Why Is Baseball OBSESSED With This Cologne [0:00:00]
The 2016 World Series, for anyone outside of Cleveland, this was an absolute
miracle. The Chicago Cubs had failed to win the World Series for over a hundred years
and thanks to great pitching, they were able to make it happen.
Now, two of the pitchers on that team, Hector Rondon and Pedro Strop had a secret weapon and it
wasn’t their fast ball. And, actually, it wasn’t really a secret because earlier that year, the
Wall Street Journal had written about them saying, “You know what? These guys and their team, they’re
the best smelling team we’ve ever covered.” So, if you haven’t guessed it that secret weapon,
performance-enhancing colognes. So, first up, I want to point out,
this goes well beyond baseball. Michael Jordan, he’s got his own fragrance line, David Beckham,
Cristiano Ronaldo. All of these guys understand the power of scent because it goes way back.
Let’s look at the ancient Greeks, the first Olympics, guess what? They were
using smelling salts and fragrance, perfuming themselves to get into a state of mind.
Performance-enhancing colognes are all about state of mind. It’s all about getting you
into the zone to perform at a higher level. So, let’s look at Salvador Perez back in 2012
Kansas City Royals. He had one of his teammates spray a special substance on him. He wasn’t having
that great of, you know, last couple of games, he goes out and he gets four hits on the day. And,
guess what? It was Victoria Secret that one of his, yeah, teammates sprayed on and he’s like,
you know, “I don’t care, that stuff works.” And it just gave him confidence
and he attributed and actually never looked back, picked up a number of fragrances, which I’ll talk
about at the end of this video. And, Kansas City went on to win the 2015 World Series.
And some guys take it to an extreme, Francisco Lindor of the Mets. This guy apparently has
like a dozen fragrances that he takes with him. He’s got pretty much he chooses through them.
Sometimes he’ll layer up, wear multiple fragrances at the same time depending on how he’s feeling.
In fact, I was reading some guy over on Reddit saying, “Hey, I was there for a promotional deal.
We’re getting a pre-game walk around and we go by the visitor dugout and Lindor walks by
and I’m like, ‘Oh, my gosh’. Definitely, I mean, he smelt great. But, you could smell this guy,
you know, like 10 feet away.” And, Lindor pretty much confirmed
this when we talked about, “Hey, I like to talk about fragrances even,
you know, during the game.” [sound effect] So, apparently, they’re on first base,
these guys will be shooting the shit and talking about stuff and somehow fragrances
come up and these guys are, yeah, just sharing information about what they’re wearing.
And what I find most interesting is how these things get started. So, Strop is talking about
how how did he start wearing fragrances. A lot of people think, oh, he’s Latin,
he just wore this. Apparently not, he was actually in the minor leagues and there was this other
minor league player named, Esteban German. And, apparently Strop looked up to him and he’s
noticing that the guy is putting on fragrance before going out there and playing baseball
and he’s like, “Why are you going to do that, man? You’re just going to smell. I mean, we’re going to
be sweating.” And, German stops and says, “Yeah, I’m going to smell, but I want to smell good.”
And, personally, I love that mentality because most guys when it comes to smell, they play
defense. You wear deodorant, you don’t want to smell bad. But, if you could smell good and you
can set an impression, if you can be remembered, I mean, that -- that’s pretty cool, right?
And, Manny Machado with the Padres was talking about this, you’ve got to smell good to play
good. But, specifically he said, “When I hit a homerun, I want them to smell me running
around those bases. I want them to remember me. Oh, and my wife loves the way I smell too.”
And perhaps David Ortiz summed it up when asked about smell and his fragrance during the 2013
World Series win by the Boston Red Sox. He said, “You know what? It’s the good luck smell.”
And I know there’s a lot of skeptics out there that are saying, “Antonio, again, this is a bunch
of snake oil, a bunch of bullshit, a bunch of malarkey.” And I can definitely see where you’re
coming from, that’s why I, down in the description of today’s video, I’m linking over to tons
of studies that actually break this stuff out. And if you believe – I’m not talking aroma therapy
here where you smell something and it’s going to cure cancer, that – that’s a bunch of BS,
that’s dangerous. What I’m talking about here, though, is scent conditioning.
And this happens all the time, oftentimes though by accident. Think about with coffee. Whenever
people smell coffee, before it enters their blood stream, you know, the caffeine, their blood
vessels are already constricting when they smell it. The effect, they’ve conditioned themselves to
behave in a certain way based off of the scent. Now, specifically how does fragrance how the smell
have such a primal such a direct effect on the brain that the other senses actually can’t touch?
