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I love perfume (lemmy.today)
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[–] 13 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I remember there was a classroom i couldn't enter without getting nauseous because one of the guys there doused himself in some kind of incredibly potent perfume

The stank lingered too, after a weekend the smell would be just as strong

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Seriously, what the fuck is up with highschool boys in the last decade or so going bat shit crazy with the perfume??? I feel like we have reached new heights of olfactory toxic masculinity torture.

    The first time I even thought about cologne was for a formal business meeting in my late twenties. The closest I got to wearing fragrances (not gonna lie, I kind of hate that term, now that I've heard it so often) in highschool was aftershave; I literally didn't know a single guy who wore perfume (and very nearly no girls either), despite going to a fancy private school with a bunch of rich assholes. Times change, huh.

    Why does this trigger me so much? I actively avoid teenagers and cross the street because of the smell now. And that one colleague who smells like a horrid concoction of axe body smell (kill me now) and Hugo Boss The Scent Eau de Toilette (I know what it's called because he constantly, invariably, incessantly talks about it). I guess some especially immature adults are affected by the trend as well. Wtf.

    Okay. Rant over. I'm done. Gonna go hug my cats now to recover (thank you, home office).

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    highschool boys in the last decade or so

    Not even close, in the 00's it was Lynx/Axe, before that Teen Spirit. Boys covering themselves in scents instead of showering isn't a new thing.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Yeah, I remember the Axe era. I guess at my highschool it was deodorant more than cologne. Still, I feel like stuff has gotten especially bad more recently. Or maybe I've just gotten older and more annoyed by it *sobs*

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