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#291 - African Leather By Memo Paris (With Rikki)

Oct 15, 202433 minSeason 5Ep. 291
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Episode description

We, along with our gal pal Rikki, dive into the curious world of the Dirty Night Fragrance, pondering the diverse personalities it might suit—from the buttoned-up office worker to the rugged oil field laborer. We dissect its sour, icy-hot aroma and express surprise over its enduring $550 price tag, even after nine years on the market. Through humor and straightforward critiques, we explore how this fragrance has stood the test of time, or perhaps hasn't, making for a lively and entertaining discussion. Don't miss the engaging banter and candid insights as we blend the worlds of fragrance critique and light-hearted storytelling.

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Intro

Ryan

hello everybody . Welcome to another episode of the clone podcast .

Myke

I'm mike , I'm ryan uh , to some a duo , typically , typically . But we have a friend in the studio with us , ricky hi is there that much virgin ? This is your first podcast of all time . Huh , yes , wow , okay , you're going to do great Tons of pressure . Today's fragrance is by Memo Paris .

This is a fragrance that I have obsessed over for a long time , so I'm dying to know if you're going to like it or if you're going to hate it . Either one is great , yeah , and I haven't smelled it .

Ryan

Yeah , and I haven't smelled it , so I'm excited to smell it .

Rikki

You've never smelled it either .

Ryan

I've never smelled it either it's like something he's been jamming on for a minute . I've been obsessed , yeah , I think since the first year we started this so since 2021 , he's been obsessed with this fragrance .

Rikki

So some of these have been around .

Ryan

Yes , yeah , this one's been around for a minute , right , yeah , before we probably even started the podcast , this thing's been around . Yeah , we need to probably google that , but fact check 2015 there we go , nine years that's a long time all right body scent on free grantica .

Myke

This is what they have to say about this is just some random , faceless review . Online says it's 85 , a clone of tiger balm . So there's more cardamom and hint of leather very medicinal . Stay with tiger balm . It's cheaper and might actually relieve some muscle aches at the same time . What is Tiger Balm ?

Almost like an ointment type thing you rub on for sore muscles .

Rikki

It's like Bengay . So Icy Hot , yeah , yeah , yeah , icy Hot's in this cologne .

Myke

Might be . We're going to find out .

Ryan

But before we do , we actually need to go into our one-night stand review of Zherjoff's Iommi Monkey Special . Hit the music , Todd . Yeah . One-night stand review .

One Night Stand Review: Iommi Monkey Special

Well , Mike , after laying in bed with Tony Iommi and smelling his Monkey Special .

Myke

His monolithic yeah , it got better , but it's kind of dingy . You've been smelling it , Ricky . His monolithic it got better , but it's kind of dingy . You've been smelling it , Ricky . What do you think ? You immediately were like ugh , this one .

Rikki

Yeah , I hate it .

Ryan

What do you hate about it ?

Rikki

It smells like I'm cleaning my house .

Ryan

Okay , originally we were thinking like I don't know if you smelled them around here , but like muscadines or anything like that , you know , like the stuff that falls off the trees here and it kind of smells like kind of fermented in a way .

Rikki

Yeah , or like the poopery .

Ryan

Oh , oh , actually , I can see that .

Rikki

I'm sorry , but your monkey is not special .

Ryan

I will say this we were both like it's kind of good , we kind of liked it , but we didn't like really you know nothing to write home about , but we did . Later that day it does drive down and starts doing this like cinnamon sweet thing .

Rikki

I see the cinnamon .

Ryan

Do you see it ? It starts getting better later on . That's like the opening of it . But I'd be curious what you think later on this episode if it gets a little better .

Myke

Yeah , this is not that episode . So you know we're on to African leather , but I don't like monkey specials . Yeah .

Rikki

Don't get it . How much is this ?

Ryan

Oh shit , it's like 400 and something dollars .

Myke

She just did like that head jerk . Oh hell no .

Rikki

Don't buy this . You know what you can do with for four hundred dollars what's that ? Direct flight to vegas . Caesar buffet all you can eat crab okay . Put a hundred bucks on the blackjack table . Okay , you might be stuck there , you might have my bag , but maybe you'll win you know what ?

Myke

or maybe you strike a rich .

Rikki

It's a better investment yeah , don't buy monkey specials yeah , no monkey specials for you .

