Manly Man Scented Products

There was a guy in college I was attracted to not for his good looks or for his mind, but because he always smelled liked Irish Spring soap. I sat next to him in class just so I could inhale him. And in a day where boys doused themselves in Pierre Cardin and Polo, this boy smelled simply fresh and clean. This boy’s solitary scent of soap was a magnet.

I was in CVS the other day buying toiletries for my husband. And where formerly there were few options for men like Right Guard, Safeguard and Prell, men now have their own manly man grooming products--lots of them—four shelves and half an aisle’s worth. And they have names like extreme sport deodorant, arctic blast body wash, cool breeze ultra conditioning shampoo, not to mention sensitive skin Aloe Vera shave cream and full body sprays like Axe. All these products  are all heavily scented--too heavily scented. They are so heavily scented that if the products are worn all at once the amalgamated infusion  is noxious—it is not pleasing at all. It’s a fragrance battlefield where the man is the loser. Women repel.

And the other day Blanca said to me I love the smell when I get inside your shower—it is so good it makes me want to make my clothes off and jump right in.

 It was the Irish Spring soap.

There just is something about Irish spring soap that makes you want to take all your clothes off.

Men must learn: one scent at a time. One solitary scent is the magnet.