>pi by givenchy

No way I'll turn you away from buying the first bottle of cologne I got as a gift. It is very "sweet", but not cloyingly so. "Winter is coming" too so it's the right kind of weather to actually wear it. I'll wear damn near anything as well, like you said, as long as I can afford it and sometimes even if I cannot, cries tears of pre-reformulation Yves Saint Laurent M7.

If you don't point me in a specific direction or tell me what you already have or like, I won't know what to recommend...pour a drink or light a cigar.

CK One Shock

This shit has no right to smell the way it does and last as long as it does at this price. It smells like your typical clubbing scents, One Million and all its buddies, got together for a gang-bang, and this is the kid that was born 9 months later. Seriously, a 200 mL bottle is like $25. I have a relative that only ever asks me for cologne. Used to get him 50 mL bottles of fancier shit and start getting the re-stock requests months before I was due to visit again. One year I took him a giganigger bottle of this. He goes through it 2x faster, but it's 4x as big, he's much happier, my wallet is much happier, and everyone around him has lost their sense of smell.

• completely ignoring genuinely "PRICY" shit here.
• These have all also unfortunately been reformulated over the years, for better or worse.

Chanel Allure Homme Sport Eau Extreme

• better than Bleu
• better than anything else they sell
• good for anything
• probably my favorite.

it HAS been reformulated. I have an original "Eau de Toilette Concentree" bottle. They relabeled it "Eau de Parfum" without reformulating it, and then actually reformulated it a few years ago. There's a "formula code" beneath the ingredient list on the back of the box, since it could say "EdP" but still be a pre-reformulation bottle. IL39-I is the original formula, IL22-I is the reformulation.
If you don't feel like being a "milk maid" by asking the lady, or the faggot, behind the counter to find you a ~2 year old bottle that looks like this, if they even still have one, you could always gamble on eBay. I haven't smelled the new one, but it might just be the usual "IFRA are being niggers and banned something new." The OG is a fucking powerhouse, that shit lasts all day and fades to a very pleasant "skin scent".

Chanel Allure Homme Edition Blanche

if you want to smell like lemon meringue pie and attract black women in their 30s. don't know the deets on reformulation but I have an original bottle that I bought used cheap

Dior Homme and all of its flankers

Been reformulated, discontinued, reintroduced, and whatever else you can think of too many God damn times for me to keep track of. I'll try though.

The 2011 edition of Dior Homme will remain on the shelves under the name "Dior Homme Original", but nobody knows for how long.

Good. Don't get "Dior Homme" a la 2020 then, get "Dior Homme Original". The only reason it was worth a sniff to begin with was the iris note that they apparently removed in 2020. Compliment magnet, by the way, one of only a few things I've consistently had women ask about so they can buy a bottle for they man.

Dior Homme Parfum

It's like regular Dior Homme if it was better, louder, sweeter, and lasted longer, all with a convincing hint of oud. Big "East meets West" vibes from this one. I don't even know if they still make it. Last time a family member traveled overseas, right before the coof, I asked them to get me a duty free bottle, and they had no trouble finding it.