I went to restock on my pitstick and I struggled to find it due to the redesign

I couldn’t help but laugh when I saw it as it now looks so damn similar to one of friend’s suits

  • DagwoodIII@piefed.socialEnglish
    61·
    7 months ago

    Women’s products have scents like ‘lavender’ and ‘peach.’

    Men’s have names like ‘wolf thorn’ and ‘black ice.’

    • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.ukEnglish
      48·
      7 months ago

      I once had a deodorant whose scent was “trench warfare”. Gave me a little chuckle every time. I think my current scent is “Livid Monarchism” or something. Lavender is nice too though.

    • Ephera@lemmy.mlEnglish
      20·
      7 months ago

      I also enjoy how it’s apparently “sweet citrus scent”. I was expecting “wolf thorn” to smell like a lot of things, but neither sweet nor citrus was one of them…

      • DagwoodIII@piefed.socialEnglish
        11·
        7 months ago

        I did a search and saw one plant called ‘wolf thorn’

        Wolf thorn [one word or two] sounds like a character in a ‘GOT’ ripoff.

        Also, according to my spellcheck function, ‘wolfthorn’ is not a word.

        • Ephera@lemmy.mlEnglish
          12·
          7 months ago

          Ah, good point that it might be a plant after all. Apparently, it’s native to South Africa: https://kumbulanursery.co.za/plants/lycium-oxycarpum

          No idea, if they’d actually brand a fragrance with such a relatively unknown plant, and that webpage unfortunately doesn’t say whether the plant is citrusy or sweet, but another name for it is “honey-thorn”, so…

          it's something.

          • DagwoodIII@piefed.socialEnglish
            7·
            7 months ago

            My guess is that the marketing department comes up with the names [after extensive research] and then they randomly assign those names to whatever product comes along.

            Research seems mixed as to which gender is more aware of scents.

            I’m pretty sure it’s all about the names. They are betting that women like ‘pretty’ names associated with things they know, and the guys want something that sounds badass, whatever it actually smells like.

            • Ephera@lemmy.mlEnglish
              3·
              7 months ago

              Yeah, would not surprise me. I imagine, the most susceptible to the marketing are teenagers, who have not yet developed partner preferences beyond superficial attractiveness and who may not feel as secured yet in their manliness or beauty or whatever.

              Convincing them that it’s a spray which gives you +1 to manliness/beauty, is a surefire way to print money. And since they have little experience what manliness/beauty actually entails, just giving your products stereotypical branding is the easiest way to do that.

    • vithigar@lemmy.caEnglish
      9·
      7 months ago

      “Wolfthorn” is orange, lychee, coconut, and pineapple. At least according to my search just now.

    • arrow74@lemmy.zipEnglish
      6·
      7 months ago

      I accidentally bought a bodywash that’s apparently 50% menthol. It smells like cough syrup

      • DagwoodIII@piefed.socialEnglish
        8·
        7 months ago

        Black ice is a car freshener that’s being sold to men.

        I once went into a Auto Zone and they had a wall full of different fresheners, the cardboard kind you hang off the mirror. Everything from Playmates to happy bunnies [no pun intended]

        I asked which was the most powerful, and the clerk told me they were all just about the same.

        • blazeknave@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          7 months ago

          Yep the tree one! That’s the one. My best friend was visiting and every time we got in the car we joked it smelled like “black guys” and that the joke was they had released this new smell to market to a new audience. There would be “Jewish Ice,” “Chinese Ice,” and whatever my dumbass friends were, that got in the car. E.g., “bro - is that black ice? I’m Jewish. You got the wrong one.”

          Tbh I’ve never seen a woman with the tree deals at all. My dad always had the green smell growing up. Except after the car wash, there was a cherry spray or something iirc