Barrister and Mann

Barrister_N_Mann, the Barrister Reserve's Cool Aftershave has to be one of the best I have ever used. I love everything about it.

That Seville Tonique packaging tho. Hot! Bravo, Barrister_N_Mann

Barrister_N_Mann, the Barrister Reserve's Cool Aftershave has to be one of the best I have ever used.  I love everything about it.

Thank you both!

I just used my sampler of Barrister's Reserve soaps. Wow. Just incredible. I love the branding as well. I'm looking forward to the lavender and fern scents.

I'd love to see a lime-forward scent resurrected as well, but I don't know if there are any that fit the bill for this project.

I'd love to see a lime-forward scent resurrected as well, but I don't know if there are any that fit the bill for this project.

I've been looking for a citrus, but haven't found anything that I really felt fit. If you find something, let me know.

I'd love to see a lime-forward scent resurrected as well, but I don't know if there are any that fit the bill for this project.

I've been looking for a citrus, but haven't found anything that I really felt fit. If you find something, let me know.

I suspect that the hunt for discontinued fragrances that are suitable for revival has to be challenging on many levels. First of all, are you even able to find a surviving sample or do you go from the historical record? Like being a trophy hunter who only looks to bag extinct speices...yes I'm a T-Rex hunter. No, I haven't actually got one yet nor even seen one but I remain hopeful.

I'd love to see a lime-forward scent resurrected as well, but I don't know if there are any that fit the bill for this project.

I've been looking for a citrus, but haven't found anything that I really felt fit. If you find something, let me know.

I suspect that the hunt for discontinued fragrances that are suitable for revival has to be challenging on many levels.  First of all, are you even able to find a surviving sample or do you go from the historical record?  Like being a trophy hunter who only looks to bag extinct speices...yes I'm a T-Rex hunter. No, I haven't actually got one yet nor even seen one but I remain hopeful.

All of the Reserve fragrances are derived from surviving stock of their source material. I waited a LONG time for Fern.

I've been looking for a citrus, but haven't found anything that I really felt fit. If you find something, let me know.

I suspect that the hunt for discontinued fragrances that are suitable for revival has to be challenging on many levels.  First of all, are you even able to find a surviving sample or do you go from the historical record?  Like being a trophy hunter who only looks to bag extinct speices...yes I'm a T-Rex hunter. No, I haven't actually got one yet nor even seen one but I remain hopeful.

All of the Reserve fragrances are derived from surviving stock of their source material. I waited a LONG time for Fern.

Do you decide what you want to do and then scour the planet for surviving source material or do you scour the planet first and see what you come up with and decide whether to go with it or not? I have a mental image of you in a pith helmet and with a large nose scouring the earth for that elusive scent which haunts your dreams. Or maybe like American Pickers

I suspect that the hunt for discontinued fragrances that are suitable for revival has to be challenging on many levels.  First of all, are you even able to find a surviving sample or do you go from the historical record?  Like being a trophy hunter who only looks to bag extinct speices...yes I'm a T-Rex hunter. No, I haven't actually got one yet nor even seen one but I remain hopeful.

All of the Reserve fragrances are derived from surviving stock of their source material. I waited a LONG time for Fern.

Do you decide what you want to do and then scour the planet for surviving source material or do you scour the planet first and see what you come up with and decide whether to go with it or not?  I have a mental image of you in a pith helmet and with a large nose scouring the earth for that elusive scent which haunts your dreams.  Or maybe like American Pickers

It depends. Classic, Cool, Spice, Fern, and Lavender have all been specific fragrances that I felt that it was important to capture. Leather, if it should ever be completed (it may not be possible to save that one), is also a fragrance that I very much wanted to preserve.

But, going forward, I'm working from types of fragrances that I want to save, rather than individual scents. For instance, I've been looking for a citrus for quite some time and have not found something that I really liked. If Maurer & Wirtz ever discontinues Irisch Moos, that one will become "Moss" (already have the research stock ready to go). I'd love to do a vetiver and a bay rum (and actually have a bay rum fragrance ready to go, should there be sufficient interest down the road), but haven't been able to find a discontinued vetiver that I really feel ought to be saved. So yeah, now it's down to families rather than individual fragrances.

All of the Reserve fragrances are derived from surviving stock of their source material. I waited a LONG time for Fern.

Do you decide what you want to do and then scour the planet for surviving source material or do you scour the planet first and see what you come up with and decide whether to go with it or not?  I have a mental image of you in a pith helmet and with a large nose scouring the earth for that elusive scent which haunts your dreams.  Or maybe like American Pickers

It depends. Classic, Cool, Spice, Fern, and Lavender have all been specific fragrances that I felt that it was important to capture. Leather, if it should ever be completed (it may not be possible to save that one), is also a fragrance that I very much wanted to preserve.

But, going forward, I'm working from types of fragrances that I want to save, rather than individual scents. For instance, I've been looking for a citrus for quite some time and have not found something that I really liked. If Maurer & Wirtz ever discontinues Irisch Moos, that one will become "Moss" (already have the research stock ready to go). I'd love to do a vetiver and a bay rum (and actually have a bay rum fragrance ready to go, should there be sufficient interest down the road), but haven't been able to find a discontinued vetiver that I really feel ought to be saved. So yeah, now it's down to families rather than individual fragrances.

Pretty cool project, one that will last as long as you want it to. Is there a Holy Grail fragrance that you're looking for?

I'm limiting myself to one or two more soap purchases this year, and from these reviews, it's looking more and more like one of them has to be reserve. Also, it would complete my B&M collection -- I have one tub each of White Label, Black Label, Glissant, and Latha. Now I just have to decide between lavender and spice...