I'm 64 and have been aware of bay rum for almost all of that time. My dad and his dad used it. I still remember the large old-fashioned bottles around the house and in the local drug stores and five-and-dime stores. The brand names were store names, like Peoples (a drug store chain) or Woolworths. The scents were about the same, with little staying power and very light on cloves, if they even had any. I started using that stuff as a splash at about the time I started college. I've almost always kept some on hand and used occasionally since then.
nelson
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