So, it goes down to the structure and the way things are set up with the body. So,
as you know that, you know, with the thalamus, that’s basically the relay center of the brain.
Pretty much everything goes through there. When you touch something, when you see something, it’s
got to go through the relay center before it goes through the brain. This isn’t the case for smell.
So, the olfactory system goes – basically, it goes directly to the front part of the brain
and that’s where our amygdala is at. And the amygdala is what controls emotion. Basically,
smell has a direct link to emotions and the way that we feel. And if you know anything about
behavior, anything with the way people, you know, we make decisions, emotions are the key factor.
[0:05:05] We like to think we’re logical. No, we’re not.
We are base – so, when it comes to confidence, it makes sense that these baseball players when they
smell something new and they have a great game, they associate that smell with high performance.
And guess what? You do this enough times, all of a sudden, you condition yourself to get into the
zone to feel confident whenever you have that smell come up. So, think about that. Anyone
that played sports understands the importance of confidence and being able to go out there and to
do what you already have trained to do. Now, gents, wouldn’t it be great if there
were a set of fragrances out there specifically formulated to help you perform at a higher level,
to help you be more honorable, more courageous, more committed to accomplishing your goals?
Well, gents, you don’t have to worry about it because guess what? I have done it
over at Mission Fragrances. Wasn’t that a smooth like transition right in?
Guys, this set I am so proud of because it’s a passion project. Over the years,
I have found tons and tons of data information that talk about the power of scent.
Personally, I have bought almost 500 fragrances and it just blew me away how they make me feel.
But, I realized the average person doesn’t need to spend that much money, you know,
just crazy about fragrances like I am. But, you still want the performance enhancing
benefits that come with understanding the power of smell. And that’s exactly what
we’ve put together at Mission Fragrances. Guys, I’m linking down in the description
of today’s video. If you just want to learn more, go over to the Mission Fragrance website
and you’ll get a lot more information. And what’s cool about this is they have an entire course that
goes with them that teaches you how to use them. I mean, think about it, if you go out there and
buy a jet, congratulations, you got a lot of money. But, you get a jet,
you can’t do anything with it unless you know how to fly it. And that’s why I’ve
designed a course that teaches you exactly how to use these performance-enhancing colognes.
We go into the specific notes there in each in Honor, in Courage,
and Commitment. Notice these are the core values my United States Marine Corps. But,
guys, I did this because I wanted you guys to have a weapon. I wanted you to have a tool that can
give you an edge over your competition, something that can help you get into the zone quickly.
And I’m really proud about what we’re doing here because I think it
really is a game changer. I haven’t seen anyone really talk about this. I’m like,
“You know what? This product needs to exist.” Down in description of today’s video, I’m linking
over to Mission Fragrances or just type in Mission Fragrances, you’ll find it. But, we only sell
these on a limited run. We – basically, I give people white glove customer service. And this is
a new concept and something I’m really proud of. Again, gents, if you want to learn more,
click on the link in the description. Go check out Mission Fragrances.
All right, gents. So now, let’s talk about the players and their favorite fragrances.
So, first up, we’ve got Salvador Perez. And, yes, I know Victoria Secret is
what got him started and he’s actually rotated to quite a few fragrances. But,
Paco Rabanne’s Invictus apparently is his go-to. Now, personally I was not surprised that Paco
Rabanne Invictus popped up on his list. I mean, just the shape of the bottle. They did a really
great job just instilling, hey, this is the fragrance of a champion. It’s clean, it’s
clear. It actually has some great projection. But, there’s a lot of options out there because
there’s the original, which actually you can find at discounters and get a great deal on. But,
you’re going to see Aqua that’s harder to find, you’re going to see Intense.
I think that actually all of them are decent fragrances. I do feel they’re a bit synthetic,
but Paco Rabannes in general are all going to be kind of like that, but they’ve got
good projection and good longevity. Next up, we’ve got Yuli Gurriel and
what is he wearing? So, apparently, Antonio Banderas fragrances were his go-to. Now,
this started off whenever, you know, he got started he was in the Miners, he didn’t have
a whole lot of money. He was also outside the United States and he just had limited options
on the island. It just makes a lot of sense. That being said, don’t sleep on Antonio Banderas
fragrances. I have quite a few, about ten of them and I think they’re good, solid fragrances.
Now, the Secret and the Golden Secret that I’ve got here, this is going to be definitely it’s
very similar to 1 Million by Paco Rabanne’s, sweet, strong, but it’s a lot cheaper.
