I have become an Old Spice convert!

[Ru4scuba?]

So B&B member here since 2008/2009, tried all sorts of AS, Pens BB, Truefitt, Proraso, and La Toja to name a few across the spectrum. After my most recent military move, I've been having a hard time finding quality AS (most folks will not ship alcohol via air to military APO addresses). So the other day at the commissary I decided to try a cheap Old Spice aftershave...looked at it for years on the shelves and scoffed because I used to think: "how could that smell any good, it wasn't rare or unique" etc.

I've used it twice. Each time I'm brought back to my childhood in a way that no other product has accomplished. Memories of playing in the barn, swinging from the trees with my friends on long endless Summer days all came to mind in a flash. If you've seen the movie Ratatouille, I can only describe it as similar to when the food critic takes his first bite of Remy's Ratatouille and remembers his childhood...

This stuff is amazing. I immediately went out and purchased a NOS puck of SS on the 'Bay...now I'm trying to discern whether or not its worth trying for the old AS as I understand the scents are a bit different...not sure I want to since it appears the Shulton version is somewhat rarer and hard to come by...don't want to get hooked on something I can't find and the current drugstore/commissary version already has a strong effect on me.

I seriously cannot believe I put off using this stuff for so long...

 

[jasonb8736]

It's nice to hear a story like yours. I bought old spice lime on a whim. The smell really evokes a sense of nostalgia. My wife made fun of me for buying it but she LOVES how it smells. My face feels great after using as well.

 

[Lexbomb]

I love it. You think your wife teased you! I'm 25 my wife thinks I'm a grandfather in a young body haha

 

[Ru4scuba?]

I love it. You think your wife teased you! I'm 25 my wife thinks I'm a grandfather in a young body haha

That makes two of us! My wife things I should open a shop called "Old Time Men's Stuff" and run it...that said, interestingly enough she loves the scent of OS...so that helps!

 

[Bobcat]

I am a third generation Old Spice user. You can order the original Shulton Old Spice from WCS here: http://www.westcoastshaving.com/Old-Spice-After-Shave-Lotion-Original-50ml_p_715.html
You can also order the OS Cream there too!

 

[August West]

Old Spice is eternal.

 

[Lakebound]

For me, when the weather turns cooler, Old Spice comes to the front of the A/S rotation.

Frank

 

[MJB1]

Love Old Spice, to me it's like a mellow version of Clubman Special Reserve, without that horrible cloying note I get from SR.

 

[cottontop]

I once got some Old Spice for my wife. Man that was a great trade.
cottontop

 

[August West]

I once got some Old Spice for my wife. Man that was a great trade.
cottontop

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[StuMcB]

I too have turned to the spice....from Brut.

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[August West]

I too have turned to the spice....from Brut.

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Is that vintage stuff? Never seen it in The Colonies.

 

[nymtber]

I too have become an Old Spice convert. I actually really really like the P&G scent! And it makes my face feel AMAZING! If you suffer mild razor burn, OS takes right care of it, at least for me it does.

I only wish they would have stuck with glass. I would pay an extra $2/bottle to see it back in glass

 

[Ru4scuba?]

I too have become an Old Spice convert. I actually really really like the P&G scent! And it makes my face feel AMAZING! If you suffer mild razor burn, OS takes right care of it, at least for me it does.

I only wish they would have stuck with glass. I would pay an extra $2/bottle to see it back in glass

Yeah...gotta agree with you there!

But I have two of the Shulton variety on the way...so at least I'll have a couple of the glass ones on the shelves!

 

[PomfretSteve]

I like your description of using OS being similar to the scene in Ratatouille. That was exactly how I felt the first time I used Clubman, all of sudden I was transported back in time to being 4 years old at 'Zing's Barbershop with my dad. When I used OS for the first time in 25 years, there I was back at my first shave. These scents take me back in way not previously possible...

 

[StuMcB]

Is that vintage stuff? Never seen it in The Colonies.

Nah!, it's all avalible here in blighty at most chemists, health discount stores and pound stores. Saying that I dont think the US got Champoin as it was an Olympic edition thing.

 

[gus1942]

My wife loves it.

 

[Niles]

Old Spice is eternal.

+1

 

[Hinano_Paul]

I find myself using it more and more. My grandfather used it almost daily so it brings back some great memories.

 

[l3ortron]

Yeah, I too recently picked up a bottle of Old Spice and went on a nostalgia trip. I now have classic OS scented deodorant, bodywash, and shampoo. I think I may pick up a bottle of the cologne as well.