ClubmanPinaud Lilac Vegetal After Shave Lotion, Botanical Musk, 12 Fl Oz

it reminded me ( i think it is) the after shade my dad used in the 60's ! Same bottle, though I think it was glass, same label. It felt refreshing as an after shave.

Takes me back to the 1980’s small town barber shop.

read reviews before buying, at first does have slight urinal smell (LOL), but after it dries and sets it starts to smell more like a powdery smell

100 reminds me of my dad. And I like it too!

With all due apologies to the fan boys here, I must offer a frank review.To put my taste in context, I'm a 30-something professional man. I work in an office, wear business casual and sometimes business formal. I'm a somewhat experienced fragrance collector; my fragrance wardrobe numbers well over 300 by now, ranging from dollar store knock-offs to numerous Montale, Amouage, L'Artisan Parfumeur, Le Labo, and so on. I like anything that smells really nice, really enjoyable, regardless of how much it costs. Some of my top 10 most enjoyable fragrances are pretty cheap synthetics, particularly Fujiyama and Issey Miyake fragrances, simply sublime.This was purchased as an experiment, 'buy blind', because it was cheap and "lilac vegetal" sounds like it might be interesting if it's done competently. Unfortunately, there is already a name, which every gentleman will know and know well:URINAL CAKESThis is a dead ringer, absolutely indistinguishable from those little pink cakes you find melting away when you... well, no need to go further. I'm sorry to say it, as I bought 12oz of it and I generally make an effort to use up every fragrance I buy even if it's not my favorite. I have not, to date, found one so objectionable that I would discard it. Unfortunately, I may not even find this worthy of being a toilet bowl freshener, as I do not want the toilets in my home to smell like a gas station urinal. It's just such a familiar scent... I suppose I'm apologetic because so many folks will rate my review "not helpful" simply because I don't like it, or because of the negative connotation of urinal cakes, but all I'm saying is that I do not enjoy the smell of urinal cakes on my face after I shave. It's an honest assessment of a tremendously familiar and unmistakable scent.Whether that's something you want on your face is up to you!===An update: it is very good as an astringent. Meaning, as an aftershave, it actually does work. It smells like urinal cakes, but when I give myself a clean shave on the weekends and don't need to be around anyone but myself, I apply this stuff just to use it. It actually really does work to smooth over a rough shave and stop itching. Better than just about anything else I've tried, including all the designer fragrances. So it works for its chemical purpose, but it smells like urinal cakes. Try one of the other Pinaud fragrances if you want something that works really wonderfully as an aftershave and doesn't make your face smell like something the janitorial staff just dropped into your urinal at work or the airport.

Smells like an old time barber shop.

The Vege. A polarizing scent, if you aren't one of The Chosen you might not comprehend the good, clean crisp aroma of the elixir within. But it's wonderful. Be bold.

The classic bottle, as shown, wasn't received. My family was in the beauty and barber supply wholesale business for over 50 years and sold this item for decades. For the record, this smells NOTHING like the original Lilac Vegetal. Disappointed.