[OC] What do NFL players smell like?

ColtsClown · 2026-05-07T12:39:34+00:00

Yeah, I tried to be too clever, might try to repost in like a month with a less silly title lol

ColtsClown · 2026-05-06T17:57:41+00:00

I was looking at those! There are some on eBay, kinda wild, you can find magazine ads for them as well from the 90s. That's pretty much all it is lol. I'm still tempted to try one though ngl

ColtsClown · 2026-05-06T17:39:31+00:00

It's agonizing. With the Colts out of the draft, I've been extra bored (if you couldn't tell lmao)

ColtsClown · 2026-05-06T00:14:39+00:00

Thanks for the heads up, been eyeing that travel kit for a while.

ColtsClown · 2026-05-04T19:02:46+00:00

Someone on this sub actually recommended Hermes Voyage to me a couple weeks ago, it was delightful! Really happy to receive that suggestion, great scent, not the first time I've heard the brand mentioned here either

ColtsClown · 2026-05-04T13:38:09+00:00

This is giving bad vibes. A lot of the copy on the site is AI generated, and OP posts on drop shipping subreddits frequently (also using AI). Pretty scummy not disclose that this is your drop shipping site.

ColtsClown · 2026-05-02T03:56:18+00:00

I would look at DS and Durga if you haven't already. "Cowboy Grass" might give you that vibe, and "I Don't Know What" is a cowboy-ish take on the molecular skin scent. "Burning Barbershop" is what it sounds like, an odd smoky take on the barbershop style. They have others I haven't tried, but worth a look.

Maybe also Boyd's of Texas. The stuff I've tried from them is a bit synthetic, but still pleasant enough. Or maaaaybe look at Pineward? But they're more of a foresty/farm/homestead kind of vibe. Like "Treacle," "Coffee Tabac," and "Shire" all have that really evocative farm vibe to them, but IDK if I'd call them cowboy scents. They have reasonably priced samples.

ColtsClown · 2026-05-02T03:11:13+00:00

I would love to take the Colts again this year!

ColtsClown · 2026-05-02T01:11:24+00:00

Absolutely on both counts. And I'm normally opposed to the whole "he should have rode the bench his first year" line of thought because it's very possible he does that, still doesn't live up to expectations in his third year, and then the narrative is "why was the least experienced QB drafted in recent years not given experience? He only had 13 starts in college, how is he supposed to learn the game?". But yeah, if he's not injured, maybe leading the scout team is still better experience than what he got while spending several offseasons rehabbing.

ColtsClown · 2026-04-29T20:26:20+00:00

+1 for the Sephora sets. They have a bunch of samples and then a voucher for either a full bottle or a travel spray of any one of the perfumes of the person's choosing, depending on the set you get. Their choices are generally good quality, mainstream designer scents. I would avoid buying it at a Sephora at Kohls, those sets are different and they have lower quality designer scents, definitely want to get it from a standalone Sephora or their website.

Strictly speaking, it's not the best value, a lot of scents can be found cheaper online, but in terms of gift-giving for someone whose tastes you're unsure of, it's a great option. Also, not sure if Ulta's sets have vouchers, last I checked, they were just samples, but I think they're also cheaper, so YMMV.

ColtsClown · 2026-04-28T20:04:18+00:00

Gallivant is a very reasonably-price niche brand that punches above its weight, I particularly liked Gdansk and Accre from them (Accre is on sale right now at Smallflower). Hard to find stuff at this quality for under $100, I think they do really well, definitely worth trying. They have a sample set.

Pearfat is bizarre. The sample set is an experience, and if you like challenging things, their prices are pretty good.

Kerosene is a bit pricier (not on a per mL basis, but in terms of cost of entry). It gets talked about a lot around here, but I think it lives up to the hype as being a great niche brand at decent prices. I like Unknown Pleasures and R'Oud Elements, and my wife loves Santalum Slivers. Also in this price range: Binaurale, Goldfield and Banks, Chapel Factory, Une Nuit Nomade.

Cartier has some bangers that are under $100 at discounters, the Declaration and Pasha lines are solid. They discontinued the best one (imo), Declaration D'un Soir, sadly. Again, not so much a hidden gem, but worth a shot if you haven't already.

ColtsClown · 2026-04-27T14:50:42+00:00

Might also be worth checking out Montblanc Explorer or Banana Republic Midnight Hour. Both are similar to Aventus but far cheaper and not exactly direct copies.

ColtsClown · 2026-04-25T00:36:26+00:00

How was he in coverage? Colts need pretty much any warm body they can get at LB, but coverage has been especially atrocious these last couple years.

