Right im probably going to get a hammering off people for this as its an uncomfortable yet unavoidable fact.Some gamers/hobbyists appear to have forgotten personal hygene.ive lost count of the amount of times ive been odour attacked in both my gw store and an independent i frequent,even at games day(i mean come on its a big day out here).i know some will say im being snobby or out of order but really don't think so myself,i was taught to take care of myself in the hygene department and wouldn't dream of standing in the midst of a busy store smelling like id slept in my clothes for a week.yet there seems to be folk there with no qualms about it,so i ask my fellow dakka members am i over reacting or what?
i mean its not rocket science is it?

Yeah personal hygiene sucks in a lot of places.

It's not rocket science, yet some people struggle with it like it was.

You'd think that with the amount that people complain about this that someone who doesn't routinely wash would wonder if we were talking about them.

This thread again?

You want to use an antiperspirant, rather than a deodorant.

Ketara wrote:This thread again?

I actually think the reminders are a good thing.

Assuming "Lynx" is anything like "Axe" here in the states, this might not be an improvement.

If you can smell your deodorant without shoving your nose into your armpit, it's too much.

Is Lynx basically Axe in different countries?

Prawnkus wrote:Is Lynx basically Axe in different countries?

Yes, looks like they are even made by the same people

+1

I stopped playing magic after I had to concede a game to a guy because his breath/BO were so bad I thought I was going to puke.

(PS Im a nurse, there isnt a lot that makes me want to puke)

SilverMK2 wrote:You want to use an antiperspirant, rather than a deodorant.

Amen.

Also, a liberal spritz of a reassuringly expensive cologne goes a long way. Deodorants are a no-no, as far as I'm concerned. They should stay in secondary school locker-rooms where they belong.

It's not hard to shower, or brush your teeth, or even put on deoderant. Yet somehow it's like performing a vasectomy on oneself to some people. For everyone's sake, don't neglect it.

Monster Rain wrote:

Ketara wrote:This thread again?

I actually think the reminders are a good thing.

Agreed. I'll start complaining about redundancy when this gets fixed.

I take a page from Dr Zoidberg

"You smell bad and you should feel bad!"

Alternatively you could fill balloons with shampoo and fling them at them, followed by ones filled with water.

*isn't sure people think being fruity means what they think it means*

Suffice to say, I've heard those good with colours, you know, the sort who know what's in their flower garden have prohibitively high standards of personal hygiene?

Mr Mystery wrote:*isn't sure people think being fruity means what they think it means*

Suffice to say, I've heard those good with colours, you know, the sort who know what's in their flower garden have prohibitively high standards of personal hygiene?

subtle.......

biccat wrote: "Axe" here in the states, this might not be an improvement.

There isn't any "Might" about it, horrible smell aside the advertising alone is enough to make the stuff a bad idea.

It's actually a little funny, normally when something displays such rampant, gross misogyny I assume it's just another sign of how crappy and backwards our culture can be. However, little by little I'm actually starting to think it's a ingenious ploy some clever group of women who work as chemists and in ad agencies.

Think about it. It's an easily recognizable signal, detectable at a distance, that doesn't require you to actually interact with the wearer, that loudly declares "Attention Ladies: Undateable, Un****able, Unbearable".

I never realized Axe was so hated.

I mean, I don't use it but it isn't a source of anger for me.

Monster Rain wrote:I never realized Axe was so hated.

I mean, I don't use it but it isn't a source of anger for me.

The problem isn't so much Axe itself, it's the spray version.

The people who use it don't understand that you're not supposed to use the entire bottle.

Monster Rain wrote:I never realized Axe was so hated.

I mean, I don't use it but it isn't a source of anger for me.

Nor did I..
I have a can of the stuff and always give myself a little spray in the morning before I leave the house,of course I don't bathe in the stuff...but it's cheaper than using my "good stuff" just to go to work.

Chongara wrote:There isn't any "Might" about it, horrible smell aside the advertising alone is enough to make the stuff a bad idea.

It's actually a little funny, normally when something displays such rampant, gross misogyny I assume it's just another sign of how crappy and backwards our culture can be. However, little by little I'm actually starting to think it's a ingenious ploy some clever group of women who work as chemists and in ad agencies.

Think about it. It's an easily recognizable signal, detectable at a distance, that doesn't require you to actually interact with the wearer, that loudly declares "Attention Ladies: Undateable, Un****able, Unbearable".

