The Beefcake Thread: Scent a Favorite Man

[grayspoole]

Tom Selleck ps- Tom that phone does not look like it's gonna work, just sayin'. ( bumped into him not long ago, he's still got it - @ 6'4"/200lbs) - Eau Sauvage - original
Patrick Swayze - Fahrenheit
Burt Reynolds - Burt never needed to look at the road when driving - Brut
Sam Elliot - Nuvolari Rubini
David Hasselhoff - 'yes, - 'don't hassle the Hoff' - Davidoff Cool Water
Erik Estrada - I see him around town often, still handsome - very charming Tyrannosaurus Rex
Andy Gibb - Beau de Jour
Timothy Dalton - GIT
Jan-Michael Vincent - Azzaro pour Homme
Mel Gibson - Aramis
JFK Jr. - Bel Ami
Sean Connery - (I think we had him before-enjoy photo) Aventus
Denzel Washington - Bentley for Men Intense
Irdis Elba - L`Air du Desert Marocain
As with all Beefcake - it's difficult to choose which photo
Please excuse duplicate beefcake candidates,... oops 😇
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Not much to add, but just wanted to say, excellent work, Adonna!

I had almost forgotten how very....hairy...men used to be in the 70’s and 80’s.

 

[grayspoole]

Oh yeah, I could definitely see that. I also like older Terence Stamp, circa The LImey. For that he'd need some Moschino Pour Homme, or maybe some Azzarro.

Every time I think about that movie, I wind up thinking how criminally underrated Leslie Ann Warren has been for her entire career.

Just added The Limey to my watchlist. How have I missed this one?

 

[Adonna]

Not much to add, but just wanted to say, excellent work, Adonna!

I had almost forgotten how very....hairy...men used to be in the 70’s and 80’s.

Hairy for sure!

 

[CookBot]

Just added The Limey to my watchlist. How have I missed this one?

It's very good, another genre piece whittled to perfection by Soderbergh. Terence Stamp is superb.

I had almost forgotten how very....hairy...men used to be in the 70’s and 80’s.

Square inch per square inch, they're probably hairier today, what with all the beards around. But back then, all the spots that had hair -- especially mustaches, chests and scalps -- were just so thick. My first husband had a mustache to rival that hedge on Sam Eliot, and I never once saw him without it.

 

[Adonna]

Square inch per square inch, they're probably hairier today, what with all the beards around. But back then, all the spots that had hair -- especially mustaches, chests and scalps -- were just so thick.

grooming has changed significantly --

My first husband had a mustache to rival that hedge on Sam Eliot, and I never once saw him without it.

just wow!
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[CookBot]

grooming has changed significantly --

Yeah, and that's without even mentioning below the belt.

If you had suggested to a man in the '70s that he wax or shave his undercarriage, you might have instigated a fistfight.

 

[Adonna]

Yeah, and that's without even mentioning below the belt.

If you had suggested to a man in the '70s that he wax or shave his undercarriage, you might have instigated a fistfight.

Oof, a fight over body hair - from what I have been told, it was a 'thicket' for both men and women....... 👀
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[grayspoole]

Our Beefcake Thread has been very neglected lately, so here’s some perfume-related content.

My YouTube feed offered up this “behind the scenes” video of a Sauvage photo shoot with Lee Jun-ho. If you follow kdrama and kpop, you’ll know who he is. Speaking for myself, I would rather look at Jun-ho‘s cheekbones than Johnny Depp‘s, but to each, his/her own.

I found it interesting to watch the elaborate and artificial machinery of shooting a perfume ad. Hold the bottle, shift your pose, change into another Dior outfit, hold the bottle.

 

[Adonna]

The pretty vibes of Lee Jun-ho - Sel Marin Heeley or Molecule 01.
Depp had his moments in the past, and I hope in his future, LJH is a lovely addition.
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[grayspoole]

Depp had his moments in the past, and I hope in his future,

Agreed!

 

[kosui no kaori]

Have Taron Egerton and Dave Franco been mentioned in this thread?

 

[grayspoole]

Have Taron Egerton and Dave Franco been mentioned in this thread?

I don’t believe they have…and I must say they both seem very charming. After some Googling, I realize that I have seen Taron Egerton in The Kingsman and Rocket Man, and he was very good in both. I don’t think I have seen Dave Franco in anything, but he played Montgomery Clift in a film directed by his brother, James Franco. That’s perfect casting!

What fragrances should we suggest for these fellows?

Egerton…he’s proudly Welsh. I will recommend Clandestine Laboratories Wendover…(Notes include grass, hyacinth, narcissus, muguet, woods, tobacco, hawthorn, tonka, coal smoke, peat, cypriol, castoreum, musk, leather.)

Franco…California boy, USC, artsy background…Bruno Fazzolari’s Vetiverissimo.

What do y’all think?

 

[kosui no kaori]

I don’t believe they have…and I must say they both seem very charming. After some Googling, I realize that I have seen Taron Egerton in The Kingsman and Rocket Man, and he was very good in both. I don’t think I have seen Dave Franco in anything, but he played Montgomery Clift in a film directed by his brother, James Franco. That’s perfect casting!

What fragrances should we suggest for these fellows?

Egerton…he’s proudly Welsh. I will recommend Clandestine Laboratories Wendover…(Notes include grass, hyacinth, narcissus, muguet, woods, tobacco, hawthorn, tonka, coal smoke, peat, cypriol, castoreum, musk, leather.)

Franco…California boy, USC, artsy background…Bruno Fazzolari’s Vetiverissimo.

What do y’all think?

They both sound lovely!

Very thoughtful choices (according to notes, since I‘m not personally familiar with those fragrances).

