Thread: Splash recommendation

Based on your criteria, you can't go wrong with Speick

Originally Posted by DustinW

I think I found my product. I went to bath and body works over lunch and looked over their CO Bigelow balms. They have all the goodies in them. Witch Hazel, shea butter, aloe, glycerine, along with alcohol and some other astringent ingredients. Elixir red smells very similar to the AOS sandalwood and elixir black is an agar wood, tonka bean, musk, vanilla scent. Right now they have a buy 1 get 1 free deal on those products for their june sale. There is an elixir blue that is a water scent and an elixir green that is a woodie/piney scent sorta like the original Polo cologne. The best part is that they have the matching colognes for the guys that wear it. I bought elixir red and black with the matching cologne and they rang them up so I for one cologne and one balm free so I saved $30 total.

The blue balm is what i've been using...

4711, the scent will be gone by the time you reach the bottom of the stairs. It's a heavy lime scent for a few seconds but it's not officially a A/S.

I use Stephan's 320, it's a barber aftershave. It has a scent similar to Skin Bracer in the green bottle, but it goes away quickly and really does wonders for my skin. I have ultra sensitive skin, and it works well for me. It works with the colognes I use without clashing or anything like that. It is extremely light and will not feel heavy. You can get it from barber supply shops or websites.

I'm not sure if it meets your requirements, but you might like to try the Ogallala Bay Rum & Sandalwood AS - if it's anything like their other aftershaves, it'll go on strong, but the scent'll vanish pretty fast, and it tightens and tones your skin brilliantly. I've got the shaving soap in that scent and it's a very pleasant smell that shouldn't clash with patchouli too badly.

Just a thought.

Please do not use the word "splash" to refer to aftershave.

Having said that, scent is a very personal matter, as is feel, and the term natural is so subjective as to be more or less meaningless. By all means try any and all recommendations that fit your specifications, but don't be surprised if your opinion is different than that of the recommender.

My favorite right now is Alt Innsbruck. It works nicely with Tabac soap. You may want to try it.

Either the Italian or Spanish Floids are terrific as well.

Joe

ummmm....why can't we use "splash" to refer to aftershave?

J

Originally Posted by jleeg

ummmm....why can't we use "splash" to refer to aftershave?

J

Just trying to keep the terminology as masculine as possible and far away from metrosexual.