Myke

I mean , there might be a different type of monkey special in Vegas you could get .

Rikki

There's definitely plenty of monkey specials .

Ryan

I feel there's a lot of innuendos right here .

Rikki

The guys just literally hand out the cards .

Myke

Oh yeah , the flyers for the gals and stuff .

Rikki

Yeah , they're like trading cards and it's like different women Really .

Ryan

Yeah , for the gals and stuff .

Rikki

Yeah , they're like trading cards and it's like different women Really . Yeah , have you never been to Vegas , never been to Vegas . So yeah , you'll be walking down the street and then a random guy would just throw like 10 naked ladies cards in your hands .

Myke

It's like pokey men , for you know , wait , wait , wait it's pokey women for men . But it's like real , though you gotta catch .

Rikki

Not talking about STDs .

Ryan

No , like he's giving . Like did I miss the conversation ? But like is he giving out a card ? Like this is a lady here if you want to get with her yeah . Wow , and it's like legal or something there .

Rikki

I don't know if it's legal , but as long as it'll cross state lines , you know .

Ryan

Isn't it like Bunny Ranch or something out there or something I think ?

Myke

so yes , I think what's is legal .

Rikki

I agree with her . We do not disagree with what you have to do to make a living . Well , I'm not looking down on it , I'm just trying to you know , tiptoe around the terminology here .

Myke

I think it's just safe to say sex work , I believe is legal within Nevada .

Ryan

Mike has a full deck of cards .

Rikki

Heck yeah .

Myke

Gotta catch them all , okay ? Well , there we go . This is definitely the special part of the monkey special . It was a skip for me , yeah , yeah , I'm going to say it's a skip for me as well .

Rikki

And you said definitely don't buy this , so that'd be a skip for you as well , especially maybe if it was like $10 on sale on sale , oh damn . At .

Ryan

Batman Body Works , there we go . Damn , that's a big name .

Myke

I think Ryan said if it was $78 , he would buy it . I would be considered for $78 .

Rikki

I mean , I could see this being like a candle , like a fall candle that you buy and you maybe burn it in your house . But like I don't want my man , Let me get a little sniff . Yeah , Wearing it .

Ryan

It doesn't smell like it should be on your body . Right , yeah , okay .

Myke

But it also doesn't Smell right either . It's like it smells spicy . It does smell fall-ish , winter-ish , but there's also Just a A little dinginess .

Rikki

It's like fireball .

Ryan

It's like a classy fireball , because like Classy fire , like fireball the candy , like it's Fireball the shot , oh the shot , okay the alcohol .

Rikki

It's like it's fireball for your nose . But cheap Fireball , Very cheap . Not very good fireball for your nose .

Ryan

I'm smelling it one more time , one more time when you said spicy .

Rikki

spicy made me think of that and I was like there's a shot that and you're like .

Ryan

Real quick before we go on . I got to ask this , so Some guy walked past . You Looks good , but he smells like that .

Rikki

I'm immediately . I mean I might ask him hey , is that just your house that smells like that ? That's on you , or is that a cologne ? I actually wouldn't even ask him .

Myke

Like do you have a special monkey ? Oh Lord , Okay , Well

Scent of the Day: African Leather

, we can just slide on over to African leather you want to let her do the dibs on . I absolutely do . Can I smell it ?

Rikki

yeah , yeah , absolutely smelling them back to back .

Myke

I feel like they're very similar .

Rikki

No , no , definitely not . They have that kind of spicy . No , woodsy don't even compare .

Myke

Okay , sorry , sorry .

Ryan

Your opinion is wrong . Yeah , wow , this smells really fucking good to me , guys .

Rikki

I like it , I think . It's pretty sharp , I feel like this is something like a man .

Ryan

Yes man , a man is going to wear this . Yes man , baby , a real man . Okay , this is going to be the wildest thing . I'm gonna tell you what I think this smells like . Okay , it's like a combination , like the medicinal thing is kind of that , like it's like medicals , like almost like a little sour .

But then the other part that I feel like is kind of that sweet part , is like if you had a blue popsicle that you cut the tip off you know like it kind of smells like that right , Am I crazy ?

Rikki

I'm getting the Vicks Vapor Rub vibe a little bit .

Myke

I do love me some Vicks .

Rikki

My nose is like tingly a little bit from it , you know .