I really think your on to something!!

I knew a guy in the service who didn't bathe very often, but used loads of Axe, so he always stunk of armpits and axe. I have unfortunately ran into a few people since then who have had the same bright idea.

Yes to soap and deodorant, but please, no axe. That stuff makes my eyes water horribly.

Platuan4th wrote:The people who use it don't understand that you're not supposed to use the entire bottle.

Ah. That's understandable then.

When using cologne or body spray, I tend to use the spray a single spritz into the air in front of myself and then walk through it. It seems to work pretty well.

Ahhhh Axe bombs. Like pre-teen tear gas grenades.

I use the stick Deodorant that they put out, it smelled the best (too me) out of the stuff that was there.

But yea, if small birds fall dead out of the sky after you apply deodorant than you used too much.

Yet, most gamers will not spend on "unnecessary" items, such as BO Basher, cos it will cut into their plasticrack budget

Step 1: Buy Febreeze and carry it with you.

Step 2: Run into smelly gamer.

Step 3: Spray Smelly Gamer with Febreeze.

Step 4: ????

Step 5: PROFIT!

1) Take a shower using shampoo and body wash. If you're lazy there is a shampoo/bodywash in one. Use that for a quick cleaning.
2) Old Spice body wash because it makes me smell subtly like a manly man.
3) Old Spice anti-perspirant.
4) Jordan cologne if I'm going somewhere nice, some axe across the chest if going to work.

halonachos wrote:1) Take a shower using shampoo and body wash. If you're lazy there is a shampoo/bodywash in one. Use that for a quick cleaning.
2) Old Spice body wash because it makes me smell subtly like a manly man.
3) Old Spice anti-perspirant.
4) Jordan cologne if I'm going somewhere nice, some axe across the chest if going to work.

I think that if you have to break it down for someone, they're probably too screwed to help.

I use Lynx (or Axe or what have you) and I don't care if people don't like it, because I like the smell and it's not as if I use a can per day. Swift squirt in the armpits and a burst across the chest and that's it, unlike my brother who will have it on continuous spray for about 10 seconds.

I also carry a can around with me for myself/others (i'll casually mention that it's quite hot, that i'm sweating and wish to apply some, then will ask if they want to use it whilst it's out).

If anyone takes offence to my use of a certain brand over another, then that's their problem, and i'm deeply, deeply sorry that my tastes differ to their own.

I use 'Sex Panther', those in the know understand it's percentile potence....

MeanGreenStompa wrote:I use 'Sex Panther', those in the know understand it's percentile potence....

...Clearly I am not among "those in the know"...but I must admit ...I'm curious.

The movie Anchorman.

Best 'Axe' name is 'All nighter'.

Jus' sayin'

halonachos wrote:The movie Anchorman.

...Well damn,obviously I need to move that film to my Re-watch list.

Avatar 720 wrote:I use Lynx (or Axe or what have you) and I don't care if people don't like it, because I like the smell and it's not as if I use a can per day. Swift squirt in the armpits and a burst across the chest and that's it, unlike my brother who will have it on continuous spray for about 10 seconds.

I also carry a can around with me for myself/others (i'll casually mention that it's quite hot, that i'm sweating and wish to apply some, then will ask if they want to use it whilst it's out).

If anyone takes offence to my use of a certain brand over another, then that's their problem, and i'm deeply, deeply sorry that my tastes differ to their own.

This. Only when im going out do i break out the 'good stuff' ie expensive aftershave.
On a side note,Lynx even make a tiny 'bullet spray' which is excellent for palm-of-the-hand subtleness when spraying smelly people


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FITZZ wrote:

halonachos wrote:The movie Anchorman.

...Well damn,obviously I need to move that film to my Re-watch list.

yes, yes you do!

Avatar 720 wrote:I use Lynx (or Axe or what have you) and I don't care if people don't like it, because I like the smell and it's not as if I use a can per day. Swift squirt in the armpits and a burst across the chest and that's it, unlike my brother who will have it on continuous spray for about 10 seconds.

I also carry a can around with me for myself/others (i'll casually mention that it's quite hot, that i'm sweating and wish to apply some, then will ask if they want to use it whilst it's out).

If anyone takes offence to my use of a certain brand over another, then that's their problem, and i'm deeply, deeply sorry that my tastes differ to their own.

