Thread: What is the purpose of aftershave?

Besides being disinfectant, I had heard it closes the pores up. Not sure how much benefit that actually would actually provide though.
I use it for the disinfectant and nice scent.

Originally Posted by JP5

Besides being disinfectant, I had heard it closes the pores up. Not sure how much benefit that actually would actually provide though.

Excuse me, sir, but your pores are open...

Originally Posted by holli4pirating

Excuse me, sir, but your pores are open...

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your kidding right? IT SMELLS GOOD!, according to my wife and all the women ive ever met, they say scents can have a reaction. they would rather be with a guy who smells nice than one who smells like a sewer.

and to put it in the words of the great BENZ, "Look nice and Smell good for the Ladies" or something like that Tc

Purpose is absolutely as a disinfectant, those nicks, cuts, scratches need to be taken care of.

As Richard points out, when there wasn't a lot of water around, and clean water at that, this was what you did to smell fresh and clean and remain free of infections. You have to remember, bathing wasn't a big thing till the 20th century, if you were to pop into an 19th or 18th century drawing room, the ladies and gentlemen would smell foul and rancid by today's standards, and masking that foulness, would be excessive perfumes, powders, colognes, and aftershaves.

What did I read, you got two baths in your life, one when you were born, and one when you died....

Still a good idea to use a good aftershave for disinfectant purposes, but alcohol really dries your skin.

For me, I'll hit with some nice aftershave, when it dries in about 5 minutes, I follow it up with some unscented moisturizing cream or aftershave oil, otherwise, I get dry, red, flaking skin.

Oh, and if you find the right AS that mixes with you just right, that isn't overpowering, the ladies love it. The one I wear, from the 1970's, a hard to find Givenchy, very subtle, you have to be close, I've always had women insist on hugging me because I always smell so good....LOL!

Originally Posted by Phrank

Oh, and if you find the right AS that mixes with you just right, that isn't overpowering, the ladies love it. The one I wear, from the 1970's, a hard to find Givenchy, very subtle, you have to be close, I've always had women insist on hugging me because I always smell so good....LOL!

See? What did I tell ya?

Of course, the rest of what Phrank said is also true.

AS back in the day probably saved lives!

Phrank, I've actually thought about that before. How bad the smell would be if you travelled in time to those eras. Poor hygiene, little bathing, and people congregating in buildings without A/C. Chamber pots emptied on the street. The good ole days.

I always thought the purpose was to attact a mate.
At least thats what I got from the AXE commercials

Originally Posted by JP5

AS back in the day probably saved lives!

Phrank, I've actually thought about that before. How bad the smell would be if you travelled in time to those eras. Poor hygiene, little bathing, and people congregating in buildings without A/C. Chamber pots emptied on the street. The good ole days.

Yup, warms the heart and reminds me of my wife's cooking.....

I miss the old Axe commericals.....even their cans used to have funny "warnings" about "unrelenting female attention and/or late nights." I saved an old can just for the warning.

A friend said "since the cool warnings disappeared the company must have been taken over by femi-nazis." I suspect soy boys is more likely.

Good thinking on the disinfectant and smell good angles! I'll have to experiment with different brands then.