Ryan

And now it's doing a Pier 1 wicker chair thing .

Myke

I was about to say this is the first time I'm smelling it , that I'm getting like a pencil shaving type smell on my skin . Y'all are so good at this .

Ryan

I'm like you know , it smells great . We're novices . Trust me , yeah .

Rikki

Pencils Like pencil shavings yeah , I get what you're saying . Wood chips .

Myke

Yeah , maybe wood chips Like a woodsy sort of a smell .

Rikki

I don't know , just a man Lumberjack .

Myke

Okay , l lumberjack , there we go . We got some flannel on . Oh yeah yeah , it's like fall giving fall . Yeah , yeah , I do believe that this is warmer weather , sort of a colder weather you mean , yes , I'm sorry , yeah , colder weather .

Ryan

She went back and she sprayed again it smells better on my hand .

Rikki

I like this . Although it could be mistaken , I feel like this also could be what middle school boys put on after they get done in athletics .

Myke

Really To cover their stench , some Axe body spray man .

Rikki

I'm sorry if I'm offending you .

Myke

No , no , no say what you want . We need the real deal .

Rikki

Not that I'm saying that smells bad , but I do .

Ryan

It's like flashback to middle school , like when the boys would just dose , dose themselves with body spray , or do you feel like you're trying to say like this is like a mixture of BO and that no ?

Rikki

no , no , no BO . I don't see the BO .

Myke

Just overly strong fragrance to cover up any offenses , but not like migraine immediately strong . Okay .

Rikki

But like if you stunk , I think this would cover it .

Ryan

Absolutely . It's loud as fuck , very loud .

Myke

It smells loud as fuck , Very loud . It smells different on this paper to me . It does that . Yeah for sure .

Rikki

Because this is giving me more Vicks . Okay , and this is giving me more man . Hand is giving me more man , and paper is giving me more Vicks .

Myke

Okay , so what we've kind of observed over time is that this is almost what it smells like in like an hour or so on your skin .

Rikki

Ugh , what this ?

Myke

Yeah .

Rikki

The paper . This is what it's going to smell like eventually . Maybe I don't like this .

Ryan

Or do you mean on clothes , or clothes too ? Yeah , I always think like clothes for me .

Rikki

Then I don't like it .

Ryan

You don't like this .

Rikki

If it's going to fade to this paper , Then that's a no for me .

Myke

Well you never know , though , skin chemistry , that sort of a thing .

Rikki

I mean , yeah , people sweat , some people don't sweat , some people don't shower , Some people shower .

Myke

Some people just keep spraying African leather on yeah .

Rikki

I love the smell on my hand .

Ryan

It smells good and it definitely is for a fucking man .

Rikki

Yeah .

Ryan

It smells great .

Rikki

An accountant is not wearing this .

Myke

Okay , good to know . So this is not like an office-y type . No , when is he wearing it then ? When do you imagine the person wears this ?

Rikki

I mean when they're going out they're getting dressed up , but like a guy that like this is , not like a guy that's like an accountant or like he's a blue collar guy . Yeah . I can see like an oil field worker .

Ryan

Oh yeah , he's like our friend Dakota , who's a friend of Patreon .

Rikki

He's like he's dirty during the day , but at night Dirty at night .

Myke

Well he smells good , but he's also better be dirty at night .

Rikki

Only real men are dirty at night . There we go , but my hand smells way better than this paper .

Myke

Okay .

Rikki

No , the more I smell this paper , the more I hate it . Huh , my hand smells way better than this paper .

Ryan

Okay , no , the more I smell this paper , the more I hate it . Huh , it has a sour thing going on , right .

Rikki

It's like the icy hot for me .

Ryan

Yeah , Okay . Well , let me hip you guys to a little price and popularity on this . Okay , you ready to know how much this bad boy costs ?

Rikki

Yeah , let me smell my hand .

Price and Popularity

Myke

Wait , can we take a ?

Ryan

guess . Let her guess . Yeah , yeah , I want you to tell me how much you think this costs .

Rikki

It's been around for nine years .

Ryan

Yeah , been around for a minute , so old it's been played out .

Myke

We should have filmed this , because the faces you're making are pretty great .

Ryan

She is not liking . She's liking this and not liking this I know it's very Gemini of me .

Rikki

I'm going to say can I give you two different answers ? Yeah , sure . This paper , one that I don't like is , I'm going to say , $95 .

