Thread: old school kick.

I don't know about the other guys, but even though the Pinaud is cheap, it reminds me of good times spent with my dad as a kid. I knew that the Saturday we went to get hair cuts was a day for just the two of us. He was a cop, ran on the ambulance squad, and did maintenance at a hospital full time. Back in the day before cell phones those Saturdays were about the only day that I got to spend time with him. We'd go to the hardware store, run some miscellaneous errands, eat at some greasy spoon, go fishing or go to the range and put some holes in paper with lead.
Yeah, it's definitely not the greatest or most expensive stuff out there, but the memories that go with it make it worth keeping it on hand.

I have been known to use the clubman bay rum on my face neck and even my hair.. yeah I really like my bay rum smell.. I will say that the clubman bay rum is much nicer than the master, stephans, also you might try jeris non oil hair tonic, osage rub, or clubmans after shave lotion. I think any of these scents will take you back to yesteryear.

I would just google barber supply stores and you will find as many different aftershaves as you can imagine

I really think the smell that your looking for is "Lucky Tiger - Aspen" it is as close to the same smell that I can remember from the barbershop. I have some on the shelve in the shave den

The shopping list is growing long now. thanks all

you'll know it when you smell it again

smelling is believing!

I never heard of that one before, so I googled it. It's available from
several online sources, and I did come across a really interesting site
in the process: www.ebarbershop.com

It looks like their speciality is "old time" shaving stuff, and I added it
to my favorites list.

Thanks for the tip!

I still feel special having a pp&j. So what if it's cheap.
Scent brings back memories, and that's great.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

Typical barbers bought the cheapest stuff they could find. Dickinsons, Pinaud, Lucky Tiger etc.

I find it amusing how guys long and pine for those scents of yesteryear which in many ways were terrible stuff. I remember going to barbers in the 1950s for haircuts and the first thing I did when I got home is wash off the scents the best I could. Lillac Vegetal has always been a barber favorite. They bought it by the gallon for pennies and it was very popular stuff until the FDA found out it was a potent rodent poison killing on contact-Har har