 

[Adonna]

the handsome David Franco - Dolce & Gabbana Pour Homme Intenso
the charming Taron Egerton - C for men Clive Christian
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[yellowtone]

Can we scent my favourite Dutch eye candy, Michiel Huisman?


You may know him from Game of Thrones and some other things. I just think he looks like my husband.

 

[CookBot]

Can we scent my favourite Dutch eye candy, Michiel Huisman?

That's one I'd like to perfume with my own scent, if you get my drift.

You may know him from Game of Thrones and some other things. I just think he looks like my husband.

Lucky Yellowtone!

I haven't seen Huisman in anything except your pictures, but I'm going to make an effort to change that soon.

He's got that sort of charmingly grubby look that I think cries out for a smoky fragrance, so I'm going to nominate Encre Noir a L'Extreme for him. And fantasize about him rubbing some of it off onto me.

 

[CookBot]

Egerton…he’s proudly Welsh. I will recommend Clandestine Laboratories Wendover…(Notes include grass, hyacinth, narcissus, muguet, woods, tobacco, hawthorn, tonka, coal smoke, peat, cypriol, castoreum, musk, leather.)

Franco…California boy, USC, artsy background…Bruno Fazzolari’s Vetiverissimo.

I'm not familiar with either of these guys, but I've been meaning to see that Elton John movie. Those Franco boys must have some good-looking parents, given their handsomeness genes.

Have you actually smelled Wendover, grayspoole? It sounds like something I'd really like for myself -- as long as the narcissus and muguet are sufficiently buried. And if "coal smoke" doesn't smell like petrol.

I got a laugh out of this on Dave Franco's Wikipedia page, about the movie Zeroville that he starred in and his brother James directed:

The film was nominated for three Golden Raspberry Awards, James Franco was nominated for Worst Director and Worst Actor, and Seth Rogen was nominated for Worst Supporting Actor.​

 

[Adonna]

The talented and handsome Michiel Huisman; Duo Nasomatto
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[PStoller]

Have you actually smelled Wendover, grayspoole? It sounds like something I'd really like for myself -- as long as the narcissus and muguet are sufficiently buried. And if "coal smoke" doesn't smell like petrol.

I can always scrape some off the floor for you if you'd like to try it.

 

[grayspoole]

Have you actually smelled Wendover, grayspoole? It sounds like something I'd really like for myself -- as long as the narcissus and muguet are sufficiently buried. And if "coal smoke" doesn't smell like petrol.

I have not. Wendover wasn’t available when I ordered my samples. I thought Clandestine Laboratories might suit, perhaps Silver or possibly Master, both of which I liked, but the smoke in Wendover seemed to fit a Welshman. I’m not generally a fan of smoke notes, but I would like to try it eventually. You should too!

I can always scrape some off the floor for you if you'd like to try it.

What gives? Did you drop your bottle/sample?

 

[PStoller]

What gives? Did you drop your bottle/sample?

You missed it in the CL thread. Yes, I blind-ordered a 100 ml bottle, and upon opening it, it slipped out of the box and shattered all over the floor. My entire house smelled of Wendover for a month. I still catch a faint whiff of it some days.

Fortunately, Mark Sage was very generous in offering me a highly discounted replacement bottle. Although it turns out I love Wendover (at least, as a room freshener—imagine if I’d hated it!), I went for 50 ml, which is what I would have done the first time had the smaller bottles not been out of stock.

My eternally understanding wife said that was fine. However, I was not permitted to open it myself. It made it all the way to my cabinet in one piece.

I still haven’t worn it.

 

[Adonna]

@PStoller OOF!
Thank - ! You liked it.
-for me it's the mopping up that hurts the most-
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[PStoller]

…for me it's the mopping up that hurts the most

My aforementioned understanding wife did most of that—not because we adhere to the dated notion that wives do the domestic chores, but because I was literally in tears and wasn’t up to the task. I managed to get up most of the glass, though: I didn’t want my beloveds (wife and cat) to get hurt.

 

[CookBot]

I came across this Dior ad in the men's SOTD today, and it got me thinking about Jude Law.

Now, I like Jude Law as an actor, but he's way too much of a pretty boy for me to consider him in my beefcake fantasies. Then I started wondering about how he'll mellow as he ages, and I started looking at some of the many, many advertisements he's done. And that led me to this marvelous piece of artistic adwork for Johnnie Walker Scotch -- a great little film starring two pieces of beefcake, one modern, one vintage: Jude with Giancarlo Giannini, having some fun re-creating the famous "Madison" dance scene from the legendary Godard film, Bande à Part. It charmed me so much I wanted to perfume both of them. Enlarge to full screen if you can; I guarantee it will make you smile.

Since they both love that Italian boat, I'm scenting them with Bruno Acampora's Azzuro di Capri for Giancarlo, and Acqua di Parma's Fico di Amalfi for Jude.

(This film was directed by Jake Scott, Ridley Scott's son. There's a second Johnnie Walker film starring the two of them, about a race car; also charming.)

 

[Adonna]

This is super fun @Cook.bot .

The elegant Jude Law - GIT
The grit and charm of Giancarlo Giannini - Trussardi Uomo

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[CookBot]

The elegant Jude Law - GIT
The grit and charm of Giancarlo Giannini - Trussardi Uomo

Ooo, both good choices!

I think I'm warming up to Jude Law as he gets old enough to play character parts. I've had that experience with Colin Farrell.

 

[Adonna]

Agreed @Cook.bot some of us need a little bit of maturity to become interesting.
Luckily Colin Farrell & Jude Law, simply get better with time.
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