Myke

Okay .

Rikki

And my hand version , I would give a solid $250 .

Ryan

You're very close , actually $550 . Sorry , what yeah , $550 .

Rikki

Is that how much it was when it originally came out ?

Ryan

What was it when it originally came out ? Oh no , that's the price . It doesn't change . It ain't changing . This is niche . This ain't changing . They ain't discounting it $550 .

Rikki

So this is like a big deal in the men's community .

Ryan

And the furters community , because this is kind of unisex , isn't it ?

Myke

Yeah , it's considered unisex and actually , Ricky , I think you would like this brand because it's built around traveling , so each fragrance is based on a different . They have fragrances inspired by Ireland .

Rikki

This is inspired by Africa . They saw an elephant and they said , that's they rode behind an elephant long enough , but they have one for Marfa Texasas .

Myke

What's special in there , marfa texas the stars , I think , is what , like inspired , don't even have to auto-tune that all right , taylor , I'm coming for you somebody needs to .

Rikki

Oh well , well , we don't even need to get on the subject .

Myke

I hate this paper . It'll be two against one if we go against Taylor . Oh , y'all two . Both love Taylor .

Ryan

We're both Swifties , oh God .

Rikki

Yes , die hard . I hate this paper .

Ryan

Are you a Kansas City Chiefs fan now ?

Rikki

I was an OG Kansas City Chiefs fan oh God or not OG but when Patrick was a fan , I am a diehard Dallas Cowboys fan . Don't come for me .

Ryan

No , no , hey , I'm right here , it is a hard life that I live .

Rikki

Right here , and it's the most toxic relationship I've ever been in Right here , I'm with you .

Ryan

I'm right here .

Rikki

Jerry Jones is my sugar daddy , but he gets no money or daddy .

Myke

Yeah , you two are in the same boat . With that , I would say you're about as into it as he is .

Ryan

Did you watch the last game till 12 o'clock at night ?

Rikki

Yes , I was working .

Ryan

Man , that shit was awesome . Okay Sorry , mike doesn't want this to be a sports talk show . I know how he hates this shit , but yeah .

Myke

Hey , I'm glad like , so you don't have a team at all .

Rikki

Yeah , he's indifferent .

Myke

Yeah , no , I mean , they're America's team . Thank you , I'm a Cowboys fan . Yes , yes , I'm like one of these , like very nominal you know You're malleable .

Rikki

Yeah , I'm only in it for the cheerleaders .

Ryan

Did you watch the show of the cheerleaders I ?

Rikki

actually watched the show when it was on CMT .

Ryan

I'm derailing this , but really quick , let's get back to this for a second , because I need to give you the popularity really quick .

Rikki

It's going to be like 4.7 .

Ryan

You were close again 4.28 out of five with over 3,800 votes . Wow , that's high .

Rikki

That's a high score .

Ryan

For this . That is a high score .

Rikki

That's actually a high score .

Ryan

This is a super high score for this , yes , On the skin .

Myke

you would rate it what out of five ?

Rikki

Okay , if it stayed like this on my skin , I would give it a solid 4.7 . Damn .

Myke

Wow , don't read too much into that . I was just kind of lopping that out there .

Rikki

Okay , well , if Mike is wrong , someone correct him , so I can know .

Myke

Well , in a few hours you'll be able to correct me yourself .

Ryan

Well , let me actually , ricky , ask you this really quick . You're very early on . You were already kind of saying who wore this . If you could really dive deep into

Who's Wearing This

that . You smell . I want the hand version . Okay , what kind of throw that card away . Get that card out of here . What kind of man do you see really wearing that ? What's he look like ? What's he do for a fucking living ?

Rikki

okay , he's definitely like over six foot okay , there we go definitely over six foot um .

Ryan

He definitely has facial hair oh yeah but clean shaven , it's not like duck dynasty ish shitty , yeah , oh so it's not like Duck Dynasty-ish Not shitty yeah , oh .

Myke

So it's like there's not going to be a fly in his beard Five o'clock . Shadow type , no , a little thicker , oh , okay A little thicker , a little something on his face A little , paul Bunyan , I got you .

Rikki

He may have glasses .

Ryan

Okay .

Myke

And he that's neither one of us . I mean well , Ryan , you've got some decent eyes and You've got some decent peepers . They're hazel , Yours are .

