all about the Tylenol PM. Had a flight from Houston to Auckland once. I was wearing Bvlgari au the Vert, sprayed lightly.