Nothing says fun like an etiquette book from 1963.
…A few years back no American he-man would have considered using a bit of cologne on his handkerchief or after his bath. A man didn’t use perfumes — or so he pretended. But American men, nevertheless, were inundated in a sea of ill-blended effluvia — violet hair tonic, mint, lilac, or carnation after-shave lotion. Now there are matched sets of these preparations for men or mercifully odorless items that won’t conflict with a little good-quality men’s cologne. True cologne, spicy and fresh, was always used by well-groomed me and women abroad, and there are many muted odors that suit even the most masculine male a lot better than do the violent odors in many popular hair tonics and lotions.
–Chapter 18, The Well-Groomed Man
Right now, all I smell is three dogs. My well-groomed man is upstairs putting a desk together.
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