Is Florida Water an aftershave? Is it worth trying? Any input on scent?
1 bottle of Florida Water
10 cakes of Williams
10 cakes VDH Deluxe
That should hold me over for a decade....
Hopefully. If not I’ll sprinkle it on carpets and what not when I clean. Worst case it was only $3 shipped.I bet you’re going to love Florida Water. It is a burner right after a shave, but the scent is spectacular! They used to sell it in an aerosol can for room deodorizing but I cannot find that anymore. Very short lived scent as an aftershave splash and longer on fabric.
I didnt know there was more than 1. I'll see if I like this one before going in on anything else. I need to pump the brakes on stock piling years of supplies...but I guess thats half the fun.I have the current U.S. version, and also the Peruvian version, neither one come close in scent or potency of the M&L Florida water of the 1960's , today's splashes are really weak.... The third choice is my favorite, TWO GIRLS Florida water, at least it's high proof, almost as potent as the old M&L.... click here: Two Girls’ Florida Water (1898) and here: TWO GIRLS FLORIDA WATER - Fong Ann Hang Enterprises Pte Ltd
My bottle says "cologne" near the bottom of the label. For me, FW is too drying without adding some glycerin for aftershave purposes. A drop per fluid ounce made mine bearable as an aftershave. Florida Water is iconic, much like 4711 eau de cologne and Old Spice Original. Just buy a bottle and enjoy. If you still need more coaxing, go to the Fragrantica website and search Florida Water. It is one of the highest rated scents on their fragrance listing of thousands of entrys. A side note, if by a small chance you don't like Florida Water as an aftershave, use it as a room or car freshener by applying a few drops to a cotton ball. Smells wonderful used that way.
Malocchio is right. There are/were different brands of Florida Water.I didnt know there was more than 1. I'll see if I like this one before going in on anything else. I need to pump the brakes on stock piling years of supplies...but I guess thats half the fun.
Malocchio is right. There are/were different brands of Florida Water.
Florida Water was actually just a generic term for a type of toilet-water in the United States, as was Kölnisch Wasser (Cologne-water) in Europe. It is the earliest term for a cologne used in the U.S., dating back to at least the early 1800's. In the Nineteenth Century, there were many manufacturers of "Florida Water" and each had his own similar floral scent, but they didn't smell exactly the same. Sophisticated perfumers in the late 1800's started to use the term toilet-water, cologne or perfume for their new-style scents and Florida Water fell into disuse. To-day there are only a few brands left that still use the term, and while they are all old-fashioned floral bouquets, they don't smell exactly the same.
By the way, back then all toilet water was "unisex," i.e. intended for use by either man or woman, and technically still true of any Florida Water to-day.