• Localhorst86@feddit.org
    861·
    6 months ago

    In return, Women get to smell like coconuts and vanilla, while we men are relegated to scents like “burnt charcoal and 7 year old engine oil”

    • Odelay42@lemmy.world
      791·
      6 months ago

      There’s no laws preventing you from using what you perceive as women’s hair care products.

        • Aviandelight @mander.xyz
          33·
          6 months ago

          My husband is bald but like to use my nice smelling shampoo on his beard every now and again. Pamper yourself.

        • Zacryon@lemmy.wtf
          7·
          6 months ago

          Well, baldness also requires care. A shampoo will be fine for your head-skin. Also, moisturise. Especially important for people who tend to have dry skin like me. There aren’t many good moisturisers for men around though. (At least none which I found good so far.) So, moisturisers marketed towards women it is.

          And if it smells like peach, roses and aloe vera paired with coconuts, even better. If your girlfriend/wife likes to smell herself that way, you can bet she would also like to smell your floral skin-desert.

      • Allero@lemmy.today
        211·
        6 months ago

        Yes, but I think the (true) point was that male-marketed products are always either:

        • Arctic freshness 0°K we’ll make you feel like you’re naked on an iceberg in the middle of the North Pole

        Or:

        • Now you smell like your grandfather! Some wood, musk, and cedar cones

        Why is it so and what does it tell of our society and weird expectations? A great deal of men do NOT appreciate this approach, and sure turn to the products marketed for women.

        We should either break that insanely entrenched stereotype about “masculine” scents, or better just ditch product gendering altogether.

        Yay for men smelling like vanilla and strawberry yoghurt!

        • Odelay42@lemmy.world
          151·
          6 months ago

          Reject marketing. Reject gender roles. Reject artificial constructs that only serve to oppress and control you.

          Easier said than done, but seriously fuck marketing.

          • Allero@lemmy.today
            5·
            6 months ago

            Indeed! Marketing in general is evil by itself

            Also, as a man generally into gender role reversal, fuck gender stereotypes!

        • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
          1·
          6 months ago

          Old Spice has some “island” scents that smell like fruits and flowers for men. I am currently working my way through a bottle of “Fiji” smells like papaya and vanilla.

          I am at a loss to think of a more man oriented brand of hygiene products than Old Spice. Maybe Axe, but do we really consider teenage boys men?

          • Allero@lemmy.today
            2·
            6 months ago

            Thanks, will check out! Most of Old Spice falls under “smell like your grandpa” in my opinion :D

            Axe - true, though this is an abomination and I would definitely build a restriction zone around people who use it

          • Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
            2·
            6 months ago

            Axe makes me break out something awful. Only been two periods of time I wore it, both because the lady I was with commented on it smelling nice when we were in a store, and then only wearing it on nights I was going out with her and hoping I’d recover before next time.

            I have little or no allergies regarding anything else, but deodorants for some reason are prone to setting me off (my suspicion is that it’s particular fragrances used in some of them). Currently Dove Men + Care is safe for me, so I use that.

          • RBWells@lemmy.world
            2·
            6 months ago

            My teens (one girl one trans boy) are crazy about that Old Spice Fiji scent, and the laundry scent Suavitel Fresca Aroma Del Sol. I think the Fiji does smell a lot like the clean clothes.

      • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
        93·
        6 months ago

        what you perceive as

        Sometimes it says straight on the box “women’s shampoo” lol

        • Odelay42@lemmy.world
          6·
          6 months ago

          What does that mean, exactly though? Will it make a man sick if he uses it? Or is it just a way for a company to appeal to a certain customer who believes men and women are too different to enjoy similar things?

          • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
            4·
            6 months ago

            Marketing, I suppose. Or just old custom from a time when gender roles were more strict. Maybe both

          • evranch@lemmy.ca
            31·
            6 months ago

            If the man gets his hair really dirty, like farm dirty with diesel and moly grease and itchy chaff bits, then it means it probably doesn’t have what it takes to do the job.

            My wife bought endless shampoos, I tried them for sport and none ever impressed me. Our hard water laughs at fancy shampoos and soaps.