I like this approach... Im even considering taking a spare can along to AUSCON this weekend to combat offending BO (of others also)

There aren't many places I've run into wargaming funk outside of the one time that we had a tournament at the FLGS and the air conditioner was out when it was 90 degrees outside, but 14 fat guys in close quarters are going to stink in that situation no matter how many bricks of antiperspirant they have duct taped under their armpits.

Oh, and that one time during 'ard Boyz when I got absolutely trashed the night before and woke up 15 minutes before game start. That was bad times.

Also, what does the picture of spraypaint in the OP have to do with not stinking?

Wearing Lynx will get you kicked out of our house, Aurelia and our eldest both suffer asthma symptons if its introduced to their location.
Some womens perfumes do the same as well.

I prefer Sure myself, if they ever drop Sure active I'm going to moan for weeks, as the others all stink.

FITZZ wrote:

halonachos wrote:The movie Anchorman.

...Well damn,obviously I need to move that film to my Re-watch list.

FOR SHAME.

My OldSpice has never failed me.

MeanGreenStompa wrote:

FITZZ wrote:

halonachos wrote:The movie Anchorman.

...Well damn,obviously I need to move that film to my Re-watch list.

FOR SHAME.

"I'm in a glass case of emotion!"

Total classic.

Axe is an awesome flamethrower, it burns AND smells good at the same time.

Platuan4th wrote:The problem isn't so much Axe itself, it's the spray version. The people who use it don't understand that you're not supposed to use the entire bottle.

I agree with this. I can't tell you the amount of people that want to 'pick up chicks' at school by dousing themselves with that foul stuff and smelling like they just escaped from Colognenobyl off the school bus.
BTW, this is now mine.

lynx(axe)is fine just for work,the gym etc but on a night out i like to use my good stuff.this is usually farenheit,joop jump or davidoff cool water.i also hope i didn't come across as an aroma nazi in my op.

Morathi's Darkest Sin wrote:Wearing Lynx will get you kicked out of our house, Aurelia and our eldest both suffer asthma symptons if its introduced to their location.
Some womens perfumes do the same as well.

I prefer Sure myself, if they ever drop Sure active I'm going to moan for weeks, as the others all stink.

Obviously using it around people who are at risk of falling ill because of it is a bit douchy, but if the only complaint is "I don't like it" then whoever said it can go and screw themselves. I won't do it if there's an asthma sufferer in the room (always ask before you apply) but just moaning that it doesn't smell nice wouldn't be enough to dissaude me.

In the US it's heavily-marketed to tools and douchbags, and associated with the kind of morons you see on Jersey Shore.

Couple that with the tendency of said douchbags to cover themselves in equal quantities of Axe and fake orange tanner, and it becomes a walking biohazard in some locales, and the olfactory association becomes rapidly established as "a jackass is here."

I wear an antiperspirant and also deodorant (currently Old Spice 'Swagger' because Mrs S was amused by the name) unless I'm going out in the evening, then I wear Black XS by paco raban because I went into Boots the Chemist in Bristol and asked all the little tarts behind the counter which scent they liked the most.

The answer was Hugo Boss for men, but that was more expensive than their second choice, Black XS, which was on offer.

I just wear a lightly-scented antiperspirant during the day (usually whatever's on sale and won't leave white marks).

In the evening for a fancy occasion or nice meal I might wear a decent cologne. Polo's Double Black is my standard. My brother prefers Davidoff Cool Water. I generally spritz once on my inner wrist, rub them together, then on the sides of my neck. Optionally one spritz down the shirt if I think it's going to be a long evening and/or there will be significant olfactory distractions (like going out to a club).

Avatar 720 wrote:I use Lynx (or Axe or what have you) and I don't care if people don't like it, because I like the smell and it's not as if I use a can per day. Swift squirt in the armpits and a burst across the chest and that's it, unlike my brother who will have it on continuous spray for about 10 seconds.

I also carry a can around with me for myself/others (i'll casually mention that it's quite hot, that i'm sweating and wish to apply some, then will ask if they want to use it whilst it's out).

If anyone takes offence to my use of a certain brand over another, then that's their problem, and i'm deeply, deeply sorry that my tastes differ to their own.

The thing is: A good deodorant doesn't stop working after a few hours. If you have to apply it again after some time, you're doing something wrong. Try using a real deodorant.

