Antique Store Old Spice

[Pungo Lee]

Went to a snooty Antique Store today looking for a 9 ounce vintage OS bottle(didn't find one). This place is 3 stories with dozens of rooms packed to the gills, no OS anywhere! Found a Aftershave Group in one booth, Sportsman gift set( ugh, didnt smell right, Wild Country(interesting), and there was a still wrapped Christmas gift in 50's paper with Dwights' name on it labeled "Mystery gift". I tore open the bottom(nobody looking), the booth sign said 60 percent off.
Brand new 1955 or so Shulton OS, 4 bucks.
In a far corner of a junk-filled booth upstairs sat a ships wheel decanter with the gold paint flaking off, 1 dollar.
Shulton OS Deluxe Cologne.
Also picked up a WW1 straight razor with ivory handles for 14 bucks and a Gillette adjustable Fatboy for 5 dollars. This is fun!
Across the street a defunct Drug Store yeilded 2 OS round stick deodorants and some stainless DE blades for 8 dollars total.
Forget anything I have said about formula changes in OS. Sitting here wearing this stuff tonight I can tell you, whether it is due to age or whatever, the old stuff is worth seeking out!

 

[Pungo Lee]

I want to apologize. I found out B&B has a Quick Score section, this should have went there. Sorry!

 

[Swampfox]

Went to a snooty Antique Store today looking for a 9 ounce vintage OS bottle(didn't find one). This place is 3 stories with dozens of rooms packed to the gills, no OS anywhere! Found a Aftershave Group in one booth, Sportsman gift set( ugh, didnt smell right, Wild Country(interesting), and there was a still wrapped Christmas gift in 50's paper with Dwights' name on it labeled "Mystery gift". I tore open the bottom(nobody looking), the booth sign said 60 percent off.
Brand new 1955 or so Shulton OS, 4 bucks.
In a far corner of a junk-filled booth upstairs sat a ships wheel decanter with the gold paint flaking off, 1 dollar.
Shulton OS Deluxe Cologne.
Also picked up a WW1 straight razor with ivory handles for 14 bucks and a Gillette adjustable Fatboy for 5 dollars. This is fun!
Across the street a defunct Drug Store yeilded 2 OS round stick deodorants and some stainless DE blades for 8 dollars total.
Forget anything I have said about formula changes in OS. Sitting here wearing this stuff tonight I can tell you, whether it is due to age or whatever, the old stuff is worth seeking out!

I want to apologize. I found out B&B has a Quick Score section, this should have went there. Sorry!

No need to apologize! I'm glad you posted it here. Sounds like you really stumbled on some great finds.

 

[daleroller]

Good find. I bought my full bottle of Shulton Old Spice cologne at an antique store for $6 about 3 weeks ago. I wore it today for an impotant meeting.

Do you think that these older colognes age and get better like wine? I mean do the scents develope and mature as time goes by?

 

[Pungo Lee]

Do you think that these older colognes age and get better like wine? I mean do the scents develope and mature as time goes by?
Yes, but I have encountered a few that have turned sour. I can't account for why,unless somewhere during their long life they were adulterated with something else. The ones that are good are VERY good though, age has done them well. Like wine!

 

[Hank Corbett]

Do you think that these older colognes age and get better like wine? I mean do the scents develope and mature as time goes by?
Yes, but I have encountered a few that have turned sour. I can't account for why,unless somewhere during their long life they were adulterated with something else. The ones that are good are VERY good though, age has done them well. Like wine!

Old Spice is definitely one of those scents that does get better with age.

 

[Casey]

Do you think that these older colognes age and get better like wine? I mean do the scents develope and mature as time goes by?
Yes, but I have encountered a few that have turned sour. I can't account for why,unless somewhere during their long life they were adulterated with something else. The ones that are good are VERY good though, age has done them well. Like wine!

Maybe alcohol evaporating off alters the scent slightly?

 

[Pungo Lee]

My final opinion concerning Vintage VS Modern. The old stuff is better. I think (know) they changed it. I will tell you why.
The Burly aftershave and cologne I recently purchased smells exactly like I remember and performs as it should.
If alcohol evaporation, exposure to light, extremes of cold or heat made a difference the stuff would have become stronger or weaker.
I know Burly and Original are different animals. The 1958 Original aftershave I have is excellent. The Deluxe Cologne was in a ships wheel gold bottle that had lost most of the gold paint and was sitting in a window in direct sunlight. The cologne was perfect.
Count me in the "They changed the formula Camp"

 

[Topgumby]

Yesterday,
My Shulton Old Spice smelled a certain way
Now it's more floral and just OK
Oh, Old Spice was better yesterday

