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October 15, 2024 33 mins

We, along with our gal pal Rikki, dive into the curious world of the Dirty Night Fragrance, pondering the diverse personalities it might suit—from the buttoned-up office worker to the rugged oil field laborer. We dissect its sour, icy-hot aroma and express surprise over its enduring $550 price tag, even after nine years on the market. Through humor and straightforward critiques, we explore how this fragrance has stood the test of time, or perhaps hasn't, making for a lively and entertaining discussion. Don't miss the engaging banter and candid insights as we blend the worlds of fragrance critique and light-hearted storytelling.

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Ryan (00:03):
hello everybody.
Welcome to another episode ofthe clone podcast.

Myke (00:07):
I'm mike, I'm ryan uh, to some a duo, typically, typically
.
But we have a friend in thestudio with us, ricky hi is
there that much virgin?
This is your first podcast ofall time.
Huh, yes, wow, okay, you'regoing to do great Tons of

(00:28):
pressure.
Today's fragrance is by MemoParis.
This is a fragrance that I haveobsessed over for a long time,
so I'm dying to know if you'regoing to like it or if you're
going to hate it.
Either one is great, yeah, andI haven't smelled it.

Ryan (00:41):
Yeah, and I haven't smelled it, so I'm excited to
smell it.

Rikki (00:44):
You've never smelled it either.

Ryan (00:45):
I've never smelled it either it's like something he's
been jamming on for a minute.
I've been obsessed, yeah, Ithink since the first year we
started this so since 2021, he'sbeen obsessed with this
fragrance.

Rikki (00:55):
So some of these have been around.

Ryan (00:57):
Yes, yeah, this one's been around for a minute, right,
yeah, before we probably evenstarted the podcast, this
thing's been around.
Yeah, we need to probablygoogle that, but fact check 2015
there we go, nine years that'sa long time all right body scent
on free grantica.

Myke (01:11):
This is what they have to say about this is just some
random, faceless review.
Online says it's 85, a clone oftiger balm.
So there's more cardamom andhint of leather very medicinal.
Stay with tiger balm.
It's cheaper and might actuallyrelieve some muscle aches at
the same time.
What is Tiger Balm?
Almost like an ointment typething you rub on for sore

(01:32):
muscles.

Rikki (01:32):
It's like Bengay.
So Icy Hot, yeah, yeah, yeah,icy Hot's in this cologne.

Myke (01:37):
Might be.
We're going to find out.

Ryan (01:40):
But before we do, we actually need to go into our
one-night stand review ofZherjoff's Iommi Monkey Special.
Hit the music, Todd.
Yeah.
One-night stand review.
Well, Mike, after laying in bedwith Tony Iommi and smelling

(02:00):
his Monkey Special.

Myke (02:02):
His monolithic yeah, it got better, but it's kind of
dingy.
You've been smelling it, Ricky.
His monolithic it got better,but it's kind of dingy.
You've been smelling it, Ricky.
What do you think?
You immediately were like ugh,this one.

Rikki (02:11):
Yeah, I hate it.

Ryan (02:15):
What do you hate about it?

Rikki (02:16):
It smells like I'm cleaning my house.

Ryan (02:19):
Okay, originally we were thinking like I don't know if
you smelled them around here,but like muscadines or anything
like that, you know, like thestuff that falls off the trees
here and it kind of smells likekind of fermented in a way.

Rikki (02:31):
Yeah, or like the poopery .

Ryan (02:33):
Oh, oh, actually, I can see that.

Rikki (02:36):
I'm sorry, but your monkey is not special.

Ryan (02:44):
I will say this we were both like it's kind of good, we
kind of liked it, but we didn'tlike really you know nothing to
write home about, but we did.
Later that day it does drivedown and starts doing this like
cinnamon sweet thing.

Rikki (02:56):
I see the cinnamon.

Ryan (02:57):
Do you see it?
It starts getting better lateron.
That's like the opening of it.
But I'd be curious what youthink later on this episode if
it gets a little better.

Myke (03:04):
Yeah, this is not that episode.
So you know we're on to Africanleather, but I don't like
monkey specials.
Yeah.

Rikki (03:12):
Don't get it.
How much is this?

Ryan (03:15):
Oh shit, it's like 400 and something dollars.

Myke (03:22):
She just did like that head jerk.
Oh hell no.

Rikki (03:24):
Don't buy this.
You know what you can do withfor four hundred dollars what's
that?
Direct flight to vegas.
Caesar buffet all you can eatcrab okay.
Put a hundred bucks on theblackjack table.
Okay, you might be stuck there,you might have my bag, but
maybe you'll win you know what?

Myke (03:38):
or maybe you strike a rich .

Rikki (03:39):
It's a better investment yeah, don't buy monkey specials
yeah, no monkey specials for you.

Myke (03:46):
I mean, there might be a different type of monkey special
in Vegas you could get.

Rikki (03:49):
There's definitely plenty of monkey specials.

Ryan (03:52):
I feel there's a lot of innuendos right here.

Rikki (03:56):
The guys just literally hand out the cards.

