MANDLES!

Not to be confused with mandals, of course. New MenScents Candles, "When a manly scent is needed."

Personally, I love it. Playing on a dude's insecurities by insisting that he can't enjoy the smell of his Ol' Lady's super-girly-fruity-flowery romantically-colored chickdle (femdle? meh.) is just the marketing ploy this world needs.

First of all, candles aren't manly. Argue it any way you want, but they create an ambiance that chicks dig. While most men (well, at least the company that I keep) enjoy a warm, fruity scent now and then, you'd be hard-pressed to find a lone grease jockey excitedly lifting the lids of each candle in the local Lead-Mart store just to take in its girly goodness.

The environmentally-friendly, USA made (woohoo!) lead-free mandle range includes scents like:

• Cuppa Joe (coffee, obviously)
• Draft Style (root beer)
• Down Time (bourbon & cola)
• Guy's Night (pizza)
• New Glove (leather)
• Play Ball (cut grass)
• Tall Tales (campfire) ... really?
  
• After Five (beer)
• Gentlemen's Pleasure (pipe)
• AHH (cola)

They are sold in manly metal tins that, according to the manufacturer, can be used after candle exhaustion to hold any number of manly things: change, nuts, bolts, cigars/cigarettes, "anything that a MAN can think of" (so says the literature).

I suggest washing that cute (that's right) metal tin out (make sure you get the big 8 ounce size, you manly man) and neatly storing your precious little tenders in there cuz dude...

...a beer-scented candle is still a candle.