A relative works in the perfume industry, meaning that for Christmas/birthday, I often get a nice perfume that she could buy with her employee discount.
An issue, is that as a person who has facial hair, I shave regularly, and most after shave balm/lotion are scented. They don’t even smell that good, but mixing a nice perfume with an after-shave seems like a major faux pas as the smell will interact with each others, meaning that I don’t use my perfume as much as I wanted
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Without the smell it would just be a bottle of alcohol. If you don’t care for the smells you can use isopropyl alcohol with some aloe.
You might be able to find an aftershave that matches your fragrance. Alternatively, there are heaps of unscented aftershave options out there.
I have this problem with a LOT of products: Dry shampoo, beard butter, bars of soap, liquid soap, etc. I will probably be OK with a little scent on things but it is almost always actually an overwhelming amount of scent. So I will go out of my way now to get unscented things like this. Often this means I have to find it on the internet because they don’t sell the unscented stuff in stores.
Sometimes I want to smell better and that’s why I have cologne. I’d like to choose my scent and not wear many scents at once.
There are a large number of unscented aftershaves out there as well as other products options like an alum block.
When I’m finished shaving my routine is:
- alum block
- aftershave balm
- cologne
I have aftershaves and colognes that compliment each other or are the same scent for both. I also have an unscented balm for colognes I couldn’t find a good compliment to.
Scents I use are ones I like because I’m wearing it for me, not others.
There are after shave not scented (well, just a tiny bit, but the smell doesn’t persist), mainly from cosmetics companies, like nivea
Or alternatively vodka is also an unscented solution… ;-)
It’s a bit harsh on the skin but you tolerate it better if you drink it too, you know, and you can’t say that about any other after shave cream, balsam or whatsoever! Lol
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