Favorite Old School Cologne and Aftershave

[The Blowhard]

Being a kid and getting a cologne and aftershave gift pack(which usually included the dreaded soap on a rope!) was always a horrible gift, and I'll never forget these:

English Leather: sexy commercial: "My men wear English Leather, or they wear nothing at all". The stuff wasn't that bad, and I loved the wooden case and bottle cap.
Brut: Two words: Broadway Joe
Old Spice: "Hey Grandpa"! The stench always made me cringe.
Hai Karate: Never liked it, I hated the commercial with the nerdy guy.
Skin Bracer: Never liked it, burned your face like battery acid.
Letric Shave: Smelled like bong water.
Pinaud Clubman: Still a classic, one of the all-time best.
Royal Copenhagen: Awful, but the perfect re-gift.
Aqua Velva: Watered down soap water.

Any others? And remember, no top shelf stuff.

[high fly]

I remember having to buy a bottle of Jovan Musk in order to buy a ticket to see the Stones in '78.

[WhistlePig]

How about for girls:
Love's Baby Soft. I'd wear gallons of this nauseating stuff!
http://www.stuckinthe70s.com/images/tb0476babysoft.jpg

And that shampoo: "Gee your hair smells terrific" which did smell great!

[peewee]

i guess i am too young for this thread, considering that my first cologne was polo sport.

[johnniewalker]

As soon as i read the title i thought of english leather. I always thought the stuff was nasty, and me and my older brother were constantly doing experiments on it. We would get the soldering iron out and make the whole house stink like dirty burnt english leather. Those were the days.

[FUNKMAN]

A woman I've been seeing for the past 5 or 6 weeks gives out gifts on Easter even "though she is an atheist" which strikes me as funny but anyway. When we get together I've been using Perry Ellis and Hugo but she says she never really notices it no matter how much I spray on. So she bought me Aramis which she likes and which I believe is "old school".

She sprayed a bunch on me and it smelled alright. The funny thing is we fucked on and off for the next several hours and she never mentioned the cologne once. Which I'm hoping is a good thing...

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0001BNU5A.01-A163DJTN9LX1WP.MZZZZZZZ.jpg

[ChoppedLiver]

I got lots of Brut growing up.

I feel now the family was trying to tell me something.

[ChoppedLiver]

How about for girls:
Love's Baby Soft. I'd wear gallons of this nauseating stuff!

My first real steady girlfriend used that stuff. On her it smelled like cotton candy. Mmmmm....

[cougarjake13]

i always got the english leather andd never wore it

[FUNKMAN]

not totally on subject but when i was a kid I would buy Jean Nate gift sets from the local drugstore for my Mom and Grandma for christmas

i'm curious if Jean Nate is still available...

[WhistlePig]

I forgot about Jean Nate! I used to love that when I was teenager, especially the talcum powder. I googled it and they do still sell it!

[J.Clints]

Old Spice

[INFOSTUD]

Hai Karate was simply the best!!! The commercials were kinda clever for their day too.

[BLZBUBBA]

I was helping move some friends into this old house. I was carrying some boxes into the bathroom and caught a glimpse of emerald green in a cabinet and couldn't believe my eyes! HAI KARATE! It had been left behind?
My friends asked me what I wanted for helping them and I told them if they'd let me keep the bottle of Hai Karate we'd call it even. Don't use it of course. It just sits on a shelf as a goof. When I bring a lady-friend home and things are slow...Are we getting anywhere here or do I have to use THIS?
It's a date breaker or date "maker". The line of course.

Old cologne? Your list is too good Blowhard. Struggling here. But when I was 14 yrs old I bought a lass a bottle of "YOU'RE THE FIRE" perfume. And when it was over (days later) she bragged to her friends she'd poured it down the toilet. Probably a good place for it. This other gal I ran with often used this one perfume that I had an allergic reaction to..."CHARLIE" or "CHARLEY". God it was a killer.

[FUNKMAN]

I forgot about Jean Nate! I used to love that when I was teenager, especially the talcum powder. I googled it and they do still sell it!

Thanks WhistleLady! :smile:

[MrPink]

http://www.stuckinthe70s.com/images/tb0476babysoft.jpg


The caption on that picture seems a little dirty. The pic reminds me of Jon Benet.

