Who first started using the word "splash"?

[seattleshaver]

I've never heard the word "splash" used as a synonym for aftershave other than here. Did it originate here or is it a common term in Europe or just where was it first used?

If anyone knows who the first person was to say in response to a waitress asking "what would you like today", "I'll think I'll do the ham sandwich" feel free to post that as well.

 

[Clay S]

It probably came about around the time of aftershave balms, to distinguish between the two.

 

[Toothpick]

Bobby Darin

 

[John Rose]

Bobby Darin

Not Tom Hanks & Daryl Hannah?

 

[WalterK]

Bobby Darin

Not Tom Hanks & Daryl Hannah?

he was taking a bath

 

[Toothpick]

Not Tom Hanks & Daryl Hannah?

Ole Bobby beat them by 26 years.

 

[AimlessWanderer]

Over here, they were always called aftershave lotion. That's certainly what I've always known them as. I think calling them splash originated over the other side of the pond.

I must admit, I don't like the term. I've got enough intelligence (I hope) to be able to use an aftershave lotion with someone having to rename it with a descriptor for me.

 

[John Rose]

Badger & Blade is the first place I saw it called "splash".

 

[seattleshaver]

Over here, they were always called aftershave lotion. That's certainly what I've always known them as. I think calling them splash originated over the other side of the pond.

I must admit, I don't like the term. I've got enough intelligence (I hope) to be able to use an aftershave lotion with someone having to rename it with a descriptor for me.

I don't particularly like it either. It sounds a bit too affected to me but to each their own.

 

[Gamma]

I always assumed it was just a term used to differentiate 'splash-on' from 'spray-on'. I remember being able to buy certain colognes in splash or spray, some AS too.

 

[BigJ]

Ole Bobby beat them by 26 years.

+1! Definitely!!

 

[Bhugo]

I always assumed it was just a term used to differentiate 'splash-on' from 'spray-on'. I remember being able to buy certain colognes in splash or spray, some AS too.

Same here. I have heard splash on vs spray since the 70’s. Thanks Bobble Darin!

 

[dangre]

Probably started with someone who misjudged how far away his face was from his hand. No, wait, that would be a slap-on.

 

[Rhody]

Wait. I thought i came up with that

 

[Mimramman]

In the UK I think it originated with the Brut ads of the ‘70s - “go on - splash it all over!”

 

[guitarslinger]

I very much like the term "splash". I like knowing that I'm not buying a creamy balm that makes me break out.