When I was an apprentice and just about to launch myself into the local social scene, a tradesman pulled me aside and said “Aha! Youre, out on the town? (Wink) Let me give you a tip.” “Oh yes” I thought “Here we go.”
He said, “Dont shave with a broken bottle.”
Thinking back, I may as well have. Those safety (haha) razors of the day.?Face dotted with wee bits of toilet paper and stinging like buggery from a stiptic pencil and Hai Karate.
Had forgotten all about that one!
Reminds me of the school disco - 150 sweaty armpits and the great smell of Brut 33.
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Hai Karate versus Brut 33, a teenage olfactory equivalent of Godzilla v. King Kong, but far more unpleasant!
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I went all upmarket with Paco Rabanne, couldnt stand Brut which made me different, been different ever since 
Brut was for your dad. At least that’s what Senga at work told me when she gave me a bottle of Hai Karate at Christmas. Mange tout, Rodders. Mange tout.
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A big improvement - in my early twenties discovered Habit Rouge, Chanel Gentleman and Signor Ricci (smelt like G&T)
WTF wants to be a real hipster 
My little brother in Brighton
That’s the arts world 
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Brut 33 (Christmas presents 
) was the only thing that made my afghan coat smell better. It wasn’t allowed in the house…either before and after the Brut treatment
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We were trying to sell our house and my mate bought a new flying jacket and hung it in the spare room, that was two sets of buyers put off!
I’ve got a couple of vintage US flying jackets that I’ve had for over forty years- but neither can fly - such a disappointment…
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You’re not lauching them properly.
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Brut 33 worked really well as a flame thrower if you set light to the spray as it left the nozzle. 
My youthful olfactory experiments were more along the lines of old spice, which I suspect was a bit more of a working class pong. I’ve never done the perfume for boys thing, and the only bottle of smelly I have is some CK One that was a gift about 6 Christmases ago. Most of it is still left.
I like smells (encouraged by Mrs P, who has a very good nose), but I always forget. I put it on for her. We chose and bought the current favourite, Vetyver (Martin de Candre) at the makers.
I’ve never bothered with after-shave.
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I like smells too and have quite a sensitive nose. Perhaps it’s a cultural thing that makes me stay clear of boy scent.
Habit Rouge smells delicious, also Eau d’Orange Verte and Five O’clock au Gingembre 
After, I began working wholly from home I cut out daily cologne and during the confinement stopped altogether. Now only wear it if we’re going out and there’s likely to be bises.
Would like an opportunity to explore a wider range of more obscure French colognes - around here, out in the sticks one only sees Roger & Gallet.
An old classic!
Why does the hair on our heads and chins grow long, the way it does? Our bodies are relatively naked of hair, whereas we can sport 3-foot-long head-manes, and foot-long beards, if we want. Those of us who could still do so!
Maybe in pre-history we men needed to look aggressively hairy on top, as male lions do.
I remember thinking many years ago that I found shaving a daily nuisance and that if a pill was invented that could permanently keep my chin bald, I’d take one, and not need to shave anymore. I’m not one for face decoration.
A beard is however good for face decoration, and showing off masculinity at face level. If that is so, why do most men continue to shave?
Perplexed!