Thread: I'm number one!

Originally Posted by ForestryProf

Both bottles had colored tape over the top (red and blue respectively); both bottles had the same colored tape (red and blue respectively) wrapped around the base of the lid and the body of the bottle. The EDT was in a plastic bag marked EDT; the red taped bottle in a bag marked red; and the blue taped bottle in a bag marked..........'Clear'.

I tried the red today. SWEET!!! I like the scent (although it is stronger than I typically like for an AS); I'll try using a bit less to see if that helps. I dearly love the soothing properties. It's been dry and cold here lately (I know it's all relative) and I also shaved very close this morning too...no dry skin, no irritation. My initial take is that this is a winner, but I'll continue to test and get the ladies opinion on the scent.

Gotta go.
Ed

Good Morning Gentlemen!

First....RichZ I haven't forgotten about you !! I've been waiting for a shipment (raw material ) that is obviously not going to show up until I mail your little box, so I'll do that today and then follow up with back to back shipments "just for you" because you have had to wait so long.

Ed, I'm most pleased to hear that you like one of the AS's I've been getting some nice comments on this round, and I do feel more confident that the scents are becoming more full bodied instead of the staged flat scenario.

As time has passed I've scent out odd little samples of this and that on the AS's that all of you have tested and have received positive comments on the Aftershave's, and even from one Gentlemen who like the "high test" Menthol and said it was right up his alley....

So we are at "scent and bottle" selection and label design....... I know this has been a long time coming and I know it isn't easy to continue to test things as it becomes more like a job but all of your comments and efforts are almost on the table This is sorda like a havin a baby ain't it.... time for another big push...

On a good note with the passing of time, more and more companies have realized the need of the HUGE growing market in Men's Skincare and repeated requests for suitable containers for Aftershaves and shaker tops or sprinkler type openings for the neck finish.

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THE PHOENIX LINE
The Cosmetic Packaging Group, a division of O.BERK Company, is reintroducing The Phoenix Line of four rectangular-shaped flint glass bottles ranging in size from 15 ml through 120 ml. The 15 ml, 30 ml, and 120 ml Phoenix bottles are available with open and sprinkler finishes, which are ideal for packaging after shave lotions and colognes. In addition, there is a 60 ml bottle with an 18/415 finish. The Phoenix Line offers the freedom to select optional frosting, custom colors, numerous closures, as well as great flexibility in decorating.

The above is brand spanking new......I'm not sure what their minimum pc. is on this, but the bottles are very nice. A heavy glass, masculine, rectangular in shape and has a very small opening for a sprinkler finish. I am still waiting for a response from either my enquiry by email or the phone call I just placed and left a message.

This company also sent me samples which arrived yesterday and it's an interesting bottle, still not sure about the opening.....but I've attached pictures for you to see the differences in shape and finish, compared to the next available line of choices which harken back to our original selection but now with the addition of orifice reducers.

The first photograph shows a selectionn of amber bottles......look closely, there are two different bottles, both 4 oz. in size (118 ml ). the style is commonly referred too as Boston Round. The Amber bottle from O.Berk is a boston round but is also called an "Apothecary" because of the opening which distingishes it from the others; which is called a pour, because it has a lip. It is also taller than the other bottles but the overall shape is the same.

The other bottles, both amber and clear selection are also boston rounds. Not quite as tall and the wall of the glass is thinner. These bottles are available in clear, clear amber, frost, and frost amber....with the ability to choose different lids for the same bottle creating different looks. Due to repeated requests ( and I'm happy to report that I called at least 20 times ) sks bottle company now offers orifice reducers for most of its collection.

The other difference in the bottles is the lid itself. With the line of Apothecary bottles, the lid is larger than that of the regular style of boston rounds.

So....what do you think, Gentlemen ??

XXWarm Regards, Colleen