Beauty Junkie in SF

Guest Blogger: Dove Men + Care Clean Comfort Body Wash

Yay! Finally one of my guy friends that I gave some free products to actually wrote a review:

“As I write these words, I have the eerie feeling that a well-dressed foreign man is hiding somewhere in my room. It’s because I’m reviewing a bottle of Dove Men + Care “Clean Comfort” Mild Formula, Body and Face Wash. It’s one in a long line of men’s products trying to distinguish themselves from everything else that cleans or moisturizes men by tossing in what smells like a large bottle of cheap cologne. While the stuff cleans just fine, and lathers up just the way you want your body wash to, in the midst of a hot shower the scent of “Clean Comfort” is anything but comforting. It is oppressive, it is eye watering. If it smells like there’s a man doused with cologne hiding in my room when the closed bottle is sitting (closed) beside me, just imagine what it smells like when the stuff is all over your body in a hot shower. The best part? I get to smell like that THE WHOLE DAY. Unless you’re a dying walrus trying to cover up the smell of your decomposition, perhaps you should skip this one.

Scents need to be used sparingly, if at all. If you’re going to use a scent, make it something I can tolerate in the morning. Orange, lemon verbena, or just nothing at all. I’ve had multiple girlfriends tell me that the most attractive scent a man can have is clean. Clean is soap and water, while cologne is just a way to mask stink. I suppose the problem here is that, if you’re selling soap, it’s hard to differentiate yourself as a product. Carpet-bombing me with cologne is not the way to do it. I just want to get clean, people.

On another note, the bottle is designed in such a way that it comes to a subtle point at the top. This provides one more way to distinguish itself from everything else on the shelf, sure, but it proves to be an annoying design flaw when you want to put the bottle down in the shower. You can’t turn it over and leave it open. You have to place it down and snap it shut. Because the curve is subtle, it may lead to a large plastic bottle skittering across your tub floor. Twice.”

Thanks Colin for your honest and witty review!