If someone in the room does smell your deodorant, you're using too much. Thus, if they complain, you should use less.
Applying deodorant in the middle of a room would also make me want to punch you. The room will smell no matter how short of a burst you used. So I'd say, if someone in that situation takes offences, he has the right to do! Unless you use your deodorant in the bathroom. But any other room? NO!

That said, I normally use Nivea for Men - Sensitive Protect 24h. Mild, 0% alcohol, Anti-Transpirant. Don't know if you get it in the US or UK. It's subtle and I don't use much anyway.
Sometimes I use Dior Homme - Sport first as shower gel and later the deodorant and / or cologne. Gotta be very careful and subtle with that.
Also in my cabinet: Giorgio Armani - Aqua Di Gio, shower gel and cologne.
And finaly: BVLGARI AQVA pour homme, cologne. Liked that for quite a while, but I guess I got a little tired of it.

Back to the topic: Yeah, now that it gets warm I don't really look forward to visit the GW. Too often there are some people who seem to have slept in their black bandshirt for over a week or didn't wash their long hair / beards for as long.

Avatar 720 wrote:I also carry a can around with me for myself/others (i'll casually mention that it's quite hot, that i'm sweating and wish to apply some, then will ask if they want to use it whilst it's out).

People who think this is a good idea is a big part of why Axe gets a bad rep. Dousing yourself with a scent repeatedly throughout the day is WAY too much, there's a reason most people keep their cologne/body spray/etc in the house and not in the pocket. Scents are also supposed to add a nice smell to a clean body, if you're using it to mask a smell then for a lot of people that just makes the smell worse.

BearersOfSalvation wrote:

Avatar 720 wrote:I also carry a can around with me for myself/others (i'll casually mention that it's quite hot, that i'm sweating and wish to apply some, then will ask if they want to use it whilst it's out).

People who think this is a good idea is a big part of why Axe gets a bad rep. Dousing yourself with a scent repeatedly throughout the day is WAY too much, there's a reason most people keep their cologne/body spray/etc in the house and not in the pocket. Scents are also supposed to add a nice smell to a clean body, if you're using it to mask a smell then for a lot of people that just makes the smell worse.

yeah but he is doing it to 'trick' someone else into applying it to themselves.
Its true masking the scent isnt the best course (washing is obviously) but if theres no alternative....?

The thing is: A good deodorant doesn't stop working after a few hours. If you have to apply it again after some time, you're doing something wrong. Try using a real deodorant.

If someone in the room does smell your deodorant, you're using too much. Thus, if they complain, you should use less.
Applying deodorant in the middle of a room would also make me want to punch you. The room will smell no matter how short of a burst you used. So I'd say, if someone in that situation takes offences, he has the right to do! Unless you use your deodorant in the bathroom. But any other room? NO!

I'd laugh at you and spray a little in your face for all I could care about your delicate senses being tortured by my hygeine.

BearersOfSalvation wrote:

Avatar 720 wrote:I also carry a can around with me for myself/others (i'll casually mention that it's quite hot, that i'm sweating and wish to apply some, then will ask if they want to use it whilst it's out).

People who think this is a good idea is a big part of why Axe gets a bad rep. Dousing yourself with a scent repeatedly throughout the day is WAY too much, there's a reason most people keep their cologne/body spray/etc in the house and not in the pocket. Scents are also supposed to add a nice smell to a clean body, if you're using it to mask a smell then for a lot of people that just makes the smell worse.

Sorry for being an incredibly hairy individual who sweats likes the proverbial in the summer months who also works an incredibly physical job which makes him very sweaty at the end of the day and wants to make himself pleasant for people around him before he can get to a shower...

But having a little squirt of Lynx makes me a douche? Riiiiigggggghhhhtttt...

People who smell like they've been bathing in sewage and/or dogshit disgust me. Yes, I can have an excuse as i've been working, but you see people walking around with clothes covered in holes and stains and long lank greasy hair smelling like the Mr Whippy I just dropped in the toilet and you just think... Why? A cheapo can of deoderant costs about 50p.

Yet i'm the douche for carrying a can of Lynx in my bag?
Go figure.

Axe is fine if used in moderation as a cologne type spray...

Just dont use it to cover up smells, or you get the BO/axe mix

Has anyone pondered using the actual Axe deodorant? It's the best anti-perspirant I've ever used as well. I'm a fan of "Phoenix" though I see a fair number of people buying "Essence."

