I was born in the mid-1960s and grew up in places where masculinity was still pretty rigidly defined, and deviations weren't socially acceptable. Australian outback, mining towns, those sorts of places.
Men didn't wear cologne. Aftershaves were acceptable, but nothing too floral or feminine. Old Spice was ubiquitous. Later, Brut appeared. Men smelled like Old Spice, cigarettes, beer, dust, and oil.
I don't think of those as old man scents, though. They smell like... victory!
Men didn't wear cologne. Aftershaves were acceptable, but nothing too floral or feminine. Old Spice was ubiquitous. Later, Brut appeared. Men smelled like Old Spice, cigarettes, beer, dust, and oil.
I don't think of those as old man scents, though. They smell like... victory!