# Ladies: Do you like your men scented or unscented?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-like-your-men-scented-or-unscented/376996>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 18, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-like-your-men-scented-or-unscented/376996 "2006-10-18T20:07:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Foldup\_Rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Foldup\_Rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foldup_Rabbit)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-like-your-men-scented-or-unscented/376996/41 "2006-10-27T06:42:55Z")

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I - love- the smell of aftershave. I do not like mansmell. Sweaty people smell like saddle leather I have been socially conditioned to believe that that is a bad thing.

I think a light touch of aftershave smells positively irresistable.

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**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-like-your-men-scented-or-unscented/376996/42 "2006-10-27T12:39:57Z")

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My wife seems to prefer me w/o aftershave. I find this strange, because she gives me aftershave stuff regularly.

She works in the fragrance industry and brings home the obligatory free samples for employees after the annual holiday party. She keeps the womens stuff but she also stuffs all the mens cologne/moisturizer(men’s moisturizer? WTF?)/pre-shave/‘Eau de Pet’ in my side of the bathroom cabinet. I found out quickly that any time I tried to wear any of it for her, she’d just say, “Jesus Christ, Count… You smell like Work!!!”

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**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-like-your-men-scented-or-unscented/376996/43 "2006-10-27T14:02:00Z")

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[QUOTE=Lord Ashtar]  
Oh by the way, I’ve been told many times that the worst smell on a man is bad breath. So make sure you brush you teeth and use mouthwash.  
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Seconded. With emphasis.

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