DIY bay rum aftershave

andrewjs18  what impact will the pepper have to the finished product?  Scent ?  Feel?

Pepper has huge impact on both feel and scent from my perspective (realizing you specifically asked Andrew).  

While certainly no aficionado, would describe the impacts as:

Scent has sharp opening edge akin to the carbonation impact on sparkling wine vis-a-vis the equivalently blended noncarbonated wine in that it almost atomizes the underlying scents blended and exaggerates them with a subtle top twist.  

Skin feel presents as a little bite anywhere sensative skin exposed otherwise has almost a subtle menthol feel on normal skin

Pepper has huge impact on both feel and scent from my perspective (realizing you specifically asked Andrew).  

While certainly no aficionado, would describe the impacts as:

Scent has sharp opening edge akin to the carbonation impact on sparkling wine vis-a-vis the equivalently blended noncarbonated wine in that it almost atomizes the underlying scents blended and exaggerates them with a subtle top twist.  

Skin feel presents as a little bite anywhere sensative skin exposed otherwise has almost a subtle menthol feel on normal skin

Thanks Dan, I appreciate the information however I get it. That's pretty cool and warrants experimentation.

I'd tend to agree with what DanLaw wrote, though that's why I went light with only 1tsp of the peppercorns.

neat thing to note: so far, the 2nd recipe is darker in color than the 1st, even though it was blended together 3 days later than the 1st batch. I'll take some more comparison photos once each jar hits 14 days of 'aging'....that'd be 1/20 for the 1st batch and 1/23 for the 2nd.

I’m going to get some ingredients this week. I need alcohol and a few other items. I’ve got bay EO. I have some juniper EO and some lime EO on hand from another  planned project that I’d stalled. I think some lime might go well but on the fence on the juniper

On B&B there is a concocted "cocktail" that many swear by as the best bay rum extant:

Bootlegger's Bay Rum
1/3 Pinaud Clubman Virgin Island Bay Rum
1/3 Master Bay Rum
1/3 Superior 70 Bay Rum


I have never smelled it as I am not a real aficionado of Bay Rum, but here's the link:

https://www.badgerandblade.com/forum/thr...um.316714/

took some photos of both of my bay rum batches last night.

batch 1, 14 days old:





batch 2, 11 days old:

I added 10 more drops of the bay EO to my first batch last night to see if it cuts the boozy smell some. I'll give it a sniff in a week or so.

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I forgot to post these the other night.

Here's the 2nd batch at 14 days:



1st batch at 17 days:

Have you popped them open to smell?