• Strider@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Oh shit that took me far too long.

    But when did this horrible trend start with young men putting like half a bottle of cologne on them?

    (it’s a major issue for me due to sensory overload)

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      3 days ago

      It’s not just young men. There are men and women of all ages who wear too much perfume or cologne. I seem to be allergic to some of them, because I will often have my sinuses suddenly clog up, get a massive headache and swelling in my throat from smelling them.

      On multiple occasions at work, it’s been so bad that I have to go ask a coworker to take over helping a customer because their perfume is giving me such a severe reaction. Then the perfume continues to linger for hours after they are gone.

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      3 days ago

      I’m pretty sure it’s been a thing since cologne was invented.

      FWIW I went to high school in the early-mid 00s, and during those days, it wasn’t cologne - it was Axe body spray. My friends and I would joke about there being ads in the future similar to the, “Did you work at such-and-such and develop mesothelioma? You may be entitled to compensation.” Except instead of asbestos filling your lungs and giving you a disease, it’s Axe. That crap was in the air perpetually.

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        3 days ago

        Fair, but we’re noticing a huge rise in the city in the last months.

        Seems to be a ‘recent’ trend for young mens to overdo it.

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          3 days ago

          I doubt “application” has changed. You’d be better off looking at the types of scents being sold over the years.

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            I don’t think it’s the scent but the amount but not an expert either 🤷.

            Anyhow for me the only option is again just staying home, that’s what neurodivergent do.

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      I remember in highschool that some of the other boys seemed to think AXE body spray was an adequate substitute for showering regularly.

      It’s not. It just makes you smell like AXE and BO.

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      I would say it probably started sometime in the 17 or 1800s when they first started powdering their noses and throwing a ton of perfume and cologne.

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    3 days ago

    Jokes on you, these were actually written by dogs enjoying the sweet scent of manass.

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    3 days ago

    I thought this was a meme about guys not washing their asses because it makes them gay.

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    3 days ago

    Can’t even fart under the sheets without my wife spazzing out. Where these girls at?!

  • potoooooooo ☑️@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Find a colon scent that works for you. You’ll be surprised how women respond to it and it’ll make you feel more confident! One of my favorites smells like wood and leather, for example.

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    3 days ago

    Women : Ew, he looked at pictures of feet? That gives me the ick!
    Also women : Oh, that guy is coming by…

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      This might come as a shock, but women have a wide variety of opinion on different things, much like men do.