Thread: Great great grandfathers aftershave

For my 15th b day my great grandmother gave me a aftershave, cologne combo set from her late father from the 70s i thought some of you older people might remember these .

my grandmother had the same set of decanters in her collection.. you just brought back some childhood memories.

Great looking set but if there's anything in them, I wuoldn't use them. They've got to be pretty nasty by now.

Actually they are both 3/4 of the way full ( he died before he could use them) And the stuff in there still smells great i cant wait to use it before a date ( I guess should get a girl before i plan the cologn im gonna use o my date LOL)

Holy smokes that is freakin' cool! Congrats on your lucky day!

Yet another thing to look for on the Bay...

does that stuff go rancid or anything? i'd imagine if kept in a cool place it would be fine.. i know some people who age their old spice..

I cant imagine that this type of stuff would go bad since theres so much achocal ( cant spell) in it . So far my stuff Still smells good , I was really impressed to recive such a cool 15th b day present.

It has had a cap on it for all these years, and I don't know of much that can live in that much alcohol. Put a little dab on your wrist, and if it doesn't burn like the devil, and/or smell nasty, I'd say you just had a great 15th birthday!

Mark

it smells really good and has no burn so i think this combined with the shave mug and brush make for a great b day < Also i got some new hunting equipment yay me.

That is pretty cool. Congrats!

I must admit that I've never smelled decades old aftershave/cologne, so I don't really have a frame of reference. But I also don't think it would go rancid, given proper storage conditions and no contaminents.