What is your Favorite Aftershave?

My father wore Old Spice, so I associate that smell fondly with him. He’s about the same age as you. It remains my favourite aftershave. I wanted to buy some for my husband, but all I can find lately are the newfangled, rebranded Old Spice formulas, which all smell like cheap men’s shampoo to me.

I’d rather a guy go unscented at all than wear a lot of the crap out there.

I have been wearing Kenneth Cole Reaction for 10 years now and don’t plan on stopping ever. Tons of compliments on it but the only ones that matter is the wife’s. Musk though is the one she really likes…a lot. :)

I have this attachment to (wait for it) English Leather. I get plenty of ribbing from men old enough to remember it. The women don’t let on for fear of betraying their age. I tell the wife I’ll switch to whatever she prefers, but she remains indifferent.

I don’t do aftershave, I don’t like perfume on ladies though either.

Tis the season.
Tell her to get you something she approves of for Christmas. Doesn’t matter all that much if you like it – after a while you’ll only smell it when you apply.

Hai karate is being reintroduced I hear

None. They’ve all smelled nasty to me.

@Seek This is going to sound like hocus pocus, but if you decant the Old Spice from the plastic container to a glass container and let it sit for a couple of days, it smells different. more like the original. I’ve tried that with some success. Also, it is still manufactured in India by the original Shulton company using the original formula.

I couldn’t believe it! Had to look up Hai Karate

I have fond memories of Brut.

^ Brut was my Pop-Pop. More fond memories.

I saw a cheap bottle of Brut recently, @Seek, and it was all I could do to not buy it.
I wouldn’t use it. But the smell.

Aftershave/cologne for men is like perfume, in that it smells differently on some who wear it.
Both of you go on another department store Safari and wear sleeves that you can roll/push up. Don’t go bananas and spray sample everything! Your nose, like taste buds, becomes overloaded and you lose the essence of your search.
There are some scents that knock you over, right off. Put it down. Walk away.
If you are at the barber, or House of Hair to get a trim- pick up a magazine. Some come packed with overlays to pull back and smell. Xmas is the season that scents are pushed.
So is Father’s Day, for men. (i.e.-sale)
Some of the older scents are long-time favorites. Grey Flannel is another not mentioned above.
Find one that you both like. Don’t press down on the spray top like it is rustoleum! If your nose has overloaded, go to housewares for duct tape or a silver service for twelve, and come back. It also gives the scent a chance to breathe-and blend in with your skin.
Light scents to heavy musks are all available. Some are unforgettable.
Don’t get lured in by the shape of the container either. A-hem. Very subliminal studies are done concerning that- you’d be stunned!
As above- yes, glass over plastic does matter. Keeping it in a hot bathroom or in sunlight changes it also.
Get one you both like- not just one. You’ll find a mutually agreeable one, trust me.
Remember, there are some scents out there for gentlemen that when someone walks by wearing it- Oh My! sigh
Just try a small bit on the skin of the wrist up to elbow. Don’t overlap. Let it settle and warm up on your skin. Give a moment to smell it again after a bit of time, both smell the result.
You just might end up having the most interesting shopping experience and evening you could’ve only imagined before that time.

I wore Grey Flannel for year and years, @msh.
Remember Jovan Musk?
And I loved the traditional Calvin Klein in the phallic bottle.

I use electric razors and have never used aftershave.

I’ve just taken up wet shaving after my electric crapped out, and I found my father’s shaving kit. A lot of stuff was all disintegrated, but a couple of foil razors and a couple straight razors, a stone and a brush. I was all set. After removing a substantial amount of skin I am actually getting pretty proficient with straight razors and can do several passes without spilling any blood. I then hit my face with a block of Alum to close my pores up tight and then go for the Aftershave to kill the germs that entered my face. LOL.

@ibstubro – Oh! Jovan musk- I haven’t thought of that in years!
Yep- that little devil Calvin Klein. Man, he was smart! First Brooke Sheilds in her: “I love my Calvins” ads and billboards to oh those subliminal- yow!- bottles of scent. Smart boy was that Calvin! Studio 54 King!

Drakkar Noir

After several trip to the shaving store, we’ve found Clubman Citrus Musk to be one that we both can agree smells pretty OK. It reminds me of green life-savers at first, but then fades into the background. It will be nice in the summer. She is pretty Meh about it, but at least I don’t smell like my father, which increases the odds in my favor. :)

“Shaving store?”
You’ve been going to a shaving store?

You need to hid Big Lots. Try the “Smells like…” section because none of that stuff smells like anything that’s ever been on the popular market.
You’ll smell unique unless you’re a big yard saler.

Well, Actually half of the store is knives and stuff. The other half is Razors and barber stuff. Lots of soaps and aftershaves and manly stuff. There is a haze of testosterone hanging over the place.

Why isn’t your wife just picking out the scent? Or 3–5 scents she likes for you to pick one?
After a while you won’t even smell it, anyway…let her get something that turns her on.

I make my runs usually while she is at work. She promised to go with me next time when I take the kitchen knives to be sharpened.

I thought knife sharpening was a lost art. I can’t find one in my rural area, so I figured we were supposed to use them until they were dull and throw them away.

Mostly J/K. I sharpen my own.

These guys are incredible! I have several Laminated (Sanmai) Japanese knives that have a layer of very hard carbon steel laminated between two layers of stainless. My sharpening stones aren’t tough enough to adequately sharpen them. They told me they are very familiar with them so I’m taking them over. They only charge ~$3 per knife and can put any angle I like on them. I’ll support them as much as I can just to keep the craft alive.

Yes, I understand about keeping the craft alive…I would do the same.

I have some old favorite knives that I’ve self sharpened I’d love to have a professional re-grind. I use a hand-held sharpener at home (made for hunters) and, while it works great, it leaves ripples in the blade after a while.