It smells like barbershops and maybe just a little bit like detergent or disinfectant or something clean. I recognize that scent, now what is it? It certainly isn't amber.
Col Conk Amer -- what's that smell?
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It isn't real amber. Real amber is whale hork (ambergris), specifically sperm whale hork. It's incredibly expensive if you can get it legally. All the amber you find is a synthetic fragrance, and can vary from different manufactures. I myself like the Col's amber soap.
I agree. Amber was the first shaving soap I ever smelled when I first started wet shaving and I thought to myself that I have smelled this scent before. I also chalked it up to smelling like soap or something I smelled at a barber shoppe when I was a kid. It is very clean. Since then I think I have placed the scent. I believe it is a generic commercial grade hand soap scent that they have in public restrooms.
Don't know where they get the name "Amber," but even with this comparison above I still really like the scent.
Don't know where they get the name "Amber," but even with this comparison above I still really like the scent.
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@Augustiner -- I think the gist of jlindy's post is that the name "amber" is a reference to ambergris, not the jewel amber. Ambergris is a product of the sperm whale intestine, and is apparently illegal to trade in most countries under laws/treaties that protect endangered species, but there are synthetic alternatives. So they call it "amber" since it isn't the genuine/illegal thing.
