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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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shalamakooky · 14/05/2025 19:34

Creed isn’t that posh
its my everyday

let him enjoy it

BelfastBard · 14/05/2025 19:22

He can wear whatever aftershave he wants. I wear fairly expensive perfume daily, because it makes me feel good and I like how it smells 🤷🏻‍♀️

User37482 · 14/05/2025 19:20

I wear mine to pop to the shops. Whats the point in having it and not wearing it.

Themightypuma · 14/05/2025 19:14

I wear Creed Adventus to work every day.

Kbroughton · 14/05/2025 19:02

I have a day perfume and a night perfume. Because my night perfume is quite heavy. But they are both nice and in any case I don't expect my DP to have an opinion on it!

NoSoupForU · 14/05/2025 18:58

I would very much like it if all the men in my office decided to wear Creed Aventus because it smells divine.

Why can't your husband just smell nice because he likes to smell nice? What's wrong with you?!

legsekeven · 14/05/2025 18:56

Inflict is a strange choice of words! Does he wear too much

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 14/05/2025 18:56

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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It would never occur to me that 'going out aftershave' was a thing tbh. I buy perfumes I like and I wear them whenever!

LlynTegid · 14/05/2025 18:53

Better that than him stink as one colleague of many years ago. Though like @scalt I suspect the motives.

HuffleMyPuffle · 14/05/2025 18:52

scalt · 14/05/2025 18:41

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

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Damit beat me to it 🤣

Disturbia81 · 14/05/2025 18:51

I wear mine every day, most people don’t go out to fancy stuff enough to use a whole bottle.
Don’t save best things! Use them. Feel your best every day.

ThejoyofNC · 14/05/2025 18:50

Eugh I hate when people "save it for best". Things are only worth the money you spend on them if you actually use them. You'd probably moan if it sat unused in the bottle.

Houndsahollering · 14/05/2025 18:48

One of my colleagues wears Creed green Irish tweed to work and I absolutely love it lol I walk past his office just to have a sniff 😂

ExtraOnions · 14/05/2025 18:48

I wear Chanel No5 every day .. I love it, so why not ?

GandTtwice · 14/05/2025 18:46

Only a concern if he's just started doing it after never wearing aftershave before - I'd be wondering who he was trying to impress

YYYDlilah · 14/05/2025 18:43

Buy him some Lynx next time.

poshfrock · 14/05/2025 18:43

I wear perfume to wfh and to bed ( I live and sleep alone). I enjoy the smell. I definitely wear nice perfume to the office. Why wouldn't you want to smell good? I really don't get the issue.

OatFlatWhiteForMe · 14/05/2025 18:43

Atarin · 14/05/2025 18:35

Creed wouldn’t be my definition of a ‘posh’ aftershave, why can’t he wear it daily, seems a normal thing to do? I wear scent even when wfh!!

Sounds like you don’t like the smell of it (and I don’t blame you), so surely it’s better if he wears it when not with you?

At over £300 for 100ml it’s not exactly cheap.
DH wears Chanel or Jo Malone every day and whilst expensive it’s a lot cheaper than £300.

WonderingWanda · 14/05/2025 18:42

I wear nice perfume everyday. Dh wears his posh aftershave all the time. Why not? It goes off if you leave it sat on the shelf too long anyway.

scalt · 14/05/2025 18:41

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

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emerald1981 · 14/05/2025 18:41

BeyondTheReef · 14/05/2025 18:32

Wow. Yeah, YANBU. Anything more than Febreze in such an environment is a waste. Actually, make that a supermarket own Febreze.

🤣😂

ANiceBigCupOfTea · 14/05/2025 18:39

I buy my DH expensive aftershave for Christmas and he always wears it, even to walk round to the local shop.

RobinHeartella · 14/05/2025 18:35

I used to save my nice perfume for special occasions but then they went off from being opened for years.

Now I'm making a conscious effort to use them. They bring me joy

Atarin · 14/05/2025 18:35

Creed wouldn’t be my definition of a ‘posh’ aftershave, why can’t he wear it daily, seems a normal thing to do? I wear scent even when wfh!!

Sounds like you don’t like the smell of it (and I don’t blame you), so surely it’s better if he wears it when not with you?

FuckoffeeBeforeCoffee · 14/05/2025 18:35

I wear my expensive perfume as an every day perfume. I haven’t spent that much money for it to be wasted. They go off after a few years.

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