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The daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 29 November 2024 9 Comments

From Old Spice, limited edition Snickerdudel antiperspirant: "...gourmet allure with scent of the delicious Sugar Cookies everyone loves", about $6.99 for 73g, or you can find it at Target packaged with 473 ml of the matching body wash for $9.99.

4 out of 5 dermatologists

Posted by Robin on 9 August 2024 Leave a Comment

Not quite as funny as it used to be, but perhaps comforting all the same? The Old Spice Man, back again, x 3.

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You can lose so much

Posted by Robin on 23 January 2024 5 Comments

In life, you can lose so much. Money, time, shame and credibility, but one of the most unexpected, which makes it no less tragic, is scent. A few months ago, this happened to men all over the world, when the Old Spice company decided to cease commercial sales of one of its oldest products, Old Spice Eau de Toilette Original.

— Read more in Is ‘dad smell’ dead? How an entire generation was left adrift when a classic perfume disappeared at El País. (Note that I am not at all sure the discontinuation is really worldwide. And do see Kevin's review of Old Spice.)

The man your man could smell like

Posted by Robin on 10 June 2022 2 Comments

While Cari Casteel was watching Super Bowl ads about a decade ago, she didn’t expect to find the inspiration for her PhD thesis.

An Old Spice commercial played and “the man your man could smell like” catchphrase caught Casteel’s attention. Her mind wandered, and she started to think about what men usually smell like compared to what women usually smell like, and how personal care products help to construct those scents and connect with ideas about gender.

— Read more in An ‘olfactory identity’: UB researcher studies the history of deodorant at University of Buffalo News Center.

Scent-A-Claus

Posted by Robin on 15 December 2021 4 Comments

Did Old Spice have a tough year? They could only afford Isaiah Mustafa's voice for Christmas? Here's last year if the voice is not enough.

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