• macrocephalic@lemmy.world
    19·
    1 year ago

    I’m a man and I’d much rather smell like vanilla and passionfruit. I don’t need more help to smell like fuel.

  • solstice@lemmy.world
    172·
    1 year ago

    Some men are literally so insecure they literally think washing their butthole is gay. No surprise marketing involves 'splosions, fighter jets, dinosaurs etc.

    • aidan@lemmy.world
      3·
      1 year ago

      Some men are so insecure they literally think washing their butthole is gay.

      Whoever said this said it as a joke

      • empireOfLove@lemmy.oneEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        I literally know a guy at college who definitely was serious about the “washing ass is gay” thing.

        He didn’t keep a lot of friends. Or relationships…

    • Classy@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      1 year ago

      I use goat milk soap and I’ve been getting honeysuckle, lavender, prairie moss, dogwood, all kinds of flowery scents. I love studying botany and smelling these soaps reminds me of some of the local flowers around me. Never had any person accuse me of smelling like a woman or smelling “gay” lol, but I totally agree with your comment. I think real, normal people just like when you smell good, regardless of the scent. The “men should only wear turpentine-and-axel-grease-scented deodorants” Monday is only held in the minds of insecure looney tunes

  • notapantsday@feddit.de
    11·
    1 year ago

    I hate those manly male scents for true men™ so much. I’ve now switched to odorless deodorant which is so much more expensive but it’s worth it. And when I want to smell nice, I use a perfume.

  • 🇨🅾️🇰🅰️N🇪@lemmy.world
    8·
    1 year ago

    Unsented roll on, because the smells they add to make it smells good actually make you stink more towards the end of the day. The white powder ones ruin shirts and Clough pores.

    • Mercival@lemm.eeEnglish
      01·
      1 year ago

      Lol, rose-scented shea butter, starch and baking soda deodorant all the way baby. You apply it once a day, twice at most, it moisturizes and nourishes your skin, lasts all day, there’s no plastic and you get to laugh in the face of fragile masculinity.

  • Eager Eagle@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    I wonder how much of my preference was advertising and upbringing, but as a man I do prefer to use the male scents almost every time.

  • Prethoryn Overmind@lemmy.world
    6·
    1 year ago

    I just bought a bathbomb called black rose frome Lush. My girlfriend approved but she wasn’t the one using it.

    A bathtub, chocolate, and wine. Guys listen, ladies have it all figured out. Treat yourself.

  • coheedcollapse@lemmy.world
    5·
    1 year ago

    There are a few Old Spice variants that I think are a bit fruit-forward and fresh and designed for men.

    I’ve never liked the super cologney scents - I like smelling sweet, so Fuji is a good one for me. Smells tropical and a bit fruity.

    I also liked Wolfthorne, which is super fruit forward. I actually got a pack of that because some super insecure dude was complaining about it in the reviews.

    Outside of that, Stone from Henry’s is another fave of mine. Not fruit, but it’s light and I think anyone could wear it. Fig as well, but that’s more of a winter deodorant because I find myself needing to reapply, but it smells awesome.

  • Norgur@kbin.social
    4·
    1 year ago

    I don’t buy deodorant for it’s smell, I buy it so I don’t smell like a locker room by noon…

  • Scotty_Trees@lemmy.world
    4·
    1 year ago

    Bit off topic maybe, but I’m just reading all these comments and some of y’all are cracking me up! I just wanted to say it was a pleasure to read a bunch of random comments that boosted my mood. Thanks!

  • kakler bitmap@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    1 year ago

    I like Fruity smells too! I have one now that smells kinda like a SweetTart candy but it’s called Wolfthorne and is aggressively masculine in the packaging and such lol

  • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
    2·
    1 year ago

    Somewhat ironically, a “unisex” deodorant of mine with almond perfume is the best one I have at keeping my body odor away. It’s local stuff that beats Nivea’s 48h sports men whatever every day (and smells much nicer, too)