Jezebel: Cologne

Teens Protest Abercrombie & Fitch's Cologne-Filled Stores

Jenna Sauers — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 11:34:00 EDT

Today, brave teenagers and students will protest Abercrombie & Fitch's Fifth Avenue flagship for pumping that hideous stench into all of its stores, and transforming them into retail hellscapes. They contend that the disgusting cologne is an environmental hazard. [StyleList]

A Brief History Of Celebrity Fragrances

Sadie Stein — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:40:00 EDT

Would our grandparents have believed the world would once see on Alan Cumming cologne? Yes! Because the celebrity fragrance game is as old as time. (Or, okay, 1957.) More »

Jenny On The Block

Anna Holmes — Thu, 13 May 2010 11:10:00 EDT

[Cologne, May 12. Image via Getty]

1975: "What Kind Of Woman Are You, Anyway?"

Sadie Stein — Mon, 10 May 2010 12:40:00 EDT

Are you the kind who likes sleazy men? Creepy men? Insinuating men? Predatory men? There's an elemental fragrance for all of you! Keeping in mind that this ad is from Teen magazine. [Vintage_Ads] More »

Nice 'N Easy

Katy Kelleher — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:10:00 EDT

[Cologne, Germany; April 28, 1995. Image via AP]

Maribou Barbie

Anna Holmes — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:10:00 EST

[Cologne, Germany; February 1. Image via Getty]

Eau De Cologne

Anna Holmes — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:15:00 EST

[Cologne, February 1. Image via Getty]

Odor Eaters: B.O. And Why Men Buy Cologne

Sadie Stein — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:20:00 EST

Apparently men need to be tricked into wearing cologne; then they love it. But do we? More »

Sniff Tests

Dodai Stewart — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:40:00 EST

Here is how the IM convo went down when we found out that Playboy Inc. is developing a men's fragrance line: Anna: I wonder what Hugh Hefner smells like. I'd say cologne, moth balls, cigar smoke. Dodai: I'd say Geritol & Viagra. Anna: That too. [Reuters] More »

Scent Of A Woman

Slut Machine — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:30:00 EST

It's not like we had any kind of expectation that Axe's ads would be anything but the stupid, annoying and mildly sexist, but the fragrance company's latest print ad stinks worse than their crappy cologne. It's a picture of Hillary Clinton wearing a pin that says "Obama 2008" and copy that reads "Imagine the power of Axe." Actually though, we'd probably be more pissed if we were Obama, for the implication that he would even wear that shit. (Click image for larger version.) [Time] More »