Rikki

Yeah , he's definitely like at least 230 , minimum 230 weight . Yeah .

Myke

I beat that oh man . I'm like 237 .

Rikki

Minimum . I said minimum 230 .

Ryan

Oh , so you think this is a burly man ?

Rikki

I told you he's a man . Okay , Okay here we go . A man is like a big , strong man . Yeah , Doesn't have six pack , but he's like can protect you .

Myke

Oh yeah , he's like farmer strong yeah , oh yeah .

Rikki

He's like an offensive lineman .

Ryan

Oh damn , he's got some pudding on him then , but not like chonky . I know what you're talking about , but you get what I'm saying . Oh , I trust you . He's Zach Martin , that's what he is .

Rikki

Yeah , I would accept that .

Ryan

Zach Martin dude .

Myke

Yeah , that's weird , came to mind immediately .

Rikki

But then I feel like , on the other hand too , you could also .

Myke

That's like option A , but I also feel like option B would be like a little boy that wants to be a man .

Ryan

Oh , this is hidden too close to home . Like lord fockwad would wear this man .

Rikki

He's way under six foot . Hey , this fragrance is all over the place now for me . I'm saying in my mind I think a strong man is gonna wear this , yeah I can definitely see like a little , a little man a guy trying to be the strong man yeah , a little man like lord fockwad pick number three , my lord he .

I feel like he would wear this to mask his insecurities oh , oh now I feel like it's either gonna be a super confident man I can't get this now I'm all over the place .

Ryan

Honestly , I feel like this fits every man that's ever existed . You're either super confident burly man or you're masking it .

Rikki

I don't know In my mind a very tall manly man that can like chop wood . Oh , yeah , he definitely can change a tire .

Ryan

Boy , what's up with women ? Nikki said that in a thing . She was like oh , this guy can change a tire .

Rikki

Can't all of us change a tire by now ? No , boy slash man that was born 2000s and up I'm sure knows how to change a tire .

Ryan

Damn Okay , well , if you're- .

Rikki

I apologize if you do , but in my opinion they don't . You know these Gen Zs or whatever you call them .

Ryan

But what if you're a man that can change a tire but you really fucking hate it so you just get AAA or somebody to come do it ? I mean , if you can pay For someone else to do it , Then that is fine as long as you don't have .

Myke

Impressive .

Rikki

This man on my hand Is going to fight A bear for you .

Myke

Oh damn , yeah , man versus bear .

Rikki

He's like Because the bear Is going to be attracted To this scent , because it's got A little bit of honey in there Got something .

Ryan

You know what it's got a little sweetness to it .

Myke

You want to go over the perfume pyramid .

Ryan

Actually , it doesn't have a perfume pyramid on this one .

Rikki

What's the perfume pyramid ?

Ryan

So sometimes they call it that , sometimes they don't on this website , but on this one there's no like top , middle or base notes . It's just like here's all the notes together to make this fragrance .

Myke

It's like if you taste stew , it's like going there stock you know . That's kind of the ingredients , basically Okay .

Ryan

So here are the notes Cardamom , leather , saffron , cumin , garlic Cumin you picking up some cumin ? Are you picking that up ? Yep , patchouli , vetiver , geranium , argo , wood bergamot and musk .

Myke

So I think this misses all of us , because I don't think .

Rikki

Musk is where the money is coming from .

Myke

Any of us here know what the hell 90% of that is Geranium .

Rikki

I don't know what that's on the periodic table of elements .

Ryan

Past me . Did I say geranium or geranium ? Yeah , I'm with you . I don't know what any of these smell like other than leather , but I don't really get leather .

Rikki

I was going to ask do ?

Ryan

y'all get leather .

Rikki

Yeah , I get that a little bit .

Myke

Really Okay . I get the vibe of it . I mean I'm really getting a lot of pencil shaving wood chips .

Rikki

I'm not getting that .

Ryan

I'm past that sharp medicinal area . I didn't know like past that sharp medicinal area . Yeah , it's like underneath .

Myke

Yeah , you know , I'm like kind of peeking .

Ryan

You're lifting the covers a little bit .

Myke

I want to see what's going on down there .

Rikki

My nose isn't trained . I smell too much GI bleed poops in my life .

