For all you lovers of Old Spice

rolatruck · Wednesday February 24, 2016

Found this on the bay and ordered a bottle:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/301814027943?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

Came in just over a week, very quick. As you can see its a 150ml bottle, and does this smell like the real deal! This is how i remember old spice as smelling in the late 70s, lovely stuff. In fact its so good i have ordered another bottle.

rolatruck · Wednesday February 24, 2016

Forgot to say, dont take any notice of the tracking info, mine is still showing as delivery info received, its not signed for so not sure who tracks it?

DaveThumper · Wednesday February 24, 2016

Is this made by Shulton ?

riverrun · Wednesday February 24, 2016

It's the Indian version. When Procter&Gamble bought Shulton they didn't get the Indian rights. P&G then changed the recipe, but the Indian Old Spice is still made to the original formulation. I only have the Indian Old Spice Fresh Lime and it's lovely.

DaveThumper · Wednesday February 24, 2016

Cheers, i have the Proctor & Gamble version which i like,so will have to get this Indian version

riverrun · Wednesday February 24, 2016

DaveThumper said:
Cheers, i have the Proctor & Gamble version which i like,so will have to get this Indian version

I love the slogan on the Indian bottles:
Smell Like A Man

Wishbone · Thursday February 25, 2016

riverrun said:
I love the slogan on the Indian bottles:
Smell Like A Man

That's a Bollywood montage waiting to happen, right there .....

Shemen Zait · Thursday February 25, 2016

Bogeyman · Thursday February 25, 2016

riverrun said:
It's the Indian version. When Procter&Gamble bought Shulton they didn't get the Indian rights. P&G then changed the recipe, but the Indian Old Spice is still made to the original formulation. I only have the Indian Old Spice Fresh Lime and it's lovely.

Are you sure about that?

http://articles.economictimes.india...zes-cosmetics-largest-consumer-products-maker

"Procter & Gamble Company acquired the business of Shulton along with the Old Spice brand in 1993.

The Menezes family's relation with Old Spice began before that, more than five decades ago when it introduced the brand in India as a licensee of Shulton. This association ended when P&G took over the brand in 1993.

Since then, the brand changed hands thrice to come back to Menezes through the Godrej group, with whom P&G had a joint venture initially, and then with Marico."

I am thinking they have changed the aftershave just as they have the shave cream, i.e., crap.

Fergiebilly · Thursday February 25, 2016

Bogeyman said:
Are you sure about that?

http://articles.economictimes.india...zes-cosmetics-largest-consumer-products-maker

"Procter & Gamble Company acquired the business of Shulton along with the Old Spice brand in 1993.

The Menezes family's relation with Old Spice began before that, more than five decades ago when it introduced the brand in India as a licensee of Shulton. This association ended when P&G took over the brand in 1993.

Since then, the brand changed hands thrice to come back to Menezes through the Godrej group, with whom P&G had a joint venture initially, and then with Marico."

I am thinking they have changed the aftershave just as they have the shave cream, i.e., crap.

Its Crap..

Billy

riverrun · Thursday February 25, 2016

Bogeyman said:
Are you sure about that?

I am thinking they have changed the aftershave just as they have the shave cream, i.e., crap.

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/279212-Will-the-real-quot-Old-Spice-quot-please-stand-up

Dave-the-rave · Thursday February 25, 2016

The stuff I sniffed recently in Tesco was certainly pure unadulterated crap.

rolatruck · Thursday February 25, 2016

Dave-the-rave said:
The stuff I sniffed recently in Tesco was certainly pure unadulterated crap.

Thats because its not the original stuff from India.

MrK1 · Thursday February 25, 2016

I have both UK and Indian versions.

The Indian one definitely smells better.

If you are ordering one, you might as well get the Lime one as well.

Bogeyman · Thursday February 25, 2016

riverrun said:
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/279212-Will-the-real-quot-Old-Spice-quot-please-stand-up

Yes, I have read that, but the new AS from India does NOT say Shulton on the box or bottle. The consensus seems to be P&G has reformulated everything now. Some of you people may have gotten old stock. Don't trust a vendor as they are terrified of being left in the lurch with the new crap. P&G is not to be trusted either as they have repeatedly prevaricated about Old Spice AS being reformulated despite hard scientific data showing otherwise. A corp. will always act in their own interests & not ours. Period.

rolatruck · Thursday February 25, 2016

Bogeyman said:
Yes, I have read that, but the new AS from India does NOT say Shulton on the box or bottle. The consensus seems to be P&G has reformulated everything now. Some of you people may have gotten old stock. Don't trust a vendor as they are terrified of being left in the lurch with the new crap. P&G is not to be trusted either as they have repeatedly prevaricated about Old Spice AS being reformulated despite hard scientific data showing otherwise. A corp. will always act in their own interests & not ours. Period.

If they have reformulated the indian stuff, it definitely smells better then what we can get in the UK