I found Two Old Men perplexing in exactly the same way.

In my experience, there's always a risk with the coded-masculine scents that they will just smell like old-man aftershave on me, which I hate. Sometimes you win, though.

This term (my life being measured in four-month units), in a fit of the mean reds, I broke down and indulged in four Weenies -- all goats for some reason -- Zoe and the Goat, A Young Boy and His Brother Seated on a Goat, An Encampment of Shepherds, and Animal Allegory.

Maybe I will take inspiration from you and post some reviews.