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[–] 90 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Speak for yourself. I'm a dude and currently smell like oranges and lavender

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  • [–] 36 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    I got a floral smelling perfume that was labelled "for men". Really liked it. But got told a bunch of times "someone's wearing a lovely women's perfume". Maybe I just want to smell like flowers too goddamnit.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago* (1 child)

    I don't know what "Ocean Charge" is supposed to smell like but it was cheap.

    I just use cheap products and if they don't pass my "do they work" test I dont ever buy that one again. My body wash test is extremely simple. If I wash my armpits and I can still feel antiperspirant still there after, the body wash fails and I'll never buy it again.

    If it washes it all out... It passes.

    Edit: That said some products by the same company fail while others don't. I found a pomegranate one time that worked extremely well and I swore I was going to stick with that moving forward... It apparently was limited time couldn't find it again and the next product I bought from the same brand failed my test... So I was sad.

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  • [–] 60 points 1 month ago (9 children)

    me spending a bunch of time and money to find and buy unscented stuff:

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  • [–] 16 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    ...just make your own at that point and save money? You should not be suffering spending extra on unscented stuff. That's like the easy ass default. You can buy unscented soap in bulk for cheap as hell.

    And haven't tried this, but: https://cadryskitchen.com/diy-coconut-oil-deodorant/

    Like baking soda, cornstarch, and coconut oil might be all you need for an unscented deodorant

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  • [–] 13 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    sadly i am a stinky/sweaty lady and require antiperspirant, not just deodorant. which I did actually attempt to make myself once. i bought aluminum chlorohydrate powder and then proceeded to not make the time/effort to make an antiperspirant gel/spray out of it for about 5 years before giving up, admitting to myself it was an abandoned project, and tossing it along with components for several other abandoned projects in a pre-move cleanup 😑

    fortunately I'm actually good on soap for now between Kirk's Coco Castille unscented and my hipster friend's homemade unscented olive oil soap :]

    shampoo and conditioner have been difficult. I like the CeraVe ones I currently use but have to decide if I'm satisfied with their performance enough to justify the price. 😬 though if I do decide that I'll likely get them online for cheaper next time I run out

    it is a big dumb scam that unscented things usually cost way more than scented.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    It's often harder to make "unscented" stuff because it means that none of the ingredients can leave a noticeable odor. Customers expect "no scent" not "smells like baking soda and tallow but not added fragrances".

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Check the organic/natural isle of your grocery store and look for the Potassium Alum based deodorant. They look like a block of crystal. They're natural and non-aluminum. They also come in unscented variants. Best of all, they're cheap.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

    I have one, they're super great astringents for stopping bleeding of small cuts :D sadly they're not very effective on my level of sweat/stink 😭 though they are better than nothing so I use mine as a backup when I've run out of aluminum chlorohydrate antiperspirant. They are indeed cheap if you know where to look, and I've never had one run out (I just drop them and they break 😂)

    of note, potassium alum / any alum mineral does actually contain aluminum ions by definition. they are known to be non-irritating to some people who have a reaction to more mainstream antiperspirant ingredients (e.g. aluminum chlorohydrate, aluminum chloride) hence their popularity as an alternative

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  • [–] 28 points 1 month ago (8 children)

    What the fuck does an F-16 smell like?

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  • [–] 22 points 1 month ago

    Me wearing lavender mint deodorant:

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  • [–] 21 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Tactical body wash with essence of slaughterhouse, IPAs at the axe throwing place, and gym floor mats covered in sweat from the bois.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    My deodorant apparently smells of "dry impact" and I guess, the color red...?

    As in, they have another deodorant in the shops of the same brand, identical description on the label, except it uses blue as the highlight color and it says "dry active" instead.

    Like, those pictures are way too concrete in the meme. I just get to smell like concepts.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    My deodorant apparently smells of "dry impact" and I guess, the color red...?

    Mine smells of dry impact and the colors blue AND red!

    It basically smells like the absence of me sweating the moment I so much as IMAGINE being hot 🤷🏻

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  • [–] 16 points 1 month ago (6 children)

    The gender product grift is laughable. And yet people eat it up. I couldn’t believe the first time I saw these at almost 2x markup of regular unscented baby wipes:

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  • [–] 12 points 1 month ago (3 children)
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    The best decision of my life. Have the one that's hand held so its simple and easy to repair but I can never go back to just toilet paper, I just feel dirty.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Whoooa, brand name so I can look?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    No idea, there's no logo and it was bought long ago. Just any bidet shower will do I suppose. It's not a complicated device. Make sure it has stop valve just in case something happens with the shower head, we have hard water here so it can get clogged up over time and needs cleaning.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Apparently, women are supposed to smell like things while men are supposed to smell like concepts.

