I had the weekend free from call at the hospital, so the missus and I jumped into the car and headed north to Charlottesville, VA to see the London Bathecary in its new location. Since there has been a lot of speculation with no real information, I thought I'd post it here.
It's on the bottom floor of the parking garage up at the intersection of Second St. and W Water St downtown.
The door is facing Water St.
You can park in the garage and if you buy something at the Bathecary they will validate your ticket and you get free parking. Apparently in Charlottesville, this is quite something.
As you walk in, the amount of space is somewhat overhwelming. It is apparently upwards of 4,000 square feet of men's and women's grooming supplies.
So, without further ado, here is the good stuff for your perusal. Oh, and by the way, there are a lot of areas in the retail store that had clearance items that are NOT going to show up on the website. So if you're in the area and interested in stuff like clearance Penhaligon's, Caswell Massey, and some Taylor and Trumper stuff you won't find elsewhere, stop in. The ladies there today were real nice, and when I asked if I could photograph the store for posting a review, they were very kind and approved it.
ACCESSORIES
They had the good stuff: a bunch of finest and silvertip badger brushes, prices not all that bad really. They also had a few straight razors (REAL straights) by Dovo and Thiers Issard, one of which I picked up and felt was extremely sharp. They also had in there a Dovo Merkur shaving kit with the Futur, a bowl, and a Dovo silvertip brush, a tiny Merkur bikini razor (for real! just like the one Cary Grant used in North by Northwest), strops, Geo Trumper colognes, alum blocks, Dovo DEs, Mitchells' Wool Fat, Trumper razor/brush kits, and Vulfix replaceable cartridge handles.
GEO F. TRUMPER section
All the stuff is out there for viewing and smelling. Also they have little testers here and all over the store labeled TESTERS that you can spray all over the place
TAYLORS SECTION
MUSGO REAL
TRUEFITT AND HILL
FLORIS
ACQUA DI PARMA
CASWELL MASSEY
PENHALIGON
SOME ON CLEARANCE...
L'OCCITANE
It was an interesting experience. The ladies there were pretty nice, until I got there to check out, the ladies working there starting haranging me about how I was buying a bunch of stuff for myself and none for my wife. But that's okay, if I didn't like women, why would I own one? (I love my wife)
Sorry to any Charlottesville natives, but this place gave both my wife and I the willies. We're hardcore Texans, so the liberal hippie college town atmosphere may have done it. But we can say we've been there now. And I hope this gives y'all a better incentive to go there. It's a great place!
It's on the bottom floor of the parking garage up at the intersection of Second St. and W Water St downtown.
The door is facing Water St.
You can park in the garage and if you buy something at the Bathecary they will validate your ticket and you get free parking. Apparently in Charlottesville, this is quite something.
As you walk in, the amount of space is somewhat overhwelming. It is apparently upwards of 4,000 square feet of men's and women's grooming supplies.
So, without further ado, here is the good stuff for your perusal. Oh, and by the way, there are a lot of areas in the retail store that had clearance items that are NOT going to show up on the website. So if you're in the area and interested in stuff like clearance Penhaligon's, Caswell Massey, and some Taylor and Trumper stuff you won't find elsewhere, stop in. The ladies there today were real nice, and when I asked if I could photograph the store for posting a review, they were very kind and approved it.
ACCESSORIES
They had the good stuff: a bunch of finest and silvertip badger brushes, prices not all that bad really. They also had a few straight razors (REAL straights) by Dovo and Thiers Issard, one of which I picked up and felt was extremely sharp. They also had in there a Dovo Merkur shaving kit with the Futur, a bowl, and a Dovo silvertip brush, a tiny Merkur bikini razor (for real! just like the one Cary Grant used in North by Northwest), strops, Geo Trumper colognes, alum blocks, Dovo DEs, Mitchells' Wool Fat, Trumper razor/brush kits, and Vulfix replaceable cartridge handles.
GEO F. TRUMPER section
All the stuff is out there for viewing and smelling. Also they have little testers here and all over the store labeled TESTERS that you can spray all over the place
TAYLORS SECTION
MUSGO REAL
TRUEFITT AND HILL
FLORIS
ACQUA DI PARMA
CASWELL MASSEY
PENHALIGON
SOME ON CLEARANCE...
L'OCCITANE
It was an interesting experience. The ladies there were pretty nice, until I got there to check out, the ladies working there starting haranging me about how I was buying a bunch of stuff for myself and none for my wife. But that's okay, if I didn't like women, why would I own one? (I love my wife)
Sorry to any Charlottesville natives, but this place gave both my wife and I the willies. We're hardcore Texans, so the liberal hippie college town atmosphere may have done it. But we can say we've been there now. And I hope this gives y'all a better incentive to go there. It's a great place!
We have Nancy Boy but you can only find Floris at Gumps and Pennhaligon's at Wilkes Bashford. Oh well. Portland for strip joints and Charlottesville for fine fragrances.
