SR Shave #658:
Back in town, and opted for another traditional straight shave this fine Saturday morning - the Torrey quarter hollow, with Eric's custom scales. The brush, of course, had to match, thus Eric's custom matching brush with Tuxedo synthetic. The soap was vintage Colgate Cup Soap, and my goodness, it's awesome - incredibly slick! Post shave was my usual Sampson's unscented balm. Then finished up with some Parfums de Nicolai, "New York Intense" EdP.
I had sampled the "New York" EdT, and liked it so much, that I decided to go ahead and blind-buy the EdP concentration. I totally dig this juice! My goodness, this is right in my wheel house. And it's my first full bottle (even though it's only a 30ml) from this niche house, founded by Patricia de Nicolai, the great-granddaughter of Pierre Guerlain and niece of Jean Paul Guerlain. The "New York" scent first launched as an EdT in 1989, and in 2014, the EdP version was launched. This is a woody aromatic with listed notes (from Basenotes) of, "Lemon, Bergamot, Petitgrain//Lavender, Armoise, Red Pepper, Black Pepper//Patchouli, Cedar, Leather, Vanilla". To me, this is what I call an "old school, barbershop" style fragrance, even though it's relatively new. I get a spicy, ambery, very masculine vibe from this. It's listed as unisex, but I completely disagree - this is definitely for men, especially us old timers, whether in actual age, or at least in attitude. This is something, if it had been around "back in the day", that my grandfather and dad would have definitely owned. I love it, and wear it for myself since my wife doesn't really care for it. As a matter of fact, she gave me the, "you smell like an old man" comment - well....that's me! This juice is flat-out-dynamite!!!
Back in town, and opted for another traditional straight shave this fine Saturday morning - the Torrey quarter hollow, with Eric's custom scales. The brush, of course, had to match, thus Eric's custom matching brush with Tuxedo synthetic. The soap was vintage Colgate Cup Soap, and my goodness, it's awesome - incredibly slick! Post shave was my usual Sampson's unscented balm. Then finished up with some Parfums de Nicolai, "New York Intense" EdP.
I had sampled the "New York" EdT, and liked it so much, that I decided to go ahead and blind-buy the EdP concentration. I totally dig this juice! My goodness, this is right in my wheel house. And it's my first full bottle (even though it's only a 30ml) from this niche house, founded by Patricia de Nicolai, the great-granddaughter of Pierre Guerlain and niece of Jean Paul Guerlain. The "New York" scent first launched as an EdT in 1989, and in 2014, the EdP version was launched. This is a woody aromatic with listed notes (from Basenotes) of, "Lemon, Bergamot, Petitgrain//Lavender, Armoise, Red Pepper, Black Pepper//Patchouli, Cedar, Leather, Vanilla". To me, this is what I call an "old school, barbershop" style fragrance, even though it's relatively new. I get a spicy, ambery, very masculine vibe from this. It's listed as unisex, but I completely disagree - this is definitely for men, especially us old timers, whether in actual age, or at least in attitude. This is something, if it had been around "back in the day", that my grandfather and dad would have definitely owned. I love it, and wear it for myself since my wife doesn't really care for it. As a matter of fact, she gave me the, "you smell like an old man" comment - well....that's me! This juice is flat-out-dynamite!!!
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