How to persuade my ADULT life partner to use cologne/EDT rather than lynx

[JnDmum]

My gorgeous partner, 35YO, still insists on using Lynx body spray all over his clothes. He thinks aftershave is for ‘pulling’ or for old men!
My 16YO son is more enlightened to cologne and we always spend time sampling on holiday or shopping trips so we treated OH to the sensational Prada Luna Ross’s Carbon (advertised by Jake Gyllenhall) which he said he loved but now refuses to wear!! :-(((
I’ve just paclef him off to an interview with a collar that doesn’t button (because he likes the fit of the shirt better than the shirt that fits!!) and covered in half a can of Lynx!!
I’m 45 so maybe it’s an age thing but I’d love for him to have a classy, grown up scent rather than teenage boy sportshall!

HELP.

Does he have a beard? My DH has been using some lovely smelling beard oil recently.

Well if he thinks it is for "pulling" he should still be trying to seduce you so needs to crank it up a gear.

Why can't he wear what he likes? You may think the Prada one is 'sensational' but if he doesn't like it?...

Designer stubble, but i feel a skin care routine might be a step too far! 😂

Up to him whether to use deodorant or cologne. Why do you want him to smell like your enlightened son? That's weird.

Well if he doesn’t like it, that’s fine… we’ll find another!
But lynx, in my opinion, smells like youth, makes all the room smell, goes off on his clothes and they need washing to get the Y10PE off them… And him! I don’t want to snuggle up to a teenager!!

He thinks aftershave is for ‘pulling’ or for old men!

But, isn't Lynx for 'pulling' for teenage boys? 😬

A grown adult man smelling even vaguely of Lynx would make my vagina dry up like a prune in a sandstorm. Absolutely grim.

I have no suggestions, he can wear whatever fragrance he likes. But, poor you.

For clarity: It’s the concept of aftershave/cologne/edt he just doesn’t get!
Not worried that he doesn’t like my choice in offering!

Is there a possibility that he might just wear no fragrance? If he washes himself, his hair, his clothes, his teeth then he shouldn't have too much need for fragrance beyond just a bit of deodorant.

I'm with you OP, my 50 year old husband doesn't wear Lynx but it's some kind of equally vile aerosol. The whole room stinks and I get a headache after he sprays. So jealous of women with partners who wear cologne or just good old soap and deodorant.

Oh gods, I could not have sex with a man who smelled like a pre-teenage boy. I didn't think anyone over the age of 14 used Lynx, because even they have grown out of it and are using the dregs of great grandma's Christmas gift set before moving on to something more sophisticated.

If he doesn't like cologne, even a more neutral smelling deodorant would be a substantial improvement.

As long as he does not smell of B.O his choice of smell is none of your business.

I can't remember what Lynx smells like, but isn't it just sort of aftershavey? Is it the amount he's using that makes it repellant?

I'm just thinking I haven't used Impulse since I was a teenager, but if I found I liked the smell of it today I wouldn't not use it just because I'm in my 40s.

I'd rather he didn't smell of anything than he smelt of Lynx. Lynx is strictly for 15 year old boys who believe the adverts, it's vile stuff. Mind you when I first met my OH he was early 20's and still wore it.

I like the smell of lynx. It makes me smile.

I don’t think it’s unreasonable to not want a grown man to smell of Lynx. Having been through the Lynx years with my sons, I know how cheap and nasty it smells.

But him one of those sample sets to help him try a few. I just bought my son a Creed sample set from John Lewis - 5 for £45.

There are nicer and more adult body sprays than lynx. I had to wean my DH away from a full body spritz of lynx towards a squirt of cologne and it's much better. He actually loves smelling nice now and didn't realise how teenage he smelled before. But if your DP likes the full body swoosh of a body spray maybe try some fancy ones that smell more grown up.

Tell him he can't come into the house unless he stops smelling like a cross between cheap air freshener and an STD.

Did he wear it when you first met? If so you presumably didn't mind snuggling up to him then? If not then yeah, it's pretty weird that he's just started wearing it!

Anyway, you can't force him to wear something he doesn't want to wear as it's not up to you what he wears, and to keep going on about it to him is a bit weird and controlling.

Just buy him something you love, that he also likes the smell of, and tell him he smells amazing. Is Lynx also a deodorant? Is that why he likes it , in that he’s just using it as a deodorant rather than a fragrance ?

I don't see the issue to be honest. He can wear what he likes. I wouldn't allow anyone else to dictate to me what fragrances or deodorants I was/wasn't to wear.

I've seen my DH use Lynx. He's 60. I couldn't give a shit.

Here to say thanks for flagging age clearly in title and OP. But yes he's too old.

Totally agree - my almost 50yr old husband wears Lynx sometimes and other times he wears designer aftershave - sometimes (now this will have some of the pearl clutchers clutching their pearls) he wears both because ......well........he just feels like it and as his wife, if he's happy with it then so am I.

Completely agree. My 53yo DP wears Lynx Epic Fresh - I quite like it actually 😂and prefer it to some of the designer aftershaves he occasionally wears.

It's one of those smells that instantly reminds me of him whenever/wherever I smell it, and as I'm still insanely in love with him still after 12yrs, that's kind of nice.

Stop trying to force your DH into something he doesn't want/get, and play cologne sniffing with your 'enlightened' son, who you seem to think is far more sophisticated than your husband.