The Cologne Podcast
EVERY MONDAY: Join best friends Myke and Ryan as they take on the world of fragrances with unfiltered humor and uneducated opinions. Each episode, they'll sniff out a new scent and give their honest, foul-mouthed review. From high-end colognes to drugstore bargains, no fragrance is off-limits. Brace yourself for an irreverent, no-holds-barred approach to fragrance reviews.
The Cologne Podcast
#322 - Random Sample Bag + Ryan shows Myke Something Funny
Ever wondered how far someone could get simply by looking official and speaking with confidence? This episode dives into the hilariously audacious world of a TikTok comedian who's built an entire brand around posing as an "OSHA Cares Diversity Affairs" representative. Armed with nothing but a white polo shirt, clipboard, and fake badge number, he walks into businesses and confronts management with absurd "anonymous employee complaints" – including one about someone "running around like he on powder" and management having "a personal vendetta against bisexual Brian."
From there, we dive into our signature random sample bag segment, pulling out a fragrance for review. The conversation unexpectedly evolves into a spirited debate about cats, the horrifying experience of opening wet cat food, and whether scented laundry products might be interfering with your carefully chosen fragrances – a consideration many perfume enthusiasts overlook.
hello everybody, welcome to the random sample bag welcome to the galah podcast I'm mike I'm ryan we're going on a random yeah, we're two best friends just jumping into a deep, juicy, juicy random sample bag we haven't seen each other since Friday, yeah, or Thursday, thursday, yeah.
Ryan:So we haven't seen each other. So I'm guessing we'll see how the energy goes with this. Mm-hmm, I feel a little bare right now, like we haven't done this in so long. You feel naked to the world. I do. We're going to do a random sample bag today.
Myke:You know that's what we do but I wanted to talk to you about something that I discovered today. I started talking to you about and I said don't tell me, just throw it on air, let's do it live I don't even know where I was.
Ryan:I was somewhere on facebook, but basically there's a guy on tiktok. You know, we don't, we don't keep up with tiktok, that right, we're old. I mean, we do put out some reels. We put out some recent ones recently doing some, yeah, we put out, but we don't really, you know, hang around these areas. However, apparently there's a guy who and I don't know this is legit, but I'm being told it is, I believe it. There's some wild ass people out there. This guy has started a company. You're an entrepreneur, mike, by trade.
Myke:Uh, yeah, life that runs through your, your blood. Over here I told you about my uh, middle school entrepreneurial endeavors.
Ryan:You did I started young he sold ice cream at the school? Yeah, I did so. This guy has made a company and it's sole purpose is people employees of a business can write in, yeah, to said company with complaints. He then goes in person and he confronts them with these complaints. Right, his motto with his company hey, these are. This is a real company and these are real complaints. Okay yeah.
Myke:So initially when you told me, I was like, oh, this sounds like john breaks bad news, but in person, in person.
Ryan:So this guy apparently is a comedian by trade. Yeah, I think as he goes on tour he uses that opportunity to be in different locations.
Myke:Like hey guys, I'm in Philadelphia. Yeah, you know, you want me to handle a problem with your workplace.
Ryan:Yeah, and I've been watching these. Mike hasn't seen any of these yet, but I've been watching these. It just highlights, I mean we've all been here. Many of you may still be in this situation. Yeah, and God bless you if you are, because you do hard work. Yeah, but sometimes you just realize when you're working at a company, the people above you are kind of dumb.
Myke:You're kind of like I need a paycheck, but my job is the literal version of hell on earth and I hate it here. Yeah, and I'm tired of coming here and I wouldn't come here if they didn't pay me to come here.
Ryan:But have you worked in a situation where you don't have to say a specific company or whatever? But have you ever worked at a company where you're just like man?
Myke:the people above me that are supposed to be the ones in charge are fucking ignorant, oh yeah multiple times, surprisingly enough and I don't know if that's just my own like you, know how you're just. You get frustrated with people and then you're just immediately like they're idiots. Why are they so dumb? If they gave me that job, I would be great at it and no one would ever think that about me everybody has that feeling.
