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(73,393 posts)elleng
(141,926 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(32,913 posts)LizBeth
(11,222 posts)elleng
(141,926 posts)musette_sf
(10,486 posts)That was the only aftershave I really liked on a guy. Got it for my Dad every year.
elleng
(141,926 posts)miss him.
rsdsharp
(12,002 posts)Thats what my dad smelled like.
Faux pas
(16,356 posts)Old Spice
haele
(15,400 posts)Aqua Velva is what the city folk wore.
Haele
a kennedy
(35,978 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(32,913 posts)elleng
(141,926 posts)no_hypocrisy
(54,906 posts)Because Tim Walz is a bad ass!
Floyd R. Turbo
(32,913 posts)woodsprite
(12,582 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(32,913 posts)pat_k
(13,375 posts)keep_left
(3,210 posts)Though it's been hard to get recently.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_rum
elleng
(141,926 posts)Gonna try to find some.
irisblue
(37,512 posts)keep_left
(3,210 posts)duncang
(3,767 posts)I think my oldest daughter. Hated that stuff but used it anyways for her.
maveric
(17,044 posts)JustAnotherGen
(38,054 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(32,913 posts)Sneederbunk
(17,492 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(32,913 posts)moniss
(9,056 posts)after slapping it on before a shave with the old Norelco Triple Header.

EYESORE 9001
(29,732 posts)I use an electric razor now, and Ive considered trying something similar, but unscented. Lectric Shave is not really obtrusive, as I recall.
moniss
(9,056 posts)and you're right it used to be light on the scent but I that was then and they may have "upped" the formula now. My Dad usedd to get bad razor burn if he didn't use a pre-shave. His neck would turn red and blotchy under the stubble.
DJ Porkchop
(635 posts)I can smell my dad now.
rockbluff botanist
(360 posts)Aqua Velva.
My cattle rancher daddy wore it every, whether working cows or working on a tractor. I still have his last bottle of it.
Now, I'm crying.
Floyd R. Turbo
(32,913 posts)obamanut2012
(29,369 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(32,913 posts)FHRRK
(1,410 posts)We dont wear cologne and if we do it was a gift from a daughter, and that never happens!
Old Spice and lectra shave! If I could reach thru the screen and deliver a backhand, bout 10 of you need to go to the way back in the mini van. And hell no, I aint turning the AC up.
sdfernando
(6,084 posts)About the same age. When I was in my 20s Old Spice, Aqua Velva, and Hi Karate were for old guys without style. I never used aftershave or cologne. Lots of people also commented on how good I smelled au natural. 😊
LudwigPastorius
(14,725 posts)This.
I still have 3/5ths of a bottle of Aramis from 1988!
Floyd R. Turbo
(32,913 posts)EYESORE 9001
(29,732 posts)Sometime around 20 years ago, I decided not to wear cologne any longer. Mind you, I never doused myself in anything, but I became aware that some people have severe allergic reactions., so I cut back on using it. cologne wasnt cheap, even back then. Cheap bastid that I am, it was difficult to justify the cost of a bottle that may develop off-scents after sitting too long.
My first memories of mens cologne was Old Spice. Back then, at least, old Old Spice was putrid. When its fresher, however, its OK. Its the most common scent I detect in public.
I know Aqua Velva quite well. I once had an in-law with a drinking problem. That problem was drinking Aqua Velva as a clandestine method of getting his daily dosage of ethanol - on the job, family gatherings, etc. Suffice to say, he wasnt fooling anyone. I steered clear of him, woofing his Aqua Velva and cigarette breath in your face. Made me gag once, I swear.
But were talking about Tim Walz here. Since hes a man after my own heart, I like to think that his face takes on the world raw dog just like mine does as we go out and get things done.
Floyd R. Turbo
(32,913 posts)irisblue
(37,512 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(32,913 posts)Docreed2003
(18,714 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(32,913 posts)TlalocW
(15,675 posts)Hope it's not Old Spice. It makes me sneeze.
MustBeTheBooz
(361 posts)It works every time. Ha!
moniss
(9,056 posts)

