Ah, Caesars Man.\u00c2\u00a0 You were almost my first online purchase, almost.\u00c2\u00a0 Especially at $11 for a big ol’ 4.0 oz bottle.\u00c2\u00a0 And in your immediate defense, you don’t sound all that bad, with notes of Lime, Oakmoss, Sandalwood, Amber, and Musk.\u00c2\u00a0 Imagine my joy when I spot you at the local TJ Maxx.\u00c2\u00a0 $9.99 for the same 4.0 oz bottle!\u00c2\u00a0 I’m sold!<\/p>\n
And that’s where it all went wrong.<\/p>\n
Of course, I can’t be too much of a prick about this, at $2.50 an ounce it’s the cheapest cologne in my wardrobe.\u00c2\u00a0 The initial burst is even rather pleasant!\u00c2\u00a0 Nice crisp citrus with the edges slightly rounded by the sandalwood base.\u00c2\u00a0 And I love sandalwood fragrances.\u00c2\u00a0 Give it about 30 minutes though, and you start to see another side.\u00c2\u00a0 That citrus note gets a little too sweet, almost rotten, and it starts picking up a new note, which to me smells like fir or mint or pine.\u00c2\u00a0 Something in that area.\u00c2\u00a0 And then the base vanishes.\u00c2\u00a0 So you’re left with rotten oranges and pine (rotten orange pine-sol?), and this will be the state of affairs for the next, oh, 15 hours.\u00c2\u00a0 On two sprays.\u00c2\u00a0 And I’d really rather not project this stuff, so of course it’s one of the great sillage monsters of my wardrobe.<\/p>\n
Or it was, anyway.\u00c2\u00a0 I gave the bottle to my Dad as I knew I honestly would never wear the stuff again.\u00c2\u00a0 He took it with him on a vacation to Florida.\u00c2\u00a0 When he returned a week later, he took his shaving bag and tossed it up on the counter.\u00c2\u00a0 About a minute later I started smelling something, and something not particularly good either.\u00c2\u00a0 With a lurching suspicion, I approach the bag and the scent grows stronger.\u00c2\u00a0 I open the zipper and see a puddle of Caesars Man in the bottom of the bag.<\/p>\n
By the way, just so you know, it’s a screw-top.\u00c2\u00a0 And apparently it can work itself loose of it’s own volition.<\/p>\n
Our bathroom smelled like Caesars man for every bit of two weeks or more.\u00c2\u00a0 I would choke on this scent every time I went into the bathroom.\u00c2\u00a0 After a while it’d literally make me sick to my stomach.\u00c2\u00a0 I don’t really ever want to smell it again.<\/p>\n
Bottom line:\u00c2\u00a0 Friends don’t let friends wear Caesars Man.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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