And that's why I use womens deodorant. Certainly not because I'm trans, goodness no, what are you accusing me of?
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hey im not judging, if i were a cis man i probably would too
Token cis man, much prefer the women's hygiene products, just worried about stares I'd get at the store lmao.
I look about as typical a dude as it's possible to and literally no-one has ever even acknowledged when I'm buying women's deodorant 🤷♀️
Beyond it not actually mattering what others think, and as others have said - the chance of anyone even noticing being miniscule, if someone looking at you really assumes that only women can use "women's" hygiene products, then they probably also assume you're buying it for a woman in your life and couldn't care less...
Most people would just presume you're buying for someone else anyway.
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Sometimes a guy just wants to smell pretty and sometimes a guy is really a girl, and there's no possible way to know which is true
trans man here, I also prefer to smell like raspberries or coconuts over uh "sports", "extreme" or "blue". Though sometimes you get a nice smelling product in the men's section, like strong citrus or foresty, those are good
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As a cis dude: Yeah women's deodorant is quite nice to wear
A lot of men's deodorants (when they do say what they smell like) are shit like leather, bourbon, smoke, tobacco, engine bay, etc. And our shampoo selection ain't much better.
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gender binary reinforcement memes suck just as much as other ways of reinforcing the gender binary
Yeah, this would probably be better with a bit of a wording change (like "how deodorant is sold to women/how deodorant is sold to men").
I mean, there's definitely a real phenomenon at play here, but I think it has more to do with how the system indoctrinates us than any real, actual preferences.
Yeah, I prefer the more "feminine" smells from Old Spice. I've never been a fan of pungent chemical almost cologne smells in general. I really love that they did that because things aren't that black and white. I'd try a scent and almost gag from it.
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At least "womanly" scents are descriptive, so you know more or less what you're getting, if I want to try out some "manly" scents (they get stronger more effective antiperspirant and I don't mind what "gender" I smell of), I'd have to order all of them (am housebound, can't just go around a drugstore, sniffing) just to see what iceberg, shark, and attack helicopter actually smell of lol.. It's easier to just smell of orchids.. 😂
I hate that everything is labeled as concepts instead of what the smell is. I don't know what a fucking Riptide Rush smells like, or a Cool Wave, or an Arctic Handjob.. just wtf is it???
yeah no for real
When buying perfume I pick the unisex ones, because most men's perfume smells like toilet duck. Also I like smelling like flowers or honey and smoked vanilla.
Toilet…duck…?
Ah, yes, toilet cleaner, thought it was universal, seems to be a European(?) thing.
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It's a brand of toilet bowl cleaner.
I struggle to find unscented deodorant and it makes me so angry. Should not be difficult to find.
We can't be alone here.
Unscented; it only serves the purpose of not making me sweat or smell bad. And one that doesn't stain.
At least I am not the only one. As far as I know, they are widely sold in Japan along subtle scents like "Soap", but I guess that's about it.
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mens products smell bad
I hate anything lynx or axe as it's called in the US. In the UK almost every guy uses lynx deodorant, I used to get boxes of the stuff at Xmas from family because they never asked what I'd actually like.
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Okay, but icebergs go hard as a smell.
i dont even know what they smell like can you describe it
Think of smelling a glass of ice cubes fresh out of the freezer. Very neutral, but also has a slight "freshwater" scent.
I wanna smell like a fighter jet.
Bitches love the smell of avgas.
Oh yeah! They better have a 100LL option for us Skyhawk-flying folk (mostly volunteer search and rescue pilots and students).
I always pick the cheapest one, but if the male and female products have the same price I'll pick roses over whatever the fuck "sports" and "fresh" is supposed to smell like.
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This post is a fake. I have never seen an F16 deodorant.
Duke Cannon sells Naval Supremacy, which might be F4 Tomcat soap.
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What about enbys?
i usually go for nutty scents or something sweet and flowery :3
You would like to smell like nutt /s
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I'd rather smell citrussy or flowery over whatever the fuck the bottom picture is meant to smell like. Plus I like flowers anyway as I've a pair of converse with roses on them. So much better than wearing a pair of Adidas that's white with maybe a stripe of colour.
citrussy
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Agreed that most of those men's scents are terrible... But as soon as they come out with Jet A and 100LL scents (aviation fuels) I'm in.
citrussy
...a Citroën with good ole hydropneumatic suspension? Someone with equanimous gait? I can't keep up with all the jargon you folks here throw around.
I feel like Deodorants and Perfumes for men aren't as much of a choice as it is chosen for us. There's like two main smells, "Old Sweat" and "Motor Oil". Anything other than that is just variations of "Drain Cleaner Citrus".
Like clothes for men, the selection feels so limited.
When its all just ambergris, orange oil, and citric acid
Wait women have passionfruit flavoured deodorant? Damn I’m jealous.
I personally prefer blue goo.
So i am running around with a scent of coal. Is it natural enough to be a female cent or adventurous enough to male?
I only use Sub-orbital Tactical Rocket Shark Extreme™️.
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