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I went to restock on my pitstick and I struggled to find it due to the redesign
I couldn't help but laugh when I saw it as it now looks so damn similar to one of friend's suits
Women's products have scents like 'lavender' and 'peach.'
Men's have names like 'wolf thorn' and 'black ice.'
I once had a deodorant whose scent was "trench warfare". Gave me a little chuckle every time. I think my current scent is "Livid Monarchism" or something. Lavender is nice too though.
Uhhh that gun powder, piss and death scent 🥵
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Don't forget the sweet but savory smell of mustard gas
I get that after eating a hot pastrami sandwich.
Mmmm spicy wind.
I have a facial cream "for men", the sales pitch was how it shields your skin when braving sharp winds and weather xD
I'm pretty sure you could sell bubbly baths to men, just by arguing about the heat insulation of the foam and how much more effective it is to keep the water warm
Cool, I'm going to need way more abstraction and euphemism to shelter the tissue of masculinity I cloak myself in though 😎
Yes, company, please tell us all what "naval supremacy" smells like
I also enjoy how it's apparently "sweet citrus scent". I was expecting "wolf thorn" to smell like a lot of things, but neither sweet nor citrus was one of them...
I did a search and saw one plant called 'wolf thorn'
Wolf thorn [one word or two] sounds like a character in a 'GOT' ripoff.
Also, according to my spellcheck function, 'wolfthorn' is not a word.
Ah, good point that it might be a plant after all. Apparently, it's native to South Africa: https://kumbulanursery.co.za/plants/lycium-oxycarpum
No idea, if they'd actually brand a fragrance with such a relatively unknown plant, and that webpage unfortunately doesn't say whether the plant is citrusy or sweet, but another name for it is "honey-thorn", so...
My guess is that the marketing department comes up with the names [after extensive research] and then they randomly assign those names to whatever product comes along.
Research seems mixed as to which gender is more aware of scents.
I'm pretty sure it's all about the names. They are betting that women like 'pretty' names associated with things they know, and the guys want something that sounds badass, whatever it actually smells like.
"Wolfthorn" is orange, lychee, coconut, and pineapple. At least according to my search just now.
I accidentally bought a bodywash that's apparently 50% menthol. It smells like cough syrup
OWO…someone stinky?! :3
:3 not anymore, I'm citrusy now
Missed opportunity to use citrussy ;)
They see "24/7" on the packaging and only use it once per week.
I… just want unscented deodorant, and the one brand I’ve been buying since high school seems to be trying to kill the unscented line because only one store around me carries it anymore. And none of the other common brands have an unscented variety around.
I guess I’ll switch to the lavender if I have to.
When my dad found out the aftershave he used since high school was being discontinued he bought two cases of it.
That was about 15 years ago and he’s only halfway through the first case.
I’m probably going to inherit a lot of it. Sadly I don’t shave.
Life pro tip: Use a block of alum.. It's competely unscented. Just gotta wet it a bit before use.
And lasts for ages. You can also use it to stop bleeding, though it STINGS.
This is what I did back when I shaved.
I didn't realize it could also function as deodorant or antiperspirant, that's cool.
Yeah, alum, usually potassium alum, is just a solid block of one of the ingredients used in antiperspirants to plugs up sweat glands to keep you from sweating as much. That's partially how it works as a styptic - it's irritating, so blood vessels will contract, but it also just plugs up some of the smallest vessels. Its use was much more common before the widespread adoption of electric razors, even if just as a little styptic pencil.
Yes, I'm one of those hobby shaving people.
This stuff is like 3USD, idk if you can get it in the US, but I put it on after showering, before bed, and it works the next day.
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Old spice has gone up like 50% since covid so I switched. Shit is like $9 a stick here
As someone who gives less fucks with each passing day, I fuck with Scentbird. After decades of masculinity and musk, I now combine those with florals, feminine perfumes, and shit.
I've gotten more positive feedback from the moms at school pickup, than I ever did just wearing cologne. Like standing there at the edge of the group, "what's that smell? It's kinda floral but not just that? That's amazing!" chatter, and I gave them my wrist to check, and confirmed.
Wasn't this the point of CK One?
NGL finding deodorant that doesn't smell awful is kinda hard for me. My sense of smell is easily my most sensitive sense which makes a lot of things really overwhelming. (So many new things I buy need to be left to air out for a day or more before I can use them)
Especially if it's marketed to men. So many men's products have smells like "Smoke, tobacco, whisky, etc" and I'm just sitting here going "I don't want to smell like shit, I wanna smell nice"
This one though IMO is one of my favorites, it smells nice and fruity and it's not over powering. It's subtle.
And it plays really nicely with my shampoo and body wash.
Wolfthorn is straight up delicious.
There was one time, specifically, I'd lied down for bed, post shower, arms raised fully above my head, arched back, presenting, and I thought to myself, "what thE FUCK SMELLS So good?!" And it was me. And it was a great feeling. It was citrus.
Fuck yeah, rock it. I am a naturally very manly smelling person, sometimes to my dismay, so I always stayed with scents that "matched": cedar, sandalwood, rosemary, juniper, bergamot, and the like. I often smelled like a lumber mill or a very conversational pot roast.
I got a scent sampler pack from Boy Smells a bit ago and I get so many compliments from others when I wear them.
conversational pot roast.
I wanna see that OldSpice
Pot roast smell, just musk and a little rosemary essential oil, was my single times secret weapon. People asking about it was a zero effort conversation starter and it dovetails perfectly with my style of attempts to be charming.
most people LOVE a man with some femininity in them
I like (and exclusively use) this one, but it's damn expensive.
Likewise
Good news is that we don't have to buy it very often at least
Dont be shy, post the friend's suit 👀
When I asked them if I could share a picture of their suit they said they'd prefer if I didn't, so unfortunately I can't share any pics of it.
They've only had it now for a little less than a year so I understand why they're a bit cagey about sharing pictures of it out of context
That's so valid, hope they have a great time with it!
Bwahahahahahaha
Stupid Manly Man name, but it's the best scent - really sweet and fruity like Sweet Tarts candy.
Old spice looks tasty :3
Wow that looks bad. Huge downgrade
One of us, one of us