Myke (03:58):
Oh yeah, the flyers for the gals and stuff.

Rikki (04:00):
Yeah, they're like trading cards and it's like
different women Really.

Ryan (04:03):
Yeah, for the gals and stuff.

Rikki (04:04):
Yeah, they're like trading cards and it's like
different women Really.
Yeah, have you never been toVegas, never been to Vegas.
So yeah, you'll be walking downthe street and then a random
guy would just throw like 10naked ladies cards in your hands
.

Myke (04:13):
It's like pokey men, for you know, wait, wait, wait it's
pokey women for men.
But it's like real, though yougotta catch.

Rikki (04:19):
Not talking about STDs.

Ryan (04:21):
No, like he's giving.
Like did I miss theconversation?
But like is he giving out acard?
Like this is a lady here if youwant to get with her yeah.
Wow, and it's like legal orsomething there.

Rikki (04:29):
I don't know if it's legal, but as long as it'll
cross state lines, you know.

Ryan (04:33):
Isn't it like Bunny Ranch or something out there or
something I think?

Myke (04:36):
so yes, I think what's is legal.

Rikki (04:45):
I agree with her.
We do not disagree with whatyou have to do to make a living.
Well, I'm not looking down onit, I'm just trying to you know,
tiptoe around the terminologyhere.

Myke (04:54):
I think it's just safe to say sex work, I believe is legal
within Nevada.

Ryan (04:59):
Mike has a full deck of cards.

Rikki (05:00):
Heck yeah.

Myke (05:02):
Gotta catch them all, okay ?
Well, there we go.
This is definitely the specialpart of the monkey special.
It was a skip for me, yeah,yeah, I'm going to say it's a
skip for me as well.

Rikki (05:15):
And you said definitely don't buy this, so that'd be a
skip for you as well, especiallymaybe if it was like $10 on
sale on sale, oh damn.
At.

Ryan (05:22):
Batman Body Works, there we go.
Damn, that's a big name.

Myke (05:24):
I think Ryan said if it was $78, he would buy it.
I would be considered for $78.

Rikki (05:28):
I mean, I could see this being like a candle, like a fall
candle that you buy and youmaybe burn it in your house.
But like I don't want my man,Let me get a little sniff.
Yeah, Wearing it.

Ryan (05:42):
It doesn't smell like it should be on your body.
Right, yeah, okay.

Myke (05:45):
But it also doesn't Smell right either.
It's like it smells spicy.
It does smell fall-ish,winter-ish, but there's also
Just a A little dinginess.

Rikki (05:55):
It's like fireball.

Ryan (05:56):
It's like a classy fireball, because like Classy
fire, like fireball the candy,like it's Fireball the shot, oh
the shot, okay the alcohol.

Rikki (06:03):
It's like it's fireball for your nose.
But cheap Fireball, Very cheap.
Not very good fireball for yournose.

Ryan (06:09):
I'm smelling it one more time, one more time when you
said spicy.

Rikki (06:12):
spicy made me think of that and I was like there's a
shot that and you're like.

Ryan (06:17):
Real quick before we go on .
I got to ask this, so Some guywalked past.
You Looks good, but he smellslike that.

Rikki (06:23):
I'm immediately.
I mean I might ask him hey, isthat just your house that smells
like that?
That's on you, or is that acologne?
I actually wouldn't even askhim.

Myke (06:34):
Like do you have a special monkey?
Oh Lord, Okay, Well, we canjust slide on over to African
leather you want to let her dothe dibs on.
I absolutely do.
Can I smell it?

Rikki (06:55):
yeah, yeah, absolutely smelling them back to back.

Myke (07:00):
I feel like they're very similar.

Rikki (07:01):
No, no, definitely not.
They have that kind of spicy.
No, woodsy don't even compare.

Myke (07:03):
Okay, sorry, sorry.

Ryan (07:07):
Your opinion is wrong.
Yeah, wow, this smells reallyfucking good to me, guys.

Rikki (07:13):
I like it, I think.
It's pretty sharp, I feel likethis is something like a man.

Ryan (07:17):
Yes man, a man is going to wear this.
Yes man, baby, a real man.
Okay, this is going to be thewildest thing.
I'm gonna tell you what I thinkthis smells like.
Okay, it's like a combination,like the medicinal thing is kind
of that, like it's likemedicals, like almost like a
little sour.
But then the other part that Ifeel like is kind of that sweet

(07:38):
part, is like if you had a bluepopsicle that you cut the tip
off you know like it kind ofsmells like that right, Am I
crazy?

Rikki (07:45):
I'm getting the Vicks Vapor Rub vibe a little bit.

Myke (07:49):
I do love me some Vicks.

Rikki (07:51):
My nose is like tingly a little bit from it, you know.

Ryan (07:53):
And now it's doing a Pier 1 wicker chair thing.

Myke (07:55):
I was about to say this is the first time I'm smelling it,
that I'm getting like a pencilshaving type smell on my skin.
Y'all are so good at this.

