I went to the hair care section yesterday at a big grocery store looking for conditioner and the only options available for men were 3 in 1s (body wash, shampoo and conditioner in one! The very concept exudes mediocrity)
I just don’t want to smell like tropical fruit is that too much to ask
Just buy V05. I have curly hair and do the full curly girl routine. V05 is less than $1 a bottle, and has been better than any other shampoo or conditioner I've gotten. You have many scent choices, including a neutral scent. Suggest you buy these at dollar tree or a similar store, as they have bigger bottles typically. But the price is so low that it really doesn't matter a whole ton. Grocery stores are just completely bound to social expectations because people who don't have money go to the dollar store to get their shit. There is no circumstance that a normal poor person buys Busch scented soap. The effect that would have PROVES that is has to be rich people shit.
Buy something decent and just keep using it. V05 doesn't have any decent competitor on price and quality. The only one that's so cheap that nothing else is worth getting imo.