What do I have here? An odd version of P&G's Old Spice Original After Shave Lotion

[Dog Whiskerer]

USA member here. I was browsing the rack stores for after-Christmas sales and ran across an unusual bottle of Old Spice. Current, not vintage, but in packaging I've never seen before. Looked online and couldn't find anything to match the diagonal grey stripe on the box and the 100ml size. The bottle has licensing information referencing P& G in Germany and the UK. But most interestingly, made in Italy for Proctor and Gamble (see picture below). I wonder if I've run across a bottle here in the states for EU distribution.

As for smell, I have no U.S.-made/distributed Old Spice to compare it to. Does not smell like the Family Dollar Spice I have. Smells fine though, very nice. Just like Old Spice.

 

[BigJ]

Not sure. Your best bet is to send it to me for testing!!

 

[ylekot]

USA member here. I was browsing the rack stores for after-Christmas sales and ran across an unusual bottle of Old Spice. Current, not vintage, but in packaging I've never seen before. Looked online and couldn't find anything to match the diagonal grey stripe on the box and the 100ml size. The bottle has licensing information referencing P& G in Germany and the UK. But most interestingly, made in Italy for Proctor and Gamble (see picture below). I wonder if I've run across a bottle here in the states for EU distribution.

As for smell, I have no U.S.-made/distributed Old Spice to compare it to. Does not smell like the Family Dollar Spice I have. Smells fine though, very nice. Just like Old Spice.View attachment 1386633
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Maybe supply chain or manufacturing issues? Does seem weird that it was made in Italy and imported.

 

[steveclarkus]

USA member here. I was browsing the rack stores for after-Christmas sales and ran across an unusual bottle of Old Spice. Current, not vintage, but in packaging I've never seen before. Looked online and couldn't find anything to match the diagonal grey stripe on the box and the 100ml size. The bottle has licensing information referencing P& G in Germany and the UK. But most interestingly, made in Italy for Proctor and Gamble (see picture below). I wonder if I've run across a bottle here in the states for EU distribution.

As for smell, I have no U.S.-made/distributed Old Spice to compare it to. Does not smell like the Family Dollar Spice I have. Smells fine though, very nice. Just like Old Spice.View attachment 1386633
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That is odd. I looked at a bottle I bought a couple of months ago and it was 188 ml and made in Canada. Probably the exact same formula though.

 

[Dog Whiskerer]

Probably the exact same formula though.

Probably. My curiosity is piqued now. I will have to pick up a bottle of the regular "US" Old Spice. The bottle I got is glass. Do they still distribute OS in glass bottles in America?

 

[steveclarkus]

Probably. My curiosity is piqued now. I will have to pick up a bottle of the regular "US" Old Spice. The bottle I got is glass. Do they still distribute OS in glass bottles in America?

No, we have plastic which is a good thing at my age.

 

[Kyle89]

To my knowledge that’s old spice original, which to us U.S. folks is available overseas and is of closer resemblance to the original vintage formula, more so than the “classic” variant we get here. Haven’t tried it yet but will import a bottle one of these days.

 

[Dog Whiskerer]

To my knowledge that’s old spice original, which to us U.S. folks is available overseas and is of closer resemblance to the original vintage formula, more so than the “classic” variant we get here. Haven’t tried it yet but will import a bottle one of these days.

Then I lucked out...$3.99 at Burlington. Maybe it's time to break out my vintage Old Spice shave soap.

 

[Kyle89]

Then I lucked out...$3.99 at Burlington. Maybe it's time to break out my vintage Old Spice shave soap.

I think I saw the same bottle on Amazon a while back for 20 bucks. You got yourself a nice deal!

 

[Featherweight]

That's the European Old Spice. My folks when to Ireland a couple years ago and brought that back from a "chemist" (drugstore) there. Go to any Western European country and buy Old Spice, it looks like your bottle.

 

[Cino]

What strikes me is the expiration date. Never heard of that for AS.

 

[Featherweight]

I actually wasn't blown away by this version. It's very nice and fresh with more of a citrusy aspect to it, and not as much powdery spice as the American version. It's good stuff, but if I had to choose I'd go with the American version.

 

[JesseL26]

It's a foreign version. I don't know why people freak out when they buy name brand products and see different languages on the label. They don't only make those products in the USA you know.