Ryan (08:06):
I'm like you know, it smells great.
We're novices.
Trust me, yeah.

Rikki (08:08):
Pencils Like pencil shavings yeah, I get what you're
saying.
Wood chips.

Myke (08:14):
Yeah, maybe wood chips Like a woodsy sort of a smell.

Rikki (08:17):
I don't know, just a man Lumberjack.

Myke (08:19):
Okay, l lumberjack, there we go.
We got some flannel on.
Oh yeah yeah, it's like fallgiving fall.
Yeah, yeah, I do believe thatthis is warmer weather, sort of
a colder weather you mean, yes,I'm sorry, yeah, colder weather.

Ryan (08:33):
She went back and she sprayed again it smells better
on my hand.

Rikki (08:37):
I like this.
Although it could be mistaken,I feel like this also could be
what middle school boys put onafter they get done in athletics
.

Myke (08:46):
Really To cover their stench, some Axe body spray man.

Rikki (08:50):
I'm sorry if I'm offending you.

Myke (08:52):
No, no, no say what you want.
We need the real deal.

Rikki (08:55):
Not that I'm saying that smells bad, but I do.

Ryan (08:58):
It's like flashback to middle school, like when the
boys would just dose, dosethemselves with body spray, or
do you feel like you're tryingto say like this is like a
mixture of BO and that no?

Rikki (09:07):
no, no, no BO.
I don't see the BO.

Myke (09:10):
Just overly strong fragrance to cover up any
offenses, but not like migraineimmediately strong.
Okay.

Rikki (09:18):
But like if you stunk, I think this would cover it.

Ryan (09:22):
Absolutely.
It's loud as fuck, very loud.

Myke (09:23):
It smells loud as fuck, Very loud.
It smells different on thispaper to me.
It does that.
Yeah for sure.

Rikki (09:29):
Because this is giving me more Vicks.
Okay, and this is giving memore man.
Hand is giving me more man, andpaper is giving me more Vicks.

Myke (09:36):
Okay, so what we've kind of observed over time is that
this is almost what it smellslike in like an hour or so on
your skin.

Rikki (09:47):
Ugh, what this?

Myke (09:49):
Yeah.

Rikki (09:49):
The paper.
This is what it's going tosmell like eventually.
Maybe I don't like this.

Ryan (09:52):
Or do you mean on clothes, or clothes too?
Yeah, I always think likeclothes for me.

Rikki (09:57):
Then I don't like it.

Ryan (09:58):
You don't like this.

Rikki (09:59):
If it's going to fade to this paper, Then that's a no for
me.

Myke (10:02):
Well you never know, though, skin chemistry, that
sort of a thing.

Rikki (10:06):
I mean, yeah, people sweat, some people don't sweat,
some people don't shower, Somepeople shower.

Myke (10:13):
Some people just keep spraying African leather on yeah
.

Rikki (10:16):
I love the smell on my hand.

Ryan (10:17):
It smells good and it definitely is for a fucking man.

Rikki (10:21):
Yeah.

Ryan (10:21):
It smells great.

Rikki (10:22):
An accountant is not wearing this.

Myke (10:24):
Okay, good to know.
So this is not like an office-ytype.
No, when is he wearing it then?
When do you imagine the personwears this?

Rikki (10:32):
I mean when they're going out they're getting dressed up,
but like a guy that like thisis, not like a guy that's like
an accountant or like he's ablue collar guy.
Yeah.
I can see like an oil fieldworker.

Ryan (10:44):
Oh yeah, he's like our friend Dakota, who's a friend of
Patreon.

Rikki (10:47):
He's like he's dirty during the day, but at night
Dirty at night.

Myke (10:52):
Well he smells good, but he's also better be dirty at
night.

Rikki (10:57):
Only real men are dirty at night.
There we go, but my hand smellsway better than this paper.

Myke (11:03):
Okay.

Rikki (11:04):
No, the more I smell this paper, the more I hate it.
Huh, my hand smells way betterthan this paper.

Ryan (11:06):
Okay, no, the more I smell this paper, the more I hate it.
Huh, it has a sour thing goingon, right.

Rikki (11:10):
It's like the icy hot for me.

Ryan (11:11):
Yeah, Okay.
Well, let me hip you guys to alittle price and popularity on
this.
Okay, you ready to know howmuch this bad boy costs?

Rikki (11:17):
Yeah, let me smell my hand.

Myke (11:26):
Wait, can we take a?

Ryan (11:26):
guess.
Let her guess.
Yeah, yeah, I want you to tellme how much you think this costs
.

Rikki (11:30):
It's been around for nine years.

Ryan (11:32):
Yeah, been around for a minute, so old it's been played
out.

Myke (11:36):
We should have filmed this , because the faces you're
making are pretty great.

Ryan (11:39):
She is not liking.
She's liking this and notliking this I know it's very
Gemini of me.

Rikki (11:45):
I'm going to say can I give you two different answers?
Yeah, sure.
This paper, one that I don'tlike is, I'm going to say, $95.

Myke (11:52):
Okay.

Rikki (11:53):
And my hand version, I would give a solid $250.

