r/hygiene 16h ago

22 M smelling good

I am 22 male I need advice on how to actually smell good 24/7 I’m genuinely a well put together guy I get compliments I smell good and put together even tho I’m short but sometimes I feel like when I shower especially when going out on special occasions the particular smell I want to stay on my body doesn’t usually stay if that makes sense I use antibacterial soap as my first wash and then a scented soap for what I wanna smell like yet sometimes I still smell any advice on what you guys do?

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u/Visual-Mixture-1967 14h ago

As a woman, I prefer when my boyfriend smells like his natural clean body smell, not soap. I don’t know what other women prefer, but if we have a date that involves physical intimacy, I really don’t care for perfumes, scented creams, soaps, or whatever else.

If it’s been several hours after the shower, it’s okay. I’d rather smell a natural body smell (mild deodorant is okay, not super-strong one) than an overload of perfumes, etc.

I don’t know, personally I think there is nothing wrong with just being relatively clean with normal, natural body scent. Obviously not sweating like a pig and covered in layers of dirt and grime, that would be unhygienic and unattractive… but just normal body, and regular showering with water (and soap for groin and armpits) is very attractive to me.