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

  • DagwoodIII@piefed.socialEnglish
    61·
    2 days ago

    Women’s products have scents like ‘lavender’ and ‘peach.’

    Men’s have names like ‘wolf thorn’ and ‘black ice.’

    • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.ukEnglish
      50·
      2 days ago

      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.

    • Ephera@lemmy.mlEnglish
      19·
      2 days ago

      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…

      • DagwoodIII@piefed.socialEnglish
        10·
        2 days ago

        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.

        • Ephera@lemmy.mlEnglish
          11·
          2 days ago

          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…

          it's something.

          • DagwoodIII@piefed.socialEnglish
            6·
            2 days ago

            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.

            • Ephera@lemmy.mlEnglish
              2·
              2 days ago

              Yeah, would not surprise me. I imagine, the most susceptible to the marketing are teenagers, who have not yet developed partner preferences beyond superficial attractiveness and who may not feel as secured yet in their manliness or beauty or whatever.

              Convincing them that it’s a spray which gives you +1 to manliness/beauty, is a surefire way to print money. And since they have little experience what manliness/beauty actually entails, just giving your products stereotypical branding is the easiest way to do that.

    • arrow74@lemmy.zipEnglish
      5·
      2 days ago

      I accidentally bought a bodywash that’s apparently 50% menthol. It smells like cough syrup

    • vithigar@lemmy.caEnglish
      7·
      2 days ago

      “Wolfthorn” is orange, lychee, coconut, and pineapple. At least according to my search just now.

      • DagwoodIII@piefed.socialEnglish
        8·
        2 days ago

        Black ice is a car freshener that’s being sold to men.

        I once went into a Auto Zone and they had a wall full of different fresheners, the cardboard kind you hang off the mirror. Everything from Playmates to happy bunnies [no pun intended]

        I asked which was the most powerful, and the clerk told me they were all just about the same.

        • blazeknave@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          2 days ago

          Yep the tree one! That’s the one. My best friend was visiting and every time we got in the car we joked it smelled like “black guys” and that the joke was they had released this new smell to market to a new audience. There would be “Jewish Ice,” “Chinese Ice,” and whatever my dumbass friends were, that got in the car. E.g., “bro - is that black ice? I’m Jewish. You got the wrong one.”

          Tbh I’ve never seen a woman with the tree deals at all. My dad always had the green smell growing up. Except after the car wash, there was a cherry spray or something iirc

    • Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      18·
      2 days ago

      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

  • megopie@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    33·
    2 days ago

    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.

    • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldEnglish
      22·
      2 days ago

      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.

    • witten@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      2 days ago

      Life pro tip: Use a block of alum… It’s competely unscented. Just gotta wet it a bit before use.

        • toynbee@lemmy.worldEnglish
          7·
          2 days ago

          This is what I did back when I shaved.

          I didn’t realize it could also function as deodorant or antiperspirant, that’s cool.

          • SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zoneMEnglish
            8·
            2 days ago

            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.

    • Alcoholicorn@mander.xyzEnglish
      7·
      2 days ago

      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.

      spoiler

    • wieson@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      I make my own deodorant cream out of cocos oil, starch and soda. It is not an antiperspirant, as it doesn’t plug the pores. The soda (which is the ingredient actually doing the job) slows down the bacteria who live on the skin surface and who digest the sweat and make it stink. So you can still sweat, but don’t stink.

  • blazeknave@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    2 days ago

    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?

    • Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      8·
      2 days ago

      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.

      • petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        7·
        2 days ago

        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.

    • SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zoneMEnglish
      8·
      2 days ago

      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.

        • SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zoneMEnglish
          6·
          2 days ago

          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.

  • bdonvr@thelemmy.clubEnglish
    7·
    2 days ago

    The wolfthorn scent is nice though, but I always preferred the dry white style which I can’t seem to find anymore.