La Toja splash vs Hâttric Classic

[FLTiger]

Many moons ago, when I went through a full set of Superlather samples, my wife and I crowned Hâttric Classic as the champion in the scent category. While I waited for the Hâttric, I picked up a bottle of the La Toja After Shave Locion from The Vintage Scent. I found myself using it a lot.

I finally got my hands on a bottle of Hâttric Classic a few months ago, and also began using it fairly regularly. It dawned on me a couple of weeks ago why I liked the La Toja so much--it smells similar to the Hâttric. Strikingly similar. I even had my wife smell both, and she said that if there were a difference in scent, it is ever so slight.

The only difference I can determine is that La Toja's scent tends to stick around a bit longer than the Hâttric. Can anyone else back me up on their similarity? What say you gents?

 

[Jim]

I have them both on the back of my hands now and they are strikingly similar,very close.
I think the Hâttric has more menthol/camphor and is a touch "greener",
it is colder on my skin.

Nice observation.

 

[joshmpdx]

interesting!

I can see the similarity, but both were different for me.

the Hattic has a pretty harsh alcohol bite and it's fragrance is more modern in my opinion.

the La Toja has better skin qualities for my face and the fragrance has a spice note to it that i can detect, which IMHO gives the scent more of an old time feel.

 

[Fred Mertz]

The scent of Hattric was similar but better than La Toja. I like it so much
I got the cologne.

 

[SirWhiskers]

Hattric and La Toja are both made by the same company: Henkel-Schwarzkopf
I read that after H-S bought La Toja they moved production to Poland from Spain. I wouldn't be surprised if the they streamlined production and now use the same fragrance in the 2 splashes, or even the two splashes are the same just different bottles.

And yes, they do smell the same to me too. I tried the La Toja balm and my immediate thought was "this smells like Hattric".

 

[FLTiger]

Hattric and La Toja are both made by the same company: Henkel-Schwarzkopf

I should have noticed this earlier--both bottles I have are labeled as such.

I read that after H-S bought La Toja they moved production to Poland from Spain. I wouldn't be surprised if the they streamlined production and now use the same fragrance in the 2 splashes, or even the two splashes are the same just different bottles.

And yes, they do smell the same to me too. I tried the La Toja balm and my immediate thought was "this smells like Hattric".

Are there any long time users of La Toja out there that can comment on whether the scent has changed?

 

[gaj90027]

Great thread - thanks for posting your observations.

I skipped ordering the Hattric a/s decant when I ordered superlather decants a few months ago but I did try La Toja which I wasn't too impressed with scent wise.

All this time I have regretted not getting Hattric but since it sounds similar to La Toja I believe I can live without trying it now.