Angel's breath.
It's a unique smell. It falls in the Aromatic-Green family. Not enough grass/fern to be an Aromatic Fougere; it's more of a classic barbershop scent. There's lavender, musk, powdery notes, some spice, and, of course, menthol.
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It's a unique smell. It falls in the Aromatic-Green family. Not enough grass/fern to be an Aromatic Fougere; it's more of a classic barbershop scent. There's lavender, musk, powdery notes, some spice, and, of course, menthol.
Rhody
I'm a Lumberjack.
Thanks for the description. There’s a lot going on. I’m a tiny bit disappointed that as a store product it’s several dollars more than competitors.
I can still get it for $6, same as Aqua Velva.
Rhody
I'm a Lumberjack.
Glass or plastic?
I got AV musk for $3
Nothing but plastic in stores for years now.
It only comes in plastic. But the plastic is better quality than Clubman's -- no strange odor added.
If you've never used Skin Bracer ... you won't be blasted with fragrance like AV. You can catch the vanilla and lavender but the powderiness is what I like best. It's very subtle. Almost like it alludes to fragrance. As @WThomas0814 describes it, a classic barbershop scent.
@WThomas0814 had a good description. I get some lavender, powder, woody notes, moss and vanilla mostly. A little bit of menthol.
Another way of describing It. Skin Bracer reminds me of a skilled tradesman going to work early in the morning back in the 1960's era. Kind of an everyman scent that was everywhere in those days.
Rhody
I'm a Lumberjack.
I must investigate further. Although lavender is not my favorite perhaps I can smell test a bottle in a store.
In my area of south central Vermont I have seen it at every Dollar general, my local CVS over in NY, and the super Walmart close to me over in NY. A couple years ago I was given false info that it was being canceled so bought 9 bottles on sale.
It's ~$6 in the grocery store where I am. I sniffed it before buying. It's fine from the plastic bottle, but I poured some into glass and prefer the glassed version by a wide margin. The lavender is not dominant, and probably artificial - I have a terrible reaction to artisan soaps (and my own AS creations) with true lavender oil, not so with Skin Bracer.
Imagine if a speed stick style deodorant came in "cookie" scent. It has a sweet soapy vanilla powder note... I don't have much of a perfume vocabulary, I'm afraid. To me, there's a similar sweet vanilla powder note similar to Proraso Red, though that's where the similarities end.
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