Duke Cannon Beer Soap

[Casual Fan]

Big Ass Beer Soap

Duke Cannon beer soap. It ticks all the check marks until you read "Woodsy, sandalwood scent." Then it lost me. I don't know what sandalwood is, much less why I should smell like it.

This is the thing: they had the marketing 100 percent correct until some dingbat insisted on giving it a froo-froo smell and putting it on the packaging. So it's 99 percent well-marketed, but it's the 1 percent they got wrong that makes me shudder.

Men don't want moisturizers or soft skin or fragrances or any of that crap. Our hygiene is simply something that needs to be there and work, like the transmission in our car. The less we have to deal with it and still function in our lives, the better.

I see this on bottles of men's body wash, shampoo--even friggin' Lava says it has "moisturizers" on the package. If you're freaking using soap laced with rocks to remove grease, then what the hell do you care about moisturizers? "I like that it contains crushed stone, but is it gentle?"

Thoughts?


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[scotchandcigar]

Every farmers market and tourist area gift shop sells locally made soaps. Usually dozens of varieties of ingredients and scents. They go for $5 to $7 each. I'd take any of those over some mass-marketed soap for $9.50 a bar. And the whole "Old Milwaukee" thing is a scam.

 

[semipenguin]

I like Lush, but they're a little pricey

 

[HecticArt]

More lye!

 

[scotchandcigar]

Men don't want moisturizers or soft skin or fragrances or any of that crap. Our hygiene is simply something that needs to be there and work, like the transmission in our car. The less we have to deal with it and still function in our lives, the better.

Let me tell you a story. I've always lived in a house full of girls. The showers were full of hair products, body gels, and perfume scented soaps.

One time, we spent a week in San Francisco, and stayed with friends who were gay. All the shower stuff was for men; sandalwood, pine, lavendar, eucalyptus, spice. Ever since then, I've kept my own manly shower stuff. And the wife likes it.

 

[Casual Fan]

I've been watching Madison Ave. try to pitch "men's" soap, shampoo, body wash and other crap for years, and for some reason, they always blow it by trying to say it leaves your skin soft or exfoliates or some crap. Those phrases make me cringe. I would use a bottle of dish soap if I could. My gym has nondescript soap dispensers in the showers. You pump a bunch of it in your hand, wash your balls and you're good to go.

And don't get me started on "manscaping." Welcome to the jungle, baby.

 

[Aaron]

I do not pay much attention to the label. I usually go with Axe body wash.
"Be clean. Smell great."

 

[Casual Fan]

Jesus H. Christmas. I don't even shave every day.

How To Manscape Your Body Hair - AskMen

 

[Casual Fan]

I like Lush, but they're a little pricey

I support your right to be you, and my right to kick your ass if you accidentally touch my hand on the way into the hockey game.

 

[memebag]

If you use soap you need to moisturizer. Pure soap will strip the oils from your skin and make you a giant walking sore. Harming your skin out of some cultural connection between masculinity and self neglect is silly.

Sandalwood is the wood they made Jesus' sandals from. So it smells like Jesus' feet.

There is only one soap worth buying. Pre de Provence 20% Shea Butter soap. It just smells clean and leaves your skin healthy.

 

[HecticArt]

More LYE!!!!!

 

[semipenguin]

I support your right to be you, and my right to kick your ass if you accidentally touch my hand on the way into the hockey game.

The more gurly, the better

 

[Casual Fan]

If you use soap you need to moisturizer. Pure soap will strip the oils from your skin and make you a giant walking sore. Harming your skin out of some cultural connection between masculinity and self neglect is silly.

I'm really getting at the marketing more than the chemistry. It's like the ad agencies have one person on staff who just has to ruin the marketing with information that men (or at least this man) don't need. I wish I had an analogy. Maybe if they marketed light beer to men with tag lines like, "Won't make your ass look big."

Sandalwood is the wood they made Jesus' sandals from. So it smells like Jesus' feet.

Did he buy these at farmer's markets?

There is only one soap worth buying. Pre de Provence 20% Shea Butter soap. It just smells clean and leaves your skin healthy.

WTF is Shea Butter? You're part of the problem.

 

[memebag]

Is letting marketing stop you from buying something any better than letting it entice you?

The only marketing I know about Pre de Provence is the wrapper. I think it is green and white and in French.

Shea butter is fat extracted from the nut of the shea tree. It's nut fat. That's pretty manly.

 

[Casual Fan]

Is letting marketing stop you from buying something any better than letting it entice you?

The only marketing I know about Pre de Provence is the wrapper. I think it is green and white and in French.

Shea butter is fat extracted from the nut of the shea tree. It's nut fat. That's pretty manly.

Question 1: No. it's just a perception issue striking a chord with me.





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[memebag]

I just looked at that link. Pre de Provence is cheaper and doesn't involve Old Milwaukee.

 

[HecticArt]

 

[Casual Fan]

I have to add "Shea butter" to my list of words that make my skin crawl. Also on that list is "mani-pedi."

 

[scotchandcigar]

I have to add "Shea butter" to my list of words that make my skin crawl. Also on that list is "mani-pedi."

We should add "artisanal" and "eclectic".