Yeah though expensive, the axe Anti-Persperant/Deoderant works really really well.

i got sprayed by tiger pee (long story and no i didnt work in a zoo)

most comfortable ride in the metro ive had all my life

but after that ive become obsessive about being scentless

not smelling good...but not smelling at all

apparently some people find that off putting as well

Avatar 720 has the best advice... carry a can with you, and if you encounter mr. stinky, use it first on yourself then offer it to them.

It's the only way to non-offensively deal with the situation and get rid of the horrible stench.

Same goes for bad breath, offer them a stick of gum... if someone offers you gum, take it. They're making a point that your breath has got a bit funky.

As for Lynx, my last girlfriend loved the scent of it.. especially the chocolate one. She hated the orange one though, despite it being a much more manly scent.

Grimtuff wrote:Sorry for being an incredibly hairy individual who sweats likes the proverbial in the summer months who also works an incredibly physical job which makes him very sweaty at the end of the day and wants to make himself pleasant for people around him before he can get to a shower...

But having a little squirt of Lynx makes me a douche? Riiiiigggggghhhhtttt...

If you smell bad without the scent, you smell like bad + perfume with it. Spraying on a scent doesn't get rid of the bad smell, it just adds another smell to the mix, which often makes it worse - I find BO + heavy scent to be significantly more annoying than just BO, as do a lot of other people. The only way it will actually mask the scent is to completely drown it out, but that requires an eye-watering quantity of scent, which very unpleasant on its own.

The little squirt can turn you from 'neutral' to 'smells good', but if you're starting at 'smells bad' then it either makes no difference or moves you to 'smells really bad with an overlay of cologne'. The fact that Axe (at least where I am) is the spray of choice for people who think smelling 'bad + cologne' is equivalent to smelling 'good, or at least not bad' is what gives it a bad reputation.


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Revenent Reiko wrote:yeah but he is doing it to 'trick' someone else into applying it to themselves.
Its true masking the scent isnt the best course (washing is obviously) but if theres no alternative....?

It doesn't mask the scent, turning 'smells bad' into 'smells bad + has some perfume' doesn't actually make anything better.

Funny, I was just thinking about this the other day...
but yeah, the stereotypical wargaming crowd is usually not depicted as having good hygene... I mean, Some guys don't know a deo- stick if it hits them in the head... (Note: This actually happened in a store nearby me...).

@BearersOfSalvation, i personally would prefer the illusion of no BO rather than the 'in your face-on its own' BO smell which makes me feel sick. Lynx/Axe isnt the answer to washing, but making the best of a bad situation it does work as well as can be hoped

I had a great Idea in the shower this morning... every GW must, by law, include an 'emercency deodorant/cologne box' for those customers whose personal hygene is substandard. That, or an emergency shower.

I use speed stick original.

(Artist's interpretation of Cheesecat)

Why has he got shaved armpits?

corpsesarefun wrote:Why has he got shaved armpits?

His muscles are so huge that you can't see his armpit hair.

Asgeirr Darkwolf wrote:I had a great Idea in the shower this morning... every GW must, by law, include an 'emercency deodorant/cologne box' for those customers whose personal hygene is substandard. That, or an emergency shower.

Go for the emergency shower, preferably with a high-pressure water flow. We don't want GW stores to start smelling like Abercrombie, or Hollister, or those other name-brand stores that stink up the air.

Ah... hadn't thought of that... I have perfume allergies, so I can't go near them, either... Old Spice might not be so bad, tho...

Heh, heh... just thought of one of those emregency showers in science labs... for those who spontaniously combust... GW should have a booth in the back, a "B.O. Booth". It would be like smokers and non smokers, but for B.O. Showerers Versus Non Showerers.

If it gets bad this summer, I'll carry my gasmask (see avatar) with me, so people would know.

"You see the green deer vomit pink in the woods?? GAS ALARM!"

Our GW has a hose out the back of the store (in the employee car park), and a couple of guys this summer already got asked to *go out back*.

The resulting scene was quite funny. Picture guy leaving in a huff, then coming back in a hurry, apologising profusely and then actually telling the whole store he'd wash...

Ketara wrote:This thread again?