Ryan:Yeah, exactly. Well, this guy is smart and that he calls it osha cares diversity affairs, and the funny thing is he's wearing a white polo with the logo on it, yeah, and a white hat. He honestly looks like he works at marble slab, but he walks in with a clipboard with the notes from people that have written in complaints these are real complaints and he there are tons of videos here. Now this is just like one or two. We're talking like at least 30 or 40. I've seen so far different establishments. He walks in and just because he says osha cares diversity affairs, you know, osha's big in any type of business, right? Yeah, they take this guy serious and they will. Literally. He's talking to, you know, district managers. He's talking to, like real big wig people and it's like they're they're sitting through this shit and taking this, and so, without further ado, I'm going to open it up and play this. This is one of the more tamer ones, because it does get a little wild oh, why don't we do the wild ones, geez?
Ryan:I'll let people venture out and find the more wild stuff. Okay, all right, because who knows?
Myke:Sometimes we be liking it wild over here.
Ryan:I'm going to play this for you and guys just take it in because it's hilarious.
Janice:Good morning. Good morning, Chris. This is Janice.
Ryan:That's him.
Janice:Sorry about that. I had you on mute. This is janice, I'm in the conference room and in the conference room? Uh well, I'll just go around and do introductions and then you'll just be privy of that.
Ryan:N-i-e-l-d yep, got it so already. He's got these people so convinced they've got this motherfucker in a conference room and they're going around introducing each other, what they do, who they are, what they do.
Janice:They're taking it this serious and I'm janet and I'm the plant manager for the facility richard shipping receiving supervisor and I'm agent ratliff with osha cares diversity affairs id number 33712
Agent Ratliff ID Number 33712:we we just here to go over some complaints that employees were filing on behalf of the company and we just here to go over and see what's going on inside this workplace before we make a determination factor of who we want to let go we're good.
Myke:He's like we're gonna let somebody go and we're gonna see whose head is on the chopping block after I go through these people are just like okay he's like badge number three, eight, five, seven it just like if you just walk in and act, important people will just buy into it.
Ryan:Man.
Myke:I mean, that's a Marvel Slab, uniform Confidence man. Right, that's what it takes.
Agent Ratliff ID Number 33712:Things are totally anonymous, but I am going to read them verbatim of what they're saying. It says right here, loud, for no reason. Always in people's business it's a lot of jealousy going on around here. Y'all be paying, y'all be underpaying people, y'all have a high turnover rate. I don't know who he is, but it says he be running around here like he on powder and it says he's holding a personal vendetta against bisexual brains.
Male Karen:I just want to know you guys' side of the story. What's going on inside this warehouse? Is this correct? This is OSHA.
Agent Ratliff ID Number 33712:Yes, osha Cares, diversity Affairs. My name is Agent Ratliff, id number 33712. When they said he be running around like he on powder, they spell powder with an A, not an E-R. Y'all tell whoever's coming to work on.
Ryan:Oh shit, these people are seriously listening to this motherfucker. Excuse me, you're with OSHA.
Myke:You're telling me I'm speaking to OSHA specifically right now. Osha Cares, diversity Affairs. This is Agent Ratliff. You're talking to ID number 3315. He's walking around here on powder and they spelled it with an A.
Agent Ratliff ID Number 33712:Cocaine or powder that they heart can bust. What about the high turnover rate? Because, it says, it seems like it's a revolving door around here.
Janice:The turnover rate is for many reasons. We are a cold facility.
Agent Ratliff ID Number 33712:So it's a high turnover rate because it's cold and it says right here holding a personal vendetta against bisexual Brian. Can we get bisexual Brian in here? Where is he? Can we get his out of the story?
Myke:I don't know the sexuality of anybody else we need to speak with bisexual Brian. Hey, man, I don't know a gosh darn thing about sexuality. Up in here Seems a little guilty. He's the first one to speak out. Hey, hey, wait a second. You know, my name is brian, but I don't even know what sex is out here, are you saying?
Agent Ratliff ID Number 33712:brian, brian, bisexual brian, because it says, y'all holding a personal vendetta in here I only know one, brian in the building right now but his sexuality I can't speak to that.
Myke:Can you go?
