Vintage Old Spice vs modern Old Spice

[redrocker]

I'm still learning the art of Wet shaving but, tonight after my shave instead of using one of my new after shaves I decided to use some P&G Old Spice...it felt as good if not better than some of the pricier aftershaves I've recently experimented with. I see "vintage" old spice selling on EBay from the late 70's to early 80's...can someone share the differences between the new and vintage and is a 30 plus year old aftershave still worthy of use? Does it go bad and if not is it better than the Old Spice produced today? I'm sure this has been covered many times on the forums. I'm just curious about this. My grandfather used Old Spice religiously when I was a kid back in the late 70s and early 80's..I remember him letting me splash it on as a child and God rest his soul, he got a good kick out of it. Any opinion and facts would be appreciated. Once again, thanks for any info!

 

[California Cajun]

Vintage Old Spice had a better defined, more intense scent that lasted. P&G watered it down to a shadow of its former self. I was so disgusted with the last bottle I got that I used it to mix with the dog shampoo when I washed my dogs. It's a doggone shame what they did to Old Spice.

 

[mblakele]

This might help. Or maybe not.

Abstract: Four spice aftershaves (three Old Spice variations and Vijon Spice) were analyzed via headspace-gas chromatography. These aftershaves were compared for similarities across the entire chromatogram. Based on overall similarity, it is concluded that currently produced Shulton Old Spice (a product of India) and vintage Shulton Old Spice are essentially identical. Currently produced P & G Old Spice and Vijon Spice are very similar to each other but differ from the other two.

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Conclusions: The current Shulton and vintage Shulton products, overall, are very similar. What small differences exist between them may possibly be attributed to the age of the sample or point to a natural variation in components in some essential oil. It is the author's opinion that Shulton is using the same recipe in India that was used to manufacture the vintage sample. The P & G Old Spice appears to be significantly different from the other two Old Spice samples. I believe that there may be some evidence here for a change in recipe sometime between when the vintage Old Spice was produced and the current recipe. Whether that supposed change occurred before or after P & G obtained the product line is impossible to say. Finally, it appears that the Vijon flavors and fragrances chemists have done an admirable job at reproducing the current P & G product.