Male fragrance sections at shops are always so sad. Would you like to smell like you just downed a bottle of gin, like a leather couch, or like you were sitting on the wrong side of a campfire? Women get all the nice fruits and flowers. This stuff shouldn’t be gendered anyway like most things.
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@Gargron there are the gender neutral ones too with vanilla and citrus
@Gargron Dudes. D00ds!
Mawaan had the last word on this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snGaZm7ScfM&list=RDsnGaZm7ScfM&start_radio=1
@Gargron I feel the same in the clothes sections. Why do only women get to wear colors and patterns?
@Gargron I actually craft custom scents for people. My husband smells like cinnamon and citrus and ocean water. And everything I make is non toxic ✨
This is why I only use Patchouli ...
@Gargron Maybe this is gay thing but leather and campfire scents sound nice & hot, I wouldn't want my man smelling like artificial flowers and discount fruit juice. Or maybe it's the association where I find camping fun (smell of smoke) vs grocery store scents (I don't like masses of people) and pollen allergies (flowers).
No parfyme is always best though, people with good hygiene and natural (unique) scent is unmatched.
But in the end, nobody else has say in which shelf you buy stuff from.
@Gargron My husband loves Commes des Garçons. They don’t do the “gender” split https://comme-des-garcons-parfum.com/
@Gargron Labels and marketing strategies around fragrances are ridiculous. I share a set of unisex fragrances by Aesop with my female partner ranging from "earthy" to "floral".
@Gargron Males in the wild also seem to more frequently use overtly offensive fragrances in quantities that would kill a small horse.
Must be the same dynamic that motivates them to drive loud, oversized vehicles.
@Gargron
Mann könnte sich ja auch ein Frauen Parfüm benutzen, wenn ihm das mehr zusagt.
@Gargron Real men wear whatever they want.
Male fashion in general is like this.
Women have all manner of clothes and accessories. Walk by 10 women on the street, and you will see 10 outfits.
Walk by 10 men on the street, on the other hand, and you will see 1 outfit: pants, a T-shirt, and maybe some kind of jacket. On rare occasions you'll see a business suit. And if you see more than one business suit, all of them will look exactly the same. Not a single accessory between the lot of them, unless earbuds count.
Boring!
@Gargron You like a scent marketed for women, you got and use it! Scents have no gender. Perfume called Hommage a Homme is great on me (a woman), my husband uses my Perles perfume and it'd gorgeous on him...
@Gargron just buy the fragrances that smell nice to you. Doesn't matter if it's gendered, you can choose to live beyond that limitation imposed on your by some corporate execs at big fragrance.
Be free!
I'm a sucker for fruity / minty aromas, and I'm surprised they're so unpopular compared to the boring musks for men
@Gargron it’s only gendered if we believe it to be. The only real difference is the marketing and typeface on the bottle. Wear what makes you feel good (and smell good).
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I just want to smell like a tree. Pine is tops, cedar is second. That's all. Wood just smells nice.
@Gargron I am a woman and I adore Davidson's Cool Water and Hot Water. In fact, I use Hot Water whenever I put on any perfume. It's unlike any of the smells you describe.
@Gargron you need to get into a real perfume shop, with people who actually know perfume to counsel you! I've discovered fragrances I never thought could even exist that way.
@Gargron I am really not "into" fragrances, much to the chagrin of my wife, I'm sure, but the one aftershave I currently have in my cupboard is for men, from a big brand (YSL) yet it does actually smell quite sweet and fruity. I like it because it reminds me cherries and marzipan.
@Gargron I just want to not smell like sweat. I'd rather not smell like the detergent aisle in the supermarket too.
@Gargron
It gets even worse with that. I remember first seeing Hummer cologne at the mall with my then boyfriend, who's an Army vet. He was like, "What TF does it smell like, axle grease?"
And Hummer is STILL coming out with colognes that help women know which guys to avoid. I suppose I should be grateful.
@Gargron Nah. Mine smell like Yak's piss.
@Gargron
I over here in the corner wanting everyone to smell of nothing so I can still breath. 🫢
Ugh. As an agender trans person I definitely agree on the silliness of gendering things.
(FWIW, I strongly prefer unscented products, whereas my genderqueer spouse loves fruity flowery scented everything.)
@Gargron Well, at least now anyone can smell like a Gold Caramel Billionaire.
@Gargron
I prefer my man to smell like a chocolate chip cookie. 🍪
@Gargron
The leather couch one is for when you want to attract JD Vance. 😉
@Gargron One of the best parfume I've ever worn is Van Cleef & Arpels Midnight in Paris *Pour Homme*, though I'm a woman. I totally recommend it!
@Gargron ...then why do so many women in DC smell like burning insecticide?
@Gargron You might go to the wrong Perfume Boutiques. Try Van Clef and Arpels or Maison Francis Kurkdjian. Not gendered.
@Gargron same goes for women section in new yorker, i want a t shirt with mickey mouse as well !
@Gargron knowing a few good perfume shops in Paris most of them have mostly non-gender perfumes. Like l'artisan parfumeur
@Gargron dollar shave club has some decent scents
@Gargron True. I like more "female" perfumes.
@Gargron clinique happy? Kenzo leupar? Paco rabano blackxs?
@Gargron it makes me laugh that 'Sauvage' for men is one letter away from 'Sausage' snigger
@Gargron Rather go for the burnt wood or sad couch on a cabin than vanilla flowery lemony (it makes me nauseous) ahah
@Gargron Grass clippings and diesel exhaust
@Gargron I want to smell like some forbidden incense that you burn to invoke a long forgotten deity.
@Gargron I think it's often what does the other people like to smell if they are standing close to a person.
Also just wear what you like why should a shop be able to tell you what you are allowed to.
Maybe if more people do so the men/female categories vanish over time.
I mean in history we had also a switch for heel sizes on shoes. As far as the Internet told me.
@Gargron Beats "Stale Tobacco" or "Eau de Outhouse"
The fediverse is waiting for the official Scent of Mastodon to come out! For the physically imposing but emotionally accessible citizens of the fediverse!
I find similar biases in alcohol. The last time I was in a bar (stupid work "dinner" meeting after a day on-site at a customer's, more than a decade and half ago) I took grief for ordering a "girly" ginger-ale+peach-schnapps. I have no qualms about ordering something my mouth would prefer over the taste of overpriced wood-stripper and leather that the other guys were drinking.
(fwiw, I'm not a drinker, at one or two drinks per year, so this easily met my quota 😆)
@Gargron, 100%!
One of my favorite fragrances is DS & Durga's Rose Atlantic. I find great personal joy when I wear it for meetings in the male-dominated industry I work in. You can see the gears grinding as they try to process what they're experiencing. The look of, "I want to ask, but it would be weird" is what gets me through some of those meetings.
@Gargron Motor oil and regret.
@Gargron
"Why sure, I would like to smell like a deer's ass"
@Gargron as a woman, I can't stand the fruity and floral scents. I want to smell musky or like a fire dammit.
