Smelling Good

[Contravene]

For anyone who likes that spiced citrus smell, I recommend Neutrogena. Most of their bar soaps and body washes have that sort of smell to them and their products are great for your skin. I use Neutrogena Rainbath, it's pretty gender neutral as it's designed for men and women and it has that spicy citrus smell to it.

[Simon]

Anyone know a good shower soap/wash that has a pleasant musk scent? I love the smell of musk 

Not sure of any body wash that has a musk smell but Lacoste Red is a cologne made with white musk (white musk is synthetic and not made with animal gland excrement, yuck). 

[Bastian]

You make it sound so gross Simon Aha in any case thanks for the name, i'll go have a look [a sniff?].

[Adam (birkin)]

A few people have mentioned Old Spice's Wolfthorne, and I'm pretty big on that right now. The deodorant works very well, and I'm so sweaty, lol. I also bought that Wolfthorne cologne and it smells great.

Other than that I usually smell like an assortment of herbs, lol. I buy a lot of natural soaps and shampoos, and I don't use fabric softener or anything like that, you just really smell the essential oils on me.

[Farm Boy]

I always been pretty sensetive with those kind of smells.

I hate many smelling which normal people think is good like many parfumes, my brother is opposite and love them.

Same here.  Perfume and cologne give me a headache.  I can't stand using lotion with smells in it either.  I wash with whatever bar soap happens to be in the shower, and I've never really noticed it making me smell like anything.  I've tried wearing smells before, but I always end up furiously trying to wash it off because it drives me crazy.  So for me, smelling good is smelling like nothing.  Although apparently I do smell like something, because somebody just asked me the other day if I was wearing cologne.  Weird.

For cologne, I'm a total geek and wear Star Trek Red Shirt (because tomorrow may never come).  I get tons of compliments on it, but I'm usually embarrassed to admit what it is...

That's great, you should tell them!  I've seen that kind in comic stores, as well as "Shirtless Kirk."  I've considered getting it for novelty, but because of above mentioned reasons I don't think I'd ever use it. 

[Simon]

On a side note, I was going through all the stuff under my bathroom sink today and found a bottle of "Aramis" cologne I forgot I had bought. It's the scent that my dad (rip) always wore. If you want a sort of leathery musk smell that is completely masculine...no if, and's, or but's about it then that is one to try.

[Arch]

I loathe almost all scents, and a lot of them give me an instant headache that starts at the base of my skull (I suppose I have some sinuses there?). Some of the headaches are mild enough, but others are crippling. One cologne that used to be popular a few years ago smells exactly like bug spray to me and used to just HANG in the hallways at school for HOURS after the person had left. In a few seconds, I would get one of those extreme pounding headaches and be all but useless for the rest of the day. I thank the gods that the scent isn't so popular anymore. I never did find out what it was.

I hate the hand soap at my therapist's so much that I brought him a big refill bottle of something that doesn't bother me, but he hasn't used my stuff yet, and it's been at least a year. Someone else, a husband-and-wife team, owns the building, and, I suppose stocks the bathroom. I have been going to his new office for a year and a half, and I've had it. I'm going to start bringing my own hand soap.

Every single man I've had a relationship with has gone au naturel with regard to scents. They would all use an unobtrusive soap and shampoo, and leave it at that. Good thing, too, or I never would have jumped in the sack with them or even given them a second look. If I can't smell what they really smell like, if a man eliminates his scent or puts something over it, game over. I can only be with guys who smell compatible.

My ex didn't use anything, of course. One day, he was sitting at school, talking to one of his classmates, I think a middle-aged gal who had gone back to school. At one point, she suddenly leaned in and commented on how good he smelled. I suppose they were genetically compatible. I suspect that she would have been all over him if he'd made a move in her direction.

One reason my ex did dishes and I did laundry was so that I could sniff his used t-shirts. Sometimes I would just grab a couple and bury my nose in them and have an "oh, god" moment. Oddly enough, that's one of the little things I miss most about the relationship.

