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How much cologne do these guys spray on? It’s the least concentrated scent, it’s 90% alcohol. Shouldn’t last longer than an hour or two.
Or do these people think cologne is what parfum for men is called?
I mean they obviously don't know what colon is, how do you expect them to know the difference between cologne (a word they don't know) and parfum?
These terms are interchangeable from a product sales perspective.
Are they? If I'm in a perfume store and ask for cologne the store clerk will hand me eau de cologne and not parfum. Parfum, eau de parfum, eau de toilette and eau de cologne are different perfume categories that are also priced differently.
Maybe I'm just uneducated in the subject, but in terms of colloquial usage, perfume is intended for women and cologne is intended for men.
I think it would be safe to claim that most Americans would agree and would assume eau de toilette to be an air freshener you spray after taking a stinky poop.
Technically, it's eau de toilette, eau de parfum, and parfum, in rising order of concentration, and therefore lasting smell (and also price). Cologne is usually a different category from perfumes, but is at roughly eau de toilette concentration. At least that's how it works in France.
Yes that is what they think.
I just call them all “toxic VOC pollutants” and don’t worry about the arbitrary details.
Cologne is for drinking, they're probably spraying parfume.
No, jokes aside, cheap cologne was called "odekolonn" (VERY bastardized and estonianized pronunciation of eau de cologne) and bums would drink it. Since there's no excise tax, troinoi was apparently cheaper than vodka.