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A few months ago, we were at a supermarket with my mom, buying some stuff.
My mom needed an antiperspirant. When she was about to grab a black one, I heard a guy “helpfully” telling her that she was grabbing one “For Men™”, that the ones “For Women™” were the pink ones.
I immediately looked at the guy like “lol what, who asked”.
(My mom uses “men’s” antiperspirants because she doesn’t care about that, and they are usually cheaper than “women’s”)
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I’m a man and my deodorants are either lemon or sage.
Just stop buying shit.
I’m a roasted chicken cooking in the sun and my deodorants are either olive oil or a sweet kiss from Nonna.
Just stop buying shit. Also, if you didn’t grow those lemons and sage yourself, you’re part of the problem because you also could stop buying shit.
My favorite concept is Unscented.
That reminds me of how the original Febreeze was an odor remover that didn’t smell like anything. It wasn’t very popular, so they started adding scents to them.
I was at the grocery store with my brother in law and saw some guys girlfriend giving him shit over the men’s scents for body wash.
“Men’s stuff all smells like wood. Why?!”
Without skipping a beat, I ran over, picked up a bottle and said “whoa, I want to smell like wood”
Girlfriend glared daggers at me, as apparently I had just diffused the debate of the century, while her boyfriend was giving me thumbs up and smiling.
For the rest of the day, my brother in law and I would respond to everything with “smells like wood”
wood smells good tho
The ancient Egyptians used sandalwood to produce perfume oils. Smelling like wood isn’t ever going out of style.
Nobody is stopping men from smelling line vanilla or lavender.
I smell almost as fruity as I am. Not all of us smell like sandalwood.
That’s like saying “Nobody is stopping men from wearing dresses”. You probably won’t get arrested for it, but there are definitely social pressures that strongly discourage it.
Nah, you could walk around smelling like vanilla or citrus and still smell masculine.
my preferred cologne has main notes of lavendar and black pepper.
Its annoying that every mans product is “whiskey barrel” or “bourbon wood” or whatever, yet smells NOTHING like whiskey. Its just a word used to describe generic “guy scents” so they dont have to call it ‘bergamot lavender neroli allspice’.
That’s a feature not a bug. The goal is to smell woodsy like the barrel, not like an alcoholic.
It doesnt even smell like the barrell…i have on my shelf right right now several fragrances with “whiskey” in the name. Granted, I like all of them, they are good smells, but they smell nothing like aged oak, scorched aged oak, or other whiskey-adjacent things.
That’s not entirely true. We can also get smells named after types of wood, metal, or alcohol.
Yeah that’s where my head went at lol, we get “fancy wood” scent.
As a woman, woody scents are awesome. Honestly I find it really silly how we’ve managed to gender entire categories of scent like this. Like, hormonal sex absolutely does wildly change our scent, but not in a way that makes flowery scents mix poorly with man stink or woody scents with woman stink. Hell, I personally love the mix of a musky woody scent and woman stink. And a man oughta be able to feel confident smelling like a bouquet if he wants.
Believe me, as a gay man, I am confident with the bouquet smell.
I hate the fact that most (but not all fragrances) are shoehorned into male/female categories Its a smell! It doesn’t have genitalia, if you love it wear it And as a fragrance nerd I have a lot of supposedly ‘masculine’ scents full of woods, spices, booze etc A (male) truck driver mentioned that he loved wearing Chanel no5 on one of the fragrance sites which I think is fantastic! A man comfortable with himself and wearing what he loves
Carbon Jungle
Copper Bourbon cedar is my favorite
True or not… cant we get some outrage at the (gestures broadly) injustice?
I’d be more outraged if I used the stuff. I use scentless or when it comes to soaps I don’t buy the men’s scents. I’ll smell like vanilla after my shower if I want to!
I recently bought a new bottle of cologne. Though i didn’t realize until i brought it home that the scent sounds more like an intersection where one might find a strip club and it smells like how one of the managers at said strip club might smell.
The scent: Cypress & Grapevine
‘Autumn Breeze’ probably has a different vibe if you happen to live down wind from the municipal dump.
Viktor&Rolf Spicebomb is a great autumn scent if you’re looking for a pumpkin spice esque masculine scent.
I smell like Product The Supermarket Will Drop In Two Weeks.
Guys, you know you can buy shower gel in fruity / sweet versions and still be super manly, right? I am a straight dude and ALWAYS use nice smelling bath stuff, because ‘ninja carbon fighter jet black 2000 jet fuel’ just isn’t for me.
I’m male but I use women’s/gender-neutral deodorant and hygiene products because men’s tend to be more chemically and smell like dudes in the locker room who stand too close to you. They also dry my skin out.
Like, why are all the good hygiene products marketed towards women? Of course men’s are cheaper, because they’re shit.
I like herbal scents and use the Arm & Hammer deodorant.
To your point, womens razors are way better for shaving your balls (if that’s your cup of tea). Mens razors are like taking a dagger to your nutsack in comparison.
You may enjoy Versace Eros, very pleasant herbal opening.
Ans some women disposable razor were definitly dildos. (Make you fell like a godess brand)
I noticed that! At first I thought it was for a better grip since women tend to shave their legs in the shower.
I tried using one once and I was like “This doesn’t give me a better grip at all! Oh wait… whaat”
I only use straight razors to shave my balls. /jk
You may enjoy Versace Eros, very pleasant herbal opening.
That’s interesting. I don’t usually use designer brands, but I looked it up and Dossier makes an off-brand dupe. I wonder how accurate it is.
Top: Mint, Green Apple, Lemon
Middle: Geranium, Cedarwood, Vetiver
Base: Vanilla, Amber, Tonka bean
It looks like it’s only missing the oakmoss. And it substitutes amber for ambergris, and switches a couple middle and base notes.
Seems nice though, I like the middle and base notes. Mint and lemon aren’t really my cup of tea though. If it was sage and bergamot I’d be all about it!
I’m a man and don’t like most scents of the deodorants/antiperspirants “for men”, so I just use one “for women”. I smell fruity instead of some agressive chemical fragrance.
You may like Bath and Body Works Immortal. The Black Plum gives it a very distinct sweetness so it’s not your typical masculine scent. Only available in autumn though.
Same. I’m currently using coconut scented conditioner, and some sweety cologne, for example (chocolate scented spray kinda slaps too)
Wish I could smell like Hegelian dialectic or categorical imperative or something like that.
Personally I use Naval Supremacy soap in the shower and Saw Tooth Deodorant. And my aftershave is Lilac Vegetal. And my cuppa tea this morning is Lumber Slut.
**All real products. The soap and deodorant are Christmas gifts from my 2 of my Grandsons. I’ve used the after shave for years. And the tea is a ripe Pu Er that I really enjoy.
My go-tos are “fig” and “redwood”
I don’t mind smelling like Swagger
