Can someone explain what a barbershop scent is? My barber smells like coffee and cigarettes
Simple: citrus+lavender+talc powder+vanilla in some combination. At least that's what most people's perception of "barbershop scent" is.
Best Barber Shop Scent?
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Simple: citrus+lavender+talc powder+vanilla in some combination. At least that's what most people's perception of "barbershop scent" is.
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DING...DING...DING!...We have a winner...We have a winner! I just got this from Wet Shaving Products...and right out of the box it is one of my favorite scents ever...forget about Barber Shop scents...I mean this is on par with the scents from TOBS (my favorite!) or any other that I've tried. If this thing smells half as good in a lather as it does in the can, then my search for the best Barber Shop scent may be over.
Thank you, MyOldKentuckyHome, for telling me about this amazing soap!
DING...DING...DING!...We have a winner...We have a winner! I just got this from Wet Shaving Products...and right out of the box it is one of my favorite scents ever...forget about Barber Shop scents...I mean this is on par with the scents from TOBS (my favorite!) or any other that I've tried. If this thing smells half as good in a lather as it does in the can, then my search for the best Barber Shop scent may be over.
Thank you, MyOldKentuckyHome, for telling me about this amazing soap!
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This is one of my top two scents as well
This and Fezziwig by Black Ship are 1a and 1b for me
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Will try it! So far, your taste is impeccable...it's just like mine!
Have you tried Banacle Bob or Captain's Reserve? They look like two of their most popular scents.
How do you know about all these soaps? Nobody else seems to be talking about them!lol
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To me, Clubman is "the" American barbershop scent.
So far, the best pairing I have found for it is Mike's Barbershop.
I don't consider Stirling a true barbershop scent, but it pairs very nicely with Clubman Vanilla, IMO.
So far, the best pairing I have found for it is Mike's Barbershop.
I don't consider Stirling a true barbershop scent, but it pairs very nicely with Clubman Vanilla, IMO.
Will try it! So far, your taste is impeccable...it's just like mine!
Have you tried Banacle Bob or Captain's Reserve? They look like two of their most popular scents.
How do you know about all these soaps? Nobody else seems to be talking about them!lol
No, haven't tried the others.
I think I heard about the WSP here and saw the Fezziwig on Maggards or another site like that
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Ok thanks. The artisan at Black Ship is going to send me a sample of Captain’s Reserve that they just made.
LMAO. Please post this every time someone says "it depends on what your barbershop smelled like growing up".I recall the barbershop I went to as a kid was next to Little Caesar's. So I guess my barbershop scent has strong notes of pepperoni
Aside form the vibe an actual barbershop smells like, I completely get the vibe that most of barbershop scents are going for. When I first got into wet shaving many years ago, i grabbed up every scent called barbershop.
Fine American Blend and PAA CAD smell just like Barbasol original, which is a great scent.
Mikes, Shannons, Zingari and several others use a powerdery oakmoss blend that just smells clean and awesome to me.
WSP is a crisper take on the above. i love it and wish the splash scent stuck around longer.
Seville is just plain amazing to me. A little citrus, oakmoss and powder, good stuff.
Fine American Blend and PAA CAD smell just like Barbasol original, which is a great scent.
Mikes, Shannons, Zingari and several others use a powerdery oakmoss blend that just smells clean and awesome to me.
WSP is a crisper take on the above. i love it and wish the splash scent stuck around longer.
Seville is just plain amazing to me. A little citrus, oakmoss and powder, good stuff.
Gotta go w Sterling as my favorite barbershop scent.
To me Mr. Taylor’s cream is a Classic barber shop scent, although not marketed as one.
I would think that this is more dependent on how old you are and where you were raised!! I just recently turned 60 and can remember there were quite a few traditional barbershops in most small towns here in Illinois. That being said, my youngest son who turned 38 this past November was raised in southern California and I can tell you that you really had to search to find an actual traditional barbershop and they had a very different vibe and feel to the ones I went to!! Completely different products and scents altogether...
+1! Good suggestion!
Barber shop scent is different in each country, it is non-descriptive smell.
Mike's has too much patchouli in it for my taste.
Seville is great. Has quite a bit of rosemary in it; surprised no one has mentioned that yet.
Seville is great. Has quite a bit of rosemary in it; surprised no one has mentioned that yet.
I agree with everything you just wrote. Seville is my go to barbershop scent. Even though I really enjoy the scent, I never mentioned the rosemary because I didn't know it was in there.
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Boring and predictable
+1 Barrister & Mann Seville
So I've only used two soaps with a barbershop scent, B&M Seville and Noble Otter BarrBarr. From my understanding, Seville is a European barbershop scent and Stirling is American one. Of the two, I like the Noble Otter scent. B&M is too citrusy to me. Perhaps this is because that's what I grew up smelling when getting a haircut as a kid.
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