Anybody ever tried the 1903 cologne advertized in the J. Peterman catalogue? Just wondering what your thoughts were. It sounds like a nice scent.
1903 from the Peterman catalog
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I bought a bottle from another member. It's classy, pine-oriented, and reminded me of the original Ralph Lauren Polo. I'll probably put it on b/s/t because it doesn't get a lot of use, but while it didn't knock my socks off I do think most guys would like it.
p.s.--It's not a weak scent, so I'd start with one spray and see how strong it is and how long it lasts before applying more.
hope this helps.
p.s.--It's not a weak scent, so I'd start with one spray and see how strong it is and how long it lasts before applying more.
hope this helps.
2007. I was in Pamplona for the running of the bulls. One evening, as my wife and I sat in the moonlit plaza, slowly sipping wine, I noticed the most extraordinary fragrance. Leathery yes, like the bound volumes in an editor's library or the well-worn armchairs in a lodge in Ketchum. Yet there was more. The hint of flowers, perhaps a field of wildflowers blooming against all odds in an Italian churchyard in the spring of 1918. Citrus too, the fragrance of lemons and oranges freshly squeezed as the regular customers began to arrive at the Bar Floridita. The final note? One of memory. The slightly powdery fragrance of my childhood visits to the barbershop in Oak Park.
I looked around but I could not find the source of this extraordinary scent. I turned to my wife and asked her if she noticed it.
"I believe it's coming from that old wino sitting on the curb," she replied.
And she was right. I sniffed his neck and there it was! When I asked him what he was wearing, he replied that it was a gift made for him by his old friend Don Ernesto when he took his first bull. For you see Esteban had once been a matador, the toast of Madrid. Every year, Esteban told me, he wore this cologne on this day only, in memory the day when it all went wrong, the bull too swift and his friend gone to America never to return.
What was it? That, Esteban could not tell me. This very morning, he had finished the last drop of cologne and thrown the bottle in the gutter near the cathedral. My wife and I searched the plaza until dawn, but we did not find that empty bottle. We did, however, have Esteban flown to Argonne National Laboratories, where his old hide yielded its secrets to gas chromatography. Now Esteban sits in his familiar spot, a patch on his neck and a wooden case of Rioja delivered each day by a courier from my favorite shop. And I have a bottle of J Peterman 1903. A fragrance made by Papa himself. Or so I am told.
I looked around but I could not find the source of this extraordinary scent. I turned to my wife and asked her if she noticed it.
"I believe it's coming from that old wino sitting on the curb," she replied.
And she was right. I sniffed his neck and there it was! When I asked him what he was wearing, he replied that it was a gift made for him by his old friend Don Ernesto when he took his first bull. For you see Esteban had once been a matador, the toast of Madrid. Every year, Esteban told me, he wore this cologne on this day only, in memory the day when it all went wrong, the bull too swift and his friend gone to America never to return.
What was it? That, Esteban could not tell me. This very morning, he had finished the last drop of cologne and thrown the bottle in the gutter near the cathedral. My wife and I searched the plaza until dawn, but we did not find that empty bottle. We did, however, have Esteban flown to Argonne National Laboratories, where his old hide yielded its secrets to gas chromatography. Now Esteban sits in his familiar spot, a patch on his neck and a wooden case of Rioja delivered each day by a courier from my favorite shop. And I have a bottle of J Peterman 1903. A fragrance made by Papa himself. Or so I am told.
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Its awesome. Friend of mine blindly ordered it, and I have worn it a few times. Will be buying some bottles of it soon.
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Nid Hog, your post doesn't really help me much, but it's pure genius.
I really like the 1903 but it's a cold weather scent for sure. I'm not comfortable wearing it in the heat. Do not ignore the warnings of potency!
I know only the cream, and I like the smell.
I think I may have met Esteban - does he frequently wear the "Urban Sombrero"?
Ah, my friend, the lives that were ruined because of that urban sombrero!
I tried to order some but they cannot ship to the UK
You're an errand boy, sent out by grocery clerks, to collect a bill.
PS: apologies to the OP for all the tomfoolery; it will definitely be a great day when sellers in the US (and elsewhere) just give up on all this "we don't ship alcohol" nonsense. Listen: all my cologne and aftershave has come from overseas. Everyone who has ever refused to sell to me has simply lost out, because I've ended up getting what I wanted anyway - FROM ONE OF THEIR FELLOW COUNTRYMEN!!
Oh, and sorry to the OP. We kind of got sidetracked with the monkey business. I have tried the J Peterman shave cream and it was okay in scent. Performance was like most of the British creams. The scent was kind of a generic slightly woody affair with a light citrus top note. At least my foggy memory tells me so. I have no idea if the edt is similar. Sorry for the lack of information.
Regards, Todd
Regards, Todd
is the scent anything like Blenheim Bouquet?
Regards, Todd
P.S. Are you sure it was not the most interesting man in the world?
He doesn't always wear cologne, but when he does..... He prefers J. Peterman.
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