I had an... uhm... interesting experience last night. My wife and I were in Walgreens to pick up a bottle of headslick and just generally peruse the as-seen-on-tv junk. Well, while standing in the shaving aisle, admiring the overpriced, limited selection of shaving accoutrements I spotted the walgreens knock-off of Aqua Velva Blue. Well, I have a bad habit of sniffing the easily opened after shaves (I'm sure none of you have this habit. 
). As many of you know, the store-brand smells almost identical but it comes in a pliable plastic container rather than the classier glass bottle of real aqua velva. My technique for checking the scent of anything in a plastic bottle is to hold it a short distance under my nose and give a gentle squeeze, sniffing the air above it... this sort of gives you a concentrated whiff. Well, I don't know if it was because my wife bumped me at the exact moment, or if I was just being careless, or if it was just that I didn't realize the thing was so freaking full, but just as I went to sniff, that stuff shot straight up my nose. 
BOY HOWDY!!!!! You think pinaud's bay rum burns. My friends, let me testify, you ain't felt nothin' yet. Boy did that sting. An hour later my sinus cavities were aching. The burn had subsided but boy that was still painful. The upside to this little misadventure was that everything smelled pretty nice for the rest of the evening. I guess it's a good thing that I like the smell of AV. Another "pleasant?" side effect was that it opened my sinuses. So let this be a warning/lesson to all. Aqua Velva makes a great, albeit painful, nasal-spray.
So, do I win any kind of halloween award for my true-life horror story?
I wouldn't be opposed to a free sample of something. As long as it's not Aqua Velva.
). As many of you know, the store-brand smells almost identical but it comes in a pliable plastic container rather than the classier glass bottle of real aqua velva. My technique for checking the scent of anything in a plastic bottle is to hold it a short distance under my nose and give a gentle squeeze, sniffing the air above it... this sort of gives you a concentrated whiff. Well, I don't know if it was because my wife bumped me at the exact moment, or if I was just being careless, or if it was just that I didn't realize the thing was so freaking full, but just as I went to sniff, that stuff shot straight up my nose. BOY HOWDY!!!!! You think pinaud's bay rum burns. My friends, let me testify, you ain't felt nothin' yet. Boy did that sting. An hour later my sinus cavities were aching. The burn had subsided but boy that was still painful. The upside to this little misadventure was that everything smelled pretty nice for the rest of the evening. I guess it's a good thing that I like the smell of AV. Another "pleasant?" side effect was that it opened my sinuses. So let this be a warning/lesson to all. Aqua Velva makes a great, albeit painful, nasal-spray.
So, do I win any kind of halloween award for my true-life horror story?
I wouldn't be opposed to a free sample of something. As long as it's not Aqua Velva.
Been there and done that..Mine was with Skin Bracer though.
