In Praise of Japanese Aftershaves

Seraphim · Mar 1, 2012

rxonmymind said:
Vic that is outstanding. Is the Man domain cream the same scent as their A/S?

My take is that the cream isn;t the same sort of "slap you in the face, and light your pants on fire with a 6 shooter" that MANDOM aftershave, the cream has more of the mandarin overtones, with less of the jet fuel basenotes you have in the AS. It'll keep you stinkin' long time.Here's a pic I took out the window as I was landing today in the land of MANDOM.

markolino · Mar 1, 2012

does anyone know if the feather kanwa is available in europe? any european on-line shop carries the balm?

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itaforte · Mar 1, 2012

I tried Lucido for the first time today and I am hooked! It's definitely going to be a staple in my den, now i just gotta try more Japanese AS.

rxonmymind · Mar 1, 2012

Seraphim said:
My take is that the cream isn;t the same sort of "slap you in the face, and light your pants on fire with a 6 shooter" that MANDOM aftershave, the cream has more of the mandarin overtones, with less of the jet fuel basenotes you have in the AS. It'll keep you stinkin' long time.Here's a pic I took out the window as I was landing today in the land of MANDOM.

Beautiful pic. How I miss it....

Obsessed · Mar 2, 2012

I just picked up a small bottle of feather Kanwa. I'm looing forward to giving it a try.

Mr Hump · Mar 3, 2012

Just went to the local drugstore and picked up some Bravas and Auslese for under 2k yenjamins. Bravas is definatley a win (reminds me of 4711 kinda) Auslese is a fail in my opinion.

Member357 · Jun 13, 2012

Over a year ago I wasn't impressed with the Bravas, but on a whim, I decided to splash some on today, and I'm very impressed. It's stepped into the special circle of regular AS now I think.

Luc · Jul 13, 2012

Such a bummer those are not widely distributed! They would sell like hot cakes!

The Nid Hog · Jul 13, 2012

No kidding. I just realized that I have PiF'd so many of my aftershaves that I'm down to a bottle each of Mandom. Tactics and Lucido. I need to restock!

Seraphim · Jul 17, 2012

I'm sitting on the SFO Tarmac as we speak, headed back to the land of MANDOM....

Luc · Jul 17, 2012

Seraphim said:
I'm sitting on the SFO Tarmac as we speak, headed back to the land of MANDOM....

Lucky!

BRuhling · Jul 17, 2012

My wife is going back home to the Land of the Rising Sun next month. She doesn't know it yet, but she's bringing me back some more Lucido and maybe some Bravas...

bumbaclart · Jul 20, 2012

I just ordered some Bravas, thanks to this thread. I've never been yet, but if everything works out I'll soon end up in a line of work that pays well enough for me to vacation wherever I'd like - and Japan is #1 on that list (I'm only in it for the sashimi and the aftershave - oh, who am I kidding?)!

Member357 · Jul 21, 2012

Seraphim said:
My take is that the cream isn;t the same sort of "slap you in the face, and light your pants on fire with a 6 shooter" that MANDOM aftershave, the cream has more of the mandarin overtones, with less of the jet fuel basenotes you have in the AS. It'll keep you stinkin' long time.

All this talk of the Mandom cream made me buy some. Luckily I can get Amazon to deliver to my office, then sneakily bring it home and add it to the pile....

Seraphim · Jul 21, 2012

Bluebriz said:
All this talk of the Mandom cream made me buy some. Luckily I can get Amazon to deliver to my office, then sneakily bring it home and add it to the pile....

Why Amazon, and not the local drug mart?

Member357 · Jul 21, 2012

Seraphim said:
Why Amazon, and not the local drug mart?

It's the whole "not letting SWMBO find out right away" thing. I'll be with her tomorrow so the easiest thing was get it sent to work to arrive Monday or Tuesday, then bring it to its new home when she's at work!

Seraphim · Jul 21, 2012

The jig'll be up as soon as you slap on some of that MANDOM goodness.

SWMBO:"What's that smell?"

You: "What smell?"

SWMBO:"Did you accidentally pour gasoline on a bowl of mandarin oranges?"

You: "Err....umm......"

SWMBO: "What's that you're hiding in your sock drawer?!"

You: "Oh, umm....er...."

SWMBO: "It didn't smell like that around here before your shower & shave.........Hmmmmmm...........YOU'VE BEEN ORDERING MORE SHAVE STUFF, HAVEN'T YOU!?"

You: "Ah,well....umm.....but......."

Member357 · Jul 22, 2012

Seraphim said:
The jig'll be up as soon as you slap on some of that MANDOM goodness.

SWMBO:"What's that smell?"

You: "What smell?"

SWMBO:"Did you accidentally pour gasoline on a bowl of mandarin oranges?"

You: "Err....umm......"

SWMBO: "What's that you're hiding in your sock drawer?!"

You: "Oh, umm....er...."

SWMBO: "It didn't smell like that around here before your shower & shave.........Hmmmmmm...........YOU'VE BEEN ORDERING MORE SHAVE STUFF, HAVEN'T YOU!?"

You: "Ah,well....umm.....but......."

That could prove to be remarkably accurate. Maybe I should run all future purchases by you first, so I can mentally prepare myself for when SWMBO gets home and sees more stuff. :001_unsur

bumbaclart · Jul 24, 2012

Seraphim said:
SWMBO:"Did you accidentally pour gasoline on a bowl of mandarin oranges?"

If nothing else, this description has sold me on Mandom! I have Bravas on the way (should be here Thursday!), but Mandom was out of stock. I must have it now!

Fred Mertz · Jul 24, 2012

I love Mandom and so will you. I wish they made a cologne version.

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