old school kick.

When I was a young, granted I'm in my early 30s so this is relative, I remember going to the local barbershop with my dad for hair cuts. The barber had all kinds of bottles of various colored liquids in his shop. In any event my hair cut always finished with him grabbing one of these bottles with no discernible rhyme or reason pouring some of the liquid in his hand and then slapping it on the back of my neck and in my hair. The point of this is I remember always enjoying the smell of whatever it was, and the fun time I got to spend with my dad. Just curious if anyone might have some ideas as to if this was some kind of hair tonic or aftershave, and beyond that is there a place where I can get my hands on some of this more old school stuff to add to my shave den. I want to be able to feel everyday after my shave like I did all those years ago after a haircut with my dad.

Thats a good question and now that you mention it I remember mine doing the same thing.

IME Dickinson's Witch Hazel was not infrequently used for that by some barbers. Could have been a lot of things though. :)

If you're looking for an old school barbershop scent then give Pinaud Clubman a shot or any Bay Rum scent...they're about as old school babrbershop as they get.

The pinaud clubman or jeris(sp?) musk are probably the usual suspects if it wasn't witch hazel. I use the pinaud when I'm in the mood to go old school but my wife claims o smell like an old man. (But I take it as a compliment. My goal is to one day become a codger, or maybe even an old coot.)

thanks for the feedback gentlemen. I've got a list, now I need to find an old school pharmacy or get on-line.

I've had good luck finding Pinaud/Clubman Bay Rum along with some of their other products in beauty/barber supply stores. Dickinson's Witch Hazel is available in any pharmacy.

I one that the big box drugstore chain around here carries the Pinaud Clubman.

Aack... Please ignore my crazy grammar in that last post. So much for trying to post from my phone. I meant to say that I know the big box chain around me carries some Pinaud stuff (styptic pencils, Clubman aftershave and talc).

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:)

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 :D

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.

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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:)

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