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Duncanpup

(14,228 posts)
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 12:58 PM Mar 23

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

Trueblue Texan

(3,246 posts)
19. Not so fast!!!
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 03:33 PM
Mar 23

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

(65,682 posts)
2. Um...no on the Vicks
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 01:04 PM
Mar 23

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

(2,912 posts)
3. If you wanna drive the wimmens crazy,
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 01:14 PM
Mar 23

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

Ocelot II

(123,932 posts)
5. The corrosive odor of Vicks Vap-O-Rub causes flashbacks to my childhood,
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 01:28 PM
Mar 23

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

(14,038 posts)
15. One of my favorite lines from "Our Gang." I can't come out to play today.
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 03:20 PM
Mar 23

I gotta grease Wheezer."

Bayard

(24,620 posts)
33. Sympathy flashbacks here
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 10:27 PM
Mar 23

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

(20,356 posts)
8. I put a dab of Vick's under my nose every night
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 02:03 PM
Mar 23

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

moniss

(6,873 posts)
9. I find that
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 02:12 PM
Mar 23

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

(36,644 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, 02:40 PM
Mar 23

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

(1,064 posts)
14. Don't let T**** hear that.
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 03:20 PM
Mar 23

He might try to erase you...

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

Ilsa

(62,656 posts)
16. No, but it brings back childhood memories.
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 03:21 PM
Mar 23

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

MLAA

(19,047 posts)
18. Vapo Rub is second only to Campho Penique, Bengay, Old Spice and Aqua Velva
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 03:28 PM
Mar 23

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

Deuxcents

(21,570 posts)
26. My mom put Campho Penique on everything from mosquito bites to scapes..I do the same thing today!
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 04:17 PM
Mar 23

It cures just about everything!

tavernier

(13,583 posts)
21. Dial soap. The best clean smell.
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 03:35 PM
Mar 23

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

3catwoman3

(26,450 posts)
29. I cannot abide the smell of Vicks or anything else...
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 05:25 PM
Mar 23

...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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