Clones have poor performance.

Alright, before I begin I would like to let everyone know that I like clones but I’m running into this exact problem each time,

Colognes tend to disappear after an hour. Does that mean people lie about longevity or is it noseblindness?

The only cologne I’ve noticed that “actually” lasted 10 hours with decent projection was Lataffa Khamrah. Every other cologne I own disappears after an hour.

I’ve asked people around me if they can smell my cologne and 8/10 people tell me that they didn’t even know that I had cologne on, and a few times people would tell me that they can smell it but it’s very faint.

My question is, do you have to spray cologne in a particular way to get the most amount of longevity and projection?

I’m currently doing 8-14 sprays since nobody could smell me when I used to do 4. I kept increasing it to see if people can smell me. And still nobody can smell me.

I own very strong colognes like Bentley for man intense, Khamrah, YSL Y EDP, Versace Eros Flame, Afnan 9PM, Lataffa Assad, Rayhaan Elixir, Armaf Untold, Armaf Urban Elixir.

Still most of them do not perform, Khamrah and Bentley for men intense are exceptions.

Is there a way to not go noseblind so at least I can smell them? Since other definitely people can’t smell them.

I’m also spraying back of my neck, ears, clothes, sometimes chest and forearms but since it’s winters, not spraying on forearms as much.

Any tips to improve projection? Or is it just a myth? I thought more sprays would increase both projection and longevity?