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owenm wrote: The ones on sale in chemists near me seem to have gone back to a tallow formula. No idea whether this is old stock though.

Forgot to say - this tallow formulation in the shops now appears identical to the original black and red packaging of the stick, hence the comment about old stock.

Although I have become primarily a one soap man with Harris Lavender, I still enjoy Erasmic when traveling. I would argue these inexpensive sticks compare with the best of soaps. I appreciate the light masculine barbershop scent too. The last I read was Erasmic's new shaving stick formula was awful...

Dovo Perlex 5/8 SS BK4 Taylor's Lavender DR Harris Pink Woods of Windsor The last drops of my Pink today. Nice stuff but I don't find it superior to other aftershaves. If I was going for something premium, I'd give Coral Skin Food another go, I prefer the face feel afterwards. As it is though I'm go...

Paddy, Well, with hard soaps I would say that you use a combination. You at least start the lather building process on the soap cake. I do basically the same thing. With creams, yeah, apparently you're entirely a 'face latherer'. Regards, Gordon I do the same as Paddy for soaps and creams - but whe...

The Wikipedia article on Perfum e is pretty good on what notes these different types of Fragrances have. ... apart from declaring: Fougère: Meaning Fern in French, built on a base of lavender, onion , coumarin and oakmoss. Houbigant's Fougère Royale pioneered the use of this base While the bad thin...

Are these terms synonymous? It seems they are used to describe the same types of scent categories, i.e. Irisch Moos, Pen EF, GRT Wild Fern, etc. Do they have more specific meanings that differentiate a "fougere" from a "chypre", let's say? There are a number of different classif...

First shave of 2011 - started as I mean to go on:

Dovo Perlex 5/8 SS
Taylor's Lavender Cream
BK4
Real Shaving Co. AS
Woods of Windsor

For the last couple of years I've been mostly using the same four colognes. - Taylors Sandalwood - Trumpers Spanish Leather - English/Wild Fern - Taylors Victorian Lime Just wondering if there are any obvious ones missing from my rotation? Another winter and summer scent perhaps, maybe a floral? Ma...

I just got back from Greece on Friday, and I bought a cream called Prosar. It isn't great, but it isn't too bad either. Nothing I would really recommend. I posted a review of a tube of Prosar I bought on a trip to Corfu a couple of years ago. I seem to recall the shave was OK but the consistency wa...

Saturday was my wedding day and I thought it would be a good opportunity for my first SOTD post and record it for later.


Saturday:

Dovo Perlex SS 5/8
D.R. Harris Lavender Soap
Kent BK4
Real Shaving Co. Aftershave Balm
Monsieur de Givenchy

drmoss_ca wrote:Targus used to make a great backpack, my son still uses an old one (after the cat pee scent left - long story). Do they still?

Chris

They do - I have one of these for work - it's great, enough storage for one or two over night stops as well as the computer, notebooks, etc.

Have you looked in the trash folder? If they've been accidentally deleted they should be in there... http://mail.google.com/mail/#trash. If they're there, you should be able to move them to another folder.

FWIW, I use offlineimap to backup my gmail files to my computer (just in case).

hi all anyone used laser blades Wilkinson's .38 pence in the uk :shock: I haven't, but apparently from those that have, they're terrible. Tesco blades are OK though. A wide selection are also available from connaughtshaving.com apparently but I use Tesco ones when I use a DE. I'm sure someone will ...

Aztecface wrote:Connaught will be getting the Atkinson's Lavender Water. Paul will be selling most of their products.

This is excellent news! Any idea when Connaught will start selling them?

sparkster123 wrote:has anyone else had the c&e super badger shed or have they lasted a good long while for you.

Mine lost about a hair per shave. Still lots of hair in it though. I replaced it with a Vulfix 2235 which is very similar (but doesn't shed). I bought the Vulfix from Diamond Edge Ltd.

I have medium hard water and get through about 25 ml per month (based on a sample of 3 or 4 tubes and tubs). So I'd expect a tub to last about 6 months. Soap's a different matter though.

Other than that, I'll be sticking with MWF until Christmas. (It's quite exciting that I've actually worn a small dimple into the soap! I'm making progress!) I'll keep adding to this thread as I go...unless I'm boring everyone...in which case I can go back to lurking. Bruce No, no - very interesting...

TBoner wrote:To steer this back toward Spanish Leather for a moment, has GFT done away with the 200mL glass splash bottle of cologne?

It's still listed on the Trumpers website. Shipment problem?

The Fountain Pen Hospital place is great place to buy from, never have had a problem with them. What you could do if you did not want to invest much to test out if you like fountain pens is to buy a Lamy Al-Star or Safari. The main difference is the Al-Star is made of aluminum while the Safari is m...

Owen...Strange - mine came with a converter. I got the solid black, with gold trim and two toned nib. Might have been just me then - anyway, Waterman do make a nice pen. Of the ones you showed, I would choose the Agio, but I like a slim pen. A Pilot Knight might be an option in the sort of price ra...