I Stopped Wearing Cologne After 30 Years. This Is What Happened.
After 30 years, I decided to throw in the towel on my streak of using synthetic cologne sprays, soaps and body washes. What happened next surprised me. I will get to this later in the blog, but first, let's reel it back.
Remember when we used to douse ourselves in Axe body spray as teenagers? Then it turned into dousing ourselves in colognes. The funny part is we actually thought we smelled good. Turns out, all these scents were synthetic and fake. At the time, those fake scents were all that we had ever known.
Let’s rewind even further. It’s interesting to know that our great-great grandparents and ancestors wore only natural colognes and perfumes made from real extracts, oils and herbs. They were in tune with nature and their own natural essence simultaneously. Even George Washington was known to wear a signature natural cologne with real musk, amber, rosemary, and bergamot.
Fast forward to today and over 95% of the scents we smell are synthetically produced and not from nature. It smells…but it feels empty, soulless, fake and auraless. It becomes especially noticeable the more time you spend in nature, use natural products and are in tune with your essence.
Why is this important? Because we are nature. Our bodies, our sweat, our soul and unique essence are all nature. We’re not made in a lab, we’re made in the womb which is nature.
What actually happens when you use fake synthetic colognes in spray, soap, body wash?
- Masks your natural essence, your good odor which inhibits your ability to get in touch with yourself and self-confidence.
- Inhibits your true essence from attracting a lover.
- Is known to cause skin issues and skin conditions.
- Clogs your pores.
- Creates a worse funk smell and worse B.O. when mixed with your sweat and essence. (Synthetic VS Nature)
What happens when you use natural scents from essential oils, herbs and extracts?
- Enhances your natural odor, essence and works in harmony with your B.O. (Nature + Nature)
- Provides a pleasant smell in addition to your essence to attract a lover.
- Is known to help skin issues.
- Helps cleanse and nourish pores
- Awakens innate senses
What happened to me in real life when I finally stopped using fake synthetic soaps and colognes?
- First, I switched to making my own natural soaps with masculine scent blends free-from synthetic ingredients and colognes. This turned into Self-Care For Dudes.
- I smell better. Go figure.
- My B.O. isn’t funky anymore and smells more pleasant.
- My lady smells my shirts and armpits. It lights her up…if you know what I mean.
- I appreciate my lady’s natural essence more. It lights me up…you know what I mean?
- My skin cleared up and my dandruff went away.
- My skin & hair have become noticeably smoother.
- I‘ve become more confident and in tune with myself and my essence.
- Opportunities flow in more while I bask in my own essence with natural scents from our soaps.
- Showering with Self-Care For Dudes soap and our real scent blends awakens my senses, gives me that healthy daily ritual and grounds me into the present.
- I’ve found that dogs and cats react better to me.
- I’m living a more high-definition life and am more in tune with nature.
*B.O. Disclaimer* Now obviously there’s a threshold when your B.O. is FRESH and NOT FRESH and you need a shower. Keep it fresh and take daily showers with your natural Self-Care For Dudes soaps. Enjoy the incredible benefits of both using our natural soaps and not using the synthetic cologne soap and body wash.
We’ll see you out there!
JR // Creator of Self-Care For Dudes
