In Praise of Japanese Aftershaves

[Luc]

Nice stuff, I would spend quite a lot in that place!!

How's Vintage? I got a bottle on my way...

 

[thunderball]

OK, I caved in, and went back to the store and picked up the Vintage AS and skin conditioner.

Classy bottles!

Bright scent, with sort of a woody undercurrent....


OK, here's my haul from this trip:

Awesome!

 

[Luc]

I got a package today. 3 Japanese aftershaves.

1-MG5 - I already know that one but I figured, I should buy another one for lather
2-Vintage - Smells nice actually, SWMBO said ok but I think it's nice.
3-Lordos - I'm really not sure about that one. It's like a powdery grand-pa and grand-ma. This one might end up on BST. I will try it on Sunday when I don't have to go out...

 

[Xury]

I wanna try some of that Vintage. It it just, meh? Or are we talking awesome goodiness?

 

[djmike523]

how is the Feather AS? I posted a thread on that awhile back, but maybe the right people weren't reading?!

 

[Luc]

I wanna try some of that Vintage. It it just, meh? Or are we talking awesome goodiness?

I found the Vintage to be a bit more refined than Bravas or MG5. Lighter, barbershop-ish. I haven't tried it on me yet, I only tried to smell it!

 

[Seraphim]

Well, since the Wife nixed most of my recent purchases, I'm now going to have to be only a charter member of the Japanese aftershave fan club

However, I did use the Lucido unscented aftershave last night, and it is good stuff, as Nid Hog has already said. Surprisingly moisturizing for a AS. It may be listed as "unscented", but it still has an alchohol smell when splashing it on.

 

[mpearce]

Well, since the Wife nixed most of my recent purchases, I'm now going to have to be only a charter member of the Japanese aftershave fan club

However, I did use the Lucido unscented aftershave last night, and it is good stuff, as Nid Hog has already said. Surprisingly moisturizing for a AS. It may be listed as "unscented", but it still has an alchohol smell when splashing it on.

I like the Lucido so far. I haven't tried any others as of yet but I am looking forward to it.

 

[The Nid Hog]

Well, since the Wife nixed most of my recent purchases, I'm now going to have to be only a charter member of the Japanese aftershave fan club

However, I did use the Lucido unscented aftershave last night, and it is good stuff, as Nid Hog has already said. Surprisingly moisturizing for a AS. It may be listed as "unscented", but it still has an alchohol smell when splashing it on.

I think that the Lucido qualifies you as a card carrying member! And at least you got to keep the rest of them for a while. "Tis better to have loved and lost, etc."

 

[Yooper]

I bought a bottle of Auslese at a small pharmacy store in Tokyo last summer when I was there for work. Wanted Mandom, MG5 or something else, but Auslese is all they had. It seems to condition the skin well, but has a very faint scent that fades fast once applied. I like it in the summer time.

 

[thunderball]

I bought a bottle of Auslese at a small pharmacy store in Tokyo last summer when I was there for work. Wanted Mandom, MG5 or something else, but Auslese is all they had. It seems to condition the skin well, but has a very faint scent that fades fast once applied. I like it in the summer time.

I've got to try the Auslese...

 

[Luc]

I tried the Vintage today. Light scent that doesn't last long. Very nice, works well. However, I'm not sure it's worth versus MG5 or Bravas...

 

[Seraphim]

I bought a bottle of Auslese at a small pharmacy store in Tokyo last summer when I was there for work. Wanted Mandom, MG5 or something else, but Auslese is all they had. It seems to condition the skin well, but has a very faint scent that fades fast once applied. I like it in the summer time.

I also saw a Auslese version that said "Calming Aftershave Lotion", looked like it had extra moisturizing stuff in there (cloudy as opposed to clear).

 

[thunderball]

There MAY be a small package of Japanese aftershaves being quietly dropped onto the BST in the next little while....just sayin'.

 

[The Nid Hog]

Very nice! Anything new in the world of Japanese aftershaves?

 

[thunderball]

Very nice! Anything new in the world of Japanese aftershaves?

Not that I've noticed anyway...just picked up two 'classics' today and thought I'd share the love with the B&B brethren.

 

[rick92f]

I bought a bottle of Mandom today at the local Japanese market and I like it. It's like a cross between sweaty hooker and Dunhill 1934. Good stuff.

 

[malocchio]

I strolled through japantown san francisco 2 weeks ago...recession has hit hard here ...the really top notch japanese goods are being replaced by cheap chinese stuff....the very few shave products are astronomically expensive...the quality shops that were there are disappearing also,replaced with shops approaching 99 cent stores...

 

[Luc]

I will try to attack some reviews next week and I will probably start with that bottle of Vintage Aftershave!

 

[thunderball]

I strolled through japantown san francisco 2 weeks ago...recession has hit hard here ...the really top notch japanese goods are being replaced by cheap chinese stuff....the very few shave products are astronomically expensive...the quality shops that were there are disappearing also,replaced with shops approaching 99 cent stores...

I find this troubling...