Old spice aroma

Excellent, my first enablement of 2021.

 

Dash you Paul, for reminding me of the glory which was SouthseaSpray. How I miss that fragrance.

Johnny/.
 
Bogeyman said:
I had a tub of that back in the day & traded it went it went icky. Smelled great.


FWIW and for those who didn't know, Old Spice was originally a toilet water for women.
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I have say upon entering the loo after the wife has been in a while, not once have I sniffed the air and thought nice Old Spice aroma in the air
Myself on the other hand always leave it smelling great, well to my nose anyway.
 
pjgh said:
Darron did do a (limited run?) South Sea Spray in 1912. I have a tub! Lovely stuff, like fresh cotton sheets billowing in the wind. Just like vintage Rolls Razor soap.
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Gosh, thankies ever so Paul, cheering me up no end knowing you've got a tub ! What's that old saying, “No loss what a m8 gets”.

JohnnyO. o/.
 
pjgh said:
Sheridan's, too ... probably more so than Spice Trade. That's the darkest in the pictures above.
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To me, the problem with Super Smooth was the abundance of stearic acid. Spice Trade or Sheridan's as a hard soap would have been a winner. I still have a bit of the hard soap samples I received, which I mashed together as they smelt so similar. The smell, still, is superb ...
 

I feintly remember it being labelled (stamped) 1902. I should see what samples of that I've got up in the loft.
 
I like this thread because I was looking for an Old Spice alternative last year and I'm still interested, so I found the suggestions here really helpful and I'll definitely be looking into some purchases...my first shaving stuff of the year...and I was doing so well on my planned 'Dry 2021' .

In my search a few months ago I did track down some of the made-in-India so called 'Original' scent Old Spice cream in a tube and it wasn't at all bad. It did remind me of the 'proper' Shulton shaving cream my dad used to use when I was a kid, so three little tubes for a few quid was worth it.
Here's a pic that I took at the time:

Note: all the other stuff around the tube is just vintage stuff that's not available any more...but the pre-electric, talc and splash all have original Shulton contents and I just like to smell them now and then. Great as a way of comparing the proper stuff with alternatives.
 
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