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jbcohen
12-31-2007, 09:44 PM
Why is it a good idea to have alcohol in colognes?
IsaacRN
12-31-2007, 09:44 PM
ROFL...i read that title as Alcohol in College
Michael
12-31-2007, 09:58 PM
Because everyone else is doing it and it helps break the ice when meeting new people.
jbcohen
12-31-2007, 10:17 PM
Is there another reason?
IsaacRN
12-31-2007, 10:44 PM
Not sure to be honest with you...
Michael
12-31-2007, 10:45 PM
Can't think of one. What else are you gonna do on a Saturday night?
Mottern Man
12-31-2007, 10:46 PM
Scent will last longer then it would in water.
Issy
12-31-2007, 10:48 PM
Scent will last longer then it would in water.
not only that but it acts as a preservitive

Issy
Mottern Man
12-31-2007, 10:50 PM
not only that but it acts as a preservitive

Issy

Oh yea forgot that part. :1respect
IsaacRN
12-31-2007, 10:50 PM
There you go.......the masters have answered the question
Issy
12-31-2007, 11:14 PM
Scent will last longer then it would in water.
Oh I forgot...MENTHOL will not dissolve it water either.
Sejanus
12-31-2007, 11:16 PM
Oh I forgot...MENTHOL will not dissolve it water either.

Very important. :D
MCsommerreid
01-01-2008, 01:05 AM
Also evaporates and carries the scent a bit.
Crag
01-04-2008, 07:46 PM
Oils tend to bind better with Alcohol than water.
bjrn
01-05-2008, 07:41 AM
Yeah, it's to make all the scent oil cling together. There are some perfumers who work with water and seem to have gotten it to work, like Christopher Brosius (http://www.cbihateperfume.com/).