Ryan (11:57):
You're very close, actually $550.
Sorry, what yeah, $550.

Rikki (12:09):
Is that how much it was when it originally came out?

Ryan (12:12):
What was it when it originally came out?
Oh no, that's the price.
It doesn't change.
It ain't changing.
This is niche.
This ain't changing.
They ain't discounting it $550.

Rikki (12:18):
So this is like a big deal in the men's community.

Ryan (12:22):
And the furters community, because this is kind of unisex,
isn't it?

Myke (12:24):
Yeah, it's considered unisex and actually, Ricky, I
think you would like this brandbecause it's built around
traveling, so each fragrance isbased on a different.
They have fragrances inspiredby Ireland.

Rikki (12:38):
This is inspired by Africa.
They saw an elephant and theysaid, that's they rode behind an
elephant long enough, but theyhave one for Marfa Texasas.

Myke (12:49):
What's special in there, marfa texas the stars, I think,
is what, like inspired, don'teven have to auto-tune that all
right, taylor, I'm coming foryou somebody needs to.

Rikki (13:06):
Oh well, well, we don't even need to get on the subject.

Myke (13:10):
I hate this paper.
It'll be two against one if wego against Taylor.
Oh, y'all two.
Both love Taylor.

Ryan (13:15):
We're both Swifties, oh God.

Rikki (13:16):
Yes, die hard.
I hate this paper.

Ryan (13:19):
Are you a Kansas City Chiefs fan now?

Rikki (13:21):
I was an OG Kansas City Chiefs fan oh God or not OG but
when Patrick was a fan, I am adiehard Dallas Cowboys fan.
Don't come for me.

Ryan (13:29):
No, no, hey, I'm right here, it is a hard life that I
live.

Rikki (13:32):
Right here, and it's the most toxic relationship I've
ever been in Right here, I'mwith you.

Ryan (13:36):
I'm right here.

Rikki (13:36):
Jerry Jones is my sugar daddy, but he gets no money or
daddy.

Myke (13:44):
Yeah, you two are in the same boat.
With that, I would say you'reabout as into it as he is.

Ryan (13:49):
Did you watch the last game till 12 o'clock at night?

Rikki (13:52):
Yes, I was working.

Ryan (13:53):
Man, that shit was awesome .
Okay Sorry, mike doesn't wantthis to be a sports talk show.
I know how he hates this shit,but yeah.

Myke (14:05):
Hey, I'm glad like, so you don't have a team at all.

Rikki (14:07):
Yeah, he's indifferent.

Myke (14:08):
Yeah, no, I mean, they're America's team.
Thank you, I'm a Cowboys fan.
Yes, yes, I'm like one of these, like very nominal you know
You're malleable.

Rikki (14:25):
Yeah, I'm only in it for the cheerleaders.

Ryan (14:28):
Did you watch the show of the cheerleaders I?

Rikki (14:31):
actually watched the show when it was on CMT.

Ryan (14:35):
I'm derailing this, but really quick, let's get back to
this for a second, because Ineed to give you the popularity
really quick.

Rikki (14:40):
It's going to be like 4.7 .

Ryan (14:42):
You were close again 4.28 out of five with over 3,800
votes.
Wow, that's high.

Rikki (14:47):
That's a high score.

Ryan (14:48):
For this.
That is a high score.

Rikki (14:49):
That's actually a high score.

Ryan (14:50):
This is a super high score for this, yes, On the skin.

Myke (14:53):
you would rate it what out of five?

Rikki (14:55):
Okay, if it stayed like this on my skin, I would give it
a solid 4.7.
Damn.

Myke (15:04):
Wow, don't read too much into that.
I was just kind of lopping thatout there.

Rikki (15:08):
Okay, well, if Mike is wrong, someone correct him, so I
can know.

Myke (15:11):
Well, in a few hours you'll be able to correct me
yourself.

Ryan (15:15):
Well, let me actually, ricky, ask you this really quick
.
You're very early on.
You were already kind of sayingwho wore this.
If you could really dive deepinto that.
You smell.
I want the hand version.
Okay, what kind of throw thatcard away.
Get that card out of here.
What kind of man do you seereally wearing that?
What's he look like?
What's he do for a fuckingliving?

Rikki (15:36):
okay, he's definitely like over six foot okay, there
we go definitely over six footum.

Ryan (15:41):
He definitely has facial hair oh yeah but clean shaven,
it's not like duck dynasty ishshitty, yeah, oh so it's not
like Duck Dynasty-ish Not shittyyeah, oh.

Myke (15:48):
So it's like there's not going to be a fly in his beard
Five o'clock.
Shadow type, no, a littlethicker, oh, okay A little
thicker, a little something onhis face A little, paul Bunyan,
I got you.

Rikki (15:56):
He may have glasses.

Ryan (15:57):
Okay.

Myke (15:58):
And he that's neither one of us.
I mean well, Ryan, you've gotsome decent eyes and You've got
some decent peepers.
They're hazel, Yours are.

