Before Drakkar & Polo

I remember guys dousing this in the locker room after a football game or practice in lieu of taking a shower. Of a picture could smell, it’s that picture.

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minikin_snickasnee@reddit

This is what my dad wore. Just seeing the picture, I could remember the scent of it.

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GuyFromLI747@reddit

My dad always used this.. I have a bottle I occasionally open to remind me of him ❤️

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joeythemouse@reddit

I love that stuff.

Wife says it smells like pervy uncles so now it's only used as footwear deodoriser. It's very cheap and effective BTW.

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Electronic_Cow_7055@reddit

I still have a bottle. I will always keep some.

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fancy_underpantsy@reddit

Yeah. Old Spice in the ceramic bottle. Timeless and manly.

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Everyone's dad had at least a bottle of this and Stetson cologne. And they all fucking reeked. The smell of it, BO, cheap rye and smokes is a core memory that makes me want to vomit just thinking about it.

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tanukis_parachute@reddit

I wore this once in high school. Girl on the bus near me on the way to school kept asking why she smelled French fries. Multiple times. I realized that it was me. I went home and threw away the bottle. Year after year I kept getting bottles from family members at christmas. Eventually a girlfriend in 11th grade bought me polo and had me put that on. Once I left HS, I’ve never used aftershave or cologne ever again. Save for when my wife has me put a dab of bourbon behind my ears.

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Flybot76@reddit

Brut doesn't smell like French fries. It was just you.

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PurpleMonkeyPoop@reddit

I miss Drakkar…

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Ambitious_Football_1@reddit

Hells yeah!

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Safe_Move7021@reddit

Lmao, deodorant burned

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easily_abused@reddit

I just got a bottle of this shit for Xmas.

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movie_gremlin@reddit (OP)

Better get a bunch of condoms.

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Whiskey_River_73@reddit

Has something changed? Brut didn't have that effect in 9th grade! 😂

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Cleetus_76@reddit

Where’s the hai KARATE?

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Andovars_Ghost@reddit

My dad still has a bottle of this from probably the early 90’s. I think he puts it on for their anniversary. I don’t think I’ve worn cologne this entire century so far.

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kaishinoske1@reddit

I feel personally attacked.

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THEREALSTRINEY@reddit

Paired with Right Guard deodorant of course!

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Whiskey_River_73@reddit

Ah, that made an excellent blowtorch in the locker room in jr. high.

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nixtarx@reddit

Always got the gift set for Christmas until one day it started being Jovan.

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movie_gremlin@reddit (OP)

I kinda remember this just being the affordable cologne. Polo and Drakkar were expensive for a kid in Jr High. I do remember this kid in 6th grade that used to drown himself in Polo (or the knock-off) everyday,

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Some-Exchange-4711@reddit

This and Jovan musk lol

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Whiskey_River_73@reddit

"For Men"

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SillyPuttyGizmo@reddit

Gotta get me some Hai Karate

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sajaschi@reddit

Who remembers all those pushing lot perfume/cologne knock-off pyramid schemes? I actually was the receptionist for one in (I think) 1995? For like 2 weeks before it folded. The only one I remember any of the "staff" actually selling was the Obsession dupe.

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Whiskey_River_73@reddit

Anyone else have Brut fights with their brothers shortly after Christmas?

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centuryeyes@reddit

Don't forget Canoe.

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fancy_underpantsy@reddit

Funny how a cologne called "Brut" was a selling point when you could still beat your wife with no real consequences. It was a private domestic matter between a couple, according to most cops back then who don't intervene.

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emoyer68@reddit

English Leather. My dad would get the gift sets every Christmas. He didn’t care for it, and would give it to me.

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k2j2@reddit

My first boyfriend wore this- I still think I’d swoon if I smelled it these 40 yrs later

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vorticia@reddit

One of my crushes used to wear it and every time I smell it, I’m 14 years old, again.

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Time-Negotiator@reddit

Dad wore Hai Karate for a spell, peppered in with Brut.

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mmaine9339@reddit

I wore this in eighth and ninth grade.

One time I dumped out the whole bottle and I put some schnapps in there to drink at school. I didn't wash it out completely so it tasted exactly like cologne! I still can taste that nasty taste

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