ornotna
(11,482 posts)Surely his tastes are more refined now.
musette_sf
(10,486 posts)Celerity
(54,407 posts)
Floyd R. Turbo
(32,913 posts)PeaceWave
(3,383 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(32,913 posts)WheelWalker
(9,402 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(32,913 posts)LeftInTX
(34,294 posts)I wore it for awhile. And my son wore it for awhile. I guess it's transgenerational! Among a certain type...
Through in musk oil too!
WheelWalker
(9,402 posts)Still wearing it regularly at age 75, especially to my city council meetings, for sure!
Silent Type
(12,412 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(32,913 posts)rogerballard
(4,017 posts)
Floyd R. Turbo
(32,913 posts)Celerity
(54,407 posts)
rogerballard
(4,017 posts)I also enjoy Portrait of a Lady by Dominique Ropion for Frederic Malle.
Celerity
(54,407 posts)by Suzy Le Helley
Acne Studios par Frédéric Malle is a neoclassical perfume with an irreverent twist; cool yet charming; new yet familiar; rough yet comfortable; innocent yet magnetic.
Acne Studios is not just a look. If anything, it is many looks, an ethos not easily encapsulated: functional, but eclectic, the opposite of basic.
Frédéric Malle tried to put Acne Studios in a bottle. For this special collaboration, he asked perfume prodigy Suzy Le Helley to author a powerful manifesto.
The composition is as such: a large amount of aldehydes, rose, violet and a touch of orange blossom; accords of vanilla and peach; generous notes of sandalwood; a touch of frankincense, and a sea of musk.
From utilitarian comfort to eccentric elegance, this seemed like an olfactory rendering of Acne Studios.
Aldehydes, Rose, Peach, Vanilla, Sandalwood, Musk


rogerballard
(4,017 posts)I was hoping to get some samples but they sold out super fast.
FlyingPiggy
(3,748 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(32,913 posts)Brainfodder
(7,781 posts)I like both AV and OS, and British Sterling even and Brut.
May favs got discontinued though, R.I.P.
Floyd R. Turbo
(32,913 posts)Brainfodder
(7,781 posts)May the weirdo never live it down!
Emile
(42,289 posts)LeftInTX
(34,294 posts)Emile
(42,289 posts)LeftInTX
(34,294 posts)Emile
(42,289 posts)Last edited Fri Aug 9, 2024, 04:25 PM - Edit history (1)
on a Northern Minnesota Lake with no running water. We took our baths in the lake. I had a rope swing in a tree and I would swing out and get wet.
Swim back to shore and about knee deep with my bar of ivory soap I would lather up. Swing back out and rinse off.

LeftInTX
(34,294 posts)Since real soap is mostly fat, there is a good chance all soaps created from fat would float.
Most bars (Irish Spring for example) nowadays are detergents, which emulsify in water, break fats, protein and grease and likely would not float
Croney
(5,017 posts)I'll bet there are lots of women like me who don't want a man who smells funny. (I'm not a scent-wearer either, so I might be too extreme in my disdain.)
CentralMass
(16,971 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(32,913 posts)JCMach1
(29,202 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(32,913 posts)bcbink
(120 posts)Old Spice is my absolute favorite
Horse with no Name
(34,239 posts)I bet it was Cool Water or Pierre Cardin
Floyd R. Turbo
(32,913 posts)Zoomie1986
(1,213 posts)I worked in a major department store while I was in college during the early 80s. Aramis was the #1 fragrance for men of all ages. Every single one of our stores would run out of it the holidays--including Valentine's and Father's Day.
No other men's fragrance sold like that.
highplainsdem
(62,143 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(32,913 posts)getagrip_already
(17,802 posts)Army guy. Turkey hunter.
No scent. Ivory soap.
He doesnt smell, he just doesnt use perfume.
Just sayin.
Floyd R. Turbo
(32,913 posts)LakeArenal
(29,949 posts)Anybody remember British Sterling.
Boyfriends everywhere got it for Christmas!

https://images.app.goo.gl/EAWCm266REJETNxKA
Floyd R. Turbo
(32,913 posts)Sibelius Fan
(24,808 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(32,913 posts)Turbineguy
(40,074 posts)Agua Velva and Listerine mixed. You're drunk but smell good.
I've never had it.