So, yeah...I like what nature already provides.

[Simon]

One cologne that used to be popular a few years ago smells exactly like bug spray to me and used to just HANG in the hallways at school for HOURS after the person had left. I thank the gods that the scent isn't so popular anymore. I never did find out what it was.

I'm thinking that smell had to be Patchouli. That is a very peppery bug spray smell that could choke a goat.

[Arch]

I'm thinking that smell had to be Patchouli. That is a very peppery bug spray smell that could choke a goat.

Heh, I'm not about to go to a store and sample everything just to find out what it is, so maybe you have cleared up the mystery. You know, I can always manage with one of the little allergy headaches, but that scent was deadly and would destroy my whole day. The first time I smelled it was in the halls of my building, and I actually thought that Physical Plant Services had been fumigating! I thought, "Thank god they don't do that very often." I was thinking maybe once a year. How wrong I was!

P.S. That sounds like a great brand name: Choking Goat Patchouli Body Spray.

[Erik Ezrin]

I usually either smell like my deodorant (when I'm dirty but what to conceal it), or like sweat (when I forget to conceal it), or like nothing specific (when I'm clean).
I like the 'clean' smell most, it's not entirely 'nothing' though but you'd only smell it if you'd press your nose onto my skin, which isn't a normal thing to happen, gladly. XD
Because of my dreads I have to use a shampoo that is low in soap residue (which can be translated to softeners, scents, additives that don't belong in soap), because the dreads would otherwise suck that up and become yucky and mushy from the inside. (and that's where some stories of dreads being dirty probably stem from, because if that happens they can start to grow mildew which is really, really gross)
But that soap doesn't have any scent that sticks for longer than a minute, so always when I've just had a bath I smell like... clean-ness, sorta, lol.

But I still prefer deodorant smell over sweat smell, just saying.

And Arch, why the heck would someone WANT to wear a smell which smells like pepper bug spray. That doesn't even smell REMOTELY nice!

[Chamillion]

I've been using Axe body wash for years, just got the new Apollo scent. And Old Spice deodorant always. Some of the women at work are always telling me how good I smell and ask what I'm wearing when I'm not wearing any cologne. Just great smelling body wash I guess.

Rarely wear cologne, the only bottle I have is a bottle of A&F Fierce that I've had for about 5 years. I love the smell but it can be a little overbearing. I like to smell nice but be subtle about it lol.

[Nyri]

I actually like patchouli... but I don't douse myself in it because I'm not trying to hide weed smell.  It is legal here, so if I smoked, it wouldn't matter if anyone else could smell it.  Usually if it's on someone that strong it's because they're trying to hide weed... at least that is what I was told.  Could be a different story entirely. 

Anyway, I make my own deodorant which doesn't smell like much right now, but I could add essential oils that are skin safe to it if I wanted, but since I like variety and don't want to make more than one batch of deodorant at a time, I usually just put a few drops of whatever essential oil I want to smell like in my conditioner (which is naturally unscented because it is honey).  It only leaves a faint smell unless you get your hair wet (or if you don't rinse it all the way out, which you don't have to).  I don't usually artificial scents because I get migraines and because they're just bad for you anyway, but I'm thinking about caving and buying some of the Old Spice Hawkridge deodorant and maybe body spray.  Everything I use works, but sometimes I just want to smell more manly.

[D0LL]

I've been using Axe body wash for years, just got the new Apollo scent. And Old Spice deodorant always. Some of the women at work are always telling me how good I smell and ask what I'm wearing when I'm not wearing any cologne. Just great smelling body wash I guess.

