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cologne

[kuh-lohn] / kəˈloʊn /
NOUN
fragrance product
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Not everyone is thrilled at the thought of spritzing French cologne onto this famously unvarnished industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026

“When you put this cologne on, you don’t even know you’ve already lost.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026

Dodge thought she had avoided any repeats when she settled on some cologne from Abercrombie & Fitch for her son.

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

He went where the man beckoned and stood near his chair, noticing the scent of cologne that emanated from him.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

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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