Myke

Yeah , so

Patreon Q&A

actually we had a couple of questions from our Patreon yeah , hit her up and one of them had to do because I mentioned that you worked in the medical field .

Rikki

That's awesome .

Myke

And you want me to read you a little bio that I made for you .

Rikki

Oh yeah , you made me a bio .

Myke

I did yeah , when I posted in the group .

Rikki

That's cute . Tell me about myself .

Myke

I said today we're having Ricky in the studio to record an episode . She's a badass nurse , an extremely loyal and encouraging friend and is always down to model when our photo friends need her . And then I said what question should we ask ? And cheryl asked how does she handle fragrances in her job when so many medical buildings discourage perfume use ?

Rikki

okay , that is actually a thing because I work on the heart unit so I have a bunch of heart attack patient , open heart patient . I do get a lot of copd patients .

Well , those fragrances will exacerbate their copd really and so , actually , I work with a lot of nurses , including myself , that actually are prone to migraines too , and so , like we have sprays for gi , bleeds are the things that smell the worst . If you're a nurse , you know .

Ryan

Oh yeah .

Rikki

They will stink up the whole unit . So coffee grounds will soak up all the stink . So we put coffee grounds in the rooms .

Ryan

That's interesting .

Rikki

Okay , yes , and then normally I go spray whatever I can find , so body Bath and Body Works , whatever I can find . I call it shit-tress , shit-tress . So you know , you gotta do what you gotta do To save your eyebrows From being Burnt off . Woo . But For the most part I've never had An administrator Come up to me and tell me my fragrance Was too strong .

Gotcha but like I also don't have Like super fancy .

Ryan

Has anybody that you ever worked with been called out for having a strong fragrance ?

Rikki

I work nights .

Ryan

So I don't ever see administrators .

Myke

If .

Rikki

I do . I'm usually in trouble already .

Myke

So we've got Michael who asked how much is too much fragrance Like , at what distance ? If you can smell it , is it ?

Rikki

like If I can smell you like four feet away , I feel like that's way too much okay , I'm not stopping you should be able to walk by me and I just get a nice little whiff I'm not stopping guys but I can sit next to you .

I don't think sitting next to someone would be like if I can sit next to you , or like two or three chairs over I gagged him this morning , yeah , yeah , I walked in the studio and he was in this editing room and I was overwhelmed at the door . Yeah , that's too much .

Myke

Yeah , and I was like and I came in .

Rikki

Yeah , I did .

Myke

Oh , okay , then this is just how he likes to wear fragrances . And I came in and sat down next to him and I was like I'm sorry , dude , I gotta come back out . And we ended up having to turn the fans on and stuff because it was so loud and it was only five sprays of crystal saffron , Crystal saffron guys , oh Lord .

Rikki

I would think like two to three sprays .

Myke

Oh yeah , yeah , that's more my realm . Two to three , he's like 20 to 30 sprays .

Ryan

I'm like 10 to sprinkler when I'm putting stuff on .

Myke

And it looks like it too , Okay .

Rikki

So , Michael , if your significant other is prone to migraines , then two sprays . There you go For their sake , because number one , if they get a migraine , they're going to be a bitch , and number two , if they get a migraine , you're not getting any good good .

Myke

And you want that . Good , good , michael Yep .

Rikki

Poor get a migraine you're not getting any good .

Myke

Good and you want that good . Good , michael . Yeah , poor man's morphine .

Rikki

But you know what I ?

Ryan

won't get into it okay .

Myke

Uh , we've got .

Ryan

I want to know more about the bitch part . No , I'm kidding go ahead .

Myke

Okay , I can tell you dakota wants to know what was your introduction to fragrances , or do you have any fragrances that come to mind that you enjoy , or give us your take on fragrances in general , because I have a feeling you're not too invested no , I'm a fragrance virgin because you have two . You have the ariana grande , I have one of ariana grande's .

Rikki

It's like the cloud one okay , yeah , good choice , and then I see dusseldorosy oh yeah , issey miyaki .

Myke

Oh my god , I love issey miyaki . I don't have , I don't , I haven't smelled and I see Dusseldorsey .

Ryan

Oh yeah , issey Miyake . Oh my God , rose by Rose , I love Issey Miyake . I haven't smelled that one , but I do love Issey .

Rikki

Miyake , I should have brought it .

