Hi Friends,
I'm certainly not new to B&B nor wet shaving but I AM new to Frags! So perhaps you kind gents could help me out in picking a fragrance or two to start with. For what it's worth I recently tried out a sample of English Laundry Cambridge Knight... that's what has gotten me started down the path of trying some more fragrances. I honestly don't know how to describe it that well, but if anyone knows this scent, I think it's fairly nice however it smells a bit generic to me... like something straight ahead out of the men's dept. at Macy's. In fact, I could almost swear that this is the exact scent I've smelled in department stores when shopping in the men's section. Not that this is a totally bad thing....
But, I'd love a scent that has a bit more originality/distinctiveness to it. To give a sense of my tastes, I love RR XXX splash and I also love Speick splash. I love Captain's splashes although I don't usually like anything with too much clove (North and Lime are my favorites). I do like masculine scents that have a bit of vanilla or musk to them. I'm not really into floral scents or anything overly fruity (although citrus is ok). I don't want anything too far out there, and I also have a sensitive nose so I don't want to go with anything too forward or overbearing. Something that comes up on you in a lovely, soft manner would be great.
Finally, I'd love something that won't break the bank as I'm just getting into this... so cheap = good. Readily available would be nice too, for example, so that next time I am downtown in Chicago I could swing by Merz or a place like that and give it a sniff.
Hope I haven't laid out too many guidelines. But really looking forward to hearing (and trying) some of your suggestions. Many thanks!
- Badger Bill
I'm certainly not new to B&B nor wet shaving but I AM new to Frags! So perhaps you kind gents could help me out in picking a fragrance or two to start with. For what it's worth I recently tried out a sample of English Laundry Cambridge Knight... that's what has gotten me started down the path of trying some more fragrances. I honestly don't know how to describe it that well, but if anyone knows this scent, I think it's fairly nice however it smells a bit generic to me... like something straight ahead out of the men's dept. at Macy's. In fact, I could almost swear that this is the exact scent I've smelled in department stores when shopping in the men's section. Not that this is a totally bad thing....
But, I'd love a scent that has a bit more originality/distinctiveness to it. To give a sense of my tastes, I love RR XXX splash and I also love Speick splash. I love Captain's splashes although I don't usually like anything with too much clove (North and Lime are my favorites). I do like masculine scents that have a bit of vanilla or musk to them. I'm not really into floral scents or anything overly fruity (although citrus is ok). I don't want anything too far out there, and I also have a sensitive nose so I don't want to go with anything too forward or overbearing. Something that comes up on you in a lovely, soft manner would be great.
Finally, I'd love something that won't break the bank as I'm just getting into this... so cheap = good. Readily available would be nice too, for example, so that next time I am downtown in Chicago I could swing by Merz or a place like that and give it a sniff.
Hope I haven't laid out too many guidelines. But really looking forward to hearing (and trying) some of your suggestions. Many thanks!
- Badger Bill