You might have gotten a bad bottle. I got the cologne, and I put it on and later I put it on again as it doesn't seem to linger very long. I'd call or write them about the situation. I don't like the one soap I have in the sample pack as it is kind of like putting on salsa. Really warms up my face, but that is the one. I'll have to take a look and see which one it is. I think I was fine with the Original Bay Rum soap though.
He uses Witch Hazel as a carrier and tones down the alcohol, so it might have been the clove oil in it.