Skin Bracer by Mennen

Tried Skin Bracer today and wanted to share my thoughts. This was one of those aftershaves that smelled differently in the bottle, on application, and afterwards. For me anyways. When I opened the bottle, it smelled mildly of menthol and an odd fragrance I haven't smelled before. Kind of a classic scent. When I splashed it on, it gave me more of a classic Listerine smell with an old barbershop scent. The menthol was surprising as it came after a few seconds of application. It was more cooling than Aqua Velva surprisingly and it felt rather nice. If you are one of the frozen face lovers, this one should be on your "To Try List". Now after about 30 minutes, the scent has faded to a sweet, manly scent that I actually have found to love. I wasn't sure that I liked the scent at the beginning, but the after effects have made me decide to keep it on rotation.

 

Good for you Wells...If you find you like the Mennen, you may want to give the Barbasol "Brisk" a shot...It's smells very much like "Skin Bracer",but different also it's easy to find locally and cheaper which is what honestly led me to give it a try...

 

Skin Bracer was the first aftershave I ever tried. My dad had a few bottles of the green stuff in his cabinet and so I'd splash some on, post-shower. It stung like liquid fire! Now granted, it was 1970 & I was only 10—so maybe I was a bit young for the 'Thanks, I Needed That!" ™ smack of Skin Bracer. When I did start wet-shaving (a few years later), I used Skin bracer.

 

I used skin bracer in college. My wife says it smells too much like her dad and it weirds her out for me to smell like him. Seems reasonable.

 

Good Stuff. Used it as a young man and during my time in the military.

 

I have used Mennen Skin Bracer off and on for many years. I like the smell of it I have a bottle of it in the Glass bottle, that was my Father-in-Laws. I was at the CVS the other day and they sell a re-branded with their name on it, but it seems to smell different.

 

I've always liked the blue version and my wife likes it too which is a plus. Hard to find nowadays.

 

I'd like to try the blue version. Any idea on where to find it these days?

 

I have the green version and I love it. It's very cooling and soothing.

 

I was going to recommend otcwholesale.com in my original post but they don't carry it anymore. My understanding is that it was discontinued a while ago but there are still a few places that have it. I don't know of a good supply now.

 

Slap Slap....Thanks I needed that! Loved that commercial.....still use Skin Bracer....started using it in theArmy....still use it.

 

Last night at the grocery store I smelled these, Brut, and a couple of other 'classic' aftershaves. Since I've wandered down the Pinaud/Clubman path, I was wondering how I'd take to these scents after years of not smelling them. Still not for me. I'll try again in a couple of years.

 

Ditto. I found a case of it on an auction site and bought it all up. Blue SB smells a bit like Speick to me.

 

For $2.99 a bottle you can't go wrong.

 

Really? You find it smells like Speick?

 

I love Skin Bracer, it is one of my favorites. I'm not good at picking out scent notes, but I smell a lot of vanilla in it. My kids also said they smelled vanilla when they sniffed it.

 

I like Skin Bracer. It's a classic American scent. My girlfriend hates it and says it smells like an old man.

I like Clubman, Lucky Tiger, Aqua Velva, and Skin Bracer.

 

Same taste as Dodi!

 

I think my generation needs to be more in touch with our history and roots. Using a classic aftershave is a small part of that, but those scents are American scents and should live on.