Can't much compare it to other stuff since I'm a newbie (15 shaves or so) but AOS is where I got my start with straight razor shaving after walking into one of their stores on a whim. I really like the matching aftershave balm in Sandalwood. It feels really good all day, and the smell lingers for quite a while.

Trouble is, I discovered SRDesigns shaving soaps which I like better that AOS's soap...particularly the OPUS X. Now I'm wishing there was an aftershave balm with the same essential oils that are in the OPUS X shaving soap--to the point that I just ordered Tobacco Absolute essential oil and a bunch of carrier oils and ingredients for making lotion to see if I can figure out my own.

Can't be that hard? (Famous last words of the clueless chemist) I guess a freshly shaved face in want of a specific moisturizing scent is the mother of invention.