Rikki (16:09):
Yeah, he's definitely like at least 230, minimum 230
weight.
Yeah.

Myke (16:14):
I beat that oh man.
I'm like 237.

Rikki (16:17):
Minimum.
I said minimum 230.

Ryan (16:20):
Oh, so you think this is a burly man?

Rikki (16:22):
I told you he's a man.
Okay, Okay here we go.
A man is like a big, strong man.
Yeah, Doesn't have six pack,but he's like can protect you.

Myke (16:32):
Oh yeah, he's like farmer strong yeah, oh yeah.

Rikki (16:34):
He's like an offensive lineman.

Ryan (16:37):
Oh damn, he's got some pudding on him then, but not
like chonky.
I know what you're talkingabout, but you get what I'm
saying.
Oh, I trust you.
He's Zach Martin, that's whathe is.

Rikki (16:45):
Yeah, I would accept that .

Ryan (16:46):
Zach Martin dude.

Myke (16:47):
Yeah, that's weird, came to mind immediately.

Rikki (16:55):
But then I feel like, on the other hand too, you could
also.

Myke (16:57):
That's like option A, but I also feel like option B would
be like a little boy that wantsto be a man.

Ryan (17:12):
Oh, this is hidden too close to home.
Like lord fockwad would wearthis man.

Rikki (17:14):
He's way under six foot.
Hey, this fragrance is all overthe place now for me.
I'm saying in my mind I think astrong man is gonna wear this,
yeah I can definitely see like alittle, a little man a guy
trying to be the strong man yeah, a little man like lord fockwad
pick number three, my lord he.
I feel like he would wear thisto mask his insecurities oh, oh
now I feel like it's eithergonna be a super confident man I

(17:35):
can't get this now I'm all overthe place.

Ryan (17:39):
Honestly, I feel like this fits every man that's ever
existed.
You're either super confidentburly man or you're masking it.

Rikki (17:47):
I don't know In my mind a very tall manly man that can
like chop wood.
Oh, yeah, he definitely canchange a tire.

Ryan (17:55):
Boy, what's up with women?
Nikki said that in a thing.
She was like oh, this guy canchange a tire.

Rikki (18:03):
Can't all of us change a tire by now?
No, boy slash man that was born2000s and up I'm sure knows how
to change a tire.

Ryan (18:09):
Damn Okay, well, if you're-.

Rikki (18:12):
I apologize if you do, but in my opinion they don't.
You know these Gen Zs orwhatever you call them.

Ryan (18:19):
But what if you're a man that can change a tire but you
really fucking hate it so youjust get AAA or somebody to come
do it?
I mean, if you can pay Forsomeone else to do it, Then that
is fine as long as you don'thave.

Myke (18:27):
Impressive.

Rikki (18:28):
This man on my hand Is going to fight A bear for you.

Myke (18:32):
Oh damn, yeah, man versus bear.

Rikki (18:34):
He's like Because the bear Is going to be attracted To
this scent, because it's got Alittle bit of honey in there Got
something.

Ryan (18:41):
You know what it's got a little sweetness to it.

Myke (18:43):
You want to go over the perfume pyramid.

Ryan (18:45):
Actually, it doesn't have a perfume pyramid on this one.

Rikki (18:47):
What's the perfume pyramid?

Ryan (18:49):
So sometimes they call it that, sometimes they don't on
this website, but on this onethere's no like top, middle or
base notes.
It's just like here's all thenotes together to make this
fragrance.

Myke (18:57):
It's like if you taste stew, it's like going there
stock you know.
That's kind of the ingredients,basically Okay.

Ryan (19:07):
So here are the notes Cardamom, leather, saffron,
cumin, garlic Cumin you pickingup some cumin?
Are you picking that up?
Yep, patchouli, vetiver,geranium, argo, wood bergamot
and musk.

Myke (19:20):
So I think this misses all of us, because I don't think.

Rikki (19:23):
Musk is where the money is coming from.

Myke (19:25):
Any of us here know what the hell 90% of that is Geranium
.

Rikki (19:29):
I don't know what that's on the periodic table of
elements.

Ryan (19:31):
Past me.
Did I say geranium or geranium?
Yeah, I'm with you.
I don't know what any of thesesmell like other than leather,
but I don't really get leather.

Rikki (19:41):
I was going to ask do?

Ryan (19:41):
y'all get leather.

Rikki (19:43):
Yeah, I get that a little bit.

Myke (19:44):
Really Okay.
I get the vibe of it.
I mean I'm really getting a lotof pencil shaving wood chips.

Rikki (19:50):
I'm not getting that.

Ryan (19:52):
I'm past that sharp medicinal area.
I didn't know like past thatsharp medicinal area.
Yeah, it's like underneath.

Myke (19:56):
Yeah, you know, I'm like kind of peeking.

Ryan (19:59):
You're lifting the covers a little bit.

Myke (20:00):
I want to see what's going on down there.

Rikki (20:04):
My nose isn't trained.
I smell too much GI bleed poopsin my life.

