Well, for some of us old gals it's as much about scent memory association as it is about the "new" guy wearing that smell.
After all, Old Spice is from back when men acted manly instead of buying special moisturizers made especially "for men."
(Speaking of old scents... I really love English Leather, the smell does transport... **daydreams**)
Well, I agree, I wouldn't want to smell Old Spice on a young guy particularly, or English Leather for that matter... it would just be too funky.
The scents I've picked out for boyfriends tend to be spicy / musky scents, which thankfully is what hubby wears anyhow (maybe was a subconscious part of the attraction at first face-to-face contact).
On the other hand... Walking around town, occasionally catching a mysterious whiff of something like Old Spice is a comforting thing (my dad used old spice shaving cream when I was young).
Catching a whiff of English Leather is something else altogether. As much as I love my husband and am so happy to have found him, the guy who used to wear the mentioned scent really truly had my heart. **swoon @ memories** Here, and in the US, it tends to be a thing that either older guys OR "foreign" guys wore... he was from Saudi Arabia so catching that scent together with a barely caught overhearing of a man speaking Arabic, perhaps with a slight undertone of cigarette smoke... ahhhh...
Non
Nein
Enjoy!!
(Some profanity, possibly considered nsfw)
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Here in Switzerland, skin cancer is not so much of a problem, rather the dangers of getting a grey skin due to the weather, or a green skin due to the prices !
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Interesting that you mention Clarins. Try the "Import Parfumerie" chain, where many such things cost less than elsewhere
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You are not realistic, as there are the youngish years between age 50 and age 90, and during this second youth not too look ancient is something people want nowadays. An uncle of me, upon a visit of me, went with me to the bistro and was 98 years old. When becoming 99 he stopped to chop wood, at 100 he declared to start to feeling old and stopped writing letters and so only made phone calls around Europe, at 101 he declared that age had started to be felt. He survived the 102nd birthday and then within two weeks passed away. He at 98 did not look "old", and his wife explained me later in the day that they were aging, but that she had cared for that they did not look "old"
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Old Spice of course has the unmistakable charm of the 1950ies when it was the only product of that sort
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So that your granddad is above 75 ? and your dad above 55 ?
I have sent my razor-"machines" into retirement and use a beautiful razor-brush with some Gillette foam, and very cheap disposable BIC razor-knifes. The result is far better !
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negative, you have to be over 70 ....
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Not especially, no. Hair product of almost any type is blech... I prefer to be able to touch without fear of stabbing myself on crispy gel or getting slimed by whatever goopy stuff (like brylcreem) may be in there.
Well cut and natural to the touch is best.
http://www.google.ch/images?hl=de&bi...ed=0CDgQsAQwAw
particularily Italian coiffeurs were eager to apply the stuff, and even more so when they saw "mediterranean hair" !
Either way, it's a waste.
This thread made me chuckle, funny. Old spice smelling people remind me when I was 5 and bought my mom aftershave for xmas, since I couldn't read. She put it on every now and then, so I wouldn't be sad, haha.
I like clean smelling. With or without artificial something, but clean. Aftershaves are fun, hair things rather...pointless, who want's a gelled up manequin. Unless you have curly hair and then it's just practical.
Nivea and me don't cooperate, made my eyes run, they use something that irritates. The smell is cool, though, reminds me childhood and skiing.