Men's Line of Candles Shamelessly Mocked

Collective82 · 2012-05-17T22:43:19+00:00

How bout Gasoline, make it smell like a drag race not a green weenie gas!

Mitschu · 2012-05-18T03:35:19+00:00

Flowery Delight with Pink Unicorns is fine, but Cut Grass?! Haha! Silly men! Who likes the smell of freshly cut grass?

damnfooldamn · 2012-05-17T22:20:15+00:00

Should have called them mandles duh

I'm telling you, they missed a great opportunity with that one

Mitschu · 2012-05-17T22:26:55+00:00

I saw an advertisement on television for these candles, and was actually impressed by it. It didn't try to paint any form of stereotypes that I could detect, just pointed out that their research showed that 30% of their demographic were men, and they wanted to try a line that appealed to that masculinity.

Such examples included Riding Mower (the crisp smell of freshly cut grass), 2x4 (the burnt, textured smell of sawdust and recently cut wood), Man Town (a combination of various cologne scents), and Fire Side (smell of burning firewood.)

I admit that I don't much care for the sound of most of them, but I absolutely adore the smell of sawdust and burning wood, as an amateur woodworker.

It just irritates me that something that is targeted exclusively at men, the strong minority demographic (30%) of candle sales, is chided and mocked with stuff like:

But don't you shower after cutting the lawn so you don't smell like that inside? ...

Then there's "Man Town" — "That one should smell like socks," a female shopper offered -— a bit reminiscent of generic cologne.

Think of the potential expanded line of scents:

Pit Row: Your living room can smell like the high octane Green E15 fuel your favorite driver uses Sunday on the track.

Bottom of the Hamper: You know that T-shirt your wore for basketball two weeks ago but forgot to wash?

Pull My Finger: Self-explanatory.

Bacon: Actually a lot of us would buy this one.

Stale Beer and Pizza Boxes: For those who want the afterglow of hosting a party without the hassle of friends. Or a party.

Wet Dog: Man's best friend's worst smell.

Concussion: Feel like a football player. Or a writer who spent part of an afternoon smelling candles for a story. ...

Although to be fair, "Tire Blowout" would be a good scent to add to the lineup, and I think "Brand New Car Scent" has been mainstream for a while.

Maybe not a MR issue, although I feel as though it is namely because I can't see the inverse occurring (eg: "Roses, like those smelly things you pick up outside? In a candle? Ew, girls, grody.")

Mitschu · 2012-05-18T11:07:44+00:00

Probably because they're stupid. They're the equivalent of girl Legos. The normal ones are already gender-neutral so pandering to a sex is useless.

Title	Men's Line of Candles Shamelessly Mocked
Author	Mitschu
Upvotes	4
Comments	14
Date	May 17, 2012 10:05 PM UTC (14 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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