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Husband wearing expensive aftershave into office

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Kelly997 · 14/05/2025 18:29

He works in a big office for a national company, doesn’t have to dress up wearing a suit or anything - its fairly casual.

AIBU to say wearing Creed Aventus aftershave in every day is a bit OTT?!

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topcat2014 · 14/05/2025 20:49

I currently have aftershave from lidl. It came in a nice looking box peasant

KimberleyClark · 14/05/2025 20:47

Not too fussed on overly scented men myself. A whiff of shower gel or deodorant is fine.

YellowOrangePink · 14/05/2025 20:39

Kangarude · 14/05/2025 18:31

I wear expensive perfume - everywhere, so yes - YABU

Ooh.. what do you wear?

secretrugbyfan · 14/05/2025 20:38

Careful....if he starts wearing Thomson Carter you know he's having an affair.....if you believe all the Insta hype that is!

PyongyangKipperbang · 14/05/2025 20:34

The only scent I wear is expensive. It suits me and I like it. It is my one treat in an other wise penny pinching life. As it is quite strong, I only need a tiny bit so a bottle usually lasts a year. I usually get it with my birthday gift money that my parents give me.

Given the state of my social life, if I only wore it when going "out out", it would go off before I got half way down a bottle!

Why not wear something you like just because you like it?!

If he had only just started doing it then that would be a red flag, but if he has always done it, I really dont see the problem.

Partypops10 · 14/05/2025 20:31

You will need to be wary, that smells sooooo good he will have half the office after him! But seriously, I’d say it depends how flush you are. Whether it’s expensive to him because it’s a bit pricier than your average bottle of Chanel. You can’t really dictate what he wears though that sounds a bit controlling.

ThejoyofNC · 14/05/2025 20:26

coxesorangepippin · 14/05/2025 20:20

Unsure of what Creed is

But it's great he's making the effort, surely

£300 a bottle aftershave

coxesorangepippin · 14/05/2025 20:20

Unsure of what Creed is

But it's great he's making the effort, surely

TooGoodToGoto · 14/05/2025 20:20

Clafoutie · 14/05/2025 20:13

LTB!

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Damn I missed this and said the same 🤦‍♀️

TooGoodToGoto · 14/05/2025 20:19

HuffleMyPuffle · 14/05/2025 18:52

Damit beat me to it 🤣

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Can
i help by adding a LTB?

Clafoutie · 14/05/2025 20:15

LaughingCat · 14/05/2025 19:56

Fail to see the issue - I don’t wear perfume (bit overly sensitive to strong smells so I’d be giving your whiffy DH a wide berth in the office lift!), but I wear an expensive Donna Karan deodorant that I pay a premium to import into the country, every single day. Even the days I’m just sat in my scrats, zoned out in front of the Xbox, eating Nik Naks and Revels with no makeup and my greasy hair scraped back.

You’ve got a guy who cares about how he smells…I’ll take that over the one who won’t even shower when he gets home from his manual job, never mind before sex, from that thread yesterday!

Edited to make the visual of me on my worst day, even more unappealing.

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Ooh, I’m intrigued by this deodorant! Why is it good?

Clafoutie · 14/05/2025 20:13

scalt · 14/05/2025 18:41

He’s trying to impress a female colleague. Better get your ducks in a row.

Only on Mumsnet.

LTB!

Zanatdy · 14/05/2025 20:12

I wear expensive perfume to the office, I go there more than anywhere else and like to smell nice.

2025willbemytime · 14/05/2025 20:11

I'm going to start wearing my perfume every day now. I never go out so it won't get used if saved for nights out.

SadieAdlerBountyHunter · 14/05/2025 20:06

It's no use to anyone sitting in a bottle at home.

TasWair · 14/05/2025 20:04

I didn't know that perfume goes off! I'm going to douse myself from now on...

MounjaroMounjaro · 14/05/2025 20:04

I assume you mean he's changing his behaviour, OP. Do you think he's getting too close to someone?

nam3c4ang3 · 14/05/2025 20:03

I swear mumsnet gets weirder by the day 😂 I dont even know what the issue is OP - i initially thought perhaps you think hes putting it on to impress some person at work or you suspect an affair? Also, is Creed meant to be posh? i dont even know.

Auroraloves · 14/05/2025 20:02

I love this aftershave. I wear nice perfume to work

Poonu · 14/05/2025 20:01

Kelly997 · 14/05/2025 18:32

It’s a going out/posh aftershave isn’t it, just seems a bit ridiculous to inflict that on colleagues 😂

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You sound vvv controlling. Imagine a woman said her DH did not want her wearing her Creed perfume to work lol.
What about Tom Ford is that ok or too expensive 😂

LaughingCat · 14/05/2025 19:58

Themightypuma · 14/05/2025 19:14

I wear Creed Adventus to work every day.

Ooohhhh…are you the OP’s husband?! 😅

EmeraldShamrock000 · 14/05/2025 19:57

Why not? Are you afraid that he will attract some attention?

LaughingCat · 14/05/2025 19:56

Fail to see the issue - I don’t wear perfume (bit overly sensitive to strong smells so I’d be giving your whiffy DH a wide berth in the office lift!), but I wear an expensive Donna Karan deodorant that I pay a premium to import into the country, every single day. Even the days I’m just sat in my scrats, zoned out in front of the Xbox, eating Nik Naks and Revels with no makeup and my greasy hair scraped back.

You’ve got a guy who cares about how he smells…I’ll take that over the one who won’t even shower when he gets home from his manual job, never mind before sex, from that thread yesterday!

Edited to make the visual of me on my worst day, even more unappealing.

ChopstickNovice · 14/05/2025 19:37

I used to save my posh perfume, now I use it every day. Life is too short not to.

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