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Six example sentences with cologne, each labelled with its topic.
The brand relaunched its cologne in a heavier bottle and doubled the price without changing a single note of the scent.
Business
The detective identifies the suspect by a cologne that lingers in the elevator hours after anyone has gone.
Movies
Volunteers rated strangers as friendlier when a faint cologne drifted through the room, though nobody reported noticing any smell.
Psychology
A cologne is mostly alcohol with only a few percent of oils, which is why it fades faster than a heavier perfume.
Science
The first cologne was mixed in 1709 by an Italian perfumer, and Napoleon reportedly went through a bottle a day.
History
The startup sells cologne in small refillable vials, betting customers would rather sample ten scents than commit to one bottle.
Startups
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