tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post6781025532465490161..comments2024-03-29T08:15:11.523+00:00Comments on John Medd: Wearing aftershave ironically - file under 'First World problems'John Meddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10547777949324509522noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post-79976807479326018452017-09-24T20:44:46.055+01:002017-09-24T20:44:46.055+01:00That's exactly right Suzie: a time and a place...That's exactly right Suzie: a time and a place. We only have to smell the faintest scent of a familiar perfume/aftershave someone close to us used to wear and, momentarily, we're right back there...John Meddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10547777949324509522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post-13601767365959379072017-09-24T20:41:47.772+01:002017-09-24T20:41:47.772+01:00Hatch. For the man who doesn't have to try...t...Hatch. For the man who doesn't have to try...too hard.John Meddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10547777949324509522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post-3431562206919430002017-09-20T21:02:59.832+01:002017-09-20T21:02:59.832+01:00It's strange how a scent can take you back to ...It's strange how a scent can take you back to a time or place , Charlie was the first perfume that was bought for me by a boyfriend, ( shall we say I never had another bottle!) However I have worn another scent, not exclusively, since I was 18. I'd go as far as to say it was my trademark.Circe's Attichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12123904248094064043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post-74296784244526312052017-09-19T08:35:00.063+01:002017-09-19T08:35:00.063+01:00I've had a full beard since 1973, so no afters...I've had a full beard since 1973, so no aftershave for me. But I do like a spot of Tony Hatch. 'Man Alive' is a particular and timeless favourite. Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post-47382009492008335922017-09-17T16:08:34.717+01:002017-09-17T16:08:34.717+01:00I just thought it would be interesting to take a w...I just thought it would be interesting to take a wander down memory lane and see what would happen when the top came off the bottle...John Meddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10547777949324509522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post-80374201150607741082017-09-16T17:25:35.851+01:002017-09-16T17:25:35.851+01:00I don't think it ever went away to be honest. ...I don't think it ever went away to be honest. I'm sure my local indie run chemist on the high street still stocked Blue Stratos before it finally closed its doors at some point in my mid 20s and that's only ten or so years back.<br /><br />I guess the modern ironic ones would be the 90s faves; Joop! and Davidoff's Cool Water. I was a big fan of Cool Water as a teen and in my early 20s, but I gave up on wearing aftershave completely a couple of years ago. That said, I still have a relation who buys me some David Beckham fragrance seemingly every Christmas!Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14569732807130090838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post-20131667146029606472017-09-16T17:00:33.199+01:002017-09-16T17:00:33.199+01:00The tagline was "Smitty did it" (there w...The tagline was "Smitty did it" (there was a song for the ad and I just found it on YouTube) - There I was thinking that the only unfortunate association it had was with the word smutty, hadn't thought of that other one actually!Alysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671033552961486737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post-28966365613924449362017-09-16T16:08:53.870+01:002017-09-16T16:08:53.870+01:00TS - Back in the day I really did splash it *all* ...TS - Back in the day I really did splash it *all* over.<br /><br />A - It stops here btw. There will not, repeat, not be any Brut or Old Spice etc. crossing the threshold of Medd Towers.<br /><br />C - Scratch what I've just said to Alyson: Denim you say...?John Meddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10547777949324509522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post-32926210161548735872017-09-16T13:55:46.673+01:002017-09-16T13:55:46.673+01:00And why not! I think I can smell the Blue Stratos...And why not! I think I can smell the Blue Stratos now, wafting through the ether.... <br />Like a cat on the catnip, I could still melt into a helplessly dreamy stupor with just one whiff of Denim, I must confess (and remember that hand slipping inside the jacket?!) <br />And Alyson - Charlie was the first one I ever wore, in my early teens, but I don't recall 'Smitty' - but the unfortunate sounding combination of 'smutty' and 'shitty' doesn't make me want to!Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post-92190711450577819362017-09-16T09:41:15.119+01:002017-09-16T09:41:15.119+01:00Very funny - I had a Saturday job in a Chemist'...Very funny - I had a Saturday job in a Chemist's shop in the mid '70s so sold my fair share of Blue Stratos. The female equivalent was a perfume called Charlie and one, unbelievably, called Smitty (our English teacher could never understand how something sounding so much like smutty, was such a hit). Glad to hear you're giving it another whirl as like with music, I think it just became a victim of its own success.<br /><br />As for the whole Longecore thing, I always liked this kind of stuff anyway (the Chemist's shop was next door to a TV Services shop that sold its fair share of Tony Hatch) so preaching to the converted.Alysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671033552961486737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post-83219705809014593272017-09-16T09:32:13.615+01:002017-09-16T09:32:13.615+01:00I haven't 'splashed it all over' (to p...I haven't 'splashed it all over' (to paraphrase our 'enry) for decades, but the mere mention of those classic aftershaves of yesteryear had my nose hairs twitching wildly in half-remembered recognition. Having Mr Hatch & his gang on hand to soundtrack my reverie is just about perfect.The Swedehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13237251779370596904noreply@blogger.com