Myke

Man . So she said this is my fancy . I'm dressing up , yes , I'm going out , I'm strutting my stuff .

Rikki

That one's kind of loud have you smelled ?

Ryan

the . Oh my god , just try it and tell him , I don't know anything .

Rikki

I know , when me and Lindsay Went to Europe , she was like oh my god , we have to smell this cologne Because Mike's always Talking about it and I'm like In the perfume section and I'm like my head is going to explode .

Myke

Well .

Rikki

I can't smell one fragrance . What happened ?

Myke

Is that she smelled it On a Terrence and she said , oh my god . And she said , oh my God , I love this fragrance . And he said it was Baccarat Rouge , which , by the way , cloud is like a version of Baccarat Rouge .

Rikki

Really Uh-huh .

Myke

Yeah , it's kind of like a clone or dupe of it . So she got Cloud and she's been trying to smell Baccarat Rouge for forever . So I think when you guys were out there she went and smelled it and she texted me and she was like I'm just not in love with it now , but she had been obsessing over after she smelled it on terrence for the longest time .

Like it smelled so good , I've got to have it is it real expensive too ?

Rikki

yes , really I feel like I remember smelling it and I was like you're like we got baccarat rouge at home .

Myke

Let's see , I think we got one more in here . John says Do fragrances mean something To her in her daily life , or is it a take it or leave it Kind of a thing ? If she's more Take it or leave it , her perspective would be More interesting , because I think that's where the majority Of people are .

What do you think You're kind of a Take it or leave it Type of person ?

Rikki

Yeah , I don't think Smells in my life are normally bad . Because , I work in a hospital and I wipe a lot of ass . Most of the smells that I'm smelling are not great , but I will say when something smells good , it definitely gets my attention .

Myke

That's a nice thing .

Rikki

Yeah , so if a man walks by me or a woman and they smell good , I'm like Are you prone to like compliment somebody if they smell good ?

Ryan

Yeah , okay .

Myke

You've complimented me for wearing Insidious . That's a good one .

Rikki

That's a great movie also .

Myke

It is a great movie . She likes spooky movies as well . Yes , I love spooky movies . Okay , here's the burning question that all guys want to know Does a fragrance take them over the edge ? If maybe you were undecided , do I like this guy , will I say yes and give him my phone number ?

Is a fragrance going to help with that , or are we just wasting our time ?

Rikki

I want to say probably , Because if you stink I'm definitely not giving you my phone number .

Myke

Yeah , yeah , okay , maybe it's more . Don't smell bad , right ? Yeah , just don't smell .

Rikki

If you smell bad , then immediately I'm thinking that your hygiene care is shit yeah .

Ryan

I mean , I think , how do I word this ? It's like the whole package , right . Yeah , you know what I'm saying . I don't think anybody like you could be good looking , but it's like they're good looking , they carry themselves well , good conversation , and they smell good , you know .

Rikki

It's kind of like the not the cherry on top , but like maybe like some sprinkles .

Ryan

Yeah , there you go . Okay , yeah , I can vibe with that . Yeah , so make sure your sprinkles are good , okay .

Rikki

Or buy it .

Ryan

What are you going to do , ricky

Skip it, Sample it, Buy it

, for $550 .

Rikki

Oh , I'm .

Myke

As manly as this is . Yeah , are you going to wear this ?

Rikki

I personally would not wear this .

Ryan

Is it a skip or a sample or a buy to the gentlemen listening out there ?

Rikki

Yeah , I don't think I would this paper .

Ryan

It keeps driving you nuts .

Rikki

The paper version . It has me skeptical okay because if this is how you're gonna smell in a couple of hours , then I'm gonna say skip it .

Myke

You're gonna smell like I may have ruined this whole thing for by saying that . Why ?

Rikki

all I smell on this paper is icy hot . You're like grandma thinks that you have a sickness and then she's going to rub vapor rub on your chest . My mother definitely rubbed , oh yeah .

Ryan

That's just an old school thing . I think it is because , man , that was a popular thing . Does it really work ? I got to know .

Rikki

I mean it opens up your sinuses , yeah .

Myke

Yeah , because my grandma we went through some vapor Dude I've never had anyone rub VapoRub on me ever .

Rikki

Well , never felt that tingle .

Ryan

I'm stepping out on this , you guys hey . Okay the VapoRub . It's not that hot in here . Why are you red , Dude ?