Myke (20:10):
Yeah, so actually we had a couple of questions from our
Patreon yeah, hit her up and oneof them had to do because I
mentioned that you worked in themedical field.

Rikki (20:20):
That's awesome.

Myke (20:21):
And you want me to read you a little bio that I made for
you.

Rikki (20:24):
Oh yeah, you made me a bio.

Myke (20:26):
I did yeah, when I posted in the group.

Rikki (20:28):
That's cute.
Tell me about myself.

Myke (20:33):
I said today we're having Ricky in the studio to record an
episode.
She's a badass nurse, anextremely loyal and encouraging
friend and is always down tomodel when our photo friends
need her.
And then I said what questionshould we ask?
And cheryl asked how does shehandle fragrances in her job
when so many medical buildingsdiscourage perfume use?

Rikki (20:53):
okay, that is actually a thing because I work on the
heart unit so I have a bunch ofheart attack patient, open heart
patient.
I do get a lot of copd patients.
Well, those fragrances willexacerbate their copd really and
so, actually, I work with a lotof nurses, including myself,
that actually are prone tomigraines too, and so, like we

(21:13):
have sprays for gi, bleeds arethe things that smell the worst.
If you're a nurse, you know.

Ryan (21:19):
Oh yeah.

Rikki (21:19):
They will stink up the whole unit.
So coffee grounds will soak upall the stink.
So we put coffee grounds in therooms.

Ryan (21:26):
That's interesting.

Rikki (21:27):
Okay, yes, and then normally I go spray whatever I
can find, so body Bath and BodyWorks, whatever I can find.
I call it shit-tress,shit-tress.
So you know, you gotta do whatyou gotta do To save your
eyebrows From being Burnt off.
Woo.
But For the most part I'venever had An administrator Come

(21:49):
up to me and tell me myfragrance Was too strong.
Gotcha but like I also don'thave Like super fancy.

Ryan (21:55):
Has anybody that you ever worked with been called out for
having a strong fragrance?

Rikki (21:59):
I work nights.

Ryan (22:00):
So I don't ever see administrators.

Myke (22:03):
If.

Rikki (22:03):
I do.
I'm usually in trouble already.

Myke (22:07):
So we've got Michael who asked how much is too much
fragrance Like, at what distance?
If you can smell it, is it?

Rikki (22:15):
like If I can smell you like four feet away, I feel like
that's way too much okay, I'mnot stopping you should be able
to walk by me and I just get anice little whiff I'm not
stopping guys but I can sit nextto you.
I don't think sitting next tosomeone would be like if I can
sit next to you, or like two orthree chairs over I gagged him
this morning, yeah, yeah, Iwalked in the studio and he was

(22:39):
in this editing room and I wasoverwhelmed at the door.
Yeah, that's too much.

Myke (22:45):
Yeah, and I was like and I came in.

Rikki (22:47):
Yeah, I did.

Myke (22:48):
Oh, okay, then this is just how he likes to wear
fragrances.
And I came in and sat down nextto him and I was like I'm sorry
, dude, I gotta come back out.
And we ended up having to turnthe fans on and stuff because it
was so loud and it was onlyfive sprays of crystal saffron,
Crystal saffron guys, oh Lord.

Rikki (23:04):
I would think like two to three sprays.

Myke (23:05):
Oh yeah, yeah, that's more my realm.
Two to three, he's like 20 to30 sprays.

Ryan (23:09):
I'm like 10 to sprinkler when I'm putting stuff on.

Myke (23:17):
And it looks like it too, Okay.

Rikki (23:20):
So, Michael, if your significant other is prone to
migraines, then two sprays.
There you go For their sake,because number one, if they get
a migraine, they're going to bea bitch, and number two, if they
get a migraine, you're notgetting any good good.

Myke (23:35):
And you want that.
Good, good, michael Yep.

Rikki (23:37):
Poor get a migraine you're not getting any good.

Myke (23:40):
Good and you want that good.
Good, michael.
Yeah, poor man's morphine.

Rikki (23:43):
But you know what I?

Ryan (23:43):
won't get into it okay.

Myke (23:44):
Uh, we've got.

Ryan (23:45):
I want to know more about the bitch part.
No, I'm kidding go ahead.

Myke (23:48):
Okay, I can tell you dakota wants to know what was
your introduction to fragrances,or do you have any fragrances
that come to mind that you enjoy, or give us your take on
fragrances in general, because Ihave a feeling you're not too
invested no, I'm a fragrancevirgin because you have two.
You have the ariana grande, Ihave one of ariana grande's.

Rikki (24:09):
It's like the cloud one okay, yeah, good choice, and
then I see dusseldorosy oh yeah,issey miyaki.

Myke (24:15):
Oh my god, I love issey miyaki.
I don't have, I don't, Ihaven't smelled and I see
Dusseldorsey.

Ryan (24:17):
Oh yeah, issey Miyake.
Oh my God, rose by Rose, I loveIssey Miyake.
I haven't smelled that one, butI do love Issey.

Rikki (24:21):
Miyake, I should have brought it.