Agent Ratliff ID Number 33712:get, because I feel like it's a. I feel like it's a lot of secrets being kept.
Male Karen:I've gone through some OSHA complaints and this is very different than any OSHA one.
Agent Ratliff ID Number 33712:I've ever dealt with. Yeah, this is a real company and we deal with real complaints. It's like you guys trying to hide something, but I'm going to get them skeletons out of the closet, and you just confirmed that it's a Brian that works here. I need to speak with bisexual Brian. Y'all need to get him here and get to the bottom of this.
Male Karen:Hold on one second. This is not normal. If we could get your ID and your name and just please hold on for one moment, we're gonna go ahead and call OSHA and confirm who you are.
Agent Ratliff ID Number 33712:Yes, because I'm not leaving until I speak with bisexual Brian.
Myke:I'm assuming at that point they contact OSHA. His ID number is bullshit, yeah, and then they're like peace.
Ryan:So that's the end of the video, dude there are a lot more wild ones than that. I'll let you listeners go out and find it. But if you want to find this guy, go to TikTok.
Myke:Believe it or not. There's one about a guy who gets caught masturbating on a webcam. You know we'd hate to do any wild ones on here. We'd hate to do any wild ones on here.
Ryan:This guy's handle is C-A-L-I-M-A-R, underscore white, but the E is a three at the end of it. Oh man, it just shows you, dude, we have been privy to this in life. We see so many things, decisions made. We're like who are the fucking idiots that run this thing? Not just businesses, just a million other things. It just shows you. These people are like fumbling over their words, Like, oh God, bisexual Brian. It's like what the hell.
Myke:Hey, listen here y'all. There is a Brian, but I don't know, I don't know anything. Does he have sex? I have no clue.
Ryan:I figured he's like the rest of us. It feels good. He does it. Now to his sexual desires. I don't have a clue. Oh, my goodness. Yeah, there's that little bit of fun, uh-huh. Well, let's get into today's random sample bag. I'll let you do the honor. I thought I did it last time did I not I don't think so. I mean, I brought this you, you bring okay fine, I'll reach into the random sample bag and I'll pull out.
Myke:Hopefully it's good, oh, cartier's declaration I thought we already done that.
Ryan:One did we already do that. I'm pretty confident we've done that before a listener request. Okay, I'm almost 100 sure sorry, not so random.
Myke:Now, how about john varvatos, artisan blue. I don't think we've done that, let's do it. Artisan blue.
Ryan:I don't think we've done that. Let's do it. Oh, oh, alrighty, designer, we're thinking it's just going to be pretty, it'll smell good, pretty chill. Yeah, nothing game-breaking.
Myke:I don't know, I do like me some John Varvatos.
Agent Ratliff ID Number 33712:Hmm.
Ryan:I mean for being a John Varvatos. I mean I know it's an inexpensive brand. Definitely probably already find this on the gray market even cheaper, pretty loud. Yeah, it's definitely that it's clean. I mean it's artisan blue.
Myke:I'm assuming this is like shower jelly type or yeah. I mean, I'm definitely getting kind of that citrusy clean. Not at all what I thought it was going to be, mainly because the only John Barbetos fragrances that I'm used to are the sweeter ones. Yeah, I haven't smelled a lot of John Barbetos, but this is not very sweet, it's very masculine. Yeah, clean, yeah.
Ryan:I mean comparing it to you had XX. Isn't that the one you bought?
Myke:Yeah that one and they had 19 flankers. Off of that, off of that one Just off of XX.
Ryan:Yeah, really, yep, and I don't think we've smelled any of those after that. Then, dude, that one, for real, was a badass fragrance. Why did you just stop caring about wearing that? I gave it to Forbis, okay, well, if I go for Grantica and give you a little bit of popularity on it, it's got a 4.02 out of 5. Quite a bit of votes Launched in 2016. Don't know.
Myke:So this is a flanker off of John Barvado's.
Ryan:Artisan, which is I haven't smelled that. Have you smelled that one? I don't know if I did or not.
Myke:Maybe I got like a little travel atomizer of it whenever I got XX.
