# What scent do you wear? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 2, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scent-do-you-wear/980603 "2023-03-02T17:12:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scent-do-you-wear/980603/1 "2023-03-02T17:12:46Z")
I use #4711. I love that stuff.❤ ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scent-do-you-wear/980603/2 "2023-03-02T17:29:22Z")
Eau de Mercota ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scent-do-you-wear/980603/3 "2023-03-02T17:33:20Z")
Special blue Swix ski wax ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scent-do-you-wear/980603/4 "2023-03-02T17:55:38Z")
_Obsession_ Cologne for Men by Calvin Klein. My wife likes it, and I can’t smell anything, so I go with that. ---
**Author:** ![Moonrise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonrise/32/14764_2.png) [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scent-do-you-wear/980603/5 "2023-03-02T18:01:35Z")
_La Nuit de l’Homme_, Yves Saint Laurent. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scent-do-you-wear/980603/6 "2023-03-02T18:05:42Z")
On any given day, Irish Spring soap with a side of either wet dog or dusty horse. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scent-do-you-wear/980603/7 "2023-03-02T18:12:09Z")
[I use Rancid Polecat No. 2.](https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/f4587f5a-c4ed-4973-9e43-6854cff13b54) It keeps my skin nice and scaly. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scent-do-you-wear/980603/8 "2023-03-02T18:12:33Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > On any given day, Irish Spring soap with a side of either wet dog or dusty horse. I can’t even blame the horse. But I’m with you on the Irish Spring. That’s all the scent I have. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scent-do-you-wear/980603/9 "2023-03-02T18:22:10Z")
> **[Freshly Scented Soap To Cleanse Irish](https://www.theonion.com/freshly-scented-soap-to-cleanse-irish-1819564683)** > > DUBLIN, IRELAND—After centuries of suffering, the people of the world will finally have some much-needed relief from the offending filth of the ubiquitous Irish. The remedy: a new, freshly scented deodorant soap designed specifically with malodorous... ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scent-do-you-wear/980603/10 "2023-03-02T18:29:35Z")
Grafton by Truefitt and Hill. It’s a light, fresh, barbershop fougere. More like an after-shower spray. ---
**Author:** ![NinthAcolyte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ninthacolyte/32/13676_2.png) [@NinthAcolyte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinthAcolyte)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scent-do-you-wear/980603/11 "2023-03-02T18:30:59Z")
Usually just whatever my deodorant is. For special occasions, [Thierry Mugler’s “Alien.”](https://www.muglerusa.com/fragrance/womens-fragrances/alien/alien/M010401002.html) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scent-do-you-wear/980603/12 "2023-03-02T18:31:26Z")
What is it with ‘Irish Spring’ soap? I don’t mind the aroma but every man uses it. I’ve actually washed my hands in it and it’s very drying. I hope y’all are moisturizing. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scent-do-you-wear/980603/13 "2023-03-02T18:41:26Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I’ve actually washed my hands in it and it’s very drying. I hope y’all are moisturizing. I live in the land of moist. No need to add more. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scent-do-you-wear/980603/14 "2023-03-02T18:51:29Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > What is it with ‘Irish Spring’ soap? > I don’t mind the aroma but every man uses it. > I’ve actually washed my hands in it and it’s very drying. I hope y’all are moisturizing. - I use Dial. Main scents are Sandalwood, Cedar/Frankincense, Fir in beard oils and balms. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scent-do-you-wear/980603/15 "2023-03-02T18:55:11Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > What is it with ‘Irish Spring’ soap? > I don’t mind the aroma but every man uses it. I used to buy it in my 20s because it was dirt cheap. Still is. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scent-do-you-wear/980603/16 "2023-03-02T18:57:36Z")
Bay Rum scented beard balm, and sawdust. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scent-do-you-wear/980603/17 "2023-03-02T19:05:02Z")
Mr. Wrekker slices a piece of a bar of Irish Spring and puts it under his truck seat. So now his truck smells like Cigar, fish camp and old man mixed with the soap. Mmmm. ---
**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scent-do-you-wear/980603/18 "2023-03-02T19:13:46Z")
Homemade, with rubbing alchohol, cinnamon sticks and cloves. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scent-do-you-wear/980603/19 "2023-03-02T19:27:59Z")
99 percent of the time, no scent at all, other than what might be on my clothes from laundry soap. On special occasions, Aqua Velva. On really special occasions, Drakkar Noir. When I was in high school, I had a couple of aunts whose usual Christmas/birthday gifts were bottles of scent. Without even trying, acquired a rather large collection. In college, I noticed that I received far more compliments from the ladies when I wore cheap supermarket aftershave, than when I wore expensive designer-label colognes. So I chucked most of them, and now I have a 20-year-old bottle of Aqua Velva, and a 30-year-old bottle of Drakkar Noir, neither of which I ever expect to finish. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scent-do-you-wear/980603/20 "2023-03-02T19:46:54Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > What is it with ‘Irish Spring’ soap? > I don’t mind the aroma but every man uses it. > I’ve actually washed my hands in it and it’s very drying. I hope y’all are moisturizing. Many common soaps strip off the skin’s natural oils. I use something different. Scents for me come from soap, hair cream, deodorant, and after shave. For soap I use a goat’s milk soap base with nothing added. It’s used by folks who make their own soap but I just use the bulk bar, cut in half. I use that for my hair too. And also for shaving. To control my hair I use Paul Mitchell Tea Tree Shaping Cream. It has a mild, pleasant fragrance. This was recommended here on the Dope years ago, and it’s been working very well. For deodorant it’s Old Spice original formula\*. I’ve been using that since I was a kid. For after shave it’s Nivea for men post shave balm. That’s it, no cologne. \* — I avoid using deodorants with aluminum chlorhydrate. There is a possible connection with aluminum and Alzheimer’s — that has been debated for years. > **[Goat Milk SFIC (all natural) Glycerin Melt and Pour Soap Base](https://www.bulkapothecary.com/soap-making/melt-and-pour-soap-bases/goat-milk-sfic-all-natural-glycerin-melt-and-pour-soap-base/)** > > Buy wholesale Goat Milk SFIC (all natural) melt and pour soap base from Bulk Apothecary at the best price online. We stock Goat Milk SFIC (all natural) soap base along with thousands of soap making supplies. > **[Link between Aluminum and the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer's Disease: The...](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3056430/)** > > Whilst being environmentally abundant, aluminum is not essential for life. On the contrary, aluminum is a widely recognized neurotoxin that inhibits more than 200 biologically important functions and causes various adverse effects in plants, animals,... [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scent-do-you-wear/980603.md?page=2)