Myke (24:22):
Man.
So she said this is my fancy.
I'm dressing up, yes, I'm goingout, I'm strutting my stuff.

Rikki (24:28):
That one's kind of loud have you smelled?

Ryan (24:30):
the.
Oh my god, just try it and tellhim, I don't know anything.

Rikki (24:36):
I know, when me and Lindsay Went to Europe, she was
like oh my god, we have to smellthis cologne Because Mike's
always Talking about it and I'mlike In the perfume section and
I'm like my head is going toexplode.

Myke (24:45):
Well.

Rikki (24:46):
I can't smell one fragrance.
What happened?

Myke (24:49):
Is that she smelled it On a Terrence and she said, oh my
god.
And she said, oh my God, I lovethis fragrance.
And he said it was BaccaratRouge, which, by the way, cloud
is like a version of BaccaratRouge.

Rikki (25:01):
Really Uh-huh.

Myke (25:01):
Yeah, it's kind of like a clone or dupe of it.
So she got Cloud and she's beentrying to smell Baccarat Rouge
for forever.
So I think when you guys wereout there she went and smelled
it and she texted me and she waslike I'm just not in love with
it now, but she had beenobsessing over after she smelled
it on terrence for the longesttime.
Like it smelled so good, I'vegot to have it is it real

(25:22):
expensive too?

Rikki (25:23):
yes, really I feel like I remember smelling it and I was
like you're like we got baccaratrouge at home.

Myke (25:33):
Let's see, I think we got one more in here.
John says Do fragrances meansomething To her in her daily
life, or is it a take it orleave it Kind of a thing?
If she's more Take it or leaveit, her perspective would be
More interesting, because Ithink that's where the majority
Of people are.
What do you think You're kindof a Take it or leave it Type of
person?

Rikki (25:52):
Yeah, I don't think Smells in my life are normally
bad.
Because, I work in a hospitaland I wipe a lot of ass.
Most of the smells that I'msmelling are not great, but I
will say when something smellsgood, it definitely gets my

(26:12):
attention.

Myke (26:12):
That's a nice thing.

Rikki (26:13):
Yeah, so if a man walks by me or a woman and they smell
good, I'm like Are you prone tolike compliment somebody if they
smell good?

Ryan (26:21):
Yeah, okay.

Myke (26:22):
You've complimented me for wearing Insidious.
That's a good one.

Rikki (26:26):
That's a great movie also .

Myke (26:27):
It is a great movie.
She likes spooky movies as well.
Yes, I love spooky movies.
Okay, here's the burningquestion that all guys want to
know Does a fragrance take themover the edge?
If maybe you were undecided, doI like this guy, will I say yes
and give him my phone number?
Is a fragrance going to helpwith that, or are we just

(26:51):
wasting our time?

Rikki (26:52):
I want to say probably, Because if you stink I'm
definitely not giving you myphone number.

Myke (26:58):
Yeah, yeah, okay, maybe it's more.
Don't smell bad, right?
Yeah, just don't smell.

Rikki (27:03):
If you smell bad, then immediately I'm thinking that
your hygiene care is shit yeah.

Ryan (27:08):
I mean, I think, how do I word this?
It's like the whole package,right.
Yeah, you know what I'm saying.
I don't think anybody like youcould be good looking, but it's
like they're good looking, theycarry themselves well, good
conversation, and they smellgood, you know.

Rikki (27:21):
It's kind of like the not the cherry on top, but like
maybe like some sprinkles.

Ryan (27:25):
Yeah, there you go.
Okay, yeah, I can vibe withthat.
Yeah, so make sure yoursprinkles are good, okay.

Rikki (27:32):
Or buy it.

Ryan (27:33):
What are you going to do, ricky, for $550.

Rikki (27:37):
Oh, I'm.

Myke (27:41):
As manly as this is.
Yeah, are you going to wearthis?

Rikki (27:45):
I personally would not wear this.

Ryan (27:47):
Is it a skip or a sample or a buy to the gentlemen
listening out there?

Rikki (27:51):
Yeah, I don't think I would this paper.

Ryan (27:54):
It keeps driving you nuts.

Rikki (27:56):
The paper version.
It has me skeptical okaybecause if this is how you're
gonna smell in a couple of hours, then I'm gonna say skip it.

Myke (28:04):
You're gonna smell like I may have ruined this whole thing
for by saying that.
Why?

Rikki (28:09):
all I smell on this paper is icy hot.
You're like grandma thinks thatyou have a sickness and then
she's going to rub vapor rub onyour chest.
My mother definitely rubbed, ohyeah.

Ryan (28:21):
That's just an old school thing.
I think it is because, man,that was a popular thing.
Does it really work?
I got to know.

Rikki (28:27):
I mean it opens up your sinuses, yeah.

Myke (28:29):
Yeah, because my grandma we went through some vapor Dude
I've never had anyone rubVapoRub on me ever.

Rikki (28:41):
Well, never felt that tingle.

Ryan (28:44):
I'm stepping out on this, you guys hey.
Okay the VapoRub.
It's not that hot in here.
Why are you red, Dude?