Thats exactly what I was thinking. At least the title is different and a bit misleading

I have no sense of smell so I don't realize if my stuff might not be working... I use Brut spray deodorant...I think... its a green can with a black cover.

djphranq wrote:I have no sense of smell so I don't realize if my stuff might not be working... I use Brut spray deodorant...I think... its a green can with a black cover.

Look if your deodorant is applied by the same mechanism as Nacho Cheese & Whipped Cream you're doing something wrong. The aerosol can has no place in personal hygiene, save it for priming your minis.

Secondly Brut is just barely behind axe on the douch-o-meter of bad marketing and user base.

Seriously people just take a shower and rub on something that'll keep the shower from being undone without adding it's own unnecessary odor to you. Personal fragrances should be subtle at most. If I don't have to get "All Up In your "Grill"" to smell you, you smell too much.

It was a big can and inexpensive.

Inexpensive things are of no worth.

Mandatory hazmat suits issued at the door would solve all of this.

Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:Has anyone pondered using the actual Axe deodorant? It's the best anti-perspirant I've ever used as well. I'm a fan of "Phoenix" though I see a fair number of people buying "Essence."

I used to use the Axe Stick deodorant, which I liked when I used it. I also was a fan of Phoenix, never really liked the other scents. But now I have moved on to bigger and better things! Old Spice Swagger. I love that stuff.

But, I do not have a lot of experience in the department of smelly nerds, as I don't actually go out to play my games. I play them with my group of friends.

But, I have been in a Comic/Game shop before and run into one of these guys. I was looking at some Comics and I literally staggered as I went to take another step after smelling this man. I was light headed from it, crazyness. I then went to the counter and pointed him out to the guy and was told "We are working on it."

I was a bit shocked by his answer.

Revenent Reiko wrote:@BearersOfSalvation, i personally would prefer the illusion of no BO rather than the 'in your face-on its own' BO smell which makes me feel sick. Lynx/Axe isnt the answer to washing, but making the best of a bad situation it does work as well as can be hoped

Spraying cologne on top of BO doesn't get rid of the BO smell, it just adds another smell to the mix, unless you're applying enough of the cologne to simply overload the victim's nose entirely, which creates the illusion of drowning in a horrible smell. People get used to their own body odor and don't notice it after a time, so they think that the spray is covering it up, but it really doesn't - if you smell bad, then wash, don't just add another smell and think you're helping anything.

To be fair, I wash before going anywhere, but unfortunately I sweat whilst i'm at the destination, there are a few fountains here and there but i'd likely be charged with something and put on a register of some sort...

...again.

Yeah... why a game stores allways too hot or too cold? You're suffocating in fumes, or freezing your arse off.

I personally prefer to freeze my arse off, but I enjoy winters and snow, so YMMV.

But no one is sweating when the store is too cold!

True Dat.

I don't wear deodorant, I just shower twice a day.

Three if I go to the gym.

Or none if im drunk and I slept in a wheelie bin.

Case in point, above here. Deo is ESSENTIAL to personal hygene.

After all the AXE ads I have watched I am lead to believe that AXE may be a re-branded LYNX...

Also, AUSCON this weekend was awesome... only slightly moderate BO near the Magic and WFB tables... but those guys were only around for one day... which left 2 days BO-free!

shingouki wrote:

Smelling like a French whorehouse isn't much of an improvement over the smell of gamer troll. Wait that's not even real axe, it's some kind of off brand rip off that will make the user smell like a 2nd rate French whorehouse, instead of smelling like a classy French whorehouse where the girls wash their hairy armpits once a week. You know the smell we trust Axe to provide with a double pits to chesty.

My #1 recomendation=



followed by some shampoo and and an antiperspirant. Brushing your teeth, changing your drawers, and changing your socks once a day also helps. It's not rocket science.

I think... any soap... whatever its properties... would not help a ton in many fo these cases.

schadenfreude wrote:Smelling like a French whorehouse isn't much of an improvement over the smell of gamer troll. Wait that's not even real axe, it's some kind of off brand rip off that will make the user smell like a 2nd rate French whorehouse, instead of smelling like a classy French whorehouse where the girls wash their hairy armpits once a week. You know the smell we trust Axe to provide with a double pits to chesty.

