When it comes to the culture of yesteryear, the tables turn a bit, I'm afraid. Despite what many of these fragrance companies may say about the "legacy" of their most popular flagship scents, like Caron's PuH for example, I somehow doubt that many men wore fragrance in the wartime era.
WWII vets were unlikely to spend money on expensive fragrance, and not much more likely to bother with the cheap stuff. Things like Aqua Velva and Old Spice were probably the most popular standbys. Back then people had more rigid gender identity norms, with men expected to be "tough" and "reliable," and women were "salt of the Earth" and "homebodies. Dad shaved, used decent soap, and maybe slapped some aftershave on, but I can't really see fragrance being popular with pre-Vietnam era guys outside of France.
Frenchmen were probably the exception to all of this. Even in the forties and fifties, I imagine more French gentlemen wore cologne of some kind, but that's strictly cultural, and no direct reflection on any gender norms there.
It's a very powdery, musky, aldehyde-laden wetshaver scent, not a million miles away from Chanel No 5. Hard to believe there were many guys who wore it. It seems designed to appeal to the "household shopper" of its time, i. An interesting point - when my dad was in Korea, they sometimes raffled off little luxuries to soldiers, and he told me they all went for the Aqua Velva so they could drink it no kidding He was quite a tough guy, but used Royal Copenhagen pretty religiously during the period I can remember.
Another interesting side avenue to consider might be the history of scents that began as cult scents among homosexual men before 'crossing over' to become scents that are praised for their abilities to attract women: recent examples such as JPG's Le Male and Chanel's Antaeus were, I have read, predated by classics like Knize Ten in this regard.
Cigarettes were standard issue rations during the conflict in Korea, usually Lucky Strikes or Chesterfields. I imagine the soldiers were like my Vietnam vet uncle: lifetime smokers. What a different world it was. Pipe tobacco impressions tend to be weird at times. I remember ordering Bogart Pour Homme since sooooooooo many reviews were praising the cherry pipe tobacco accord.
When I received it, I immediately sprayed it on because I was eager to smell it. I love the fragrance, and that cherry opening is fantastic. However, I get zero tobacco out of it. Of course, it's entirely possible I'm just missing the tobacco aspect of the pipe tobacco accord.
However, I believe that reviewers treat a sweet and sour cherry note as a pipe tobacco accord because they're familiar with that cherry smell from real pipe tobacco. Yeah it's likely they just isolated the type of cherry flavoring commonly found in cherry pipe tobacco, and used it in BPH. Guys smell it and immediately associate it with the presence of "pipe tobacco," but really it's just the synthetic flavoring, sans an literal tobacco element. Laura Biagiotti's Venezia Uomo is an example of a fragrance that smells rather like tobacco without having any definite tobacco note in it the way the Dreamer does for instance.
Same basic thing. Rich ambery tones with a sort of smooth, semisweet, inedible darkness, blended nicely into precious wood tones. Its triggers those associations. It sounds like a similar scent to Bogart PH in terms of how the supposed tobacco is handled is John Varvatos' Vintage. Very sweet, fruity, yet with quite a bit of fermented humidity and slightly dirty textures lurking under the more conventionally pleasing notes. Not really tobacco, but flavored to smell like it. Hello Bryan, I think in your post there is a little confusion about meanings of tobacco.
Perhaps is better to sort the scents of tobacco from the type of leaf, and not the way of smoking it. There is a huge variety about pipe tobacco, not only cherries and similar. Hardcore pipe smokers usually smoke raw virginia tobacco, or burley, or kentucky, even latakia from Western Europe or turkish. No-processed, plain, with only tobacco smell different depending on the leaf combination used.
Virginia tobacco is mild and sweet, burley is woody and earthy, latakia is smoky, turkish is fruity, etc. Cherry pipe tobacco is not considered really tobacco flavour, and is criticized because the flavoring hides the real, plain tobacco.
Aromatic tobacco is the most sold, the most commercial at least until the 80's, but not the most significant nor representative. Your post is very interesting but I think you must classify the smell of tobacco taking into account the kind of leaf. Thanks for your insights! A small percentage of […].
Welcome to the first ever CH infographic! This first one is a quick reference guide to cigar wrappers. Let us know what you think. CheapHumidors would like to welcome you to a brand new section of our blog. Shaken, Not Stirred will cover all topics beer, wine and liquor related. CH would like to thank guest author Stan Schubridge at Beertaps. Paa malbolge. Click to expand In my experience they don't really smell like tobacco maybe a little like similar to a sweet cavendish like Lane 1-Q I am very interested in trying the RazoRock Zi'Peppino.
A famous pipe carver for Caminetto was Pepino Ascorti, wonder if it has any relation The Queen Charlotte soap had amazing performance though. Stuff lathered like no other! The scent is nothing like cured tobacco intended for smoking To my nose, the scent is very similar to Aqua Velva after it dries down, but more intense. Tobacco flower doesn't smell at all like cigarettes or even like pipe smoke, for that matter.
It is a really nice light floral scent. I know that some shaving software that says "tobacco" is really attempting to smell like the tobacco flower Alt Innsbruck aftershave is a perfect example.
It's a light floral scent. Jinx18 said:. I may be too young to have even seen people smoke from a pipe or loose tobacco in person. I really love a good tobacco scent.
The wonderful thing about scents are that they're so many definitions of them especially when its a more complex one like tobacco with lots of different variations. I've loved most of them that I've smelled though. Best way to decribe it I am joking. Colonel Forbin. Fantastic, not sure how they pulled it off. Turned the owner of my favorite cigar shop onto it and he remarks on it every time I visit. Deacon Frank said:. Come on over to The Brown Leaf.
Pipe smoking is alive and well and experiencing a renaissance much like wetshaving. Ok, that probably won't help answer your question. This one is cleaner, fresher. I even keep the Tabaco room diffuser of the same scent in my home, which keeps it smelling the Yucatan coastline. Cinnamon, chili, and pink pepper give Spicebomb its bite, while tobacco, vetiver, and leather give it a powerful, pronounced bark.
Spicebomb is sensual, sexual, and wears surprisingly well as a unisex scent. Also, it's shaped like a grenade. I'd just like to point it out, for the record, so that you know it's shaped like Maybe don't travel with this one.
One of the best classic scents you can find, L'Eau D'Issey isn't exactly tobacco-forward. Instead, this note plays supporting fiddle to crisper notes like lemon and bergamot.
Vetiver gives some weight to an otherwise light, summery eau de toilette.
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