Do you think Dove may be testing the waters so to speak ?

Why was he banned

 

That's a bit shady. Officially because he refused to sign a piece of legislation (about workers rights), but the real reason seems to be that he had tried to introduce artificial scarcity to keep prices high, and maximise profits, during the war. That he was a German probably made him an easy scapegoat too (though the Dutch opinions on Germany were very ambivalent after the first world war).

 

That is interesting....and based on todays prices of some gear, maybe a few more executives need to be banned lol

 

what is the brand on the bottom that got cut off?

 

That was the shave foam thats kind of always at the 99 cent store...i dont remember the brand name but ill check on it when i grab some after shave balm for some peeps

 

ok, thanx...I need to go to one of those stores soon myself.

 

I picked up some of the "expert" cream today at my local "Big Lots" for a whopping $2.50. The price was right just to try it out. I'm not thrilled about the ingredient list (at least 2 strong surfactants -- Sodium Laureth Sulfate and Sodium Lauroyl Isethionate). The scent is a little strong too, but I still figured I'd give it a try for some reason.

 

Sacrifice bunt.

 

I also picked up the dove asb and it does a very good job and the girlfriwnd loves the scent

 

Your lucky you can still find any. Not only is it discontinued but after word got out how good it actually is, we have been buying it at first sight.
Unfortunately it is to late, if we had been buying it earlier they may have made enough profit that they wouldn't have had to discontinue it and only continue making the "pro" and other similar lines. Mostly lather less cremes, goo in a can and weak versions of the AS balm. Although I would imagine it would be better goo than most out there.

Carefull, your girlfriend may do the same as my wife and take the bottle for herself. I used up the other bottle recently and am stuck using the "pro" line and Nivea now for my easy to find AS balms.

If you have a .99 store near you take a look and see if they still have any Personna DE blades or Brut classic AS balm or the red or blue bottles of Brut cologne.

 

I actually picked up some of the brut asb tubes gave most away and still have one...ill haveto see if they have any left

 

My local Big Lots had some-----I bought one and tried it. I really like it, went back to get more and they only had one, at $2.50 each, it is a great bargain. I did not know this cream existed until I read this thread. The asst mgr at store said they only had 4 to begin with, he thinks it is discontinued. They have other Dove products on shelf though.

 

Sounds like I need to check the Big Lots when I get back home.
I originally found it at a grocery outlet store. The tall round cylinder shaped AS expert series balm is fantastic. I also went back to buy out what was left only to get 3 of the expert shave soap tubs and the last AS balm. My wife kept the 2nd balm for herself she liked it so much. So I have since ran out of AS balm but still have 3 1/2 tubs of the soap. It actually reminds me alot of the art of shaving tubs of shave soap.

 

I picked up a few tubs from Big Lots. I got good shaves out of it. I think that originally it was around $20 in the stores. IMO that was to high of a price and probably why it didn't stick around. I think if the price would have been $8-$10, it still might be sold at regular stores, but for $20 there are much better choices, that's more than TOBS. I ended up with three tubs at $2.50 each, not bad.

 

According to the " originally sold for " the tub sold for $29.95. I believe it was marked for barbershop and cosmetologist. Either way it didn't work out so well for the company.