Ignore the trolls and complainers. You do an awesome job, and it's YOUR business and your viewpoints. No need to explain yourself or qualify yourself in your videos. You are the man here and commenters are not. Love the channel and the info.
Don't have the soaps but bought the fragrance and it is NICE. Also have Garden in Bali and Wow. Both are airy and exotic. Have to get the shaving set for them.
Paa has so many awesome scents, mega flora, et tu, and garden of bali are some of my absolute favorite scents. I’m looking forward to irish springs coming back. I was expecting the irish moos doppelgänger to make the cut, nice list!
Excellent list CDB!!! My favorite is Good Vibrations, followed by Chocolate Bourbon. Organism 46b is up there as well, along with The Beach. Others that I use a bunch is John Frum, Dixie, Tombstone, and Copalli. Have a great day and stay safe!!!!
All great choices, good sir. My PAA favorites are: 1.Cavendish, 2. Cold Spices, 3. Al Fin, 4. Sangre de Draco, 5. Black Bot, 6. Atomic Age Bay Rum, 7. Harvest Moon, 8. Dapper Doc's, 9. CAD & 10. Tombstone. But to be honest, I love every scent I own from PAA. Take care.👊
PAA scents are great and I have had fun over the years with them. Some of the stuff Doug thinks of is out there! If I were to pick top three, The beach, Club Guy and Dapper Docs. Have always been curious about Cavendish but never tried it.
Excellent list, Chris. I'm enabled to purchase a few more PAA soaps especially the chocolate bourbon. That sounds divine and I appreciate strong long lasting scents. PAA recently started offering a new payment method called Afterpay which allows folks to break up the total cost into 4 payments. I've seen several other companies like Razor Emporium offer this as well. I'm hoping more wet shaving companies build these relationships with these type of payment companies. It allows both veteran and rookie wet shavers to pick up more items or even higher value, quality hardware at a more affordable option. Those companies that offer these options will see more customers in my opinion. As always, I I appreciate your wonderful content.
Hi Chris. I love your list vids. I’m a huge PAA fan. Malbolge, Blue Samhain and Cavendish are among my favorites. Like you I also love Cold Spices. If you haven’t tried Tombstone I highly recommend it. Very unique scent!
Good short video! I have only 2 PAA soaps - Cavendish & Solstice. I love both but especially the Cavendish as I have the matching aftershaves too. This Cavendish soap & AS is my number 1 among all. Both took a long route to my place..hahaha Wanted to try more PAA it's but too far away...hahaha
"It makes my day - I've gotta smell it"! That had me laughing out loud. I agree with you about Cold Spice. Very close to Old Spice with menthol. Awesome. Future Fiction and Awesome Sauce - Awesome! 😀 CAD - I'm not sure a out ut. I've not tried the others. I enjoyed that Chris. Thanks.
@@IAMCDB Yes, I wasn't sure about the scent, but it was when I was first starting to buy nice soaps. 😕 Someone said it smelled quite like Fine's American Blend and I quite like that. So maybe now, I'd like it. Who knows 😀
just picked up droid and atomic pumpkin from PAA. both INSANELY good scents. I went in to a brick and mortar store and those two were easily my two favorite. Gondolier and Coconut Bay Rum were a close 3 and 4.
Haven't tried any PAA products as of yet so I don't have a top 10. However, I made an order this past weekend with 12 different scents in a combination of soap and aftershave samples...cannot wait for them to arrive! Just wish I added Cold Spice and Awesome Sauce. As always, great vid!
I only have two PAA soaps. Diver Down and Oud Spice. But you've given me some to add to my wish list. PAA CK-6 soaps are my favorite. Next come Tabac and Proraso Green.
Great list Chris. Some of my favorite scents come from PAA. Unfortunately my 2 favorites Doppelganger orange and Et Tu are no longer made. Doppelganger orange was a remake of the old Chaps cologe and it may be my all time favorite scent. Maybe you could put in a word with Douglas to bring it back. Lol. Anyway, great list hope your doing well.
