# What Does Trump Smell Like?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-trump-smell-like/974000
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [October 30, 2022, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-trump-smell-like/974000 "2022-10-30T01:21:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2022, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-trump-smell-like/974000/21 "2022-10-30T17:02:19Z")
If you really must know, here is an article that explains the scent of all his colognes. Yes, he has more than one. Not a cologne wearing guy, but I don’t see anything special there. Some commentary from blind testing on various women.
> **[We tested Donald Trump's fragrances — here's an unbiased review of how they...](https://www.businessinsider.com/how-donald-trumps-fragrances-smell-2016-8)**
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> This article isn’t about the man’s politics: it's about his fragrance line.
Here’s the take on The Fragrance:
> Right off the bat, Donald Trump, The Fragrance opens with a commanding spicy pepper note. Below the spiciness there’s a faint layer of cucumber, basil, and mint. It’s not so much that those notes are weak as it is that the pepper is too strong. After an hour or so, the pepper finally subsides ever so slightly, making way for the cucumber to become more prominent while welcoming notes of woods, vetiver, and light citruses emerge.
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### Author:  [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2022, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-trump-smell-like/974000/22 "2022-10-31T00:47:08Z")
I was admonished in the “Pelosi violently attacked” thread with “Political Jabs aren’t appropriate”
What is this?
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### Author:  [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2022, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-trump-smell-like/974000/23 "2022-10-31T00:57:24Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#):
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> What is this?
_This_ is MPSIMS, where political commentary is largely forbidden.
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### Author:  [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2022, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-trump-smell-like/974000/24 "2022-10-31T01:16:06Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#):
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> What I am asking you to do is guess what this smelled like.
Old man pee, subpoenas and regret.
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### Author:  [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2022, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-trump-smell-like/974000/25 "2022-10-31T02:28:28Z")
He’s a constant liar.
So, bullshit.
~VOW
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### Author:  [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2022, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-trump-smell-like/974000/26 "2022-10-31T02:31:24Z")
A [Striped Polecat.](https://a-z-animals.com/blog/the-10-stinkiest-animals-in-the-world/)
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### Author:  [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2022, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-trump-smell-like/974000/27 "2022-10-31T02:33:10Z")
Like the world’s smelliest substance (whatever that may be.)
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### Author:  [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2022, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-trump-smell-like/974000/28 "2022-10-31T02:39:55Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#):
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> I was admonished in the “Pelosi violently attacked” thread with “Political Jabs aren’t appropriate”
…in a “breaking news” thread, which is what that other thread was, and what this thread is not.
> [@Nancy Pelosi's Husband Violently Attacked at Home \[28 Oct 2022\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nancy-pelosis-husband-violently-attacked-at-home-28-oct-2022/973918/18):
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> Moderating: I know this is a breaking news story about a politician, but it’s still a breaking news story in MPSIMS, and political jabs aren’t appropriate. And… I’m not sure what your point is, but it certainly looks like and attempt at a political jab. No need to explain (if you think it was non-political, you can DM me), just please drop it.
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### Author:  [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2022, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-trump-smell-like/974000/29 "2022-11-03T21:33:32Z")
This thread reminds me of an advertising campaign that Caswell-Massey ran several years ago. Caswell-Massey is a fragrance and perfume company that was founded in 1752, the first in the colonies. George WAshington was a regular customere, opting for the Number 6 cologne, which they still sell. So they ran an ad that read “Smell like George Washington”
> **[Makes Scents - Smell like George Washington! Number Six...](https://www.facebook.com/makesscentscomo/posts/smell-like-george-washington-number-six-by-caswell-massey-since-1752-presidentia/10156817293684895/)**
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> Smell like George Washington! Number Six by Caswell- Massey. Since 1752.
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> \#presidentialscent #georgewashington #since1752 #shoplocalcomo #since1972...
Given my druthers, I’d go with George Washington over Trump, regardless of how their respective products smelled. Just on general principles.
I brought this up sixteen years ago:
> [@I don't WANT to smell like Paris!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-to-smell-like-paris/343521/11):
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> There used to be an ad for Caswell-Massey colognes that had, in big bold type: Smell like George Washington! Our first pres. was a customer at C-M (which has old roots), and always ordered the same fragrance, for which they still have the recipe (or so their advertising states), so you apparently really could smell like the big GW. I note that, if this is all on the level, he actually used the stuff, and didn’t endorse it. That places him way above Paris, britney, and company.
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### Author:  [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2022, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-trump-smell-like/974000/30 "2022-11-05T00:43:02Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#):
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> Caswell-Massey is a fragrance and perfume company that was founded in 1752, the first in the colonies. George WAshington was a regular customere, opting for the Number 6 cologne, which they still sell. So they ran an ad that read “Smell like George Washington”
I recently bought it. I’m not a fan. Somebody at my office compared it to Pledge furniture polish.
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### Author:  [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2022, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-trump-smell-like/974000/31 "2022-11-05T00:46:45Z")
> [@Moriarty](#):
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> Somebody at my office compared it to Pledge furniture polish.
Perhaps Washington used it to polish his teeth? 😉
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