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Related story:

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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[–] SaintNyx@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Fir and sandalwood come to mind immediately but I can tell this was written by a man who has never stepped into a bath and body works in their entire life. Wtf is "infinite radiance" "hello happiness" and "into the night" fragrance supposed to be. They been doing this to women for just as long.

[–] fisch@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wish I could smell like Hegelian dialectic or categorical imperative or something like that.

[–] Bluewing@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

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.

[–] Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 day ago

But deodorant for women is pH balanced for women! The commercials told me so!

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 39 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Femininity is nouns (due to objectification), masculinity is verbs (due to the valorisation of action)

[–] muzzle@lemmy.zip 1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Not true, naval supremacy is a noun.

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[–] Nasan@sopuli.xyz 16 points 2 days ago

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

[–] Hond@piefed.social 70 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Cool sport rush smells like mint. The bottle is black and the sticker has a wave of some sorts printed on it(the added surfer is optional). The gel is blue if its a fancier brand.

You buy it because you are doing sports but manly and sweat really manly. Only a cool sport rush can help against that. Its pretty obvious idk

edit: the bottle can be dark blue with silver applications on the sticker too! ngl this shit is more complex than i thought!

[–] arandomthought@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I've seen shaving cream in "sports edition" before. Can you explain that? Does it shave faster?

[–] Hond@piefed.social 30 points 2 days ago

Uuuh,

probably because it isnt really that manly to shave anything but your face. But if its done for sports its even manlier.

dont @ me. I dont make the rules.

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[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Probably sandalwood and eucalyptus

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Nobody is stopping men from smelling line vanilla or lavender.

[–] no_circumlocution@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

I smell almost as fruity as I am. Not all of us smell like sandalwood.

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[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I want to smell.like delicious fruit and sweet things, not like I just got out of Bear Night at Charlie's. Now I did just get out of Bear Night at Charlie's but thats not the point.

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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 30 points 2 days ago (6 children)

My favorite concept is Unscented.

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[–] you_are_dust@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago (8 children)

That's not entirely true. We can also get smells named after types of wood, metal, or alcohol.

[–] telllos@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

Carbon Jungle

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[–] tino@lemmy.world 37 points 2 days ago (7 children)

I'm a man and my deodorants are either lemon or sage.

Just stop buying shit.

[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social 16 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I mean, I love lemon, but I wouldn't rub one on my armpits...

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] tomiant@piefed.social 21 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I washed my balls in 24% acetic acid once.

They did get clean, in the sense that it burned the outermost layer of skin right off, yeah so but just letting you all know not to do that.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

TIL to avoid washing my balls with concentrated vinegar.

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 6 points 2 days ago

It seemed like a reasonable thing to do at the time.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wasn't really planning on it, but thanks for the heads up.

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[–] Sivecano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I have lavender deodorant (as a man). It's pretty nice.

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I use that nivea roll on one for women. It's pear scented and amazing.

The male equivalent one is what I imagine hedgehogs smell like

[–] Viceversa@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The male equivalent one is what I imagine hedgehogs smell like

I want one!

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 3 points 1 day ago

It's sharp and refreshing, with hints of fear.

[–] DaCrazyJamez@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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'.

[–] shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's a feature not a bug. The goal is to smell woodsy like the barrel, not like an alcoholic.

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[–] Daviino@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] white_nrdy@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago

As a large bearded man who uses Coconut and Vanilla body wash and deodorant. Along with lemon/sage + tea tree oil shampoo and conditioner, I'm with you

[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

I smell like Product The Supermarket Will Drop In Two Weeks.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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”

[–] shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago

The ancient Egyptians used sandalwood to produce perfume oils. Smelling like wood isn't ever going out of style.

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 days ago

wood smells good tho

[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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.

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[–] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

I started using men's antiperspirant a few years ago and it was a game changer. It works so much better for me and doesn't bother my skin. I also love the dumb names the scents have

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 12 points 2 days ago

Options are tree, cold tree, beach tree, and mystery menthol.

[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 15 points 2 days ago (2 children)

'Autumn Breeze' probably has a different vibe if you happen to live down wind from the municipal dump.

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