Gents: What kind of aftershave do you use?

As do I.

Straight up old school Aqua Velva isn’t nearly as stinky or awful as people seem to think. I’ve actually got compliments on it from people who didn’t know what it was, just like when I’ve worn Old Spice in the past.

Witch Hazel.

Soothes my skin and helps with razor burn. Very little smell after it dries.

Skin Bracer is what I use when I want a nice fragrance. I buy the original version.

I’ll pass along this secret. Don’t tell anybody. :wink:

Back in the 80’s, I finally got my 70 year old barber to tell me what body talc he used after shaving the back of my neck. I had loved this smell since I was a kid. I had used the same barber all my life until he retired at 77.

Clubman Pinaud Finest Talc

I love the smell and so does my wife. Apparently a lot of barbers use it because customers love it too. I’ve found it at Walgreens and Amazon has it.

I honestly haven’t thought about after shave since I was about 10 and would watch my dad putting it on. I’m 47 and it’s so far from my mind, I wouldn’t have been surprised if I found out that all after shaves had been taken off the market 25 years ago.

Needless to say, I don’t use anything.

As several others, I use no aftershave. In fact, I use no shaving cream at all. Just water from the shower.

Rubbing alcohol. Then some kind of lotion, currently vanilla scented something-or-other from the cheap shelf at the grocery store.

I generally shave in the shower, so the lotion is part of the after-shower ritual rather than the after-shave ritual. That is, I put it on whether I shave or not. I don’t use shaving cream, just baby oil and soap, so the only scents I have are deodorant and lotion.

After my last barber shave (my wife gave me a gift certificate to celebrate my new job) they used bay rum, which was kind of old-fashioned smelling but not gross like the Axe my son used to slather on himself.

I don’t use colognes as a rule, based mostly on a passage from the Bond novel From Russia with Love. Tatiana is talking with Bond on the Orient Express, and watching him groom himself.

Regards,
Shodan

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I suggest “Clubman” by Pinaud, both original and special reserve. Both barbershop soapy and old fashioned masculine clean smelling when used subtly. The special reserve dries up into a nice leathery note that reminds me of cold mornings in the pickup with grand dad, faint smell of coffee, aftershave and gasoline. Big band on a quiet AM radio station.

Funny how smells do things like that.[/QUOTE

I love that stuff. A former boyfriend wore it.

Also love Bay Rum. Come to think of it, a different former boyfriend wore that. :dubious:

I’m allergic, and a lot of mens colognes disagree with me. But a nice, subtle aftershave? Love it. (Even a touch of Old Spice. Don’t tell anyone what it is, they won’t know.)

I don’t shave with a razor very often-- maybe once or twice a month. Mostly I just trim it down to stubble with clippers.

When I do shave, I splash on a little Royal Lyme afterwards.

Gillette Series (Cool Wave)
The ladies love it:D

I don’t think anyone wears it when they go to work unless they are on medication lol

It’s only used for when you are going on a date

This, minus the water. I don’t dislike subtle scents on people, I just dislike them on me.

Russian Leather; stocked up 30 some years back. But in my case my wife calls it “Instead-of Shave”

When I remember? Red for men; or something very similar to Grey Flannel.

I just put on some lotion. The thought of slapping alcohol on my freshly-shaven face is agonizing.

I used to use the alcohol based after shaves by Mennen. It took some years till I took seriously comments about how awful it smelled. Way too cheap and strong.

Now I use Nivea aftershave. Cooling and pleasant faint smell of mint.

The talc and the aftershave smell the same, FYI.

I don’t do aftershave, but I do wear Burberry Brit cologne every day. Usually just a few squirts on my undershirt so it’s very subtle and never overpowering. But everywhere I go, I have women (that I don’t know) comment on how good I smell…if I was str8 it would be a dream come true! :smiley:

I just use moisturizer.

Joop.

Years ago I went to the shops at lunchtime to buy some perfume my wife wanted. Although I didn’t use aftershave the salesgirl tried to sell me some and put a splash on my wrists. When I went back to work the young lady I was working with said, “What are you wearing? It smells great.”

I have used it ever since.