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Rat_in_a_hat lemmy.ca Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.ca
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mushroommunk lemmy.today mushroommunk@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-08-18
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Speak for yourself. I'm a dude and currently smell like oranges and lavender

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thesohoriots lemmy.world thesohoriots@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-21
#3 · Quote Reply

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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Natanox discuss.tchncs.de Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2024-10-07
#4 · Quote Reply

What the fuck does an F-16 smell like?

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hOrni lemmy.world hOrni@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-04
#5 · Quote Reply

What the fuck does an F-16 smell like?

Freedom.

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Vitaly feddit.uk Vitaly@feddit.uk
Joined: 2023-06-12
#6 · Quote Reply

What the fuck does an F-16 smell like?

Smells like https://youtu.be/MhQ5678cJU8

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Ephera lemmy.ml Ephera@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2020-05-31
#7 · Quote Reply

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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Vitaly feddit.uk Vitaly@feddit.uk
Joined: 2023-06-12
#8 · Quote Reply

Freedom.

Exactly

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PapstJL4U lemmy.world PapstJL4U@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-01
#9 · Quote Reply

Marking for men is marketing for 16-year old:

  • Gilette Power Fusion
  • Weber Stealth Kettle
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Jo Miran lemmy.ml JoMiran@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-06-29
#10 · Quote Reply

Me wearing lavender mint deodorant:

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Sunshine (she/her) lemmy.ca Sunshine@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2024-09-16
#11 · (edited) Quote Reply

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

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cRazi_man europe.pub cRazi_man@europe.pub
Joined: 2025-06-04
#12 · Quote Reply

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

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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spicy pancake lemmy.zip janus2@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2023-06-27
#13 · Quote Reply

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

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Malica lemmy.zip Malica@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-08-27
#14 · Quote Reply

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.

No shade, everyone should enjoy good perfume

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Natanox discuss.tchncs.de Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2024-10-07
#15 · Quote Reply

Freedom.

Ah. Gunpowder.

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terranoid lemmy.cafe terranoid@lemmy.cafe
Joined: 2026-05-08
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me spending a bunch of time and money to find and buy unscented stuff:

...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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Executive Chimp discuss.tchncs.de executivechimp@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2023-06-25
#17 · Quote Reply

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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macniel feddit.org DmMacniel@feddit.org
Joined: 2024-06-22
#18 · Quote Reply

Its fine being and smelling softer :3

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minorkeys sh.itjust.works minorkeys@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-04-22
#19 · Quote Reply

Pine, cedar, sandlewood and related tree scents are literally some of the most common, yet not featured?

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criss_cross lemmy.world criss_cross@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-12-17
#20 · Quote Reply

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

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Daftydux lemmy.dbzer0.com Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-01-31
#21 · Quote Reply

No bear glove love?

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Lushed_Lungfish lemmy.ca Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-02-14
#22 · Quote Reply

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

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ieightpi lemmy.world ieightpi@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-26
#23 · Quote Reply

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

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spicy pancake lemmy.zip janus2@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2023-06-27
#24 · Quote Reply

...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

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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scytale piefed.zip scytale@piefed.zip
Joined: 2025-07-16
#25 · Quote Reply

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

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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Viking_Hippie lemmy.dbzer0.com Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-12-04
#26 · Quote Reply

What the fuck does an F-16 smell like?

Jet fuel, burst eardrums, and wasteful spending.

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spicy pancake lemmy.zip janus2@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2023-06-27
#27 · (edited) Quote Reply

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.

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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Viking_Hippie lemmy.dbzer0.com Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-12-04
#28 · (edited) Quote Reply

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.

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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JayDee lemmy.world JayDee@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-11-08
#29 · (edited) Quote Reply

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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jambudz lemmy.zip jambudz@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-10-14
#30 · Quote Reply

What the fuck does an F-16 smell like?

Oil (pronounced Oooyl, one syllable)

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Whirling_Cloudburst lemmy.world Whirling_Cloudburst@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-10-06
#31 · (edited) Quote Reply

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

Im trying not to smell like the dark abyss of eternal existental crissis. That is why I need deoderant to begin with. I just dont know why so many of them smell like desperate raging hormone.

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Akasazh lemmy.world Akasazh@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-24
#32 · Quote Reply

What the fuck does an F-16 smell like?

Obsolescence

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dream_weasel sh.itjust.works dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-30
#33 · Quote Reply

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

I AM THE CONCEPT OF TIME

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XiJinpingStanAccount lemmy.ml XiJinpingStanAccount@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2026-10-08
#34 · Quote Reply

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

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starik lemmy.today starik@lemmy.today
Joined: 2026-06-19
#35 · Quote Reply

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

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Randelung lemmy.world Randelung@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-12-18
#36 · (edited) Quote Reply

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

Passion fruit?

E: apparently with a space.

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orenj [he/they] leminal.space orenj@leminal.space
Joined: 2026-04-04
#37 · Quote Reply

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

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UnfortunateShort lemmy.world UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-19
#38 · Quote Reply

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.

I just straight up started wearing women's perfume. I really like sweet and powdery smells, as well as vanilla notes. You don't really get stuff like that 'for men', but their stupid labels can't stop me.

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UnfortunateShort lemmy.world UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-19
#39 · Quote Reply

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

You can also smell like Greek mythology (I got 'Heroic' and 'Colossus' lol)

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Beth piefed.social Beth@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-03-13
#40 · Quote Reply

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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PattyMcB lemmy.world PattyMcB@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-02-12
#41 · Quote Reply

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

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PattyMcB lemmy.world PattyMcB@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-02-12
#42 · Quote Reply

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

Don't forget the blood from the UFC fighting mat

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raspirate lemmy.world raspirate@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-02-06
#43 · Quote Reply

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:

spoiler

Old Spice Wolfthorn

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protist Member Joined: 2026-03-10
#44 · Quote Reply

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.

someone’s wearing a lovely women’s perfume"

I just really have to clarify whether someone actually said these specific words to you

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Soggy lemmy.world Soggy@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-01
#45 · Quote Reply

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 o...

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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qqq lemmy.world qqq@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-03
#46 · (edited) Quote Reply

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".

I believe that, often, "unscented" things have stuff added to mask smells and "fragrance free" is the one that has this issue, but I don't think these phrases are actually regulated like "organic"

https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2016-10/documents/saferchoice-factsheet-fragrancefree_0.pdf

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swab148 lemmy.dbzer0.com swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-06-04
#47 · Quote Reply

No bear glove love?

That's what I call my butthole

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rumba lemmy.zip rumba@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2024-09-24
#48 · Quote Reply

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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Daftydux lemmy.dbzer0.com Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-01-31
#49 · Quote Reply

That's what I call my butthole

Thats what we call your butthole

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Herbal Gamer sh.itjust.works HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-10-30
#50 · Quote Reply

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: ::: spoiler spoiler Old Spice Wolfthorn :::

For some reason most stores here stock several types of Old Spice apart from the original, which is the one I like most :(

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Zozano aussie.zone Zozano@aussie.zone
Joined: 2023-07-09
#51 · Quote Reply

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....

"Who the hell would want to smell white?"

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