What's the proper cologne intensity for a guy?
38%
When I'm next to you.
- Elinor N, 21, from New York, NY
"Not too much! Please!!" - Rebecca Nashleanas, 23, from Los Angeles, CA
"Don't over do it." - Vicky Kuo, 22, from San Diego, CA
"Let's try to keep it at a minimum." - Jen Gsell, 27, from Reston, VA
"As long as it's a good scent. I'm not crazy about 'jovan musk'." - Kristin Castro, 22, from San Francisco, CA
"mmmm" - Kylan Conroy, 22, from Chicago, IL
"There is no reason the whole room needs to smell you!" - Priya Massand, 28, from Flushing, NY
"I don't need to smell you from the other end of the train!" - Kimone Campbell, 25, from Palm Beach, FL
"ohhhhhhhhhhhhh" - Jacquelyn Tillotson, 29, from Miami Beach, FL
"I love cologne on a man." - Wendy Liu, 21, from Alhambra, CA
"None if possible and deodorant is fine by itself. I like to smell my own perfume most of the time." - Sherika Mair, 27, from West Palm Beach, FL
"Not too much but something you can remember him by." - Doris Parker, 25, from Springfield, MA
"MMMMmmmmm I love a good smelling man. YUM." - Jennifer Beio, 24, from Chicago, IL
"I love a good whiff of cologne, but not overpowering, please." - Angela Lee, 21, from Cerritos, CA
"Should not be able to smell it from a good distance; that is just too much cologne." - Sara Jagodzinski, 22, from Carol Stream, IL
"If I can smell it when I'm next to you and I really enjoy it, then hmmm....wow! :-)" - Sara Jagodzinski, 22, from Carol Stream, IL
"If I can smell it when I'm next to you and I really enjoy it, then hmmm....wow! :-)" - Tiffany Clarke, 23, from richmond, ca
"Too much is questionable." - Wendy Farley, 42, from Charleston, SC
"I love it when a guy smells good, but isn't overwhelming." - Julienne Irons, 25, from Los Angeles, CA
"Just enough to get me excited when I'm kissing your neck." - Britt Ancell, 24, from New York, NY
"Love to smell something super dark and sexy on a guy; it's mysterious." - Frankie Robinson, 34, from Chicago, IL
"I hate when a guy over does it in Old Spice World." - Rachel U, 24, from New York, NY
"Not overbearing but I like to be able to smell it when you're around." - Caroline Shadood, 22, from Basking Ridge, NJ
"Have a good scent and I'm yours much faster than a neutral scented male. AXE DOESN'T APPLY." - Kira Wilkinson, 25, from Washington, DC
"I like to get a nice whiff when you walk by." - Ashley Becker, 24, from New York, NY and Miami, FL
"I like to get a hint of your smell when around you, it will only make me want to get closer to you!" - Jessica Barrutia, 22, from Chicago, IL
"When i'm pushing my nose on your skin." - Miranda Elling, 30, from Chicago, IL
"No musky ones." - Jessica G, 23, from Boca Raton, FL
"Keep it to a medium of something great of course!" - Karoline D'Angola, 22, from Bernardsville, NJ
"It attracts me closer..." - Whitney Rife, 23, from Princeton, NJ
"If it smells nice..." - Emily Pelton, 27, from Brooklyn, NY
"You don't want to shower in cologne, but a hint is nice." - Deeana Lowe-Chin, 22, from Miami, FL
"Just enough to make me want to get a little closer for a second sniff." - Sandy Tragos, 30, from Chicago, IL
"I love when a man smells good." - Jackie Rivera, 23, from Miami, FL
"Something to remember you by..." - Anne C, 22, from Miami, FL
"I am definitely attracted by scents, subtle yet masculine ones that blend with your natural scent." - Amber Sellers, 31, from Brooklyn, NY
"Jumping on you distance." - Alison Dichter, 29, from New York, NY
"It's nice when a guy wears cologne. But if he's the one who smells up the room, that's just tacky." - Erika Thomas, 23, from Miami, FL
"yummy...Lacoste..." - Cheng-Cheng Lok, 22, from San Francisco, CA
"Please don't suffocate me with your smell... It'll come off as trying too hard." - Alexis Popov, 21, from New York, NY
"No one should be able to smell you from down the street." - Gina Kim, 22, from San Diego, CA
"I shouldn't be able to smell you if you're a few people away." - Susie Jones, 27, from Naples, Fl
"The perfect scent can really set the mood and tone of the date."
60%
When I'm close to you.