            I always told her to forget it and use my big jug of Pert. A classic that says something on the back like “Pert wasn’t designed to waste your time and money. Pert was designed to get your hair clean” but she was sure there was something wrong with it because it was only 5 bucks.

            Finally one day she gave it a try and has used Pert ever since. It made her hair smooth and soft, it even washes moly grease out and it smells “fine”, men’s shampoo is the winner IMO

            And now my shower is so tidy with only one jug of shampoo

            • Odelay42@lemmy.world
              5·
              6 months ago

              But what about that makes it “men’s” shampoo, chemically? Do women never need to wash grease out of their hair?

              I understand you’re point. I’m just reiterating that the formula is needlessly gendered. “Shampoo for hard water and heavy duty cleaning” just doesn’t sell in our version of socialized society I guess.

              • evranch@lemmy.ca
                4·
                6 months ago

                Actually come to think of it, I don’t think Pert is actually gendered. But everyone knows it’s a “man’s shampoo”, because it isn’t actively marketed as a “women’s shampoo”… Yeah, pretty stupid, isn’t it.

                • bitchkat@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  1·
                  6 months ago

                  I’ve always thought of Pert as non-gendered. In fact, that’s what my mom bought for the family in the 70’s.

                  I remember the green gel.

            • RBWells@lemmy.world
              1·
              6 months ago

              My regular shampoo is Malibu C Hard Water Wellness, it is not too harsh and works so well in our water. Not Pert cheap but can get it for around $30 a liter usually and that lasts me a looong time. I love that stuff. Doesn’t dry out my hair, does clean and rinses clean.

        • Odelay42@lemmy.world
          7·
          6 months ago

          “products for men” are made up nonsense from companies who are trying to profit off of people’s insecurities.

          We have been deeply conditioned as American consumers, but I’m sick of it! Fuck marketing. Fuck gender roles.

      • Squizzy@lemmy.world
        34·
        6 months ago

        I mean that is great and obvious and all but it is completely the case that they are women’s products. They are on all the boxes, ads and testimonials. In the women’s aisle.

        • KevonLooney@lemm.ee
          135·
          6 months ago

          You have two separate aisles for men’s and women’s shampoo? Do you live in Saudi Arabia? In the rest of the world they’re right next to each other.

          • beetsnuami@slrpnk.net
            6·
            6 months ago

            In Germany (dm), they have a separate isle for men‘s products, and „normal“ (less gendered) products everywhere else. Kinda weird.

            • Allero@lemmy.today
              3·
              6 months ago

              DM is notoriously weird in how they place products to begin with :D

              Good prices though!

          • marketsnodsbury@lemm.ee
            3·
            6 months ago

            What a weird generalization to make. Maybe you’re referring to grocery stores, that have a small selection of beauty/health products.

            My local Target here in the US (CA) was recently renovated to expand the body care section of the store, and now has two large distinct sections that obviously cater to specific genders:

            The men’s section (deodorant, hair care, face wash, shaving supplies, etc.) is set apart by “wood” flooring, dark wooden display tables, and a kind of minimalist atmosphere. Several aisles away, the women’s section (hair care, makeup, face wash, nail care, etc.) is bright and colorful and chock-full of product signage.

            • KevonLooney@lemm.ee
              3·
              6 months ago

              Lol I just checked target. You’re right. I guess I never get the “men’s shampoo”, mainly because it’s low quality with a crappy “wood” fragrance. Of course women’s deodorant is a rip-off too. Better to just look up the brand you like.

          • Squizzy@lemmy.world
            21·
            6 months ago

            Yeah we have an aisle with typically male hygiene and beauty products and another with typically female products.

            Very sorry that your weird world view doesnt correspond to reality.

    • Ephera@lemmy.ml
      4·
      6 months ago

      What’s funny is that I’m now at the point of using bar soap as my “shampoo”, but the store currently only has heavily scented bar soap, so I do actually smell like 🍑 and 🍊.

      • RBWells@lemmy.world
        5·
        6 months ago

        That doesn’t work here. Natural soap, saponified fats, causes soap scum in hard water. If it puts a mineral coating on your tub, it will do the same to your hair.

