What scent makes you reminisce of your wetshaving newbie days?

Wetshaving newbie days, it's either Soap Commander Courage or Dr John's hydra. My first artisan soaps.


Took me back the instant I came across it, Clubman Pinaud. Totally reminded me of my dad.

T&H 1805

I still love that scent

Maggard's London Barbershop

Menthol - Proraso Green and Kent

Tabac aftershave. It's the second aftershave I purchased. I ordered it the day I tried my first aftershave, Proraso green, which I PIF'd shortly after I got the Tabac. I now have four jugs of Tabac. I think you can guess which one I like better...

Back when I started shaving with a Gillette Sensor, I remember having a bottle of Tabac aftershave. But when I went down this actual rabbit hole years later, Stirling Soap Company’s Black Cherry was one of the first artisan soaps I ordered, and is still a standout because of the ridiculously good scent (and performance).

Mystic Water Bay Rum; one of the first scents that I started off with, along with Mike' s Lemongrass & Eucalyptus.

eShave Lavender was my first wet shave soap/cream and I still love that lavender scent. I soon got into Ogallala Bay Rum shaving soap and really enjoyed it. Their soaps haven't really kept up performance-wise but I love the scent and still use the aftershave toner. Barrister & Mann Bay Rum was my first artisan soap and its still in my rotation. Thats when the madness truly began

Proraso Red. It was the first traditional cream I ever used. I bought a tube of it at a local knife shop that has a small wetshaving selection. For me, there's something about the Proraso Red scent that I find incredibly intoxicating. So much so that I will still use it even though I now have other products that perform better. P Red just smells like the essence of wetshaving to me.

The light, pleasant, soapy scent of Institut Karite shaving soap. It was the first top tier soap I ever used. It's scent will always remind me of being a newbie wetshaver, and of traditional shaving in general.