Thread: Tabac Afershave

A friend gave me a sample of Tabac AS, Does anyone use this? Im not sure how I feel about it yet.

I must say that I usually love to use aftershaves but Tabac is too sweet smelling stuff for me and it lasts too long.
My cents.

I love Tabac a/s. I will always have it as part of the rotation. It reminds me of growing up in the 70s and my father used to use it once in a while. Nostalgia is part of the appeal for me.

Jordan

I like it!

- Scott

It is a very traditional, alcohol-based aftershave. If you like the scent then you should be ok with it. The scent is pretty strong and will linger so it is not an aftershave that you will be easy to pair with a different cologne.

I use to use it once in a while while I was Mach 3 (spit) shaving. My dad also used it mainly in the summers. I think apart from its very distinctive, strong and masculine scent, it is worth noting that it is very oily and gives a refreshing 'covering' feeling after applying to the face. It burns like hell of course so you have been warned.

Strangely enough, I picked up a small bottle (50ml) this week just to try it out again now that I am shaving properly. If I don't like it, you'll find it in the for sale section of the forums!

Im going to give it another shot, but it just dont smell that good to me.

you know Mike, Your not alone. I hear a lot of guys saying that they don't like the smell of Tabac period. Not just the AS, but the soap and cream as well. They do make shave cream in a tube. It's OK, The soap lathers really well, The smell kinda grows on ya after a while...Rich

Man I dont know if I can handle this stuff, a friend gave me a sample of Tabac soap, I lathered it up tonight and just shaved my neck. I have to say it lathers nice and it's slick, Im not sure if my shaving technique is getting better, or my stropping is getting better but I got a really good shave off this stuff. But Im sitting here and I cant stand the smell. I used MWF last night for the first time , It lathered great for me, I like the smell but it's definitly not as slick as Tabac. I dont know if anyone looks for slickness but for the short time I have been straight shaving I notice some soaps are drier than others and my razor doesnt seem to slide as easy. So far tabac seems to be the slickest, Im not going to give up on it just yet.

I haven't used the soap, just the cream and it seems to work really well. But I'd say don't torture yourself. If you don't like the scent, there's no point of forcing yourself. Leave it for a while, you may feel differently if you try it in few months.
When I switched to this way of shaving I disliked a lot of stuff. Now my tastes are completely different and I like things I never thought I'd like.

To quote Lynn 'have fun'