You’ve also got as you saw it over here, you know, that he’s got some fresher cleaner ones,
so King of Seduction, you also got Blue Seduction. There are tons of options. I find them incredibly
cheap and if you are on a budget, I think it’s a great house to grab just a number of
fragrances and to have fun with them. Next up, we’ve got Eugenio Suarez and
I have to say that this is a solid pick and that is Prada’s Luna Rossa Sport. Now,
it makes sense a sport fragrance. When you see sport fragrances in general, these are going
to be lighter, these are going to be cleaner. These are ones in the sense you could wear to
the gym and this is a beautiful gym fragrance. That being said, you can put a little bit more
on. And if you want something, you know, stick with the Luna Rossa line is amazing. I absolutely,
I love Carbon, I love Black, even Ocean, you know, their newest release. It’s actually
kind of wearing on me a bit. I’m starting – I’m liking it.
So, guys, go out there if you want some, yeah, Luna Rossa just makes – it’s a great line. Prada
in general solid ingredients. [0:09:57]
Next up, we’ve got Nelson Cruz and you’re killing me here, he just said,
Tom Ford. Tom Ford has so many amazing fragrances. It’s hard to go wrong, but Tom Ford fragrances are
going to be more expensive. It makes sense, you’re a baseball player with millions of dollars and,
yeah, why not just get the entire Tom Ford line. But, for those of you guys looking for some
amazing options, I will let you know these are the ones I absolutely love. So, Noir Extreme, this
one, solid, just a great option if you’re starting off. I like it better than the original Noir.
Let’s also talk about Tobacco Vanille and Oud Wood. Now, Tobacco Vanille is going to
project. If you want someone to smell you 50 to 75 feet away, yeah, that’s the one
that you want to wear. And this, yeah, you got to have hair on your chest to pull that off.
Oud Wood, this one is a modern classic. It’s wrapped about, people just absolutely love it.
I think it’s a solid entry as well. Darker richer, but closer, it’s going to hold closer to you.
But, if you want something fresh, if you want something cleaner, definitely look at, you know,
Beau De Jour. That one right there, did I say that correctly? I think I did, yeah, Beau De – yeah,
you guys know my French is horrible. Point being is this is a classic clean barbershop fragrance.
But, if you want something fresh, clean, smells like, you know, you’re on the
Mediterranean in a pine forest, then look at Costa Azzura, however you pronounce that one.
Another beautiful fragrance. I know they just came out with a parfum version.
With Tom Ford, what I’ve noticed about all of his higher concentrations
is they just last a little bit longer, but I think you can find a better deal on the EDP.
Now, Framber Valdez, he actually talked about a number of fragrances. Apparently,
during practice, he likes to wear something tropical, something that maybe even has a coconut
milk with it. I didn’t – there’s a number of fragrances, I could guess what it is.
He also said when he goes out there, he likes to wear something a bit more intense.
I’m assuming because he did talk about Sauvage, Dior Sauvage. This one right here, it’s one
of the most popular fragrances out there. That being said, it is still a solid fragrance.
You’re going to find various versions of this. I’ve got the EDT right here,
which is a great place to start. But, the EDP, the parfum, both of those are good. But, if you
want something that’s dark, rich, and just is going to blow your mind, check out the Elixir.
Now, Manny Machado, again, he had a lot of fragrances as well. He talked about,
you know, Bleu de Chanel. He actually talked he would change it every single year.
Bleu de Chanel was a few years back. He had Prada, didn’t specify which one.
But, it sounds like Acqua di Parma Yuzu is his go-to fragrance. I saw this on a video recently
and he just loves it. That makes a lot of sense, Yuzu is one of those citrus notes, it’s going to
wake you up, make you feel more on point, but it also has great longevity. So, solid fragrance.
Actually, I’ve only gotten a sample of that one, but I like that one as well, so good choice.
Let’s not forget, Hector Rondon of the Chicago Cubs. What did he wear
during that World Series run? Well, apparently, it was Sexual Paris by Michel Germain. And,
apparently, Pedro Strop throughout that year went through an entire bottle very quickly
of 1 Million by Paco Rabanne and then, jumped over to L’homme by Yves Saint Laurent.
I have to say, overall, those were some pretty good picks. And I’d love to hear from you guys
down the comments. What is your go-to fragrance? What’s the one that you absolutely love?
And what video to watch next? Well, how about, boom, right here, how to apply a
fragrance and make it last? So many times you buy a fragrance and it’s gone within
a matter of 30 minutes, a couple of hours. In this video, I talk specifically I break it out,
it’s the videos -- the world’s best video on how to make your fragrance last pretty much forever.
It won’t – no, it’s not going to last forever, but – but, seriously, some great tips and tricks in
here. Go check it out, good video. [0:13:25] End of audio