Seriously, what the fuck is up with highschool boys in the last decade or so going bat shit crazy with the perfume??? I feel like we have reached new heights of olfactory toxic masculinity torture.
The first time I even thought about cologne was for a formal business meeting in my late twenties. The closest I got to wearing fragrances (not gonna lie, I kind of hate that term, now that I’ve heard it so often) in highschool was aftershave; I literally didn’t know a single guy who wore perfume (and very nearly no girls either), despite going to a fancy private school with a bunch of rich assholes. Times change, huh.
Why does this trigger me so much? I actively avoid teenagers and cross the street because of the smell now. And that one colleague who smells like a horrid concoction of axe body smell (kill me now) and Hugo Boss The Scent Eau de Toilette (I know what it’s called because he constantly, invariably, incessantly talks about it). I guess some especially immature adults are affected by the trend as well. Wtf.
Okay. Rant over. I’m done. Gonna go hug my cats now to recover (thank you, home office).
Yeah, I remember the Axe era. I guess at my highschool it was deodorant more than cologne. Still, I feel like stuff has gotten especially bad more recently. Or maybe I’ve just gotten older and more annoyed by it *sobs*
Seriously, what the fuck is up with highschool boys in the last decade or so going bat shit crazy with the perfume??? I feel like we have reached new heights of olfactory toxic masculinity torture.
The first time I even thought about cologne was for a formal business meeting in my late twenties. The closest I got to wearing fragrances (not gonna lie, I kind of hate that term, now that I’ve heard it so often) in highschool was aftershave; I literally didn’t know a single guy who wore perfume (and very nearly no girls either), despite going to a fancy private school with a bunch of rich assholes. Times change, huh.
Why does this trigger me so much? I actively avoid teenagers and cross the street because of the smell now. And that one colleague who smells like a horrid concoction of axe body smell (kill me now) and Hugo Boss The Scent Eau de Toilette (I know what it’s called because he constantly, invariably, incessantly talks about it). I guess some especially immature adults are affected by the trend as well. Wtf.
Okay. Rant over. I’m done. Gonna go hug my cats now to recover (thank you, home office).
Not even close, in the 00’s it was Lynx/Axe, before that Teen Spirit. Boys covering themselves in scents instead of showering isn’t a new thing.
Yeah, I remember the Axe era. I guess at my highschool it was deodorant more than cologne. Still, I feel like stuff has gotten especially bad more recently. Or maybe I’ve just gotten older and more annoyed by it *sobs*