Ryan:Doesn't that say who the perfumer is on this bad boy?
Myke:I got a Fragrantic and Review from Dude43. Yes Says. Imagine the Incredible Hulk knocked over the cleaning detergent aisle in Target Tide and Febreze spilling everywhere. Wow, he's actually hitting the south of the park. There you have it Clean up on aisle nine.
Ryan:Yeah that's it. I mean it's not unpleasant, it's not as chemically as walking down down the laundry detergent aisle, but pretty, actually, goddamn accurate description. It's pretty much like a collage of all those smells, you know what I'm saying.
Myke:Yeah, on the card it smells very nice and doesn't have that smell, but on the skin it does smell, like one of those, you know the little tablet fabric softeners. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, it kind of like one of those you know, the little tablet fabric softeners. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, it kind of reminds me of something like that.
Ryan:Wait, you're talking about the little bitty, the tiny ones like the power booster ones Mm-hmm. Yes, yeah, because you've been complaining to me about one I've been using. Yes, I have been. You've been like did you spray something on mine?
Myke:I don't know it and it's loud. Really You're like oh yeah, man, I have this clean smell. I'm like you have that flowery smell.
Ryan:So do you think it's doing me a disservice by washing my clothes in there? Absolutely so you think?
Myke:I honestly believe we've talked about this. We were in a local coffee place of business and a couple of ladies smelled our different fragrances. Yes, they of course loved mine, because I was wearing insidious layered with straight to heaven. I'm remembering this now. They loved it. I mean, they were just went on and on. Yeah, they hated yours, I remember that as well.
Myke:Yeah, and they said it smells like an old lady, but you were wearing garland vetiver yeah, shockingly that they said that one but, you think you get that uh, no, I'm trying to say that I think maybe it was the fact that you've been power boosting. Then maybe she was smelling your boosted power more than she was smelling the actual fragrance you're wearing what do you wash your clothes in?
Ryan:Just a Tide Pod. Do you think I should go unscented? Is that a thing? Should we be going unscented? I would.
Myke:I don't like when my clothes have a big smell to them.
Ryan:I can't lie, I do, Especially when you get them out of the dryer. It's warm. You got that nice, clean smell.
Myke:God damn it, it's so good, but then that conflicts with what you're wearing, like your fragrances, I guess in theory. Yeah, it does. I mean, don't get me wrong, I want my sheets and my pillows and everything else to smell clean. Yeah, my clothes, I just want them to smell not bad, and then I'll, each day I'll pick out how I want them to smell by going.
Ryan:Have I seriously been ruining my, my wearings? I bet so Bet. You guys didn't think we would talk shop on laundry detergent did you?
Myke:Hey, speaking of Febreze and laundry detergent, did you know that Febreze used to be odorless? I did not know that. Yes, and people who had like bad smells in their house pet odor whatever they'd use it. But then they'd use it one time and the smell would be gone and then they would just stop using it. And it's because, you know homeowners, you get like anosmic to the smell of your house. That's why, like people with cats, example, can't ever smell that their house smells fucking terrible Because they're around them all the time. And then they're always like why cats? They're so clean and so and you go to their house and you're like, oh, my God smells like a fucking petting zoo in here. But they're like no, not mittens, it's because they get an osmic to the smell of it Is mittens, a black cat with white socks or something Of course.
Myke:So, either way, they actually added the smell to trigger the reward system in the people's brains. That would spray it to where they would keep using the product.
Ryan:So in theory the product actually did its damn job.
Myke:It did. But our problem is we get so used to smells that they couldn't really tell the difference.
Ryan:Huh, that is wild. Yeah, let me tell you a somewhat of a cat story. Great, I had a raccoon in our attic.
Myke:So you decided to get a cat no, no, a raccoon in our attic.
Ryan:So you decided to get a cat. No, no, but I got a cage and they were like, hey, this will help you catch. It's a trap, they'll help you catch your raccoon. I said what kind of food should I put out for this wreck? And they go. They love cat food, wet cat food specifically, yeah. So I said okay. And so I was like I was thinking of like the nastiest thing to get that would like attract a wild ass animal. You know some funky thing and it has some Alfredo Salmon thing for cats. Oh, yes, the Alfredo Salmon Dude. It was fucking disgusting. Just opening it like this, turn away the like top plastic part, like you know. And the juices squirted all over my fucking hand. Dude, I wanted to fucking throw up, dude, okay, and I'm like people feed their fucking pets this shit. And then I was thinking it's got to come out too.