Suddenly,
It's not half the scent it used to be
That plastic bottle smells too powdery
They changed my Old Spice at P&G

Why it had to change
I don't know, they just won't say
I put some new stuff on
Now I long for Yesterday

There's no way
That they'll swaggerize my shaving ways
I'll haunt antique shops and snipe on Ebay
To get my juice of yesterday
My Shulton juice of yesterday

 

[Gillette4259]

Great find Pungo Lee it's like a treasure hunt every time I find a bottle, last haul I nabbed a 6oz. light house full of Shultons O.S. and a bottle of Bravura Musk and it all seems to smell the same as when I sneaked some from the ole man.
I've thought about selling the stuff but I think I just can't go down to the local drug store and buy some more. So know I'm hooked on finding vintage juice and hording it away.

 

[cbalducc]

The Burly aftershave and cologne I recently purchased smells exactly like I remember and performs as it should.

What does Burly smell like? God bless.

 

[Pungo Lee]

That is a tough one. One Veteran Member here told me it was very close to Vintage Tabac, I haven't purchased any yet so I don't know. Burly is one of those things that when you smell it, you know.
After the first application, you get a alcohol smell with a faint spice tone. Then it warms to.. something else. Vanilla/tobacco perhaps? I'm not an expert with Basenotes. I noticed that when my Female friend wore some it smelled more flowery like a vintage perfume. Strange considering this was supposed to be a renowned manly scent.

 

[Owens187]

Maybe alcohol evaporating off alters the scent slightly?

My guess is that is exactly why.

 

[Pungo Lee]

The scent is not altered "Slightly". It is close to a whole other scent.
The top on an Old Spice bottle is not a cork. It is tight and doesn't breathe.
I had to obtain a virgin bottle that I was sure had not been opened or adulterated to be sure.
The Christmas Present I found fit the bill. Still wrapped tight in 50's paper with the guys name on it. Box, bottle in imaculate shape. No evaporation could have occurred, it was closed tight from the Factory.
This stuff smells like the real deal I remember.
Returning for a moment to my chemist side, there are other things that could possibly happen to an emulsion to signifigantly change its original composition. If the emulsion contained a catalyst, this agent could indeed continue to work way after the supposed Use By Date whether printed on the bottle( New) or implied ( in Original Product Formulation).
I do not believe that is the case. I feel Original Shulton Old Spice used better ingredients and P&G is using synthetic ingredients in an attempt to capture the essence.

 

[gearchow]

Yesterday,
My Shulton Old Spice smelled a certain way
Now it's more floral and just OK
Oh, Old Spice was better yesterday

Suddenly,
It's not half the scent it used to be
That plastic bottle smells too powdery
They changed my Old Spice at P&G

Why it had to change
I don't know, they just won't say
I put some new stuff on
Now I long for Yesterday

There's no way
That they'll swaggerize my shaving ways
I'll haunt antique shops and snipe on Ebay
To get my juice of yesterday
My Shulton juice of yesterday

Oh thanks, now I can't get that damned tune out of my head!



-jim

 

[The Nid Hog]

Do you think that these older colognes age and get better like wine? I mean do the scents develope and mature as time goes by?
Yes, but I have encountered a few that have turned sour. I can't account for why,unless somewhere during their long life they were adulterated with something else. The ones that are good are VERY good though, age has done them well. Like wine!

I've been patrolling Japanese junk stores for a while, looking for old versions of things. A couple of days ago, I tried out a bottle of Tactics (by Shiseido) that was on a shelf in the hallway of an old public arcade, so it's covered but outside in the heat. It smelled great--very much like a richer Tabac. I immediately grabbed a bottle to add to the collection. However I was surprised that the scent was much tamer. When I asked the owner, she said that the tester has been sitting out in the heat for years (this is a very old store) and has been rendered down by the weather. To tell the truth, I like the fresher version that came out from under the counter better, but there was a significant difference between the two. I asked if they had been reformulated, but she said no, it's just the effects of exposure on the tester frag.

On the other hand, it seems like Shulton Old Spice uniformly smells different. If it was all because of aging, I would expect there to be a lot of variation, including some terrible stuff. Maybe I'm wrong in thinking that. Plus, older users of Old Spice regularly say that the new juice has changed. I think that there's enough anecdotal evidence out there to say that the new P&G stuff really has been reformulated. Of course, we've had this discussion a million times here.

 

[cbalducc]

I feel Original Shulton Old Spice used better ingredients and P&G is using synthetic ingredients in an attempt to capture the essence.

Unless you find some boutique scents, I think just about every one on the market is made with synthetics like linalool, citral, citronellal, etc. Just compare the ingredients in Pinaud's after shaves. You'll find they are practically identical. The proportions are the main difference. God bless.