Will the real "Old Spice" please stand up

**Kabong30** · 02-15-2013, 12:10 PM

Just received a couple little plastic travel bottles from the 80s (on AS and one cologne). The AS smells a little sharper than what I'm used too and I don't know if maybe that's because of being stored in plastic (I've seen a few people who seem to believe there is a difference). Anyway, do you think there would be any danger in mixing different batches of the vintage AS? I wouldn't want to ruin what I have on hand.

**crackerman** · 03-02-2013, 01:39 PM

As an analytical chemist this thread is awesome!

**tjp68** · 03-28-2013, 12:14 PM

My little contribution to this...I just received a couple of 50ml bottles of Shulton Original from India. My non-scientific testing (sniffing) confirms that this is much closer to the vintage bottles I have than the P&G, but honestly, not different enough to matter that much to me. I have two full vintage bottles. I keep one in my rotation and I plan to just fill it with P&G juice as needed. I'll keep the other vintage bottle intact. For me personally, the loss of the fantastic glass bottle was a bigger blow than the formula change.

**Mad Man** · 04-04-2013, 07:07 PM

I like the glass bottles bu honestly for the price I ain't quibbling... It's not like we're getting ripped off either way methinks.

As a recent re-convert to OS I can honestly say the chicks in the office dig it!!!

**Kabong30** · 04-05-2013, 07:12 AM

^
Yeah, for the price OS is a decent scent, new or vintage.

**FaPat5** · 04-13-2013, 10:33 AM

Ok, here's a question. I recently bought a bottle of Old Spice from an Indian seller on ebay. His pictures still had the shulton logo on them. BUT, when I got my bottle, it had P&G on the back and no mention of Shulton (he sold many of these and I suspect he didn;t check his latest batch). I complained to him and thus far he is resisting because he says it is Shulton Old Spice marketed by P&G (?). Initially, I thought it smellt a bit different to the regular Old Spice we now have. But then when I saw P&G I thought I was making it up and initially thought when they dried they smelled the same. Sadly, my fiancee has since confirmed I am wrong and they both smell different (and she prefers indian old spice). Does anyone else have a bottle of P&G Indian Old Spice and is it still the same as the Shulton bottles? I would really be grateful for some help on that.

**luvmysuper** · 04-13-2013, 12:59 PM

As of January 2013, P&G has taken distribution of Old Spice in India back, where it was formerly produced by Menezes.
Old Spice has made the rounds in India, changing hands for distribution 3 times since P&G bought the Brand from Shulton in 1993.
There are no reports as of yet that P&G has done anything to the Indian Old Spice formula, rather they took control to push the market as sales had been dwindling recently.

http://articles.economictimes.indiat...products-maker

**Psutherland** · 04-14-2013, 05:32 PM

Thanks

**Nester** · 04-15-2013, 07:36 PM

Nice to know!

**Nester** · 04-15-2013, 08:48 PM

Old spice is absolutely timeless in my opinion. If it was good enough for Granddad, its good enough for me!

**Featherweight** · 04-18-2013, 08:38 PM

Originally Posted by dundak

It seems that no one was throwing conspiracies out there when American Cyanamid bought Shulton in the 70's, but with the internet P&G has become the new Illuminati. Maybe our forefathers didn't care that much and just rolled with the punches better.

I tend to think this statement is 100% true.

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