A little while back I had a bout of ASAD hit and purchased quite a few. Now that I've had the chance to try them out there are a small handful of 'rejects' that I need to figure out what to do with. I don't want to just sell them on the BST because between the low costs of the aftershave (</=$10 usually) and the cost of shipping to somebody it kind of makes it pointless to sell them. On top of that, some of them came in nice glass bottles that I wouldn't mind keeping to decant some good juice into that came in plastic. So...any suggestions? What do you do with the rejects?
What do you do with the rejects?
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PIF them to someone who might appreciate them.
cottontop
cottontop
what about them don't you like? Scent? Feel? Dry down?
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I've been thinking about that too. Would it be inconsiderate to keep the glass bottles they came in though? I'm considering just holding onto them until I get enough products together to do a 'den reduction' sale on the BST. I was mostly wondering if anybody had any ideas for repurposing the AS they don't like.
Another thought I had was maybe seeing if Garry's Sample Shop wants them since that would open up some of our new guys to the option of getting samples of these.
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I guess I should have mentioned that. It's mainly a scent thing. For instance I have some British Sterling and some English Leather. I've tried to make them work, but they just aren't getting along with me.
After-Franken-Shaves!
That's a make or break type of deal after that usually. So work with small quantities and write the proportions (1:1, 1:2, etc). I sometimes add a few drops of peppermint Essential oil as I like the mentholated effect in my AS. It changes the scent a bit. I would try to use something similar to mix them. As an example, I mixed Pinaud Lilac Vegetal with some Booster Lilac. The result is quite nice.
I use small Tabasco bottles to decant them so that way I don't pollute the original.
That's a make or break type of deal after that usually. So work with small quantities and write the proportions (1:1, 1:2, etc). I sometimes add a few drops of peppermint Essential oil as I like the mentholated effect in my AS. It changes the scent a bit. I would try to use something similar to mix them. As an example, I mixed Pinaud Lilac Vegetal with some Booster Lilac. The result is quite nice.
I use small Tabasco bottles to decant them so that way I don't pollute the original.
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Thanks for the suggestions guys!
I think that local trades are great for something like aftershaves. Bottles can be large and it can cost a buyer the same to have one shipped as to just buy one new; add to that the fact that a lot of AS's seem to be very YMMV, and it seems to be a great situation for people in the same neighborhood to just swap and have both parties try out something new without having to ship things back and forth.