Nice list Chris. I don't own 10 PAA soaps anymore, but I know my favorite scents are Sun Down,Black Bot, Chocolate Bourbon, Cavendish and Dirt. I have tried a sample of Cold Spices and loved it, that's one I must add to my den.
Nice list. I don’t have 10 soaps from PAA yet but I like the ones I have. Awesome Sauce, Hotel Cecil, Supreme Sandalwood, and CaD. Also enjoyed the Oubliette I tried today from DK.
Great list dude! I just got the Awesome Sauce bar soap and it Absolutely smells just like the Proraso splash. The Beach is a new acquisition of mine and I love it. The only omission from my list would be Sundown, but I'm a fool for a vintage Gillette. 😁
Great list Chris! PAA makes great shaving products. Some of my favorite scents from paa are Red Planet, Doppelgänger Green label (discontinued), Irish Springs, Al Fin, Et Tu (discontinued) , Strange Island , Son of Honeysuckle.
Excellent list! When I first got into the hobby I bought a few paa sops and had my favorites then. It was easy to narrow it down but as time went by and the soaps in my den kept increasing the scents got even more impressive. Now it’s just hard for me to figure out what top 10 soaps would make the list. Some of the soaps would get mad at me for not picking them :)
Hi Chris! hope you’re doing great💪 my top is: dapper doc high jump 47 dab garden of bali hotel cecil esp son of honeysuckle speak easy want to try summer spring
@@IAMCDB thanks! 34 samples of aftershaves on the way and it will be done with PAA scents it was so many blind buying, but now only after sample using, thanks to yours mention about samples
Nice list, I only have 4 PAA soaps. My top 4 is, 1 dapper docs, 2 Gondolier and 3 John frum, 4 Cad. Awesome sauce and sangre de Drago are on my wishlist :)
@@IAMCDB can you maybe do a video on your favourite Stirling soaps too? I just started using them, I find them amazingly good I have Baker street and deep blue sea. But they have so much scents :) greetings from Holland.
The Beach and CaD are both in my top 10. My other 8 would be Malbolge, Gondolier, Atmotic, Hatha, Lather Blaster 3000, Meta Nectar, Otra, and Oubliette.
Great list Chris! I have none of those soaps but have sampled some of the aftershaves. I don’t have 10 PAA soaps but what I do have are, starting with my favorite: Gondolier Atomic Age Bay Rum Supreme Sandalwood Science Cavendish Grove Clubguy Lump of Coal Cheers!
I mix Club Guy and Awesome sauce at around a 60:40 or 50:50 ratio (CG:AS). It's amazing. CG has a sort of mint julip note that hangs around too long, and AS has a little too much talc all by itself, but together they are perfect. I call it Club Sauce.
Great Chris.. Like u said it's subjective.. Some on ur list r faves of mine.. some not (my picks r sometimes influenced by criteria other than the scent; ex. Frost byte).. That said I love the idea of the video.. That is making it easy 4 the PAA lovers 2 decide (after all what Doug's done is making it hard 4 us)
What’s your opinion on whether it’s worth the money to buy the soaps in CK6 or his standard base? the Beach is my favorite with Metanecter close behind.
This is a very individual thing to be honest. Some swear by CK6 and some prefer CK due to cost. You do get an additional ounce from CK6 so that's something to consider. I always buy CK when I have the opportunity. I find it provides everything I need in a soap. I would almost always buy an older formula of a soap if the artisans offered it at a better price. I just don't find that the extra butters and skin conditioners do much for me. So for example, if Pete at A&E still offered the formula before Kaizen at a more budget friendly price, I'd go for that. I'm only speaking for me though. Many folks say the new formulas work vastly better for them.
The Beach is my favorite too! I don’t think CaD smells like Barbasol at all. I like Good Vibrations better for a barbershop scent. PAA has so many great scents to choose from. Great list!