Axe/Lynx are the same product, it is called Lynx in the UK and some other countries due to trademark issues with the name 'Axe'.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axe_(grooming_product)

I like that the wikipedia article for Axe is a huge sprawling page with a list of the specific names of all of the shampoos, shower gels, and hair styling products, plus the extensive "Axe Limited Edition chronology", while the entries for brands like 'right guard' and 'degree' are almost stubs, not even a full page worth of stuff. I guess I know which brand is preferred by wiki contributors, wonder why that never makes it into ad copy...

Also, you shouldn't be spraying Lynx in a confined space:

On January 12, 2008 a 12 year old boy in Derbyshire, England died in a hospital five days after collapsing at his home. The medical coroner ruled that he had suffered from cardiac arrhythmia and died from heart failure as a result of spraying large amounts of Lynx in a confined space

BearersOfSalvation wrote:

Revenent Reiko wrote:@BearersOfSalvation, i personally would prefer the illusion of no BO rather than the 'in your face-on its own' BO smell which makes me feel sick. Lynx/Axe isnt the answer to washing, but making the best of a bad situation it does work as well as can be hoped

Spraying cologne on top of BO doesn't get rid of the BO smell, it just adds another smell to the mix, unless you're applying enough of the cologne to simply overload the victim's nose entirely, which creates the illusion of drowning in a horrible smell. People get used to their own body odor and don't notice it after a time, so they think that the spray is covering it up, but it really doesn't - if you smell bad, then wash, don't just add another smell and think you're helping anything.

yeah im with you, im all for washing everyday, just saying id prefer to have a smell to 'hold on to' so my nose doesnt think im not thinking of it

I'd in no way advise using Axe as an alternative to proper washing,but am still slightly amazed at the disdain the product seems to be getting.
Personally I'd rather have someone spray an entire can of Axe directly into my eyes than have to smell BO.

FITZZ wrote: I'd in no way advise using Axe as an alternative to proper washing,but am still slightly amazed at the disdain the product seems to be getting.
Personally I'd rather have someone spray an entire can of Axe directly into my eyes than have to smell BO.

Yeah, bad BO makes me noxious, but my least favorite is the kind that still lingers in the air even when the person has left now that's disgusting.

FITZZ wrote: I'd in no way advise using Axe as an alternative to proper washing,but am still slightly amazed at the disdain the product seems to be getting.

The internet hate machine never ceases to amaze me.

Monster Rain wrote:

FITZZ wrote: I'd in no way advise using Axe as an alternative to proper washing,but am still slightly amazed at the disdain the product seems to be getting.

The internet hate machine never ceases to amaze me.

...True enough Monster...
I often find myself longing for life B.I. (Before Internet),when most disagreements were handled in (time limited) face to face debate or with a solid right cross to the jaw,not much got solved then either...but at least there wasn't the ceaseless clickity clack of keyboards as people attempted to "out right" each other...

Cheesecat wrote:Yeah, bad BO makes me noxious....

Genius!

Did you mean 'nauseous', by any chance?

I agree, very clever. I suppose it would do both, wouldn't it?

Albatross wrote:

Cheesecat wrote:Yeah, bad BO makes me noxious....

Genius!

Did you mean 'nauseous', by any chance?

Yeah, that's the word I'm looking for.

I would not be surprised to find that many of these people who have "Gamer Funk" also have Asperger's syndrome, or any other mild form of autism. several of these disorders include personal hygiene issues as a symptom. For those with these disorders, its not that they don't care, its that it honestly does not register to them that they are causing problems for others around them. other symptoms can include a lack of empathy, lack of social skills, and annoyingly intense interest in a small number of subject areas.

note that all of these other symptoms are also stereotypes for gamers, geeks, nerds, and whatever other term there is for us...

...see, most of the offenders in our are don't... but they do fit the gamer/geek stereotype- and are really pale. Me, though, I'm lucky- the stores down the street from a YMCA, so I can Work out, hose off, and head down for a quick game on the way home.

Asgeirr Darkwolf wrote:...see, most of the offenders in our are don't... but they do fit the gamer/geek stereotype- and are really pale. Me, though, I'm lucky- the stores down the street from a YMCA, so I can Work out, hose off, and head down for a quick game on the way home.

Plus, you can get yourself clean, you can have a good meal.... Pretty much do whatever you feel.

Exactly, man. It's great.

schadenfreude wrote:

shingouki wrote:

Smelling like a French whorehouse isn't much of an improvement over the smell of gamer troll. Wait that's not even real axe, it's some kind of off brand rip off that will make the user smell like a 2nd rate French whorehouse, instead of smelling like a classy French whorehouse where the girls wash their hairy armpits once a week. You know the smell we trust Axe to provide with a double pits to chesty.