[Landblast]

Aramis and Grey Flannel were very good to me in highschool!

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/pbr_/GREY_FLANNEL_M.jpg

[sr71blackbird]

The caption on that picture seems a little dirty. The pic reminds me of Jon Benet.

isn't this girl now someone famous? isn't she Jodi Foster?

[BLZBUBBA]

Bay Rum

[Fallon]

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h281/WWFallon/Slack.jpg

[The Blowhard]

I was helping move some friends into this old house. I was carrying some boxes into the bathroom and caught a glimpse of emerald green in a cabinet and couldn't believe my eyes! HAI KARATE! It had been left behind?
My friends asked me what I wanted for helping them and I told them if they'd let me keep the bottle of Hai Karate we'd call it even. Don't use it of course. It just sits on a shelf as a goof. When I bring a lady-friend home and things are slow...Are we getting anywhere here or do I have to use THIS?
It's a date breaker or date "maker". The line of course.

Old cologne? Your list is too good Blowhard. Struggling here. But when I was 14 yrs old I bought a lass a bottle of "YOU'RE THE FIRE" perfume. And when it was over (days later) she bragged to her friends she'd poured it down the toilet. Probably a good place for it. This other gal I ran with often used this one perfume that I had an allergic reaction to..."CHARLIE" or "CHARLEY". God it was a killer.

Charlie was huge back in the day, the commericials featured future Charlie's Angel Shelly Hack and the late Bobby Short, a NYC cabaret legend.
Also, did you guys ever use that deodorant sticks that came in the cologne/aftershave gift packs? They would always give me a horrible rash, and burn the skin off me.

[Yuppie_Scum]

Sex Panther?

... or maybe English Gentleman.

[Landblast]

Sex Panther?

... or maybe English Gentleman.

laughing out loud

[Friday]

old spice was evil lol. got that for my dad at the santas workshop at school! lol
baby soft was disgusting... smelled like a diaper ... yuckies!

i love love Mambo on men .... and ck Black and egoiste.... but i will accept axe.

I wear Angel (thierry mugler), very irresistable (givenchy) and Tracas (robert puguet)

[Reephdweller]

My pops used to use either Brut or Old Spice, so that's what I remember, though my first cologne was Aramis.

[PapaBear]

I only ever saw this in one bar. It was in a bar in Pensacola, FLA in the late 1980's. Right next to the condom machine, there was a cologne dispenser on the wall. It had 3 choices. You'd put your quarters in it, and it shot out a burst. I can't remember what the other two were, but one of them was Drakkar (I think).

It was funny as shit. The guys would be drinking all day. Right around nine PM, the women would start rolling into the bar. All the sudden, the whole bar would start smelling like a mixture of the three scents. Ahh... the bad/good memories!

[sr71blackbird]

http://caribpro.com/Caribbean_Property_Magazine/Articles_Archive/Travel_Dominica_Antigua/dominica-bay-rum.gif

[Alice S. Fuzzybutt]

Whistlepig--

I had Love's baby Soft, Jean Nate, and LOVED Gee Your Hair Smells Teriffic. Do you remember Babe?? I also had a perfume that was made by Love's Baby Soft that smelled like pure lemon juice (Love's Fresh Lemon; no where near as good as Jean Nate).

I miss the shampoos Body on Tap and Agree.

http://www.basenotes.net/images/photos/10211344.jpg

I remember splashing these babies on while listening to my Styx and Journey 8-Track tapes.
http://www.fragrancenet.com/images/photos/LOVES_FRESH_LEMON_W.JPG

[ralphbxny]

A woman I've been seeing for the past 5 or 6 weeks gives out gifts on Easter even "though she is an atheist" which strikes me as funny but anyway. When we get together I've been using Perry Ellis and Hugo but she says she never really notices it no matter how much I spray on. So she bought me Aramis which she likes and which I believe is "old school".

She sprayed a bunch on me and it smelled alright. The funny thing is we fucked on and off for the next several hours and she never mentioned the cologne once. Which I'm hoping is a good thing...

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0001BNU5A.01-A163DJTN9LX1WP.MZZZZZZZ.jpg


Aramis was also my cologne of choice when I was 14. I swore it helped me get chicks too...but it didnt work.

[RoseBlood]

I know this is a 'favorite' thread but I have to say Drakkar Noir is the worst smelling mens cologen EVER! I've never smelled anything so offensive in my life!

