Looking for an Alcohol-based Aftershave?

**TimmyBoston** · 10-03-2006, 01:35 AM

I'm looking for a high quality alcohol-based aftershave and I have no idea where to start, any recommendations?

Thanks a bunch.

**rikrdo** · 10-03-2006, 01:37 AM

Aqua Velva.

Try it...youll like it.

**Stauff** · 10-03-2006, 02:51 AM

Speick splash. Check out my review

**Scotto** · 10-03-2006, 06:17 AM

Musgo Real.

**SLider** · 10-03-2006, 06:29 AM

I'm looking for one as well, but would like one with a quickly fading scent... anymore suggestions?

**mikey** · 10-03-2006, 07:51 PM

hello tim,

what rik said. definitely.

it is the only alcohol-based aftershave that i like (trumper's skin food is the only non-alcoholic aftershave i like). turns out they both have glycerin and menthol. hmm...

thanks,
mike

Originally Posted by rikrdo

Aqua Velva.

Try it...youll like it.

**letterk** · 10-03-2006, 07:54 PM

Get Scotto's AS sample pack. Seriously. Just get it.

**ouch** · 10-03-2006, 09:16 PM

D. R. Harris sandalwood.

**brando** · 10-03-2006, 09:21 PM

Musgo Real. Great stuff.

**leesrazors** · 10-03-2006, 10:27 PM

Old Spice!

**Suzuki** · 10-04-2006, 08:44 AM

The Musgo is good stuff - but the scent can linger for a bit.

My other recommendations are:

Tabac - can linger as well and great for layering with the shaving soap; and

Proraso - very good stuff, cooling with a light scent that fades quickly.

I think the Musgo is the most expensive of these - at about $20 - $25 for a decent sized bottle.

**_C_** · 10-04-2006, 09:08 AM

Originally Posted by leesrazors

Old Spice!

Hehe, its the only Alcohol based A/S I have.

**moses** · 10-04-2006, 03:48 PM

I am now a HUGE fan of Aqua Velva. Great stuff. Although I heard there was a third, green kind, that is the original, and not generally available in the US. Lee suggested that Classic might have it (or maybe he was responding to someone else's post), but I could not find it on their site. Any comments?

**Dinder1** · 10-04-2006, 06:26 PM

Originally Posted by Stauff

Speick splash. Check out my review

I second the vote for the Speick slash... it's really nice stuff, and it contains Alum to fight off razor burn.
Cheers, DJ.

**tryphon** · 10-04-2006, 06:36 PM

Victor from Visconti di Modrone for a refined scent or the Proraso splash for a most effective, soothing effect.

**SLider** · 10-04-2006, 07:55 PM

I used Aqua Velva for the first time tonight and I almost screamed when I put it on my face... I was expecting some burn, but this was shockingly painful. Of course the burn lasts all of two seconds, and after that my face feels great. Yowza

**jtmo3** · 10-04-2006, 08:03 PM

I very seldom ever get a burn from Aqua Velva. The only time I do is if I've been a little rough on the shave. It is good stuff.

Kind of strange that I've tried almost every cream and aftershave product on the market in some form or another, and the ones that seem to treat me best, shave and cost wise, are Palmolive shave cream and Aqua Velva or Mennen Skin Bracer. Some of the cheapest products available and it only cost me hundreds, nah, thousands, when you add it all up, to find that out. Guess it's the journey and not the destination. It's all in the getting there I guess?

John

**TraderJoe** · 10-04-2006, 08:16 PM

My favorite alcohol AS's (in no specific order other than the Italian, which is my absolute favorite):

Italian Floid

Spanish Floid
Swiss Pitralon
Aqua Velva
Pitralon Classic
Musgo Real (although the new has no alchohol)
Pinaud
Master Bay Rum
Old Spice