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[–] [email protected] 41 points 6 days ago (2 children)

The 2000s smelled like axe body spray and watermelon bubblegum

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 days ago

93 baby. So yeah pretty much haha.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Fuck, guys dousing themselves in an entire fucking can of axe, all throughout middle and high school. gag

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I just wish more people were like my mom. She told us from a young age that women have a far better sense of smell. So when we think we smell good we have gone too far.

My brother and I learned a small amount of body spray or cologne goes a long way. If I can smell someone from 5 feet away I can only imagine how unbearable it must be for women and their heightened sense of smell.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I forgot who exactly it was, but a woman in my life when I was younger, probably a family friend, told me that less is more when it comes to fragrance. A quick spritz across the neck and right wrist was all you needed. I'm not sure why the right wrist though...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

I would just put a drop directly into the part of my jacket or shirt closest to my neck and then sorta rub it into my neck.

Then I would usually rub another drop between my inner wrists and again rub them on my neck.

My theory is that you want to mix the pleasant scent of the cologne with your natural scent as well. That way even if someone else is wearing that same cologne you won't smell exactly the same to women or something.

Idk it made sense to 8th grade me and it has served me well since haha