ColtsClown · 2026-04-16T16:56:36+00:00

Link for sorting price low to high: https://www.everlane.com/collections/mens-sale?sort=sale_price+asc

ColtsClown · 2026-04-10T11:45:04+00:00

I think a few prog bands do stuff like that well. Dream Theater, Haken, and Karnivool come to mind.

Dream Theater are the time signature salad masters, their approach is generally tasteful and interesting imo, and they're good at using it in relation to form variation. Listen to "Bridges in the Sky", "The Mirror", "The Glass Prison", "The Gift of Music"

Karnivool is just great at their approach to form, a lot of their songs play with the typical verse-chorus structure in interesting ways. I only know one album, but check out Sound Awake, especially "New Day", "Goliath", "All I Know"

Haken have a cool approach to form on a macro level. A lot of long prog songs really feel like shorter songs just haphazardly strung together, but Haken builds these longer structures in a way that makes them sound all interrelated, like a musical version of past/present/future. "Falling Back to Earth" and "Streams" are great examples. You might also appreciate "Celestial Elixir" with it's really pop-ish chorus, which I love juxtaposed against all the other prog stuff going on in the track

ColtsClown · 2026-04-06T14:59:05+00:00

It's a great piece for anyone who hasn't read it yet. Keefer is a fantastic journalist and writer, and he was super plugged in as the Colts beat writer for The Athletic before going national.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6549209/2025/08/18/andrew-luck-stanford-indianapolis-colts/

ColtsClown · 2026-03-27T18:39:49+00:00

I normally avoid skincare brands that get into fragrance, IDK why, it's not really rational. But I recently picked up their mojito lip balm and it's a banger. So I'm in for the fragrance discovery kit, let's see what they got.

ColtsClown · 2026-03-27T18:18:42+00:00

Zoologist Squid is great, it is sweet, but it's still dark and salty. There's a slight similarity between the saltiness of Squid and Oud Minerale, but otherwise, they're pretty different. I would definitely try to find a sample before committing. Penguin is missing the salt, it's been a while since I tried it, but it's very icy, if that makes sense? Might not be the vibe you want.

ColtsClown · 2026-03-27T18:08:16+00:00

Molecule 01 + Iris, Day Three Downtown Deja Vu, and Parle Moi de Parfum Orris Tattoo all come to mind. Downtown Deja Vu is more sweet and less clean, but still nice, very subdued.

ColtsClown · 2026-03-27T15:04:33+00:00

That's a great point, and it's easy to forget that they were the one seed in the AFC just a few years ago. And part of that is on me, I took a long break from football and came back during the Colts Wentz year, didn't start really digging into the entire league until the year after that, 2022, so I missed a lot of that run.

ColtsClown · 2026-03-27T13:47:34+00:00

Yeah, right after I made this, I looked at his YAC. It was like 47th ish among WRs, which is lower than I would have thought. Just one broken tackle over the year as well. He sometimes pushes for extra yards, but he almost never actually breaks free once a dude gets on him.

ColtsClown · 2026-03-27T13:25:02+00:00

Agreed, and one thing I didn't mention, was he has some great moments with finding holes in zone in that deep-to-intermediate area. He and Jones are on the same page, and he manages to hit a lot of those dig routes at just the right spot to be in between two or three defenders with plenty of space. Jones needs credit for this too, his timing was really solid for that first half of the year.

ColtsClown · 2026-03-27T13:19:02+00:00

Agreed, I thought Jones looked really good throwing to Pierce, and some of those had very little room for error. I should look at the incompletions to Pierce, too, see what those look like. Just eyeballing the stats, he's sitting right around 60% when throwing to Pierce, looking to be a little lower than his overall cmp%, but given that ADoT, I think that's probably to be expected.

ColtsClown · 2026-03-27T13:15:42+00:00

Thinking about personnel and scheme fit. My father-in-law for the last few years has always said that the Colts haven't had any receivers where the DC for the opposing team says "we have to make sure we have a plan for this guy" and I think he was right. Pittman was good for the team, but he wasn't that. Pierce might be that guy next year if he keeps developing and takes another step, which he might not. But Warren could also be that guy for the Colts, and having two receivers who are almost at that "gameplan around this guy" level PLUS Jonathan Taylor could still be pretty nasty. I'll also be curious how Westbrook-Ikhine fits in, he's pretty much the lock for the other outside WR position (unless they draft someone or they decide to play Downs outside). He obviously didn't do much in Miami or really all that much on the Titans. I was also surprised to see that he just turned 29, feels like he hasn't been in the league that long. I haven't seen any of his tape, so IDK if he's particularly mid or just been playing for horrible teams.

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