- Heather Callan, 23, from Chicago, IL
"Too much is the worst." - Katrina Robinson, 26, from Charleston, SC
"Don't scare me away with fumes." - Renee Lucas, 28, from New York, NY
"A spring for something moderately to highly priced. Cheap cologne is very apparent." - Rosie Dehoyos, 27, from Dallas, TX
"I might want to get closer." - Claire Watkins, 23, from Santa Cruz, CA
"The kind that makes you want to hug and kiss a little more." - Genevieve Melzer, 25, from San Francisco, CA
"That's the best...when I lean in and smell you." - Vida James, 26, from New York, NY
"It should be a pleasant surprise." - Kate Cohen, 25, from Syosset, NY
"Not big on cologne." - Anna Bykova, 21, from San Francisco, CA
"Always be closer." - Erika San Miguel, 30, from Larkspur, CA
"I like it when I smell cologne and/or perfume when I lean in to hug/kiss, not 4 feet away." - Grace Kang, 27, from Los Angeles, CA
"Please don't give me a cologne headache." - Marisa Zupan, 25, from Brooklyn, NY
"By 'close' i mean when you are holding me so, and in that case a hint of cologne is just lovely." - Cat Davis, 23, from New York, NY
"Too much will make me gag." - Danielle L, 24, from Chicago, IL
"It's sexier if I have to lean close to know how good you smell." - Corey Gerlach, 23, from Chicago, IL
"Being subtle is always a safe way to go." - Emily Woolf, 24, from Brooklyn, NY
"Keep it subtle if you're going to put anything on." - Sara Koch, 28, from Youngstown, OH
"Keep it subtle." - Lisa Miao, 25, from New York, NY
"No one wants to be assaulted by your man perfume." - Sara Bour, 21, from Urbana, IL
"As long as I like it, I want to smell it." - Sarah Conrad, 25, from New York, NY
"No more than two squirts of cologne per day." - Jessi Odenbach, 26, from Chicago, IL
"Don't overwhelm me." - Dominique Vance, 21, from New York, NY
"It's probably your manly smell I like, so you don't have to cover it up too much." - Veronica Cheung, 22, from San Diego, CA
"I'm a true sucker for cologne." - Paula L, 26, from Miami, Florida
"Don't want a headache." - Marianna Branda, 21, from Miami, FL
"Don't overdo it. I don't wanna keep sneezing." - Mercedes Tahir, 21, from New York, NY
"Subtle is better." - Kate DAlleva, 23, from Morristown, NJ
"Please don't gag me with your AXE." - Lucy Malcolm, 24, from New York, NY
"I actually prefer a soap or deodorant smell." - Alicia Cohen, 35, from New York, NY
"Keep it light, I want to smell you." - Jessica Angst, 21, from Palm Beach, FL
"Do not load on your cologne!!" - Lauren McHenry, 24, from Dallas, TX
"Smell is huge...a good one can be the biggest turn on." - Ann Dang, 22, from San Diego, CA
"Too much makes me think you're trying to hard - or you naturally smell really bad." - Vanessa Jeong, 26, from San Leandro, CA
"Less is more! If you're clearing my sinuses, we've got a major problem." - Ashley Woolley, 23, from Chicago, IL
"Please don't be that guy in a cloud of cologne—it's meant to attract, not repel!" - Grace Hsieh, 20, from San Diego, CA
"Cologne is an intimate thing." - Kara Knisley, 23, from Chicago, IL
"No one likes to be smothered!" - Shannon Harknett, 22, from New Orleans, LA
"Please no cologne overload." - Laura Lefkowitz, 33, from New York, NY
"It should be something special just for me. Anything more gives me a headache." - Stephanie Singer, 28, from New York, NY
"You shouldn't shower in it." - Tiffany Davis, 30, from San Diego, CA
"I want to smell it on your skin." - Jessica Barrutia, 22, from Chicago, IL
"Cologne is supposed to be worn so you can smell it when you are very close." - Amy Swibel, 23, from Chicago, IL
"Go with subtle." - Vicky K, 23, from Chino Hills, CA
"not too much" - Vicky Chivy, 24, from San Diego, CA
"perfect" - Nadia Reiman, 26, from Brooklyn, NY
"I want to smell it when we're hugging or making out but not in the car." - Maya Calaway, 22, from Boston, MA
"It shouldn't reek of your cologne, but when I'm close, I'd like to be able to get a whiff of it." - Nora Lahl, 29, from Milwaukee, WI
"Less is more! None is more, actually." - Senait Mengstab, 28, from San Francisco, CA
"I love to smell yumminess when i kiss his neck." - Nancy Spruiell, 43, from New York, NY
"Overpowering cologne is a turn off" - Luana Suciu, 23, from Boston, MA
"Feels more intimate." - Johanna Beyenbach, 27, from New York, NY
"If we're at that level of comfort where I AM close to you, and THEN you smell nice too... pow." - Molly Millett, 21, from San Francisco, CA
"I like when someone walks by and when you get that scent of them, it's delicious." - Becca Schepps, 27, from Brooklyn, NY
"I don't need to chill in your man stench 20 minutes after you've left." - Pienby Laurence, 23, from Jersey City, NJ
"I think smells should be subtle." - JoAnna Di Tullio, 22, from Boston, MA
"A little bit can be sexy, but please don't kill me with it." - Annie Chivatakarn, 29, from San Diego, CA
"You don't want someone to sniff you from 6 feet away." - Dominique Jackson, 27, from Los Angeles, CA
"Don't kill me, I'm sensitive." - Regina Melzer, 29, from Los Angeles, CA
"Just a hint if that!" - Ashley Potter, 24, from Milwaukee, WI
"Or nothing at all. It's all about the pheromones sometimes, ya know." - Kate Sample, 29, from Chicago, IL
"It's great when a man moves, and I just catch a whiff." - Elise Stiller, 34, from Seaford, NY
"Anything else is just too much!" - Deborah Lau, 21, from La Jolla, CA
"Too much is a definite turn-off." - Jill Hanner, 32, from Astoria, NY
"Less is More!" - Kate Bailey, 24, from Chicago, IL
"It's nice if only a few select people can smell it." - Miana DeGardeyn, 31, from Chicago, IL
"Less is more." - Justine Bour, 24, from Chicago, IL
"An overwhelming scent of cologne isn't very attractive." - Samantha Conniff, 22, from Brooklyn, NY
"Subtle, please."
2%
From across the room.
- Ashley Hayes, 22, from Los Angeles, CA
"I'd rather smell a nice deodorant or something." - Jennifer Manghisi, 25, from New York, NY
"I don't care for fragrance."