[WhistlePig]

Fuzzybutt!

Yeah, I forgot all about Body on Tap shampoo--I loved that stuff! How about Suave strawberry shampoo? Mmmmm. I also had the Love's Jasmine perfume.

We sure smelled delicious as pre-teens!

[barjockey]

http://www.usaperfumes.com/usaperfumes/images/medium/awcan8.jpg

[wonderwoman]

As for the old school cologne for guys goes I always liked Brut better than some of the other ones.

[wonderwoman]

Fuzzybutt!

Yeah, I forgot all about Body on Tap shampoo--I loved that stuff! How about Suave strawberry shampoo? Mmmmm. I also had the Love's Jasmine perfume.

We sure smelled delicious as pre-teens!


I agree, whistlepig, I remember Body on Tap shampoo too. My mom used to bathe in Jean Nate and used Babe as well on occassion :-)

[wonderwoman]

[QUOTE=WhistlePig;1264095]How about for girls:
Love's Baby Soft. I'd wear gallons of this nauseating stuff!
http://www.stuckinthe70s.com/images/tb0476babysoft.jpg

ME TOO, WHISTLEPIG, LOL.:smile:

[wonderwoman]

How about Tussy deodorant?? Anyone remember? my grandmother used to use that stuff. this was before roll-ons I think?! LOL

[Overnite]

I always like Chaps

[Sleeves]

Anyone remember Enjoli?

The song was something like "I can bring home the bacon...fry it up in a pan...and never never never let you forget your a man...with Enjoli"

That was a powerful commercial. I still wear Enjoli when I make breakfast.

Edit: Found the ad (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X4MwbVf5OA) on Youtube...I love old ads...

[WhistlePig]

Anyone remember Enjoli?

The song was something like "I can bring home the bacon...fry it up in a pan...and never never never let you forget your a man...with Enjoli"

That was a powerful commercial. I still wear Enjoli when I make breakfast.

Edit: Found the ad (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X4MwbVf5OA) on Youtube...I love old ads...

I remember that perfume and jingle well! I used to act out the commercial as a kid in front of my parents. How embarassing.

[Uncle Inky]

I grew up in a hippy household, so it was all about the musk or sandlewood

[Kathleen From The Bronx]

I have no evidence...no proof to speak of.... but I am of the belief that Neil Diamond smells like Aqua Velva. Maybe I mean a mix Aqua Velva, cigarettes and polyester fibers..... I don't know I just get ideas up in my head.

I know this is sposed to be about aftershave... but can I please give a shout out to the shampoo of my childhood...

http://i5.ebayimg.com/06/i/000/98/70/4a67_1.JPG

The Original Clairol Herbal Essence.. I loved this emerald green stuff... I loved the bottle... all forrest-y.. "Lookit this lady just bathing in a pond," sometimes I'd think as a kid... It seemed like, luxurious.... Whatever, anyway... I like the smell... I looked it up on ebay, and it was like over $40 for a bottle that had $1.29 stamped on the label all 80's style.... I wanted it, but even I ain't that crazy.... better not go on ebay drunk, mental note...

[milliehatchett]

My dad used to wear Jovan Musk for Men...yeah, he was hip like that.

I used to LOVE Charley and Chanel No. 5. Now I wear Dolce & Gabana almost exclusively.

[Alice S. Fuzzybutt]

How about Tussy deodorant?

Anyone remember Tickle?

http://www.tvparty.com/bgifs15/tickle.jpg

I didn't like it-- took waaay too long to dry.

[Dingbat_Charlie]

On my way to pick up dates I used to stop at 7-Eleven and rub the magazine cologne samples on myself.

[ScottFromGA]

On my way to pick up dates I used to stop at 7-Eleven and rub the magazine cologne samples on myself.

so you was the guy that was using up all the magazine samples....

i could never smell good on my way to a date cause of this guy, jeez...the nerve.....:wallbash:

[Dingbat_Charlie]

so you was the guy that was using up all the magazine samples....

I needed all the help I could get.

[FUNKMAN]

didn't some of these colognes or perfumes have the words " Toilet Water " on them?

if that's the case why buy them when we already have toilets in our homes?

