Comments on: She's better in shea butter.

Question: She's better in shea butter.

Evstar — Mon, 28 May 2007 08:56:15 -0800

Is shea butter a distinctly feminine scent? I love the smell of it on a lady; is it unseemly on a man, or just as pleasant? Let's not get into any gender debates, I'm only curious because most often I smell it on women.

By: Jess the Mess

Jess the Mess — Mon, 28 May 2007 09:06:18 -0800

I wouldn't say so. It seems pretty unisex to me.

By: jadepearl

jadepearl — Mon, 28 May 2007 09:14:54 -0800

By: Melinika

Melinika — Mon, 28 May 2007 09:23:03 -0800

Shea butter? Gender-neutral.

By: dame

dame — Mon, 28 May 2007 09:32:35 -0800

Gender neutral, for sure, though I think maybe girls overall are more likely to product themselves up.

By: lunasol

lunasol — Mon, 28 May 2007 09:38:40 -0800

It's definitely a bit sweet, but the cool thing about scents is that they smell different on different people. I assume that your male physiology would make a neutral scent like Shea butter a bit more masculine.

By: phrontist

phrontist — Mon, 28 May 2007 09:38:46 -0800

If I smelled it in a mixed-gender crowd, I would probably assume it was being worn by a girl, but would not be terribly surprised to find otherwise.

By: arcticwoman

arcticwoman — Mon, 28 May 2007 09:43:20 -0800

Totally gender-neutral. To me it just smells clean, and makes me think there is skin nearby which I might like to touch. ;)

By: tepidmonkey

tepidmonkey — Mon, 28 May 2007 09:48:19 -0800

Gender-neutral. Like vanilla, and morning breath.

By: brujita

brujita — Mon, 28 May 2007 10:04:47 -0800

I found an unscented lip-balm made with it, so gender neutral.

By: voxpop

voxpop — Mon, 28 May 2007 10:07:10 -0800

The AskMeFi crowd would tell you it's gender neutral, but I'd bet dollars to donuts that 90% of the folks down at Associated Iron and Steel Workers #405 would beg to differ.

By: 6:1

6:1 — Mon, 28 May 2007 10:15:05 -0800

Sometimes it's what it's mixed with that makes it smell more feminine. It's definately neutral.

By: Evstar

Evstar — Mon, 28 May 2007 10:44:47 -0800

Thanks, fellas.

By: oneirodynia

oneirodynia — Mon, 28 May 2007 15:00:42 -0800

I've made body butters and moisturizers with raw, unrefined shea butter, and I would say it's definitely a gender neutral scent. To be honest, I don't think it smells all that nice, and usually add a lot of scent to cover the shea smell. It smells too much like vegetable oil for me. *shrug*

By: oneirodynia

oneirodynia — Mon, 28 May 2007 15:05:16 -0800

Shea butter is a common component in moisturizers and body butters sold through both drugstores and shops like Lush and the Body Shop which is why you smell it on women more often. I personally think of it as a unisex smell.

I don't know of any unscented shea products from either LUSH or the Body Shop, so I very much doubt that one would be able to smell the shea butter in those products.

By: oats

oats — Mon, 28 May 2007 18:46:12 -0800

voxpop, I wouldn't be so sure.

By: gum

gum — Tue, 29 May 2007 00:12:43 -0800

What is shea butter?

By: gergtreble

gergtreble — Tue, 29 May 2007 18:11:18 -0800

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