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
“Nobody was cooler than Barry — the hair, the suits, the laugh, the cigar, a cologne that I assume somebody somewhere made just for him,” Van Pelt said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 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
My 13-year-old has a medicine cabinet full of cologne and was way more excited about our new Harry’s fragrances than any other product we’ve made.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
His hair is combed and parted, and he smells of cologne.
From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle
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The perfumes and colognes are selling for nearly $200.
From Salon ● Dec. 10, 2024
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
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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