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June 29, 2005
Scents and Soap-ability
Isn’t it strange that people are still wearing perfume these days? I hosted a dinner this Pride weekend and the scent coming from one of my guests was so overpowering I could barely concentrate. I couldn’t smell the food, I couldn’t even taste it. The entire apartment smelled like reproduced citrus, the kind you can probably find at K-Mart.
Perfumes are simply not sexy. They were invented in ancient Egypt as part of religious rituals, and became extremely popular in France during the 17th century (the court of Louis the XV was knick-named "The Perfumed Court" because at the time, they would put on cologne not only on their skin but also on clothing, fans and furniture). The reason for so much cologne was they simply didn’t take showers, it was the only way for them to kill the stench.
Times have changed (maybe not so much in France where showers are still pretty rare. Go to any nightclub in Paris and you’ll be greeted with a mixture of odors, a combination of dirty armpits, perfume and cigarette smoke, enough to make you want to shower in the club’s bathroom sink).
Americans, thank God don’t use that much perfume, but it seems even here some people haven’t realized that today we have water running through pipes, and what was applicable during 17th century France, may not be the best for modern day NYC.
Why would you want to smell like a garden of lilies or worse, chemicals? Why not take a shower instead and smell clean?
My biggest pet peeve? Going down on a guy whose pubes smell like CK One. Some people are under the impression that just because they like their overwhelming cloud of stench we have to like it too. Why the fuck do you have to enforce me to inhale it? How fucking rude!
Do your self a favor, stay out of perfumeries. A nice American bar of freshly opened Ivory soap, now that’s the stuff dreams are made of.
Love,
Michael
Posted by Michael at June 29, 2005 04:45 PM
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Comments
I like cologne...however, I don't know why someone's pubes would smell like it unless they sprayed it down there, and I would never do that. And, for the record, I do shower...I just enjoy that extra whiff, and so does everyone else I have met. I don't know many people who do not like cologne. Doesn't surprise me that you don't....a lot of things bug you :) But that's ok..I like that you let your grievances be known...
Posted by: Roy at June 29, 2005 05:11 PM
It's just alittle unbelievable to me that you don't wear ANY cologne, to each his own I guess. For me, for a man to smell good completes the package. I wear cologne almost everday (and get compliments about how great I smell) and I think the trick is just putting on the right amount. People can only smell me when they hug me, etc. It's not overbearing. I also stay away from anything fruity or citrusy, something bold yet light does the trick.
Posted by: Josh at June 29, 2005 08:01 PM
I wholeheartedly agree. There's nothing that kills my passion like not being able to breathe within 3 feet of a guy. A guy's own smell (if he eats right) with a hint of soap is much more sexy. Scent is the hallmark card of attire - pointless, expensive, trivial.
Posted by: Greg at June 29, 2005 08:09 PM
There is nothing sexier and masculine when you feel a man's body close to you and you can smell a clean, well scrub scent, in other words, a man who showers everyday with soap and water. I can't comprehend why would a man want to sprinkle themselves with unnatural, intoxicating fragrances. It's just vile and rude to people around them...Thank you again Michael for expressing an intelligent opinion.
PS. I cant wait to share this article with a few of my "cologne wearing" friends, maybe they"ll get a HINT!!!
Posted by: Oscar at June 29, 2005 09:30 PM
Amen and Halleluiah to that!!!! Not that I am religious, mind you. Just a horny, happy, gay atheist who likes men to smell like (clean) men!
Michael, this really is a fun blog site. What are these people thinking, anyway? I don't mind a tiny bit of scent - just enough make me wonder if he is wearing a scent and make me want to try to find (with my nose and lips) just where he hid it (gee, its getting warm in here! where is that bar of Ivory. Off to the shower for me - and I do drop the soap!)
Posted by: alan at June 29, 2005 09:57 PM
you're worse than a humiliated oprah with such ridiculous rants.
cologne and perfume ... that's really going out on a limb, huh?
Posted by: fun at June 30, 2005 12:33 AM