10 Best Hair Removal Creams For Men, Tested by Grooming Experts

No matter how convenient hair removal creams are, one thing that many people can’t get past is the smell. The distinctive smell is because the “compounds in the creams specifically work on sulfur based bonds within proteins in the hairs,” says Dr. Zeichner and we all know sulfur equals stink. Somehow this cream has minimized the traditional stench and almost completely replaces it with a pleasant, lotion-like fragrance. Oh, and it also works.

Testing Notes: We’re not saying we have a problem with the way hair removal creams typically smell, per se, but they objectively don’t smell great. That’s often a barrier of entry for many people who would otherwise use them more often (us included). In our testing, we found that this cream had by far the most pleasant scent out of all the versions we tried. There’s a little bit of the telltale scent there, but overall it smells more like a nice, slightly-floral smelling lotion than anything else. It’s effective, too, though since it is a unisex product, may not work best for men with super thick or coarse hair. We used it on multiple areas and it left behind some patches that we had to take a razor to later. If you’re not especially hairy or have finer hair, it should do the trick.