Thank you kind sir it is very appreciated!
It's not over 'til the aftershave is on your face and in your spouse's nostrils.Will try a shave with it tonight.
This was the one that most intrigued me. Please follow up with your thoughts my friend!Thanks for the awesome pif! Received my set today, will shave tonight with it. Mine was tokyo rose. Smelling the soap it smells like a decently strong scent, but I don't get pure rose it's very well mixed. It's not pure cherry coke(decent amount of floral), but I definitely could get where some people got the slight similarity. It is a little sweet and bright with a spicy or sandalwood or cardamom background, I enjoy it. Will try a shave with it tonight.
Coconut oud arrived in good order as it was well packed. First try with Paa and ck6. Base seemed impressive with great lather. Sent with the soap was sweet smelling - it is not my favorite by a large margin. Soap sent seemed to drop off pretty quickly after the shave. No big aversion to using it again and finishing it off. Aftershave/cologne is too much for too long - after hours I can still smell it. At times I am picking up overripe peach or plum. Sickly sweet like couch syrup or an oversecented candle. Hard for me to imagine a time of year when I would want to smell like this all day. Perhaps to the Nutcracker ballet. Thanks - I really enjoyed trying it. I saw the calendar and was curious about it. Great way to share. I would be open in the future to trying a coconut soap or splash - hopefully just coconut. Mike’s Natural would be more my sent style - but I have never tried his Coconut. I agree that Paa coconut oud has too much going on for me as well.
I can tell you two products from PAA that I really enjoy. One is their so-called Star Jelly aftershaves. If you haven’t tried them, they are really quite remarkable. Not a splash, not a balm, not even really a lotion, not a gel. It has a wonderful consistency. It seems like the kind of product that would dry out in the pump and get plugged up but it never does. It is not drying nor is it overly hydrating. Just a really nice post-shave product.Wow, thanks for the thorough responses and thoughts - quite exhaustive!
@kingfisher - I admit a very generous sample was used by me, and I subscribe to the "more product, less water" school of thought. Hope your neighbors enjoyed a taste of the tropics.
I likewise keep looking for a soap from PAA that really sticks out to me to make a purchase of CK-6 in (though I have heard from a few that they actually like the cheaper soap better...). I may finally have found that in Et Tu - but I have too many soaps already.
This calendar, plus a large number of aftershave samples have actually indicated to me that, by and large, PAA is not an artisan that really hits home for me, which is probably a good thing given the ridiculous amount of variety and money one could easily indulge in.
B&M is a different matter. I was already in trouble before the Omnibus base came out.
I can tell you two products from PAA that I really enjoy...
I would say moderate. On a scale of 1-10, with a 1 being a Feather AS-D2 and a 10 being the Yaqi Knight Helmet, it is probably about a 4 or so. Thin so it fits into the mustache area really well.Great feedback, thanks. I do actually have one Star Jelly that I ordered back in November - the Space Nog, and I agree the product is both very effective and somewhat unique. While I really like the scent, I probably should have gotten one that goes with other fragrances better and is less seasonal.
I have heard good things about the razors. I'm currently trialing a few new things, but PAA's have been on my radar awhile. Good input on the Meta 4. I have some clunky razors and would like to try something with a more nimble head (it's part of why I keep coming back to my 34C). How aggressive is it?