[drjoek]

Old Spice

[KC2OSO]

Does anyone (guys) even wear perfume anymore?
I remember this stuff as a kid. Sorta fruity like me.
http://www.100perfumes.com/Images/Items/4711_w.jpg
My first g/f used to wear White Shoulders.

[BoxerAF]

I'm still really old school. Pinauds clubman or bay rum when I go to work, When I go out I'm all about Casewell & Massey's stuff, Tricorn is my favorite from them.

[The Blowhard]

I have no evidence...no proof to speak of.... but I am of the belief that Neil Diamond smells like Aqua Velva. Maybe I mean a mix Aqua Velva, cigarettes and polyester fibers..... I don't know I just get ideas up in my head.

I know this is sposed to be about aftershave... but can I please give a shout out to the shampoo of my childhood...

http://i5.ebayimg.com/06/i/000/98/70/4a67_1.JPG

The Original Clairol Herbal Essence.. I loved this emerald green stuff... I loved the bottle... all forrest-y.. "Lookit this lady just bathing in a pond," sometimes I'd think as a kid... It seemed like, luxurious.... Whatever, anyway... I like the smell... I looked it up on ebay, and it was like over $40 for a bottle that had $1.29 stamped on the label all 80's style.... I wanted it, but even I ain't that crazy.... better not go on ebay drunk, mental note...


I disagree. I think that Neil Diamond was an Aramis man, and that Englebert Humperdinck was an Aqua Velva man. Just a hunch. As for my own tastes, I was lucky to have a Dad that was a business exec and he stocked up on top shelf stuff. Just picture Jerry Seinfeld's cereal shelf and that was what my dad had with colognes and aftershaves. Old School? I still go with Pinaud Clubman, for that fresh, give me a lollipop with this haircut feeling. I also have Brut, it was on sale at a dollar store. My girlfreind sent me Armani, but I only wear it for her, and when I go out cruising on Christopher Street.

[chili]

Royall Lyme and Royall Mandarin are great, their Bay Rhum and Muske are good as well.
https://www.royalllymebermuda.com/our_fragrances.php?RoyallLyme=5d6c06fede24af534b23 77e21d97ad8a

[Thomas Merton]

I remember having to buy a bottle of Jovan Musk in order to buy a ticket to see the Stones in '78.


True Story? Jesus, I didnt realize they had sold out so soon.

[mildly amusing]

http://i12.tinypic.com/2cysgn7.jpg

Smells like....8th grade....i was a real trim magnet doused in this stuff...

[spadanko]

Tommy

Cool Water

Drakkar

Polo Sport

[jafter]

I remember back in the 80s it was Halston Z-14 and Polo were huge. Then when Obsession came out you could smell that a block or two away.

[buzzard]

My Dad had this huge collection of the "Avon Collectables" boy was he pissed when he found out my brother and I had drained them all! Great retro memory!

[NickyL0885]

Polo Sport and Hugo FTW. AS of now, I have 13 colognes. Im addicted I guess. I want old Nautica Competition, the one in the blue box, not the Re-Launched version.

[ChimneyFish]

I've gotta go Cool Water.
If it was good enough for Snoop........

[Ritalin]

Just thinking about Love's Baby Soft makes me horny. I had an old girlfriend who used to wear Lauren (the one in the red square bottle) and every once in a while I pass a chick on the street wearing it and I want to jump her bones.

The Clubman always reminds me of the country club.

There are some old guys in my building who still wear the Old Spice. You can always tell when they've been in the elevator in the morning.

[TXTim]

I guess I'm still old skool because I still wear Cool Water every now and again.

[aceofspades7]

clubman special reserve

http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/yhst-16274294850213_1958_4012867

chesapeake bay spyce (http://www.chesapeakebayspyce.com/index.htm) is really good too

[landarch]

Tommy

Cool Water

Drakkar

Polo Sport

God I miss the 90's -- especially now. I still have some of these in the back of the closet. I can't imagine wearing any one of them now.

[landarch]

When I met my wife she would only wear Laura Ashley #1. It's discontinued now but she still has some to wear when we go out and it's still amazing to me.

[Judge Smails]

http://i12.tinypic.com/2cysgn7.jpg

Smells like....8th grade....i was a real trim magnet doused in this stuff...

Ah yes! The Jersey Guido's cologne of choice.

