Had my first experience today with Alpa 378 that I won in Moe's Bad Stinkum PIF. First of all I have to admit that I'm not very sophisticated with aftershaves and scents in general. I use witch hazel most of the time and have only used a few other drugstore aftershaves like Barbasol and Clubman before. Alpa 378 is made in the Czech Republic and comes in a smaller 50ml bottle that looks like its would be a great size for travel. It comes in a glass bottle which is nice to see and the glass has imperfections that I think gives it an interesting character. I've read a couple of other reviews that compare the scent to Irisch Moos. I've never used any IM products so I can't make the comparison. When I open up the cap I get a kind of powdery-medicine smell. It dispensed nicely into my palm. I didn't get much of a burn, but it felt nice. It has menthol that gives it a bit of cooling but not much, it also contains septonexem which I read is some sort of disinfectant. The powdery-medicine turned into a kind of a powdery-mossy, I suppose. The scent didn't last too long maybe 15 minuets. I've only used it one time but have to say that I rather enjoyed it, the Czech knockoff of a Dollar Store knockoff of an Avon knockoff of Aqua Velva is a winner in my book. Thanks again Moe!
While I realize the description was made in jest, the 378 aftershave has actually been made since at least the 1950's and several reviews compare it favourably to Irisch Moos.