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Dove Men - Smells like Drakkar Noir to Me

post #1 of 25
5/1/12 at 3:14am
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I bought some Dove Men Body & Face Bars. Straight out of the packet it smelled like Drakkar Noir to me. When I have a shower I'm engulfed in Drakkar. The bathroom smells like Drakkar a lot of the time.

My clothing protectors that I hang in my wardrobe also smell like Drakkar Noir, which in turn make my bedroom smell like Drakkar.

Looks like Drakkar Noir is makng a comeback in a way I hadn't envisioned. All I have to do now is find a dishwashing liquid that smells like Drakkar Noir, and I'll have all bases covered in the house.

Does anybody else think the Dove Bars smell like Drakkar, or do you think I have it all wrong and it smells like Giorgio Red?
Cheers,
Renato
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post #2 of 25
5/1/12 at 3:31am
Though I don't necessarily get this sensation, I can understand where it may come from, at least to my nose.

Most Dove products - maybe except the unscented ones - have a certain crispness, an obvious soapiness somehow bordering leatheriness, and as Drakkar Noir smells leathery, hence a possible olfactory association with Drakkar.
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post #3 of 25
5/1/12 at 6:25am
I personally don't smell the likeness between Drakkar and Dove Bars.
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post #4 of 25
5/1/12 at 7:41am
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Originally Posted by Ken_Russell View Post

Though I don't necessarily get this sensation, I can understand where it may come from, at least to my nose.

Most Dove products - maybe except the unscented ones - have a certain crispness, an obvious soapiness somehow bordering leatheriness, and as Drakkar Noir smells leathery, hence a possible olfactory association with Drakkar.

Thanks for your input. I've got other soap bars that are leathery but they don't smell like Drakkar Noir to me.
I wish some Australian posters would chime in here, just in case our Dove Bars are different from everyone elses ( the way it seemed to have transpired in my Hershey Bar posting in Off Topic a few weeks back).
Cheers,
Renato
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post #5 of 25
5/1/12 at 12:06pm
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Originally Posted by Renato View Post

Thanks for your input. I've got other soap bars that are leathery but they don't smell like Drakkar Noir to me.
I wish some Australian posters would chime in here, just in case our Dove Bars are different from everyone elses ( the way it seemed to have transpired in my Hershey Bar posting in Off Topic a few weeks back).
Cheers,
Renato

I do shower with Dove Men Soap Bars, use Dove Men deodorant and also own a bottle of Drakkar. It hasn't jumped out at me yet, but I know what I will be testing when I get home.
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post #6 of 25
5/1/12 at 12:24pm
I use Dove for men too but I don't get that association.
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post #7 of 25
5/1/12 at 12:57pm
I'll have to check this out!!!
Gary
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post #8 of 25
5/1/12 at 1:08pm
I does have a similar vibe to it. I'm not sure if it's what your referring to, but I use the shower gel and it does have a dry kind of masculine Drakkar Noir smell to it.
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post #9 of 25
5/1/12 at 8:20pm
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Originally Posted by silentrich View Post

I does have a similar vibe to it. I'm not sure if it's what your referring to, but I use the shower gel and it does have a dry kind of masculine Drakkar Noir smell to it.

Interesting. I wonder if your gel will smell the same as a Dove bar? In which case you'd have a similar perception to mine.
Cheers,
Renato
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post #10 of 25
5/1/12 at 8:23pm
I'm not familiar enough with Dove products to comment, but I think your original post just set a world record for most use of the word "Drakkar"
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post #11 of 25
5/1/12 at 8:30pm
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Originally Posted by Renato View Post

Interesting. I wonder if your gel will smell the same as a Dove bar? In which case you'd have a similar perception to mine.
Cheers,
Renato

I have the Dove Men + Care soap also and the body gel in my opinion smells much stronger. I don't smell much in the soap.
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post #12 of 25
5/1/12 at 9:12pm
Yankee Candle Midsummer's Night smells like Drakkar Noir. The first time I smelled the candle I thought it smelled like a man's cologne. Then I smelled Drakkar Noir later on and realized what it smelled like.

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post #13 of 25
5/1/12 at 9:35pm
Can you post a pick Renato? I don't use Dove but will check it out next time I'm at the supermarket.
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post #14 of 25
5/2/12 at 9:57am
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Originally Posted by Sidney_Falco View Post

I'm not familiar enough with Dove products to comment, but I think your original post just set a world record for most use of the word "Drakkar"

I just realised that I left out a "Noir". This is because "Drakkar" is actually an earlier scent than Drakkar Noir which I haven't ever smelled.
Renato
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post #15 of 25
5/2/12 at 10:03am
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Originally Posted by laph View Post

Can you post a pick Renato? I don't use Dove but will check it out next time I'm at the supermarket.

A picture is here.
http://www.pharmacyonline.com.au/dov...-soap-bar-x-2/

It's an interesting bar - 25% moisturiser.
Renato
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post #16 of 25
5/2/12 at 10:09am
I use Dove for sensitive skin. Unscented.
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post #17 of 25
5/2/12 at 10:27am
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Originally Posted by Bulakenyo View Post

I use Dove for sensitive skin. Unscented.

My wife is like you, wanting everything for sensitive skin or hypoallergenic - all the soaps in my bathroom make her itchy.
Which is good, keeps her out of my little domain.
Cheers,
Renato
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post #18 of 25
5/2/12 at 10:46am
Doesn't dove have like 3 different ones for men? Which color?
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post #19 of 25
5/2/12 at 6:38pm
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Originally Posted by dredmahawkus View Post

Doesn't dove have like 3 different ones for men? Which color?

Does it?
I'm partly colour blind so it could be in the green or grey box here,
http://www.pharmacyonline.com.au/dov...-soap-bar-x-2/
Cheers,
Renato
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post #20 of 25
5/2/12 at 7:42pm
That's the grey box. I use the ones in the blue box so maybe that's why I don't get the Drakkar Noir vibe.
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post #21 of 25
5/3/12 at 3:23am
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Originally Posted by tonghpafu View Post

That's the grey box. I use the ones in the blue box so maybe that's why I don't get the Drakkar Noir vibe.

Thanks. I'd swear that box is the same colour as my grey camping tent - which I thought was grey for years till it transpired that everyone saw it as green.
Cheers,
Renato
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post #22 of 25
5/3/12 at 6:05am
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Originally Posted by mesaboogie View Post

Yankee Candle Midsummer's Night smells like Drakkar Noir. The first time I smelled the candle I thought it smelled like a man's cologne. Then I smelled Drakkar Noir later on and realized what it smelled like.


First thing I thought of when I read this thread was this candle. I used to have it in my apartment before I got married. Just like drakkar
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post #23 of 25
5/3/12 at 12:06pm
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Originally Posted by mesaboogie View Post

Yankee Candle Midsummer's Night smells like Drakkar Noir. The first time I smelled the candle I thought it smelled like a man's cologne. Then I smelled Drakkar Noir later on and realized what it smelled like.

I wish I had one.
Renato
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post #24 of 25
5/9/12 at 8:05pm
Went to Coles and they didn't stock this, does Woolworths/Safeway?
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post #25 of 25
5/10/12 at 12:12am
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Originally Posted by laph View Post

Went to Coles and they didn't stock this, does Woolworths/Safeway?

Hi again,
It's definitely in Woolworths, and in the major chemist chains. I'm surprised it's not in Coles - but I don't go there much anymore as I'm now surrounded by Woolworths and IGA stores.
Cheers,
Renato
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