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    I realised earlier today that my shower gel has a stylised snail on it. Like...that's a snail, right? Leaving a snail trail of hydration across my body.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago

    Jokes on you, guys. Your buying the same stuff as women just with "cool" names.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    What’s the fruit that looks like a cross between an eggplant and a coconut with tauntaun guts?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago
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    Marking for men is marketing for 16-year old:

    • Gilette Power Fusion
    • Weber Stealth Kettle
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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago

    I buy manly vanilla or citrus deodorant because I am a manly man.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago

    Ultra-mega-kickass-sharktooth-rocket-spice smells so good!

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    I just get whatever is on sale that has an effective track record on my BO. Work with fluids and sweat all day so I can smell like an airplane or a shark or flower as long as I don’t smell like body funk I’m happy.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    Don’t take my rabid shark deodorant away from me.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    I stopped in a Walgreens the other week on a trip to vegas to get some spray-on deodorant. They had a dozen womens options, mens had 6 versions of degree, all locked inside containers so you couldn't smell any. I ended up going with 'white'. I would have loved some jet fuel options....

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    I'd love to buy a body wash that isn't marketed to people that want to fuck sharks for the government.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    I am a man and I chose my deodorant because to me it smells like fruit roll up. I'm not a shill, so if you're curious, it's this kind:

    spoilerOld Spice Wolfthorn

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    I'm going more diesel scented this year.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    I'm much more of the "what does Costco have" kinda guy

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    For me it's more like "which one of these is least likely to give me a rash"

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    As a woman, I just want to smell like trees with a bit of floral or musky undertones. My taste in scents is my butchest aesthetic

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (7 children)

    I just look for solid gel over liquids or pastes and deodorant over antiperspirant, smell a few and go with what smells least offensive. Couldn't tell you what any of them are called because even when they are supposed to smell like an actual smell they rarely actually smell like that thing, really.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (6 children)

    deodorants over antiperspirant

    You want to mask the smell instead of not having a smell? 🤨

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Antiperspirant tends to be the stuff that contains concerning heavy metals. You're supposed to be able to sweat, it's just the stinky part that sucks haha.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Aluminum oxide is the primary active ingredient to most anti-perspirants. It may cause skin irritation in some people, but the perceived health risks are unfounded.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Anti-perspirants also ruin clothes. I guess the aluminum causes that? Either way it's annoying to use. Killing the sweat bacteria with booze instead and having a nice fragrance on top of it works fine.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    Oh I still sweat. So don't worry about that. Using deodorant I can still smell like a boar pen within an hour after use. Even if I'm just sitting at a desk with my eyes closed.

    You want me to use all the heavy metal antiperspirant I got.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    Almost every antiperspirant has an aluminum compound in it that make me red, swollen, and itchy. I can only use alum free deodorant, as antipersepeants genuinely cause me pain after a few days of use. The weird thing is I don't even have sensitive skin, no allergies, and I regularly get all manner of metal shavings and various carcinogenic chemicals on me (gas, diesel, parts cleaner, ATF, gear oil I could go on) and don't have any issues with eczema or anything but the antiperspirant sticks will fuck my week up. Ymmv but if u find a speed stick makes u itchy or uncomfortable see if it has alum, and if it does switch to without.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    Generally speaking with 24h deodorant it neutralizes my odor very well, or so say people I've asked. Antiperspirant stops my sweat but doesn't neutralizes odor nearly as well in my experience. I definitely don't want something that will stop my body from perspiring as it's not an issue for me because I really don't perspire much, but I definitely want a dedicated odor neutralizer.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)
  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    When can we start getting the nihilist aromas? Yankee Candles has some I think. I want 'goodbye to a good friend', 'de ja vu', 'deep repose', and 'scenic outcrop'.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago*

    I see 3 chads 2 in the meme 1 femme man represented in the comments.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    To be fair I need everything on that bottom picture to overpower my armpit sweat 😅

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    wtf is that fruit with tons of seeds?

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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    Game changer for me. I always thought it was some hippy woowoo nonsense, but it actually works for me, and I'm physically active at work and sweat a lot. One stick lasts me for more than a year of daily use and I don't smell like deodorant.

    It's not an antiperspirant, however, so it's not much help if you are worried about pit stains.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Well, pit stains are usually caused by antiperspirant because they use wax to hold the fragrance and water absorbant chemicals in there.

    I've had zero pit stains since I switched. And yeah, even after a workout, zero stink. Lasts 24 hours for me usually.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    Reminds me of the WD-40-scented perfume (regardless of if it's even real or not).

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    I just pick unscented and apply perfume/cologne when i want to smell a certain way

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    This is always such a bullshit. The products marketed at men are ALWAYS either "deep cedar - smell like your granddad!" or "SUPER ICE ARCTIC FRESH!!!!!!!"

    Before I learned to ignore it completely, I was constantly stuck between two equally terrible options.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 weeks ago

    I just do everything with coal. Worked for my gandpapi and it works for me.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    New Shimmer, it's a floor wax, it's a dessert topping

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    I just want deodorant that stops my pits sweating and smells like nothing. Do they make non-binary coded deodorant? I imagine that would be exactly what I need.

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