Myke (28:53):
I'm sweating right now I got pretty attached to the nose,
vapor rub things.
You know it's shaped like achapstick, but you kind of put
it in your nose and give it oneof those.

Ryan (29:05):
You know I've never used one of those, but I would love
that because I actually do lovethe smell of Vicks Vapor Rub.

Myke (29:09):
I do too.
It was the closest I got tobeing addicted to drugs.

Rikki (29:16):
I'm definitely going to sample it.

Myke (29:18):
Okay, you recommend the guys out there trying it.

Rikki (29:21):
Yeah, if it smells like menthol after a couple hours,
then just toss it, but if youkeep having this manly man smell
, I don't know.
I really like the way my handsmells, but also I'm like $550
is just absurd.

Myke (29:34):
Yeah, you can find this discounted though.

Ryan (29:36):
Yeah, I should have found that information.
That's my bad guys.

Rikki (29:38):
Okay, if you can find it discounted for less than $200,
then you can get it.

Myke (29:41):
Okay, okay, thank you.

Ryan (29:45):
I'll say this because you're not as invested.
I mean, I'm not as invested asyou, so let me get mine.
I want yours to be last.
Okay, go for it For me.
It's funny Because you havebeen Like freaking Dude.
This guy's been I forgotMichael's obsessed with this.
He's obsessed with it.
I'm sorry if I hurt yourfeelings, you know what, and
he's never shut up about it.
So I'm just like Do you havethis?

Rikki (30:04):
Does it smell like this At the end of the day?

Myke (30:06):
I have a decant of this which is just like A travel
atomizer, like a 10 mil.

Rikki (30:12):
Do you smell like menthol ?

Ryan (30:13):
I guarantee, if you give this about an hour or two, this
is going to smell completelydifferent.
I was going to tell you whenyou leave here, take that with
you and then let them know,because I guarantee it's going
to smell different.
Okay, but for me, you know, Ihave been hyped for it because
you have been so horny for itand it's like it's not what I
expected Really.
Yeah, like I do like this,though, mm.

(30:41):
Yeah, like I do like this,though it has that menthol top
kind of thing going that Laytondoes, which when you first smell
it, like you're doing right now, and which, by the way, when me
and him both smelled Layton, wedidn't know how to handle it or
accept it in the beginning.
But now I kind of like it.
So there's parts of this I like, but it's not worth it to me.
I think it's a sample.

Myke (30:53):
Yeah, I think it's a sample for most people.
Okay, I think it's a sample.
Yeah, I think it's a sample formost people.
Okay, because it is.
To me it's a more niche-downversion of something like
Leighton, which is anotherfragrance that we're talking
about, but it's a sweeter, morevanilla medicinal fragrance.
It gets pretty and this, to me,was a spicier, less sweet, so

(31:20):
in my mind, mind, even a littlebit more masculine, and I think
that's why I was kind of likeman, I something about it,
something about that kind ofbite that it had the little
sizzle, it's got on it.
Adjective yeah, makes me thinklike if you could just get a
little bit, you know, like me,just a little, a little, that
somebody might go, oh, oh, okay.

Ryan (31:36):
I got the end-all, be-all question for Ricky, okay.
Okay, and this may hurt yourfeelings, but does this fit the
persona of the Mike we know?
Does this fit him?

Rikki (31:48):
80% 80%.

Myke (31:50):
You can be honest.

Ryan (31:51):
No, I'll give you 80%.
Tear his ass apart.

Rikki (31:54):
No, I would give this.
There's a 20% of you, becauseyou're a podcast photographer.

Myke (32:02):
You're not as dirty as the man, as I would.
I'm just not manly enough.

Rikki (32:08):
I'm sure you can change a tire.

Myke (32:10):
I can.
I've changed plenty.
I will say this about Mike.

Ryan (32:14):
He is very much like almost a carpenter.
If we needed to build something, he's helped build Mike.
He is very much like almost acarpenter.
If we needed to build something, he's helped build things.
He's got tools and stuff.

Rikki (32:20):
I've never seen it.

Ryan (32:21):
I've seen it, I've witnessed it.

Myke (32:23):
Look, I've put many screws and stuff up on the studio
walls.

Rikki (32:28):
You did hang Lindsay's curtains.
I saw that.

Ryan (32:32):
He did it by himself, ladies.
Yeah, see how strong he is.
He hung curtains.

Myke (32:37):
Wait, this may be voting against the manliness.

Rikki (32:40):
I know it's so hard because it's like I'm saying
it's a manly man, but you havedinosaurs tattooed on you.
Yeah, that's true.

Myke (32:47):
I, like I've done manly stuff.
I put up curtains, okay, purplecurtains at that, oh Lord.
Well, ricky, thanks for joiningus on this episode and giving
your uneducated opinion.

Ryan (33:00):
Yeah, it was a fun time.
It was nice meeting you again.
It's the second time, but nicemeeting you again.
You did really well and I thinkyou handled this pretty good.

Myke (33:05):
Yeah.
So there it is, guys.
You better be manly AF ifyou're going to get.
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