cologne
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Two scents set her off the most: “Black Ice” from Little Trees—described by the company as a “mysteriously enticing cologne with notes of citrus and cedarwood,” but which she finds indescribable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
“When you put this cologne on, you don’t even know you’ve already lost.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
“Final thoughts,” he tells any young man watching, “Just get any cheap knockoff cologne, use crystals, try taking a shower, I don’t know.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026
He sprayed Sharaa with Trump-branded cologne, before presenting him with his own supply to take home for his wife, jokingly asking him how many he has.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2025
The smell of the cologne you’d wear when we went to the Grand Lake Theater.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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Mr. Rabanne became known in the 1970s for colognes, handbags and ready-to-wear fashion that made him familiar to department-store consumers around the world.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 2023
He rotates among three colognes: one for when he feels good, one for when he said he feels “dangerous” and another for when he tries to break up the team’s losing streak.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2022
That’s probably because Calone is employed as an ingredient in a vast array of colognes and perfumes, including scents by Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein and Christian Dior.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2021
"When I started advertising, all of a sudden it became one of the best colognes out there. I was doing appearances; 15,000, 18,000, 20,000 people were showing up outside of Saks Fifth Avenue."
From Fox News ● Aug. 20, 2021
He goes shopping with her on Madison Avenue at stores they must be buzzed into, for cashmere cardigans and outrageously expensive English colognes that Maxine buys without deliberation or guilt.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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