How much colonge with NPA

[oscar]

Just bought

2.5 ounce bottle of Holston Z-14, how much should I mix with 5ml NPA to get a 1 or 2 spray

dose?

sweetsense,

It probably wouldn't be a good idea to spike a whole bottle of cologne with

a whole bottle of NPA.
If it didn't pan out you'd be out some serious bucks.

Try this:

Get out

of the shower, dry off, and leave your shirt off.
Lean back in a chair, semi-reclined, and put one drop of NPA on

your chest followed by a spray of Z-14 right on top of it.
Swoosh the mix around with one of your wrists.
Rub

that wrist on the other wrist, then swoosh it again.
Rub your wrists on the sides of your neck, and finish by

rubbing each wrist on the inside elbow joint of the opposite arm.

If needed to further cover the NPA, do a

"walkthrough" with one more spray of cologne.

That way one drop of NPA spreads nicely over seven application

points with no waste.

Doing it this way you're probably looking at about an 8:1 or 6:1 cologne to NPA ratio

(depending on the volume of the cologne's spray.)

Mix up SMALL batches! NPA can really take over the scent

of a cologne when allowed to steep over time.

To actually answer your question, about one ounce (@30mL) of

cologne would be the amount to get a 6:1 ratio mixed with a whole bottle of NPA.
But don't do it.



Oscar

[Oceanborn]

Get out of

the shower, dry off, and leave your shirt off.
Lean back in a chair, semi-reclined, and put one drop of NPA on

your chest followed by a spray of Z-14 right on top of it.

How do you get 1 drop of NPA without a Ph.D in

Ninjasu?

[ToxDoc]

That’s a tough one. Maybe Oscar

can chip in on how he does it.

According to Lacroy’s website, one drop of NPA is 0.125 ml and that has been

my reference. I dilute some of my NPA with ethanol so that every diluted drop or spray has 0.03125 ml of NPA. Four

drops or sprays give me exactly 0.125 ml.

[Gegogi]

I've been mixing 5 parts

Burberry Weekend to 1 part NPA in a small Sephora atomizer for years. 3 or 4 zaps and I'm good to go.

Burberry

Weekend is a pungent citrus scent and covers NPA fairly well. I found other "fresh" citrus scents like Aqua di Gio,

Chrome or CK One to be a bit weak as cover. You either need to use more cologne or refresh the scent before it

fades. I haven't noticed much flower notes in Aqua di Gio. Smells of bergamot, grapefruits and other aromatic

citrus.

Spicey colognes like Lucky No. 6 or CD Fahrenheit cover a little better than fresh citrus scents but are

too heavy for my taste.

[Rashkae]

Some of the best scents for

covering NPA are the gourmands that have a cinnamon bite to them, like Musc Ravageur, Body Shop Activist, Gucci

Envy.