Thanks for sharing your opinion. I appreciate it.You've got good taste there. The vanilla sandalwood is one of my favorites, but I found the lightish red to be just too much and too strong.
Neither my wife or I were too impressed with the lip balm. We've been using the stuff from Avon for ages and liked it better.
I've never tried their balms. Maybe I should.
I do agree that Light-ish Red is on the stronger side. There's just something elegant and special about it to me. Plus I'm a huge Halo fan . I'm super bummed that the aftershave splash is out of stock. I want it so badly I'm thinking of taking a shot in the dark and posting in the BST thread asking to buy some from someone.
I'm not familiar with any Avon products but I'm sure their lip balm is pretty good as well. Without having access to Avon products, I'm more than happy to buy (and support) Stirling.
As far as the aftershave balms go, I'd say just choose one or two that match your favorite soaps and I'm sure you'll be pleasantly surprised.