This is a timeless fragrance and works very well with my shaving routine. Makes my skin feel very clean. Been using this sine 1934 :-) My Dad (1920--1997) used this and I remember the blue bottle on his shelf above the sink with razor shaving brush etc. This is a great aftershave, and has a nice scent which lasts, worth buying, I also use this on my shaving channel on Youtube "PaulHFilms". I have never used aftershave before, but found this completely by accident. I was looking for something that smelled like Brylcreem, because as it turns out there is no such thing as a Brylcreem aftershave, but I knew I wanted something I can use everyday that has a 'fresh' slightly musky, slightly soapy scent and not too strong.

badgerandblade.com (15 February 2010). "Aqua Velva Plastic Bottles". Badger & Blade . Retrieved 3 January 2020. What it smells like: Stetson’s scent kinda catches you off guard. With all their rugged cowboy marketing, I expected Stetson to have a woodsy, leathery, or even musk scent. But to my surprise it was more of a light, flowery fragrance with notes of lavender, jasmine, and citrus. It’s not bad, just different from the typical male fragrances on the list. Dargis, Manohla (March 2, 2007). " "Zodiac": David Fincher's obsession with a serial killer's story". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 8, 2017 . Retrieved 2009-11-07. an alarming- looking blue elixir called an Aqua Velva that is Graysmith's bar drink of choice Aqua Velva is an American brand of grooming products targeted at men. Its best-known product is the Ice Blue aftershave introduced in 1917 by the J.B. Williams Company. [1] History [ edit ]Always rinse your skin with lukewarm water after shaving and then a final cold rinse to start the process of closing the pores. Finally apply the aftershave to seal the pores and start the healing process.

Not much to add, except for that embarrassing lapse in judgment earlier this year where they were considering putting Aqua Velva in plastic bottles, until we here at B&B flooded their offices with complaints and hate mail. I think that's a moment in AV history that Williams/Combe would rather forget, though.

Splash a liberal amount of Aqua Velva into the palm of your hand and apply over the shaved area to seal the pores with a cool & fresh sensation.. Recommended for Pinaud Clubman is the oldest bargain aftershave on our list. Since 1810, Pinaud Clubman has been making the world smell manlier with their wide range of grooming products. Walk into any traditional barbershop and you’ll likely find Pinaud Clubman aftershave sitting on the shelves; it’s part of what gives classic barbershops their distinctive scent. Behle, Anna; Pawlowski, Alice (2021-10-28). "Recipe for standard BG-11 media v1". doi: 10.17504/protocols.io.bzjup4nw. S2CID 240207461 . Retrieved 2022-02-07. {{ cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= ( help) Eventually, the smell and blue color we know Aqua Velva itself to have today was added post-Prohibition in the US to keep guys desperate for a swig of booze from chugging the stuff, although these days it isn’t even made with potable alcohol (nor are many toiletries anymore). That leather-meets-mint-and-lemon smell of Aqua Velva became so appealing at one point that Williams just recommended using their product as cologne too, adding a material they marketed as “Humectin” to extend the longevity of the smell. The popularity of Aqua Velva opened the door for other purpose-made aftershaves like Mennen’s Skin Bracer in 1932, itself a shameless rip off of Houbigant’s Fougère Royale with mint replacing much of the citrus top, and being a much simpler “fougère” structure overall.

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How did I get to sixty without discovering Aqua Velva, I wanted to give this a fair trial so I done the usual pre prep using Glice oil soap rinsed some off but not all leaving the face slippery, lathered over the top and then three pass shave, instead off my normal Nivia aftershave balm I just splashed some Aqua Velva on instead, wonderfull cool sensation and left my skin feeling really good Two hours later my skin feels soft without being oily and the aroma is still pleasant without being over the top, I will be using this again. What do you use after a shave? Do you use anything at all? Much to the surprise of some traditional wet-shavers armed with brush and bowl, the answer to that question for many young people is “no”. Shaving itself has evolved from the days of when it was a luxury for the upper classes, when only barbers having attended specific schools and licensed to remove hair were capable of safely shaving the face for a fee beyond the realms of the most peasant-like. As a shaver, who during COVID transformed from a Gillette multi blade user to a wet shaver with an expensive DE and have now discovered fragrances, I’ve gone from using aftershaves always to rarely. But that’s because I can do a very clean shave and I then use professional face care moisturizer. So the scent purpose of aftershave has been lost as has the face feel purpose. I have some unscented splashes for occasional use and a few balls, and I still love the DR Harris Arlington scent (aftershave , not so much cologne), but it’s no longer needed. An. interesting read, thank you. Fantastic post shave properties: the menthol cools everything down, the witch hazel heals and the lanolin conditions the skin.