Ryan:It's gross going in, it's got to be even grosser coming out, just to kind of go with the whole your anti-cat, uh establishment thing, you had going on, for sure, yeah uh, but I'll be damned if that motherfucker didn't get trapped up in there within like less than 12 hours, that's all it took. Some smelly ass, cat food, god dude swear to god, handling the raccoon was less gross than handling cat food. Is that something people feed their cats all the time, or is that like a treat?
Myke:Ride us in. We swear we won't pick on you for having a cat. Do you feed your cat? That disgusting shit.
Ryan:And if Mike's wrong about your house smelling like total cat shit, well, this is the thing you wouldn't know We've gone through.
Myke:Is the thing you wouldn't know We've gone through this right, you wouldn't know you got that smelly ass cat. I will have to go to bat for somebody. Oh okay, here's what you play devil's advocate here on. As soon as we stop this recording, you'll be like dude cats. They're the worst People who own them, the worst Dude, smelliest people alive. Phoebe had it right. Oh shit, smelly cat.
Ryan:Good Lord, Go to bat. There may be a little truth to what he's saying, but I am going to say from personal experience yes, Like 99 out of 100 times. I'm with you on that 999 out of 1,000 times of 100 times.
Ryan:I'm with you on that 999 out of a thousand times. This one time, though, I did not know they had a cat, but they kept it in a separate room and it came out one time and it like, just you know, it was like, yeah, it went back, but I was like, oh, I didn't know they even had a cat.
Ryan:But it's because they give it chained up to a radiator in that one room remember I'm definitely not going to go into specifics of this, but we worked a job one time. They were like, hey, there's a charcuterie board over there.
Myke:Yes and yes, they had a charcuterie board. They also had a fucking free range cat in the house walking all over and near that shit and we were like, nope, I think I'd rather have the, the Alfredo salmon. Can that you have over here?
Ryan:They could have held a Springfield Armory Hellcat Pro with tritium sights to our head and they would have had to blow our fucking brains out, Dude.
Myke:they'd have to pull the trigger 17 times plus one.
Ryan:Dude, I was not going to touch that shit. Yeah, are you weird about shit like that? The cats, I mean, you know, like certain environments, just like I'm not gonna eat in this environment.
Myke:oh yeah, yeah, for sure I mean, but if they have a dog, a dog can walk up and literally sneeze on my food. I'll still eat. I love dogs, I don't care. Yeah, I mean, it is blatantisy. You guys can call me out all you want and I'll go. Yeah, I admit it, I love dogs. Oh, I do too, I love every dog.
Ryan:They're just so special. That's why I don't get what the people like in cats so much, because they got attitude yeah they got catitude remember.
Myke:It doesn't smell bad, it does smell like it's kind of got like a neroli type vibe to it on the skin or on the card on the skin.
Ryan:do you know a little bit? Now I will say this side note. But talking about john vervetos, the artisan line, I did tell you about the artisan that till one, because to me it I'm just gonna say like it is, because I'm this person it smells like a poor man's. You just wore it today, greenlee. Yeah, to me it smells like a version of that.
Myke:By the time you hear this episode, I may have finished that bottle of Greenlee. I'm so close. You said you had like what 10 mil or 15 mil? Yeah, 10 to 15 mil left and you're just going ham on it when you spray it. I will wear it every day until it's gone.
Ryan:I'm that close. What's got you on that tip to be like that?
Myke:Well one, the weather occasionally is warm. It's surprising us here lately. Don't jinx it, it's been warm out and I just noticed. I was like damn, I'm getting pretty close to the end of this bottle. There's something satisfying about finishing a bottle of fragrance.
