+2 Mike's Barbershop is my favorite
Besides B&M Seville, what is the best barbershop scent?
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Maggard's English Barbershop. Just great!
+1 on the Maggards Barbershop. Ye old London Barbershop
Ghost Town Barber
+1! American blend is very ‘barbeshop’ IMO!
In no order......
Deluxe Shaving Barbershop
WSP Formula T Barbershop
Shannon's Barbershop
Seville including Reserve
Deluxe Shaving Barbershop
WSP Formula T Barbershop
Shannon's Barbershop
Seville including Reserve
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Strop Shoppe is 2nd for me, maggard 3rd.
The "problem" with barbershop scents is that everyone has a different take on what a barbershop scent should smell like based on their memory of the barbershop of their youth. Thus, there is a huge range of barbershop scents. When someone recommends a specific barbershop scent, it generally means that the scent matches their impression of what a barbershop scent should be. It may or may not have anything to do with what you recall from your youth.
Also you may discover that Europeans have a different impression of barbershop scents than do North Americans. I suspect every nationality has a different barbershop scent.
Also you may discover that Europeans have a different impression of barbershop scents than do North Americans. I suspect every nationality has a different barbershop scent.
When I was a kid during the hippie era in Boulder, my barbershop doubled as a head shop, and always had incense burning. To me, patchouli is the quintessential barbershop scent.
Alright, so I have a dumb question. Why did everyone have their own mug at a barbershop?
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Two come to mind.
Mama Bear's Ye old barbershop- https://www.amazon.com/Mama-Bears-Olde-Barbershoppe-Shaving/dp/B0096SRIS4
Sir Hare's barbershop fragrance-https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00X20462...&pd_rd_r=a4ddb974-1d0f-11e9-b113-3f4681716abd
Both remind me of the barber shops when I was a kid in the 60's.
Mama Bear's Ye old barbershop- https://www.amazon.com/Mama-Bears-Olde-Barbershoppe-Shaving/dp/B0096SRIS4
Sir Hare's barbershop fragrance-https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00X20462...&pd_rd_r=a4ddb974-1d0f-11e9-b113-3f4681716abd
Both remind me of the barber shops when I was a kid in the 60's.
Not a dumb question. Not everyone that got a shave had there own mug, it was a matter of choice, some preferred a different soap or a type of brush, my Dad liked Williams soap and a Boar brush, for those that opted for the barbers soap, it came out of a hot lather machine and applied with his fingers. Everyone got the hot towel treatment.
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Floris 89
First Canadian "Barbershop Taper Fade" soap was great.
I think they sold the company, and it's now called simply "Barbershop".
I think they sold the company, and it's now called simply "Barbershop".
When I first tried B&M Seville, the scent reminded me of Barbershop Taper Fade, but not quite as strong.
(American) Barbershop scents are typically built on some combination of lavender, patchouli, oakmoss and citrus -- in no particular order.
I love Seville, including the citrus, but hate Fine AB. Fine is just too overwhelming to my nose. I'm not a fan of powder scents either. Can anyone recommend a Barbershop scent that might work for me?
I agree that the definition of barbershop scent may be a little different for each person. That being said, I really like Fine American Blend.
So you didn't spread disease. It's also I law I believe. Same reason barbers in Germany started using towels to generate lather rather than a boar brush.