My #1 recomendation=



followed by some shampoo and and an antiperspirant. Brushing your teeth, changing your drawers, and changing your socks once a day also helps. It's not rocket science.

Please note that the lynx picture was for display purposes only and not the brand i encourage everyone to wear.Good hygene is as important as using anti perspirant.Also smelling of lynx is a massive improvement over the smell of gamer troll.

Y'know, some actually might debate that point.

You got my YMCA joke, right?

I was especially proud of that....

^ i really hope he got it, made me chuckle and cringe at the same time, congrats!

Albatross wrote:You got my YMCA joke, right?

I was especially proud of that....

I thought it was funny...

...Perhaps a visual aid might help..?

..

No, I didn't need the village people to help me, I got it... though they are before my time. It was quite good though.

Other than the Y, we've got a large jewish community around here, so there's alot of JCC's around. I can go there too, but there's no songs I can think of...

At my local GW store we have just as much trouble with halitosis as we do with body odor. There are a few regulars that have lethal bad breath, so much so that you can be about six feet away and it's a problem every time they speak. If the door to the store is open and a breeze is blowing in and you're down wind when they talk, a noxious cloud envelops you and renders you unable to breathe.

Then in place of a shower stand, you need a listerine stand.

Avatar 720 wrote:To be fair, I wash before going anywhere, but unfortunately I sweat whilst i'm at the destination, there are a few fountains here and there but i'd likely be charged with something and put on a register of some sort...

...again.

Hear hear!

But apparently applying some deoderant due to this make us douchebags... Is it better for me to have big wet patches on my armpits?

I know I wouldn't yell if I saw anyone putting on deoderant... especially not the guys in the store..

Grimtuff wrote:But apparently applying some deoderant due to this make us douchebags... Is it better for me to have big wet patches on my armpits?

Interestingly, you're the only person who's called anyone a douchebag (or douche) in this thread. Complaining that people are calling you a douchebag when you're the only one calling yourself that is a bit odd.

Spraying lynx on yourself isn't going to magically make big wet patches on your armpits vanish, or actually get rid of the smell, if any. You want to wear an actual antiperspirant/deoderant combo, which is what most people use 'deoderant' to mean, not just spray perfume on yourself. Even if it is named after a catlike animal.

Erm BoS you are aware Lynx make an anti-perspirant right? (and a Lynx is a cat)

Ahem

Avatar is right, I have used axe in the past and (like everything on earth) it's all about moderation. If you spray it on like the D-bags in the adverts you are gonna smell like a ripened jersey boy. If you are sparing with it, it will act as a normal deodorant, granted most of their scents all blend together to get that pure aerosol smell.

Regardless of what deodorant or other hygiene products you use, just use them. If you don't care how you smell, then that is your problem and shouldn't be ours. And yes, it is a "problem." Wash yourself.

Furthermore, fellas, if you're next to someone in a store and have to deal with them and their aroma, tell them they stink. Be polite about it, but let them know. Chances are, they do know and don't care. So make a deal out of it. Make them uncomfortable. It's not fair for them to assault your senses and offend your nose and you have to sit there not saying anything. Speak up. If enough peope do, those stink-bombers will start to bathe properly.

Y'know, you're right in that last part. One guy smells fine, and he's got no sense of smell...

Moltar wrote:Ahem

Avatar is right, I have used axe in the past and (like everything on earth) it's all about moderation. If you spray it on like the D-bags in the adverts you are gonna smell like a ripened jersey boy. If you are sparing with it, it will act as a normal deodorant, granted most of their scents all blend together to get that pure aerosol smell.

Regardless of what deodorant or other hygiene products you use, just use them. If you don't care how you smell, then that is your problem and shouldn't be ours. And yes, it is a "problem." Wash yourself.

Furthermore, fellas, if you're next to someone in a store and have to deal with them and their aroma, tell them they stink. Be polite about it, but let them know. Chances are, they do know and don't care. So make a deal out of it. Make them uncomfortable. It's not fair for them to assault your senses and offend your nose and you have to sit there not saying anything. Speak up. If enough peope do, those stink-bombers will start to bathe properly.

+1 you win one internet.
seriously though you hit the nail on the head.