What's the difference between Aftershave and Cologne?
I have been using Taylor of Old Bond Street Eton College Luxury Shaving Cream lately. Man that stuff smells great. Anyway, I wanted to keep the scent alive for the rest of day. So, Aftershave or Cologne? What's the difference?
Also, I use a sandlewood balm after shaving, will that screw up the process? I'm an artist, if you mix too many colors, you get mud. I don't want mud, I want chicks flocking to the smell and look of a well shaved man. Hopefully they won't notice the gash on my cheek from not paying attention to my razor.
Thanks,
Dr. Phong
Re: What's the difference between Aftershave and Cologne?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr_Phong
I have been using Taylor of Old Bond Street Eton College Luxury Shaving Cream lately. Man that stuff smells great. Anyway, I wanted to keep the scent alive for the rest of day. So, Aftershave or Cologne? What's the difference?
Also, I use a sandlewood balm after shaving, will that screw up the process? I'm an artist, if you mix too many colors, you get mud. I don't want mud, I want chicks flocking to the smell and look of a well shaved man. Hopefully they won't notice the gash on my cheek from not paying attention to my razor.
Thanks,
Dr. Phong
.... Just mumble something about "fight club" and "I can't talk about it" and change the subject :wink:
Re: What's the difference between Aftershave and Cologne?
From memory: aftershave is designed to use ... after shaving, so it usually contains a lot more alcohol (or other carriers, etc.). Cologne is designed primarily to give off a scent.
If you use cologne as an aftershave, you'll pretty much "reek".
Re: What's the difference between Aftershave and Cologne?
Quote:
Originally Posted by yan3751
From memory: aftershave is designed to use ... after shaving, so it usually contains a lot more alcohol (or other carriers, etc.). Cologne is designed primarily to give off a scent.
If you use cologne as an aftershave, you'll pretty much "reek".
Ahhh, The mystery is solved. Thanks yan3751. It's funny, in the past I would just trial and error the whole thing. It's nice to have have some collective experience to draw from. A lot of what we discuss here are things that are passed down from father to son while growing up. I guess I missed that.
Dr. Phong
Re: What's the difference between Aftershave and Cologne?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr_Phong
A lot of what we discuss here are things that are passed down from father to son while growing up. I guess I missed that.
Dr. Phong
In this case, it depends upon whether your father used cologne or not.
The "using cologne as an aftershave" thought gave me a flashback: my dad used a lot of different aftershaves, but was not really a cologne guy. When I was growing up, I was given a small bottle of cologne as a gift one Christmas. I knew what it was for (being the "worldly, all grown-upified" young teenager that I was). Problem was that I had never seen it applied, and so had no real clue as to the proper amount.
One night we were all going out, and so I decided to put on some cologne. Best model that I had was Dad after shaving, so I poured a liberal amount in my palms, and rubbed it all over my face. Of course, in short order my nose went "numb" to the smell, and so I really had no clue that I had just "overdosed" on the stuff.
Joined the family, and my mother (in one of those round-about sort of mom ways) let me know that I smelled like I fell in a vat at the Mennen factory. A bit of soap, water, and one smelly washcloth later, and I had toned it down to "tolerable".
Guess that this is kind of the guy equivalent to "daughter's first makeup application".
-Ivan
