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Nice sandalwoody aftershave for DH??

27 replies

NoblesseOblige · 11/12/2008 18:10

any suggestions chaps?

thanks

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PortlySackSantaInAdvent · 11/12/2008 18:12

One of the three Body Shop ones (not activist) has a lovely Sandlewood smell to it - think it's the green one.

Don't know about more 'branded' ones though.

MamaHobgoblin · 11/12/2008 18:13

Crabtree & Evelyn do one called ... Sandlewood! It's delish - warm and rather sexy, if that's the way your tastes lie. I used to get DH the shaving soap.

MamaHobgoblin · 11/12/2008 18:16

SandAlwood, I mean!

NoblesseOblige · 11/12/2008 18:18

thank you - have had body shop before and is nice, but trying to shop about...any other ideas before i zoom of to crabtree website?

or any aftershave that you like really, as long as its not similar to cool water/ckone, that kind of smell. nothing against that at all, just not my dh's thing

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MarmadukeScarlet · 11/12/2008 18:21

The only aftershave I can tolerate on my DH is Pecksniff's Leather, that has a very natural aroma not sweet and synthetic like ckone etc. I get it at TKMAXX as it is £10 rather than £50 as in shop!

NoblesseOblige · 11/12/2008 18:24

hmm...think am going to have to go to an actual shop and sniff...

thanks for help - feel free to drop more suggestions as oddly enough am not off to shops right this second...

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TheDevilWearsPrimark · 11/12/2008 18:26

sandalwood!

sounds grim

NoblesseOblige · 11/12/2008 18:27

no is nice! he is an earthy, manly, probably slightly hippyish type.

whats the male equivalent of patchouli?

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subtlemouse · 11/12/2008 18:29

Roger et Gallet do a great sandalwood soap - not sure if they do aftershave. I get it in John Lewis

NoblesseOblige · 11/12/2008 18:36

cool - are there any fruity aftershaves out there or is that too girly ?

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Megglevache · 11/12/2008 18:39

I was going to say R&G too.

this sounds rather scrum

MamaHobgoblin · 11/12/2008 18:41

whats the male equivalent of patchouli?

Um, I think it's Sandalwood!

I love the stuff, me.

If you're after unusual and woodsy niffs, Penhaligons do something called Quercus. Opus 1870 is lovely, too. Both very understated, classic woody scents. Costs a fortune though! I got addicted to their Bluebell (for me, not DH!) when I foolishly spent half an hour in the Regent St shop, and nabbed some on ebay for maybe a fifth of the retail price!

wideratthehips · 11/12/2008 18:41

have a look at the penhaligons website, dh wears blenheim bouquet (mens further down)

wonderful smells....great classics

NoblesseOblige · 11/12/2008 18:43

ooh it does doesn't it? lol at trumpers though, will be appropriate in more ways than one

what do your dhs wear and what does it smell like?

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NoblesseOblige · 11/12/2008 18:45

great minds...

blenheim bouquet sounds lovely - and dh owuld like to think that he is "aristocratic and restrained!"

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wideratthehips · 11/12/2008 18:46

oh just seen x post!

wideratthehips · 11/12/2008 18:48

i get ours from the outlet shop

wideratthehips · 11/12/2008 18:49

the lavandula got me through my recent bought of morning sickness...found it very calming

MamaHobgoblin · 11/12/2008 18:57

wider - ! Just spent ten mins browsing the Penhaligons site wistfully. Can't afford any of it...

BiancaCastafiore · 11/12/2008 19:07

Not aftershave but my husband usesthis it's great, good value sandalwood soap - great scent; it's made with "authentic sandalwood essence and fine sandalwood powder"

expatinscotland · 11/12/2008 19:09

I'm for the Crabtree and Evelyn one, too.

NoblesseOblige · 11/12/2008 19:13

ok...plan is...go a-sniffing in boots etc tomorrow and then get cheaper on t'net

many thanks for the inspiration

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Megglevache · 11/12/2008 20:20

How is your little boy? Do the girls love him? Do you get anyway near him with them around?

TheRealMrsJohnSimm · 11/12/2008 20:27

I had same dilemma for DH's christmas present last year. Most men's scents are quite light and breezy imo.

I finally found M7 by Yves Saint Laurent. Its beautiful. Very deep, sandalwood, vetiver, very masculine. I'm an aromatherapist and many commercially produced scents give me a major headache as they are so artificial. However, this is an amazing fragrance...........have I sold it enough yet

expatinscotland · 11/12/2008 21:47

hiya, meg!

ds is FAB. he's 13lbs., 5oz. and 5 weeks old.

unfortunately, however, DD2 came down with a cold she picked up at nursery, which she then passed to DD1 and now to poor DS.

so he's a bit snuffly and has a wee cough and that's keeping us all on the hop (my folks are still here, thankfully).

DD1 adores him - kisses him, wants to hold him, etc.

DD2 doing fairly well with him, wants to shake his Infacol and bottle, bring you things, etc.