      • Liz@midwest.socialEnglish
        1·
        6 months ago

        Yeah I just use bar soap and I’ve got fairly long hair. Works well enough as long as you’re not too aggressive with it.

    • AchtungDrempels@lemmy.world
      23·
      6 months ago

      I use womens deodorant, not fruity ones but “fresh” ones i guess. Can’t stand mens deodorant, reminds me of locker room stank.

    • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
      15·
      6 months ago

      I’m using one that’s labeled as “Cobalt”. Smdh doesn’t smell anything like actual cobalt, what a ripoff

      • evranch@lemmy.ca
        6·
        6 months ago

        It had better at least be blue.

        Lol, jokes on us they’re all blue, cobalt or not

      • Chemical Wonka@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        6·
        6 months ago

        I don’t use deodorant with aluminum and parabens. Today I prefer to use a solid stick deodarant made from magnesium and other components

      • Chemical Wonka@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        4·
        6 months ago

        Does cobalt have some particular smell?

        I don’t know but I think a deodorant with cobalt doesn’t seem like a “healthy” thing to put under the armpits lol

        • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
          9·
          6 months ago

          I was just joking, I don’t know what cobalt smells like. Unfortunately I don’t think it actually includes any cobalt. That would’ve been metal as fuck

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      6·
      6 months ago

      If it were possible to have a deodorant that itself had no odor at all, that’s what I would choose.

      “Unscented” still has a very clear scent.

      • chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        2·
        6 months ago

        I too prefer unscented, and usually the women’s version. Current one I usually use is the thin Tom’s of Maine unscented, which I think is the one for women. The thick blue body has the powdery deodorant while the thin white body has the smooth solid.

  • Chris@feddit.ukEnglish
    45·
    6 months ago

    Same as the shower gel, where there are lots of “flavours” and then some just labelled “MEN” with no indication of what they smell of.[1]

    1. Engine oil and Swarfega ↩︎

  • prime_number_314159@lemmy.world
    42·
    6 months ago

    Does nobody use 17 in 1 hair detergent, body wash, conditioner, deoderant, moisturizer, hand soap, shaving cream, beard oil, lip balm, callous remover, hand sanitizer, bubble bath solution, epsom salt, dandruff treatment, cologne, hair gel, and junk defunker anymore?

  • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
    33·
    6 months ago

    Then the fuckers start putting more perfumes in it.

    Goddamn, that pisses me off. Had to find another AIO shampoo that didn’t make my eyes burn when I used it. Used Pert for 20+ years until some marketing asshat forgot who the demographic was.

  • ChillPenguin@lemmy.world
    301·
    6 months ago

    I went to get a massage for the first time. You can have a scent during your massage, so I was like why not? So they listed a huge list of smells and flavors. And one of the scents they had was cedar. Of course I picked that one. The masseuse was immediately like “I would say like 80% of all of the guys that come in here pick cedar.” No regrets, it smelled great. Reminded me of woodworking.

    • dan@upvote.au
      5·
      6 months ago

      Sounds nice (the massage, not necessarily that particular scent). I’ve never gotten a massage before but I’ve been thinking about getting a couples massage with my wife. There’s so many massage places though. How do I choose one?

  • Rolando@lemmy.world
    27·
    6 months ago

    Jimmy: “Mane n’ Tail.” Is this horse shampoo?

    Chazz: Yes, it is.

    Jimmy: Do you use this stuff on your hair?

    Chazz: Uh-huh.

    Jimmy: “For a lustrous coat.” Does this actually work?

    Chazz: You bet your ass it does. It makes my hair shine like Orion’s belt…

    –== B L A D E S / O F / G L O R Y ==–

    • cRazi_man@lemm.ee
      9·
      6 months ago

      I’m convinced my wife’s shampoo could be considered a full meal of you drink it.

      • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
        3·
        6 months ago

        Maybe a full serving of fruits and veggies, but there’s no protein in there, at least not what we mean when we talk about protein in nutrition. Probably not many carbs either. I would also suspect that the rest of the product is undigestable, if not straight up toxic