Playing stinks, but player smells great

My golf game is finally coming around a bit, but I’m still not where I’d like to be this late in the season.

Fortunately, some great shirts from House of Carrington and Antigua keep me styling on the links. After all, it’s about how trim and chic the golfer looks, not about the beer gut forming on his handicap.

The fine folks at Nivea caught wind of my swing troubles (and perhaps of something else) and kindly sent me a bottle of their new NIVEA For MEN Active 3 ($6 for 16.9 fl.oz.). This all-in-one wonder-scrub is a body wash, shampoo, and shaving cream, and thus saves on lots of shower-caddy space.

Now, I’m more of a bar soap kind of guy, but figured I’d give it a try. The key ingredients, described as “essential nutrients and high-tech polymers,” allows me to imagine that I’m slowly being transformed into a cyborg, which is sort of fun. The scent is plenty masculine, and plenty strong. In fact, I experienced a slight burning in my eyes as I rinsed out my hair the first few times.

Apparently, however, my wife really enjoys the scent. I know this because as I exited the shower yesterday, she was all over me like bogeys on my scorecard.

Or at least, I think it was her…or Paula Creamer. Hard to say for certain. I couldn’t see very well.