Ryan:I can get with you on that so I'm like I'm not just gonna let this thing hold space here 10 mil, I'll just wear it. So you said it's got an aroli vibe. Tell me if any of this that I read off to you kind of jives with that actually has quite a bit of notes for something kind of really simple. Yeah, yeah, top notes are basil, ber, bergamot, chayote I don't even know what that fucking word is.
Ryan:Sure, peyote is that what you said? Peyote, chayote, whatever Lavender, bitter orange. Middle notes are palmarosa. I don't even know what that is, some type of plant, geranium, orange blossom, clary sage oh, we love some clary sage. Oh, we love some clary sage and iris. And then the base notes cedar, patchouli, tamarisk patchouli, pistachio I said patchouli but I meant to say pistachio, then patchouli. Final note here pine.
Myke:Ooh, I love me some pine.
Ryan:It seems like there's a lot of green in these notes. Right For something that's blue. Yeah, going on there. Uh, I do get the neroli vibe. I guess that probably might be the bitter orange, the bergamot, somewhere around yeah, I bet.
Myke:so I'm just glad it didn't lean aquatic. Were you thinking it was going to you never know? No, with the blue in the name, because Dylan Blue goes aquatic. Oh, you don't like that one anymore. No, the dry down goes aquatic, and I'm like I'd rather wear Alfredo Salmon or, sorry, salomon. You like to hit every letter in that. Is it Salomon or Salmon?
Ryan:We've had this discussion. It's Salomon, it is salmon yeah. Did I always say salmon yeah, so it's not salmon, no.
Myke:It's salmon, because Cynthia posted on our story one time on Instagram go ahead and pronounce the L in salmon. I guess we're just doing whatever the hell we want these days and I commented on it and said this is specifically targeted at Ryan. I can feel it.
Ryan:Sorry, cynthia, let me tell you the price. I've already told you the trend early on, but I'm just going to give you gray market because that's where you guys are probably going to end up getting this Fragrance net. We're not affiliated. Wish we were. A 4.2 ounce bottle of this Hefty boy 125 ml. Yeah, okay, $32.
Myke:Cool, she cheap. What do you think with that price tag? I spritz this on in the summer.
Ryan:I mean it even says it's for like a summer thing. You've said that. I guess I kind of get that. Would you wear this?
Myke:out to the pool, ryan, maybe you just hang out under an umbrella and chat for a while, smelling like this.
Ryan:No, there's some better stuff out there, really yeah.
Myke:Because I feel like this is like the 4711 type vibe too, Probably hangs out a little longer, a little louder. God, I feel like 4711 pantses.
Ryan:This you think so? Yeah, that's like 10, 15 bucks, you don't think so? I don't know if I agree with you that one's like crazy neroli and badass smelling kind of vintage. I feel like this is neck and neck. I don't know how you're, how you're going with that, but hey, it's your opinion.
Myke:I'm living yeah, I be. I'm allowed to be wrong Like cat people.
Ryan:Boy, I feel like we're going to get a lot of right hands from a certain group of people out there.
Myke:Some of the feline persuasion.
Ryan:How dare you say that about Tom?
Myke:Yeah, I always rooted for Jerry. Well, are you going to skip it, sample it or buy it? What are you going to do, ryan?
Ryan:This is even at this price point, that's a cheap price point 30 bucks, it's an easy skip. Wow, damn, it's like not inspiring. It's very's very. I mean it does not smell bad, it just smells generic, kind of cheap. I mean, I've smelled some other john vervetos. I'm gonna tell you they like the double x that you had. Yeah, it's great, legit. It rivals some niche fragrances. It's really fucking good to me. Yeah, boozy apple-y god, that apple's fucking insane and one of the best. Yeah, this is just.
Myke:I can't get the laundry detergent vibe out of my head, oh yeah I mean I could get the smell, just boosting my clothes, you know what I'm saying, dude, but just think about how much money you'd spend on those boosters compared to just a 30 bottle of artisan blue I mean the big ass booster from uh sam's only 19 bucks or some shit.
Ryan:So you're practically there. Is this a skip? A sample?
Myke:no, I think it's a sample. I'd recommend people sample it.
Ryan:So basically going to you know dillard's or macy's, and yeah, try it and see what you think I mean for me.
