In a recent cologne post I mentioned a couple of sources for ‘decants’, or small samples of fragrance. While purchasing by the ml may not be the cheapest way to go in the long run, it does give you the ability to try lots of different scents for a small cash outlay. There is a [...]

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After posting about drugstore after shaves and how much wet shavers love them, it seemed a good time to post about quality cologne as well. There’s nothing like the feeling you get when wearing a well-made cologne. It’s a chance to transcend who you are today and feel like Cary Grant or Errol Flynn (two [...]

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You may not have given it a thought since you last saw it in your grandmother’s medicine cabinet.  Witch hazel is a wonder substance and any wet shaver should give it serious consideration as one of the weapons in his shaving arsenal. A North American plant, the witch hazel shrub was used for its medicinal [...]

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