I follow a website called The Art of Manliness (artofmanliness.com). The website is dedicated to helping men be more manly and "Reviving the Lost Art of Manliness". They had a post about manly smells not long ago. The list included leather, barbicide, Old Spice Classic, and Bay Rum.
Bay Rum goes back to the early days of the European settlers in the Caribbean. The sailors smelled like sailors, having been at sea for months with no proper bath, so when they docked in the Caribbean they would rub bay leaves on their bodies to mask their stench. Rum was invented in the Caribbean at about the same time. The sailors started to steep the Indian Bay Leaves in the rum because the alcohol in the rum would extract the oils in the bay leaves and make application of the scent more convenient. This is how Bay Rum started. Over time different spices including cloves and cinnamon were added. Bay Rum has been worn by men for hundreds of years, and now it will be worn by me!
I ordered some Bay Rum cologne from Ogallala Bay Rum (http://www.ogallalabayrum.com). It is made in small batches in Ogallala, Nebraska. Made of all natural oils and extracts, it smells strongly of cloves and witch hazle and tingles for a couple of hours after being applied to the skin. The bottle is real blue glass, not some cheap plastic container. I love the label. It says: "Shake Well and Apply Generously". It is a manly scent with a manly tradition.
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