Guys tend to be slobs in fear of being the neat-freak (thus being labeled a dork). But you also remember that story about the girl who ditched her unhygienic boyfriend for a man who looked like an underwear model. (Hey, are those rumors about Brad Pitt and Rusell Crowe being stink bombs, true?) It might be a conundrum for girls to choose between those two type of guys but perhaps we could always strive for something in the middle.

Shower. Get into the shower and clean yourself up. If you haven’t really been a big fan of showers make sure you scrub vigorously.

Smell great. All people, even a guy, is sensitive to scents. After all, people want to smell great. People can usually say something about our personality with the way we smell. Whether your perfume or cologne is expensive or cheap, what matters is how it smells on your body. You can actually buy a fragrance set so that you can layer on the scent - soap, cologne, after shave, deodorant - the works.

Brush your teeth. Dog breath can be avoided by following good oral hygiene. Brush your teeth everyday and bring mouthwash with you. Try to avoid mouthwash with high alcohol content though. They dry up our mouth making it more prone to stinking. Lay off the cigarettes and the booze too.

Wear a clean shirt. Make sure you wear a clean shirt every time. It wouldn’t matter if you’ve showered and applied fragrances. If your shirt has the stink of week old dried-on sweat, you’d still stink like nothing on earth. Oh and change your underwear too (lest you’d want mold in your crotch).

Shave. Will someone please explain to us girls why guys can’t buy a razor when they can afford the latest iPod? Stop fooling yourself that a goatee looks good on you (unless you look good with it like Edward Norton). If people are giving you weird looks — looks of fright and suspicion, then that goatee makes you look like a convict. Deal with your facial hair because it grosses out women if you are full of bloody nicks. Invest on proper shaving products. Prepare your skin before shaving by damping your face with water. You can use a pre-shave oil because the formula tends to make shaving smoother. Next, apply a shaving cream that will make shaving a smooth glide. Then post-shave with products that heal redness, burning and irritation. Result — a very handsome, clean shaven face.