Slap some on, grab your Member's Only jacket, lace up the Capezio's, jump in your IROC and you're set for the night.

[Tenbatsuzen]

Arrogance.

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/6499/martel2qe4.jpg

[sr71blackbird]

http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/images/us/local/products/detail/f09146_dt.jpg or http://caribpro.com/Caribbean_Property_Magazine/Articles_Archive/Caribbean_Travel/Travel_Dominica_Antigua/dominica-bay-rum.gif

[high fly]

True Story? Jesus, I didnt realize they had sold out so soon.

Yeah.
Jovan sponsored the '78 tour.
You had to buy a bottle of the cologne to buy a ticket.
Thing was, I bought the cologne and then got a ticket without needing the proof-of-purchase from the phoo-phoo.

I ended up joining a country club in Charlotte, N.C. that had a block of tix at the Greensboro Coloseum. 10 bucks to join the country club abd another 15 for the ticket and I think it was another 5 bucks for a bus ride from Charlotte to Greensboro.
The bus had 2, 55-gallon drums full of ice and one was full of mixers and the other full of beer, more than enough for the trip up and back.
A great deal and a great show, which I have on bootleg.

Back on topic, Old Spice made me want to join the Merchant Marine and carry a duffel bag around.

That has got to be the original old school cologne.

[high fly]

I have no evidence...no proof to speak of.... but I am of the belief that Neil Diamond smells like Aqua Velva. Maybe I mean a mix Aqua Velva, cigarettes and polyester fibers..... I don't know I just get ideas up in my head.

I know this is sposed to be about aftershave... but can I please give a shout out to the shampoo of my childhood...

http://i5.ebayimg.com/06/i/000/98/70/4a67_1.JPG

The Original Clairol Herbal Essence.. I loved this emerald green stuff... I loved the bottle... all forrest-y.. "Lookit this lady just bathing in a pond," sometimes I'd think as a kid... It seemed like, luxurious.... Whatever, anyway... I like the smell... I looked it up on ebay, and it was like over $40 for a bottle that had $1.29 stamped on the label all 80's style.... I wanted it, but even I ain't that crazy.... better not go on ebay drunk, mental note...

Ain't no good unless you can quote the song in the commercial...

[high fly]

Canoe canoe?

[pete_in_NJ]

clubman special reserve

http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/yhst-16274294850213_1958_4012867

chesapeake bay spyce (http://www.chesapeakebayspyce.com/index.htm) is really good too


I actually have the "Special Reserve" A bit too spicy for me.
I like the original much more and still use it!

Another old school after shave that i have and would like to add to the list is "Wild Country" by Avon.


http://i3.ebayimg.com/03/i/000/af/26/5429_1.JPG

[topless_mike]

omg
how did nobody mention

http://www.menshop.gr/images/Joop%20Homme%20Eau%20De%20Toilette%20Spray%2030ml. jpg


the number 1 cologne for club fags in early 90's

[Crispy123]

First for me was the classic...

http://www.sacks.com.br/filesupload/%7BD91139C3-FB1E-45BB-8035-0FF7CE1F9F1C%7D_brut_cologne1.jpg

currently I use Adidas Sport

http://www.perfumeclearancecentre.com.au/images/ADIDAS%20SPORTS%20FIELD%20(GREEN)%20100ml%20EDT%20 SP.jpg

[pete_in_NJ]

What was thee Brut "33" all about? I remember my dad having a bottle of that stuff on the toilet tank.

[pete_in_NJ]

omg
how did nobody mention

http://www.menshop.gr/images/Joop%20Homme%20Eau%20De%20Toilette%20Spray%2030ml. jpg


the number 1 cologne for club fags in early 90's

Yeah, doesnt "Homme" mean "Homo" in French?

And Joop is the sound an innocent man makes during an unexepected anal raiding :ohmy:

[ppanda]

Never wore it but the most memorable commercials in my childhood...
http://www.fragrancenet.com/images/photos/CANOE_M.JPG

[AngelAmy]

Never wore it but the most memorable commercials in my childhood......and then I fucked it
http://www.fragrancenet.com/images/photos/CANOE_M.JPG


interesting

[EffMeBoobs]

interesting
if you know what i mean.

[pete_in_NJ]

I remember canoe. Was pretty much in the same League as Pierre Carden