Monday shave today
I didn’t shave yesterday, which was a take-it-easy day, but since we’re seeing other friends today, out came the tools:
The Edwin Jagger synthetic-bristle brush generated an extremely good lather from the Kell’s Original Energy shave stick. As you can see, he perhaps should look to finding better label technology.
The Pils, Swedish Gillette blade loaded, did its usual great job, and New York remains a favorite aftershave.
A pretty thorough web search leads me to conclude that de Nicolai no longer makes any aftershave, including “New York” but she does offer an eau de toilette by the same name.
Do you know if the scent is the same? Perhaps this would substitute adequately for the aftershave? (The eau de toilette comes in a clear bottle with a spray attachment and retails for just under $100. That’s a handsome price but maybe this is an extraordinary scent worth something akin to a king’s ransom!
Your opinion, please.)
Fred from Maryland
2 June 2010 at 4:58 am
Yes, the eau de toilette is the same fragrance, and I think it would work fine as an aftershave. Great stuff. The strengths go like this, from strongest to weakest:
Perfume (or parfum)
Eau de Parfum
Eau de Toilette
Eau de Cologne (or Cologne)
Aftershave
Cologne has 3-5% essential oils diluted in alcohol and water, and Eau de Toilette has 6-10% essential oils similarly diluted. One maker’s Cologne can be very little stronger than another’s EDT.
So if you use a hearty splash of aftershave, just use less EDT and you’re fine.
LeisureGuy
2 June 2010 at 7:35 am
Aha: from Wikipedia:
So you could just get the EDT and dilute it with a little water and/or alcohol to make an aftershave.
LeisureGuy
2 June 2010 at 7:39 am