I have to say it depends on the man, ...and it depends on my mood.
I will agree with DeeDee about Davidoff's Cool Water. It is hard to resist.
I think a large part too has to do with the guys individual chemistry. I've smelled some fragrances on men that were just sooooo incredibly dreamy, you had to go in closer for another whiff
ON THEM, but on other men, it made you wince.
My friend Pat wears this cheap drugstore fragrance called 'Malizia'. I just can't get enough of it
ON HIM. I loved the way it made him smell so much, I bought some for my brother-in-law...
Let's just say, ...he doesn't wear it, ...and I don't blame him one bit. {lol}
An ex-boyfriend of mine once endorsed a particular fragrance. It smelled like heaven on him. A few years later, I went on a date with a guy, and when I got into his car, ...it smelled like Raid. It wasn't until later that I realized that smell was his personal chemistry mixing horribly with the very same fragrance that had smelled so heavenly on someone else. It smelled good to him, ...but I was grateful it was summertime so we could drive with the windows open. {shudder}
Soap, scent, sweat, au naturelle, ...doesn't really matter as much as the man, and as long as he smells clean. I hate when guys use a heavy hand in applying scents. There's one guy who lives in my neighbourhood who pours on the scent like he bathes in it. It's horrendous. Just standing within 10 feet of him will make your eyes water. I can always tell if he's been in the local convenience store within the past 40 mins cause he stinks up the whole place.
I prefer it when you have to get intimately close to be able to smell it. It just makes you want to get in that much closer just so you can keep smelling it.