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Point Starting Point featured this page as their Hot Site of the day on 11/13/95.

Netscape Netscape chose this page for it's "What's New!" list from 11/10 - 11/17/95.
"Everything you ever wanted to know about fragrances.  All it lacks is a scratch 'n sniff function."

Windows Hot Spot Fred Langa, the Editor of Windows Magazine, NetGuide, and HomePC, chose this site for their November/December 1995 Hot Spot list.

"A must see!"


PC magazine Don Willmott from PC Magazine Online wrote a generous article about this page for the January 10th, 1997 issue of his weekly Willmott's Web column.

"It's kind of fascinating for a GQ-illiterate guy like me."


The
Web magazine The Web (UK) magazine chose this page as one of its "Featured Sites" for the month of February 1996.
"...the top 5 weekly fragrance reviews are so lovingly judged that you want to run out and buy some immediately.  Maybe even drink it."

Vogue magazine Vogue magazine listed this site in their "Cyber Address Book" of fashionable web sites for the February 1996 issue.


excite
The Los Angeles Times newspaper reviewed this site on Excite, and said,


"Don't skip over this [site]!"



Spiegel Online
Der Spiegel Online  chose this site for it's "Top Ten Sites" list during the week of May 26th, 1996.


"Quite a lot of information on fragrance."



Internet User Magazine
Internet User's October 1996 issue included this site as one of the "Top Eight Reasons why the Web is Better Than T.V."


"...he knows everything on the subject [of fragrance]."



CNN Financial Network
CNN financial network referenced this page twice in their September 27, 1996 article on Michael Jordan's new fragrance.

The online mag, CLICK, gave this site their "Cool Site" award for November 1996.

"Have questions about cologne?  Find the answers here."


Jan Moran, the perfume lady, wrote about this site in her fragrance newsletter Scents & Style for January-February 1997.

The prestigious alumni services web site, OurSquare, awarded this site their corporate  "Seal of Approval"


The Conde' Nast online publication, Swoon, said,


"Confused about the difference between cologne and aftershave? Wondering what the best-selling scent in the country is? The Cologne Guy has the answer."


Debra Gendel of the Living Well section of the Microsoft Money Insider wrote,


"...smartly designed alternative sites are what make cybershopping fun. Case in point: the must-see site passionately presided over by the self-proclaimed Cologne Guy."


Andy Shafran wrote about this site in Chapter 11 of his book Creating Your Own Web Pages.

"The reason it is a good web site is because the author clearly spends a lot of time always keeping the latest and greatest information online. ...The Cologne Guy's web page keeps you coming back for another whiff."


Virginia Sheridan, a Contributing Editor for the fashion magazine B International in Hong Kong, used this site as a fragrance review reference in her September 1997 article In Scents.


Zachary Veilleux, the Assistant Editor of Men's Confidential newsletter (a brother publication of Men's Health) used my site as a source for his November 1997 article Scents & Sexuality.


"To help you brave the scented waters, we enlisted the aid of Todd Bennett, a Certified Fragrance Sales Specialist and author of the "Answers from the Cologne Guy" web site..."


Sally Jacob chose this site as the Editor's Choice for her Living/Health section of The Web magazine's December 97 issue.
"His Fragrance List rates many a leading brand, advises when and where to wear the scent, estimates how long it will last, objectively enumerates its components, and subjectively describes its effects..."

Overall: 5 [Rating out of 5 possible]



Mindspring chose this site as its Site of the Day for November 7th, 1997.

If you've ever wondered about the difference between cologne and aftershave, or why one cologne will last all day while others won't, then this is the site for you. Lots of helpful hints too!



The USA Today Newspaper chose this site as a Hot Site of the day online for November 10th, 1997, and in print on November 19th, 1997.
"In our desperately-waiting-for-click-and-sniff [technology] category: A site from Todd, a.k.a. Cologne Guy..."

El Navigante, a Peruvian internet magazine, gave this site 4 stars out of 5 in their November '97 issue.


"
An original advisor who shows men how to take better advantage of the aroma of their colognes."

(Translated from Spanish by Alta Vista)


Mosaic Communications chose this site as their Web Site of the Week on 11/21/97.


"Worth a visit for its excellent content."


This site was pictured & mentioned in a book called [The] Perfume Bible from China.

"[Answers from the] Cologne Guy is an exclusive site for men's perfumes. You can find here all what you should and want to know about men's fragrances..."

(Thanks to Olivier Li for translating.)



This site was mentioned in the "Our Daily Web" section of The Memphis Commercial Appeal newspaper on 11/11/97.


"...you know the difference between cologne and aftershave? Go find out from the remarkably informative Cologne Guy"


 

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John Stewart wrote a generous article about this site for his Nov.28th newsletter in ACpress!.


"We'd like to say we scooped the world on this one, but we can't. The Cologne Guy has been given a lot of splashy coverage in a lot of magazines that other sites would die for. Whether you need info for the latest splash-on or spray, this site is not vaporware."


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