I have been shaving this way, using soap, brush, and single blade razor, since the mid-1960s, and I have always used splashes. Over the years there were so many I loved, such as Eau Sauvage, original Polo, Acqua di Selva, various St.John's, various Guerlains, Yardley Lavender and Black Label, Nine Flags, Dunhill, Tuscany, YSL, various Caswell Massey and Crabtree and Evelyn, various Chanel, Penhaligon's fern, Grey Flannel, and even brief flings with English Leather, Jade East, and Canoe. For the last couple of decades I have used chiefly 4711 cologne, but now and then I seek out and try an old classic. Right now I am nearing the end of a wonderful little bottle of Eau Sauvage. As many here do, I scour the internet for things I enjoyed that are out of production or just hard to find. The prices are just getting crazy, three digits for a small Eau Sauvage or YSL. The pricing and the scarcity have led me to think of throwing in the towel. I love 4711. In that 800 ml jug, it is quite affordable. Anybody else getting tired of relentlessly searching and, upon finding something you recall fondly, paying exorbitant prices? Tired enough to think of calling off the hunt?
I have tried a few of the newer offerings. Most only come in sprays (a dozen presses gets enough in your palm to use them as a splash). Most just don't light me up the way the older offerings did. Even if they did, my goodness they, too, are pricey.
I have tried a few of the newer offerings. Most only come in sprays (a dozen presses gets enough in your palm to use them as a splash). Most just don't light me up the way the older offerings did. Even if they did, my goodness they, too, are pricey.
