Avon fans: if you had to pick ONE...

Discussion in 'Preshave and Aftershave' started by gorgo2, May 22, 2018.

  1. SHAVEWIZARD420

    SHAVEWIZARD420 Well-Known Member


    Hahaha no i cant picture her dad ever wearing cologne unless it smells like Chiseled Face Gearhead (formerly Redneck) or something that smells like gasoline or motor oil. He is a mechanic lol.
     
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  2. Enrico

    Enrico Popcorn

    After winning a PIF from @Linuxguile and receiving Avon Legacy AS. I bought the cologne and another bottle of AS.

    It's now my all time favorite! :happy108:

    :eatdrink013:
     
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  3. brit

    brit in a box

    very cool Keith..
     
  4. Enrico

    Enrico Popcorn

    Just ordered two cans of Legacy scented talc after the seller accepted my offer.

    :D
     
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  5. brit

    brit in a box

    my mother sold avon in the 70s..very cool..
     
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  6. Leo501

    Leo501 Well-Known Member

    It's been years since my last use, but I liked Black Suede. I think I had a tube of after shave and some cologne.

    In the 70s my mom had a regular Avon lady who visited the house, she was older and a walking advertisement for all that she sold, from jewelry to make-up to fragrance, dressed up and wore a hat, real classic look. After she retired we had another regular for a long time, and my retired dad actually filled in for her due to some health problems, then did it for a while when she retired from it. Fond memories!
     
  7. Trigger

    Trigger Double Jedi Knight

    I liked Black Suede.
     
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  8. Ijustmissedthe50s

    Ijustmissedthe50s The Warnee

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    I had to revisit this thread, @gorgo2. Used Blend 7 after today's shave. I know you wanted us to choose one, but does it count if I only choose one at a time? I love Blend 7, but also my Island Lime, Spicy, Windjammer.....one? 20200806_162556_copy_600x800.jpg
     
  9. gorgo2

    gorgo2 geezerhood


    The opinion expressed in the above post is no longer operational. Either the bottle went bad on me or I suddenly realized it had too much muskiness, as lots of Avons did from that era. Anyhoo, I no longer own BB. My current favorite would have to be *spins Wheel of Frags* Windjammer. Sure, why not.

    Apologies for any confusion, inconvenience, of lost income/relationships.
     
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  10. Enrico

    Enrico Popcorn

    I've been using Spicy alot lately ..... great stuff!

    :eatdrink013:
     
  11. Ijustmissedthe50s

    Ijustmissedthe50s The Warnee

    :)
     
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  12. Paul Turner

    Paul Turner outside the quote(s) now

    The Gearhead is a news to me. I suppose CF keeps adding on as does Phoenix, eh?
     
  13. Landro

    Landro Member

    I have been using Wild Country since I was 15 and will always stick with it.
     
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  14. Enrico

    Enrico Popcorn

    The supply of Wild Country will never run out ..... when they produced it it seems they made five times more of WC than anything else.

    :)
     
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  15. ShaversRUs

    ShaversRUs Well-Known Member

    I'm wearing Tai Winds today and loving it. While it does smell to me much like Brut, it has some other components that add to it and IMO make it better. The Dollar General Brut knockoff is maybe closer to Tai Winds than Brut is, but I'm not sure. I haven't used the DG version in a while, but I have a spare unopened bottle in one of my bins.

    I cannot describe scents other than to say it smells somewhat like another after shave. When I read the components of a scent, I have no idea how it would smell.

    I don't find Wild Country anything like Pinaud Clubman original. If anything, I found it reminiscent of Brut and Tai Winds, but would never mistake it for either. Tai Winds could easily be mistaken for Brut, to my nose.

    I'm thinking of trying Windjammer, since it is plentiful and cheap. I've never tried Canoe, so I have no idea how Windjammer would smell.
    Also thinking of trying Blend 7.
     
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  16. gorgo2

    gorgo2 geezerhood

    Tried Oland yet? It's the Lilac Vegetal of Avon frafs.
     
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  17. ShaversRUs

    ShaversRUs Well-Known Member

    Lilac Vegetal is the only AS that I bought, tried, washed off, and threw the bottle out all on the same day! I poured it out in my yard, and the grass turned brown almost immediately. It also kept wild animals off my propery for several days. The town vampire skipped his nightly visits for a few nights, too.

    Oland smells bad, I've heard, since it doesn't age nearly as well as the other scents in the Avon range. In other words, it smells rancid when bought today.
     
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  18. gorgo2

    gorgo2 geezerhood

    Oland needs to be tested bottle by bottle. Some component in it (no idea what) can go off, ruining the whole thing. But it doesn't always. When it's good, it's a smoky imitation of Aramis. That itself makes it perhaps more dated than any other Avon but if a guy can comfortably pull it off, it's worth having.
     
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  19. Enrico

    Enrico Popcorn

    I have a few nice bottles ............ heat and sun can ruin it.
     
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  20. gorgo2

    gorgo2 geezerhood

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