Myke

I'm sweating right now I got pretty attached to the nose , vapor rub things . You know it's shaped like a chapstick , but you kind of put it in your nose and give it one of those .

Ryan

You know I've never used one of those , but I would love that because I actually do love the smell of Vicks Vapor Rub .

Myke

I do too . It was the closest I got to being addicted to drugs .

Rikki

I'm definitely going to sample it .

Myke

Okay , you recommend the guys out there trying it .

Rikki

Yeah , if it smells like menthol after a couple hours , then just toss it , but if you keep having this manly man smell , I don't know . I really like the way my hand smells , but also I'm like $550 is just absurd .

Myke

Yeah , you can find this discounted though .

Ryan

Yeah , I should have found that information . That's my bad guys .

Rikki

Okay , if you can find it discounted for less than $200 , then you can get it .

Myke

Okay , okay , thank you .

Ryan

I'll say this because you're not as invested . I mean , I'm not as invested as you , so let me get mine . I want yours to be last . Okay , go for it For me . It's funny Because you have been Like freaking Dude . This guy's been I forgot Michael's obsessed with this . He's obsessed with it .

I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings , you know what , and he's never shut up about it . So I'm just like Do you have this ?

Rikki

Does it smell like this At the end of the day ?

Myke

I have a decant of this which is just like A travel atomizer , like a 10 mil .

Rikki

Do you smell like menthol ?

Ryan

I guarantee , if you give this about an hour or two , this is going to smell completely different . I was going to tell you when you leave here , take that with you and then let them know , because I guarantee it's going to smell different .

Okay , but for me , you know , I have been hyped for it because you have been so horny for it and it's like it's not what I expected Really . Yeah , like I do like this , though , mm .

Yeah , like I do like this , though it has that menthol top kind of thing going that Layton does , which when you first smell it , like you're doing right now , and which , by the way , when me and him both smelled Layton , we didn't know how to handle it or accept it in the beginning . But now I kind of like it .

So there's parts of this I like , but it's not worth it to me . I think it's a sample .

Myke

Yeah , I think it's a sample for most people . Okay , I think it's a sample . Yeah , I think it's a sample for most people . Okay , because it is . To me it's a more niche-down version of something like Leighton , which is another fragrance that we're talking about , but it's a sweeter , more vanilla medicinal fragrance .

It gets pretty and this , to me , was a spicier , less sweet , so in my mind , mind , even a little bit more masculine , and I think that's why I was kind of like man , I something about it , something about that kind of bite that it had the little sizzle , it's got on it .

Adjective yeah , makes me think like if you could just get a little bit , you know , like me , just a little , a little , that somebody might go , oh , oh , okay .

Ryan

I got the end-all , be-all question for Ricky , okay . Okay , and this may hurt your feelings , but does this fit the persona of the Mike we know ? Does this fit him ?

Rikki

80% 80% .

Myke

You can be honest .

Ryan

No , I'll give you 80% . Tear his ass apart .

Rikki

No , I would give this . There's a 20% of you , because you're a podcast photographer .

Myke

You're not as dirty as the man , as I would . I'm just not manly enough .

Rikki

I'm sure you can change a tire .

Myke

I can . I've changed plenty . I will say this about Mike .

Ryan

He is very much like almost a carpenter . If we needed to build something , he's helped build Mike . He is very much like almost a carpenter . If we needed to build something , he's helped build things . He's got tools and stuff .

Rikki

I've never seen it .

Ryan

I've seen it , I've witnessed it .

Myke

Look , I've put many screws and stuff up on the studio walls .

Rikki

You did hang Lindsay's curtains . I saw that .

Ryan

He did it by himself , ladies . Yeah , see how strong he is . He hung curtains .

Myke

Wait , this may be voting against the manliness .

Rikki

I know it's so hard because it's like I'm saying it's a manly man , but you have dinosaurs tattooed on you . Yeah , that's true .

Myke

I , like I've done manly stuff . I put up curtains , okay , purple curtains at that , oh Lord . Well , ricky , thanks for joining us on this episode and giving your uneducated opinion .

Ryan

Yeah , it was a fun time . It was nice meeting you again . It's the second time , but nice meeting you again . You did really well and I think you handled this pretty good .

Myke

Yeah . So there it is , guys . You better be manly AF if you're going to get .

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