Myke:Nah, yeah, but I don't think it's terrible. I think for the price tag. If you want a summer wear, this is inoffensive, it'll get you there. Probably has better longevity than 4711. That shit is gone in five minutes.
Ryan:Yeah, it is. But God, those first five minutes are great. They're juicy.
Myke:This has a little twang on it. Could be that it's been sitting in a decant for I don't know four years. Yeah, that place is back alive again. Oh yeah, it died and came back. It was alive, it died, it came back. The Lazarus of fragrances.
Ryan:Quick story before I get out of here. My life circumstances guided me to a TJ Maxx this weekend Been there before.
Myke:Wow, remember when I was broke? Yeah, wow.
Ryan:Wow, remember when I was broke? Yeah, wow, what the hell are we doing? People, why is TJ Maxx at least where I'm at why is it so ridiculously packed? Number one, I mean. When I say packed, I mean a fucking, I'm not making this up. There was a fucking line from the cash register all the way back to the fucking restaurants in the back of the store. Geez dude, it was insane. I'm like, guys, we're, we're shopping at the same place. Right, this is like overpriced stuff, like it's really people think they're getting deals, that they're really. I mean, I'm not seeing it, guys, I'm just not seeing it. But here's the number two part, the most serious part of this whole fucking stupid story. Okay, I'm just trying to get out of there and by the front there is a fragrance. I wouldn't call it a counter, it's like a fragrance kiosk. Okay, yeah, it's like a little column of fragrances.
Ryan:And it's just got literally a handful. We have more in our pantry right there of full bottles.
Myke:Well, we're an award-winning fragrance. Podcast Ryan.
Ryan:Yes, so we do have that on them. Yeah, but it's like a little small jewelry rotating case type thing, yeah, and it had like cool water jupe, just a bunch of just regular stuff. Good stuff, good stuff, but nothing crazy expensive. It's under lock and key and they have a fucking doorbell button on it that you have to press a button for to ring somebody to come let you check out fragrances and the fragrances cost 18 bucks.
Ryan:Dude yeah, and there's a fucking line nobody can take a break from that to like come help you with your simpleton ass and smelling juke. Poor own yikes dude. I don't know what's up with tj maxx. You guys need to hit't know what's up with TJ Maxx, you guys need to hit me to. What's so great about that place? Because it is fucking nuts.
Myke:Well, as we were hip to it. It's very similar to Dollar General having to shut down their self-checkouts because people were stealing off-brand Girl Scout cookies and shit.
Ryan:So you think they're just stealing fragrances? That much Maybe, so they can steal anything else in that store, but it's these cheap fragrances.
Myke:Yeah, I'm surprised. Why wouldn't you go for the scratch and dent Nike socks or some shit?
Ryan:All I got to say is I'm just not understanding TJ Maxx, I don't know. You know what's funny? When we first started this podcast, I used to look for deals for fragrances.
Myke:Yeah, because we've seen people do that. We were just emulating what other influencers were doing. You know, out there looking in the TJs and the TKs trying to find some juicy juice on the cheap.
Ryan:Do you think it's like, is it like a fathomable thing to do to like go to Ross's and stuff like that? Or do you think you just get the best deal online and just find somewhere cheap online and get it?
Myke:I think your best bet is probably to go like a rack store, like the outlet type things for like Nordstrom's or Neiman's or something like that. If you can find like their discount warehouse type things oh, they have that for fragrances though Well, they'll have fragrances in the rag stores.
Ryan:yeah, okay, yeah I got confused because you know when we go to taro that around that area there's that one place that you've taken me into before. Is it perfume mania?
Myke:oh, oh, yeah, yeah we've been there too, but that's their. Some of their designer stuff is on the cheaper side, but their niche shit. They're charging nearly full retail and I'm like get the full couch of air with that type of shit.
Ryan:Were you trying to do? What's his name? Because you definitely came off like the Lucky Charms character.
Myke:Yeah, yeah, I was just trying to get like a you know, Irish sort of a thing. It was like I don't know if it was like conor mcgratter's like grandpa or something you know yeah hey guys, we love you and until next time spray it up y'all.