I love the Apollo! Unfortunately, I bought the deodorant, and that was all they had at the time. If I'd realized it wasn't also an antiperspirant, I wouldn't have bought it. To use it, I need to use my leftover Degree antiperspirant underneath it, and that kinda messes with the smell. :/

I've been sweating like a mofo lately, from not even doing anything. My antiperspirant doesn't even last 24hrs anymore. I apply in the morning and in the evening just in case. I guess it's good news, meaning that my T is still rising (or, subsequently, my E and P are lowering), but I forgot how much it sucks to try to deal with this. It hasn't even been too hot here yet. Summer will definitely be a challenge...

[Arch]

I've been sweating like a mofo lately, from not even doing anything.

This is one of the effects I wasn't expecting. That is, I expected more underarm sweat and wasn't surprised about the, uh, crotch sweat, but the all-over sweat was a complete surprise. Even in mild weather.

This is sort of gross, but my shorts are sometimes damp from the sweat. Fortunately, it doesn't soak through to my pants, but it's still disconcerting. Anybody else get that? I have no idea how to deal with it, so I just soldier on.

I don't like using it, but I do apply an unscented antiperspirant/deodorant during the warmer months because I really need it. But it was staining my shirts, so I started wearing classic V-necks instead of A-shirts. Of course, that's essentially two layers, so I get even warmer. Ugh.

But there doesn't seem to be any way to deal with general body sweat.

[Simon]

This is one of the effects I wasn't expecting. That is, I expected more underarm sweat and wasn't surprised about the, uh, crotch sweat, but the all-over sweat was a complete surprise. Even in mild weather.

I've had full body sweats come on all of a sudden a few times so far and it was the first few weeks after I went from injecting every 10 to every 7 days. One time I was fresh out of the shower, took my shot, and went into the laundry room to get dressed. I came out of the room and asked my girl if it was really hot in the house or if it was just me (it was 65 degrees or so that day). She commented that I was really flushed and drenched in sweat.

Kinda concerned me because I was a little nauseated too but figured it was just from being so hot. Once I cooled off I was fine. Still not sure if it was a T related event or if it was a hot flash since I had my hysto a few months before.

[Taka]

i use axe excite or dark temptation for deodorant. they're scents that suit me, but nearly got me into a fight with my mom once. she saw me using my little brother's body spray once (excite), and told me she didn't think i should use any manly scent like that since it wouldn't suit me. and when i said i like the scent, the told me that i meant that i like men who smell like that (i prefer rather different scents on a man other than me). all i could say in the end was that i'd already used the scent for quite a while, and i could gather from the lack of comments from her at an earlier time that the scent really does suit me. i'm totally not out to her yet, she's not open minded enough for me to care about getting her approval before i do whatever i want with my own life.

anyway, my favorite scent is fresh out of the sauna, and no more extras than maybe what's left from some natural soap used in the hair and smelly areas. other than that, i like wood. especially juniper, but i don't think there are too many deodorants that smell like it.

[Arch]

Still not sure if it was a T related event or if it was a hot flash since I had my hysto a few months before.

Sounds like a hot flash, but I'm no expert. I mean, I had hot flashes and night sweats when I was doing the whole menopause thing, so I've experienced them; but it's possible that your phenomenon was due to something else.

I just run warm now.

[Bastian]

Huh I've never experienced the 'whole body sweats' that you guys are describing. Sure I sweat when i'm working and stuff, and sometimes at night now that it's getting warm but I never just sweat. Odd! Just shows how different the effects of T can be across different people.

[justpat]

    Definitely Old Spice I have used it all my life with no complaints.Scents differ on each individual though so experiment and see what is right for your body chemistry. Good Luck

[Arch]

Huh I've never experienced the 'whole body sweats' that you guys are describing. Sure I sweat when i'm working and stuff, and sometimes at night now that it's getting warm but I never just sweat. Odd! Just shows how different the effects of T can be across different people.

I didn't really start sweating more until I was on T for quite some time--I think it was over a year. I started T in the month of February, and I didn't have unusual problems with sweating the following summer, but I did the spring and summer after.