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I have some Seville. It smells pretty good, in fact.
Which are the best Barbershop Scents?
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The first that come to mind are the two that I always saw- and smelled- at my Italian barber's place when I was growing up- Clubman Pinaud + Clubman Virgin Island Bay Rum.
It is the one I use when I want to pretend I am sophisticated
I might be able to give my answer if I knew what a barbershop scent was meant to be. No one has been able to explain it without using the word barbershop.
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I think one of the problems today is that most men don't know what a barbershop was really like. Gone are the days of the men's barbershop, where they used a straight razor on the back of your neck as part of a haircut, and used one to shave your face if you were getting a shave. They gave massages for head, face, neck, and shoulders, too. Your neck gets powdered after your haircut to keep you fresh and cool. Nowadays it is a beauty parlor to which men are forced to go and with often longer hair styles, it is easy to see why. If one is fortunate enough to find one Pinaud Clubman is likely the only aftershave and the place doesn't smell like they used to smell, at all. The whole atmosphere is different.
Thankfully, there are places in the world where you can still get all of these services and the smells are still great. Indian run barbershops, for example, are places where all of these things still exist. It makes a man happy just to walk inside.
So, it is no wonder there is confusion over barbershop scents. On the low end, think Barbisol and Foamy in hot lather dispensers. The more upscale barbers we can think of going to a place like Truefitt and Hill or Geo (George) F. Trumpers or some other higher end barbershop. The smells are leather chairs, shaving soap and foam, house brand aftershaves, lavender, baby or talcum powder, perhaps some spice, and other manly yet softer scents. These are places where you walk out smelling clean and in command. You don't come out smelling like something that would evacuate a crowded elevator.
Thankfully, there are places in the world where you can still get all of these services and the smells are still great. Indian run barbershops, for example, are places where all of these things still exist. It makes a man happy just to walk inside.
So, it is no wonder there is confusion over barbershop scents. On the low end, think Barbisol and Foamy in hot lather dispensers. The more upscale barbers we can think of going to a place like Truefitt and Hill or Geo (George) F. Trumpers or some other higher end barbershop. The smells are leather chairs, shaving soap and foam, house brand aftershaves, lavender, baby or talcum powder, perhaps some spice, and other manly yet softer scents. These are places where you walk out smelling clean and in command. You don't come out smelling like something that would evacuate a crowded elevator.
It’s interesting when I consider the barbershop I would go to as a kid smelled like talcum powder, clubman aftershave, soap, coffee and cigarettes. What a combination.
I do like Stirling barbershop and Chiseled Face ghost town barber. He seem to have captured at least some of the scents I remember from barbershops years back.
I do like Stirling barbershop and Chiseled Face ghost town barber. He seem to have captured at least some of the scents I remember from barbershops years back.
Mike's Natural Barbershop
Chiseled Face Ghost Town Barber
Many like Stirling Barbershop but it had too much of a baby powder scent for me.
Chiseled Face Ghost Town Barber
Many like Stirling Barbershop but it had too much of a baby powder scent for me.
Right here. Smells just like the barber shop of my youth in the 50s and 60s. I shave with it periodically but always have a puck on hand in my medicine cabinet so I can walk by and open it for a daily whiff.
I'd like to know where a man can still find a "two dollar whore" in this inflationary environment!
And while I'm an older guy, I'd love to know what a "barber shop scent" is. It's been so many years since I've seen a traditional barber shop much less patronize one, I've plum forgotten what that scent is.
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Yeah, about it's been years, me too. I found one place in a city where we lived and then the guy retired. I didn't see another one until we moved overseas so I could teach in the University. Here, I found lots of traditional shops and some high end shops, too. That's what made me lament the loss of something great.
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I like Stirling. Clean, soapy, powdery. Pairs well with my Old Spice or Clubman AS.
Next time I get a haircut at Evan's Roman Way Barbershop I'll have to pay more attention. Last time I was in there the only smell I remember is "I think your furnace is about to blow up". I haven't been in there since last winter. He put the bowl on crooked or something and I looked funny until it grew out. He does use a straight razor on your neck, gotta give him that.
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Sounds like a scary place!
My barber is 83 now. He learned from barbers that had been barbers since the 1800s. He said the only aftershave he uses (and has ever used) is Clubman Pinaud. He can buy it by the gallon and it's cheaper than the rest. This is what today's barbers are neglecting. It's a good tried and true scent and inexpensive to boot, which makes it a very good business decision. You just can't get better than that.
What is going to go the distance? What is going to make you smell like you just came from the barbershop? While the rest of the soap and aftershave creators are only trying to recant a scent from the faded memories of patrons of barbershops long forgotten, you can have it now, the scent that has so inspired generations of old and young alike.
Clubman Pinaud
Do yourself a favor and treat, nay, indulge yourself and awaken your senses to the one that all the others only ever hope to imitate.
What is going to go the distance? What is going to make you smell like you just came from the barbershop? While the rest of the soap and aftershave creators are only trying to recant a scent from the faded memories of patrons of barbershops long forgotten, you can have it now, the scent that has so inspired generations of old and young alike.
Clubman Pinaud
Do yourself a favor and treat, nay, indulge yourself and awaken your senses to the one that all the others only ever hope to imitate.
Seville is a very nice scent, I don't know if I'd myself club this into a Barbershop categorization, but then again we're still waiting on the definition - ha ha
This would be Cheshire...It is the one I use when I want to pretend I am sophisticated
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Cheshire is really good, but it is a tea scent and not a barbershop scent.
Mama Bear Soaps in Felch, MI has a couple of nice ones; The Barbers Chair & Ye Olde Barber Shoppe.
I wouldn't put it in the barbershop category myself either. In the description on the B&M website (at least when I purchased mine), Will says that others describe Seville as "God's barbershop." Then again, I have never visited a barbershop in Seville
