Wet Shave

[Egg Shen]

You definitely have to use the top of the blades against the skin with that configuration. Making skin contact with the lower blade will cut like a razor!

That’s the precision I require

 

[Egg Shen]

Yeah. That cucumber ones is very nice too.
Lucky tiger after shave tonic is alcohol free and I believe it is either witch hazel based or contains some witch hazel. Most of the non alcohol after shaves are witch hazel based.
Very beneficial properties in witch hazel.

Why do you avoid alcohol based?

 

[Egg Shen]

Today’s acquisition. (Floid blue scent)

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I bought this too. Please share your thoughts on it

 

[Brad H]

Why do you avoid alcohol based?

I don’t avoid alcohol based aftershave.
Some people do and some people don’t. Some people don’t like the burn with alcohol.
I’m ok with either.

That blue ya just bought is a clone of the discontinued floid blue. It’s pretty close to floid blue. I still have about 3 original floid blues.
Epsilon might be discontinued, I am not sure. Seems like i have seen it for sell less and less.

 

[Joe H]

Just a short update on the Shannon's Soap Balkan Blend scent: I had my wife give it a smell (she's been away traveling) and she thought it smelled like sweet tobacco. I asked if it smelled anything like an old pipe shop or walk-in cigar humidor. She replied, "Who would want to smell like that?"

So I guess maybe Shannon designed it more like an aromatic, which usually smell better to by-standers than they do to the guy making the smoke, or in this case, the lather.

 

[Joe H]

I’m reminded of one of @Briar Lee’s posts which said: “You will never have a prettier girl sitting next to you than your blend smells.”

I played the trumpet when this Herb Alpert album came out. The album was titled Whipped Cream but the model was actually covered in shaving cream. The whipped cream didn’t stay in place under the studio lights. I bet she didn’t smell like an old pipe Shop…

 

[Waning Embers]

The whipped cream didn’t stay in place under the studio lights.

Whipped cream ads like Cool Whip also use shaving cream.

 

[Brad H]

Whipped cream ads like Cool Whip also use shaving cream.

You can shave with cool whip btw.

 

[Brad H]

Many thanks to @bullet08 for starting this thread, and for all of the follow-on contributors for the interesting content. I’m sure no one will be surprised that on-line conversations like this one contribute to purchases. As a result of this thread and some additional research, I just bought my second ever brand of shaving soap. I’ve used TOBS Sandalwood about 25 years and was and am more than satisfied, but I never even heard of tobacco scented shaving soap. Below was today’s shave with Shannon’s Soap Balkan Blend and I will say the quality of the lather was amazing; super thick, slick and fast to build up a nice bowl full. You can see what's left in the bowl after two passes. It didn’t smell much like tobacco of any kind to me, but it has a nice enough smell.

I don’t want to steer this thread away from its initial topic, and I’d be happy to start a different thread if needed, but if any regular pipe and cigar guys here have found a shaving soap that really smells like when you walk into a cigar humidor or proper pipe shop, I’d be interested in your opinions. Thanks in advance and again, great thread topic!
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Alright. So it took me longer than I thought but I found the one I have that smells like walking into a humidor. It’s “Leviathan” by Barrister and Mann.
It comes in a soap/aftershave/ and EDT spray on cologne.
I know the scent notes don’t say tobacco but when they are all mixed together it’s pretty dang close to a walk in humidor.

I am not 100% sure if it’s still made but I don’t think it was a limited run

 

[Waning Embers]

Alright. So it took me longer than I thought but I found the one I have that smells like walking into a humidor. It’s “Leviathan” by Barrister and Mann.
It comes in a soap/aftershave/ and EDT spray on cologne.
I know the scent notes don’t say tobacco but when they are all mixed together it’s pretty dang close to a walk in humidor.

I am not 100% sure if it’s still made but I don’t think it was a limited run

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Looks like they were fans of Pitch Black.

 

[Joe H]

Thanks for tracking that down @Brad H, I'll keep an eye out for it.

 

[Brad H]

Thanks for tracking that down @Brad H, I'll keep an eye out for it.

I wore it today and got quite a few complements. The EDP bottle smells a bit less like a humidor than the aftershave bottle does. These are also a few years old. 3-4+

 

[seanv]

I picked up a bottle of Brut today. I guess I was feeling nostalgic haha. I'll probably give it a go Friday

 

[Brad H]

I picked up a bottle of Brut today. I guess I was feeling nostalgic haha. I'll probably give it a go Friday

Aftershave or the cologne splash?

 

[seanv]

This is the aftershave. I don't think I've seen the cologne here in well over a decade

 

[seanv]

The Brute aftershave is nice and reminds me of the old stuff. I've worn it twice now and both times I have been able to catch the scent into the mid afternoon hours.

 

[Brad H]

This is the aftershave. I don't think I've seen the cologne here in well over a decade

There is a splash cologne and a spray. Look on Amazon and you can find them. They last a bit longer than the aftershave.