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Duncanpup

(15,524 posts)
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 11:58 AM Mar 2025

A ? For the ladies

Do any of you ladies find a man wearing Vicks vapor rub irresistible. I’m 59 widower not really looking yet today at the store the deli lady.

She was very talkative then at bakery i got free cookie from the nice lady. I’m wondering if it’s the Vicks vapor rub do women find it irresistible.

I didn’t mention the cheese sample or free cookie to Dunc the golden retriever it was after our exercise walk at park.
Although i wondered if he knew after i climbed into the Corolla he was giving me side eye.
As in really father besides smelling of Vicks vapor rub you had a slice of muenster sample and an oatmeal cookie.

Sarcasm

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A ? For the ladies (Original Post) Duncanpup Mar 2025 OP
I'm afraid not. So sorry. Nt AloeVera Mar 2025 #1
Not so fast!!! Trueblue Texan Mar 2025 #19
My. God. AloeVera Mar 2025 #22
Ikr?nt Trueblue Texan Mar 2025 #30
Um...no on the Vicks SheltieLover Mar 2025 #2
If you wanna drive the wimmens crazy, yorkster Mar 2025 #3
Lol lol AloeVera Mar 2025 #7
I am able to resist a man wearing Vick's Vapor Rub. LoisB Mar 2025 #4
But can you resist BEN GAY? AloeVera Mar 2025 #23
LOL! LoisB Mar 2025 #25
The corrosive odor of Vicks Vap-O-Rub causes flashbacks to my childhood, Ocelot II Mar 2025 #5
Apologies for triggering your P.T.S.D. Duncanpup Mar 2025 #6
One of my favorite lines from "Our Gang." I can't come out to play today. 3Hotdogs Mar 2025 #15
Sympathy flashbacks here Bayard Mar 2025 #33
I put a dab of Vick's under my nose every night Marthe48 Mar 2025 #8
I find that moniss Mar 2025 #9
No, "A" is for Shork (iykyk) sakabatou Mar 2025 #10
I'm not averse to it --much better than Calvin Klein or Tom Ford -- but my cat would be putty in your hands. catbyte Mar 2025 #11
Ben gay for me! Easterncedar Mar 2025 #12
Simply Irresistible! AloeVera Mar 2025 #13
Don't let T**** hear that. The Madcap Mar 2025 #14
No, but it brings back childhood memories. Ilsa Mar 2025 #16
Nope. Just the clean smell of the freshly showered does it for me. SunSeeker Mar 2025 #17
Vapo Rub is second only to Campho Penique, Bengay, Old Spice and Aqua Velva MLAA Mar 2025 #18
My mom put Campho Penique on everything from mosquito bites to scapes..I do the same thing today! Deuxcents Mar 2025 #26
I think my husband must drink it because he's always asking me to pick up more! MLAA Mar 2025 #32
She saw bits of Dunc fur on your clothes spooky3 Mar 2025 #20
Dial soap. The best clean smell. tavernier Mar 2025 #21
Then I'd have split the cheese sample and the cookie. Duncanpup Mar 2025 #28
I would say it's better than Ben Gay. And that's not saying much! Diamond_Dog Mar 2025 #24
I smell hypnosis. Tetrachloride Mar 2025 #27
I cannot abide the smell of Vicks or anything else... 3catwoman3 Mar 2025 #29
No. Its overwhelming like patchouli. Clouds Passing Mar 2025 #31

Trueblue Texan

(4,152 posts)
19. Not so fast!!!
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 02:33 PM
Mar 2025

Of course Duncanpup is probably a bit too young for those of us who find the smell of Vicks compelling. It starts with BenGay. When that starts smelling seductive to you, the slippery slope to being hot for the Vicks Vaporub guy follows closely thereafter.

SheltieLover

(76,122 posts)
2. Um...no on the Vicks
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 12:04 PM
Mar 2025

On the whether Dunc could smell what you'd just eaten, absolutely!

I have to wonder if this resulted in Golden drama? Another Rosa Parks moment perhaps?

yorkster

(3,645 posts)
3. If you wanna drive the wimmens crazy,
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 12:14 PM
Mar 2025

try a splash of Old Spice. Between that and the Vicks they'll want to.party like it's 1959.

Ocelot II

(128,827 posts)
5. The corrosive odor of Vicks Vap-O-Rub causes flashbacks to my childhood,
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 12:28 PM
Mar 2025

where I was punished (as I thought of it) for being sick by being smeared with that vile substance. Crying and thrashing about was to no avail, and I had to lie there and inhale that nasty industrial chemical "for my own good." So, no. Running away screaming, maybe.

3Hotdogs

(14,981 posts)
15. One of my favorite lines from "Our Gang." I can't come out to play today.
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 02:20 PM
Mar 2025

I gotta grease Wheezer."

Bayard

(28,358 posts)
33. Sympathy flashbacks here
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 09:27 PM
Mar 2025

My parents used to actually cram it down my throat when I would wake up at night coughing as a little kid. I also remember crying and thrashing. Come to find out in later years, I had asthma.

BUT, with my goats, I have rubbed it on my Nigerian Dwarf buck's nose when the girls are in season. He can't smell them so much.

Marthe48

(22,628 posts)
8. I put a dab of Vick's under my nose every night
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 01:03 PM
Mar 2025

Keeps my airways open. So you, me and the dogs can smell together

moniss

(8,603 posts)
9. I find that
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 01:12 PM
Mar 2025

an enhancer to the Vicks is if you slather on some Ben-Gay or Musterole on the back of your neck or on your wrists or fingers. I have a "stash" of the original Musterole, not the current weakened product, and for the right price I could part with one of those little jars if someone wanted to use a little for their next "shopping/flirting excursion". But I can't be responsible if someone gets "aggressive" and asks you your name or for coffee or something.

catbyte

(38,574 posts)
11. I'm not averse to it --much better than Calvin Klein or Tom Ford -- but my cat would be putty in your hands.
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 01:40 PM
Mar 2025

She tries to huff those Vicks Vapo Rub inhalers every time I have sinus issues. Camphor drives her nuts but it's very bad for kities so she doesn't get to indulge often.

The Madcap

(1,693 posts)
14. Don't let T**** hear that.
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 02:20 PM
Mar 2025

He might try to erase you...

These are the times we live in....sadly.

Ilsa

(63,780 posts)
16. No, but it brings back childhood memories.
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 02:21 PM
Mar 2025

I don't want to feel like I'm a child if I feel sexy.

MLAA

(19,657 posts)
18. Vapo Rub is second only to Campho Penique, Bengay, Old Spice and Aqua Velva
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 02:28 PM
Mar 2025

But you aren’t ready for Campho Pheniqe et all yet, they are powerful aphrodisiacs to a certain set.

Deuxcents

(25,348 posts)
26. My mom put Campho Penique on everything from mosquito bites to scapes..I do the same thing today!
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 03:17 PM
Mar 2025

It cures just about everything!

spooky3

(38,223 posts)
20. She saw bits of Dunc fur on your clothes
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 02:35 PM
Mar 2025

And wanted you to invite her to meet him. Sorry!

tavernier

(14,209 posts)
21. Dial soap. The best clean smell.
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 02:35 PM
Mar 2025

Bring pup along next time. A man with a dog is an instant turn on.

3catwoman3

(28,484 posts)
29. I cannot abide the smell of Vicks or anything else...
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 04:25 PM
Mar 2025

...with menthol or camphor in it.

My dad used to stuff it up his nose when he had a cold, and tried to get me to do the same. Disgusting.

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