Future Fiction is a great scent, I have it in the shave stick variant. In mostly no particular order: Will O The Wisp, Irish Springs, Immortal Peach, Hotel Cecil, Grove, Future Fiction, CaD, Cavalier, Awesome Sauce, Copalli.
Nice list! I recently got some aftershave samples so I could figure out what scents from PAA that I would want to purchase in the future. They were all good, but Gondolier is an amazing scent to me.
Kidna sad that some of his best scents are seasonal. Really want Atomic Pumpkin and Clown Fruit and I have to wait for so damn long for a chance to get them. I want to get one of his razors and one soap for now, just not sure which. I'm really into sweet, almost sugary scents (but hate chocolate). Any suggestions?
That's tough because normally I'd recommend Rabid Banana or Peach for you. I'd say try a few of his aftershave samples as they are .99 each. You can get quite a few of those and see which scents you like.
@@IAMCDB aww man, this is so damn sad. My wife HATES the smell of banana, so that's a big no I guess. Peach? Could be. I live in Greece, so ordering samples isn't something I can do with the insane shipping cost. :( this is tough indeed. Are there many artisans that do these seasonal scents? I can't say I like it, but I guess it can't be helped. I see PAA has a new category for 'sweet' scents, I see quite a few in there like Organism, Nektar, Future Fiction. I'd get Future Fiction, it's quite popular but I've heard it's rather mild, I like my scents strong.
I wish I could post 10 PAA soaps I only have 3 which are CaD, John Frum, Cold Spices in that order. All CK-6, I think CK-6 changes the scent a bit not to sure🤷♂️
That's really tough because I'm not sure what level overpowering would be. Most of the scents are towards the medium range. It might be worth asking the good folks at PAA what they feel would work best for you .
@@oxfordnoi5609 Great, I hope they can help. I don't find that shaving soap scents remain on the face very long at all after the shave. This is especially so if you use post shave products. Since I use witch hazel, alum, and a splash, I never smell the soap at all after the shave. If you don't use any post-shave products you might smell it for a while, but generally not for long, if at all.
Love love love The Beach, since you mentioned that the aftershave/cologne lasts all day I’m going to order it . I was hesitant to because I thought it wouldn’t last that long on the skin.
My PAA favorites: CaD, The Beach, Doppelganger Tri (Irish Moos interpretation), Frost Byte, Chocolate Bourbon. Just bought Awesome Sauce and I love it. A Proraso Green inspiration that actually has lasting power has been long overdue.
Wow I just got a bunch of Aftershave samples from them..... I didn't get everything on your list. Loved Cold Spices, and Awesome Sauce Al Fin was ok but not a hit fit me. Sadly, wife and I both disliked The Beach. Others I really liked: John Frum, Agharta, Black Bot, and Atomic Age Bay Rum!
Oh man, I can't believe you didn't like the beach. That said, no everyone likes that type of scent. For me it brings back great memories of beach trips during the 70's.
@@IAMCDB I was also surprised I didn't like it because I'd heard great things.... Gonna have to get samples of the others you mentioned that I haven't tried.
Ignore the trolls and complainers. You do an awesome job, and it's YOUR business and your viewpoints. No need to explain yourself or qualify yourself in your videos. You are the man here and commenters are not. Love the channel and the info.
Very nice brother! Thank you for the mention!!!! The Beach, such a classic!
Thank you sir, we appreciate you.
The beach is awesome! Can we get some PAA body lotion?! Amazing company
I’ve got the beach soap in the original How to Grow a Mustache tin along with the sun logo aftershave. It’s truly the greatest of all time.
MegaFlora for the WIN!
Haha, nice!
Love Al Fin. Nice bit of Cooling/Burn with it too.
Oh yea, it's a good one I think.
I don’t know how you were able to pick out just 10!!!! I won’t list 10 but my #1 is Cavendish!
Dammit! We need that Shady 10!
Cavendish is probably my favorite that I've tried as well. Great scent
Don't have the soaps but bought the fragrance and it is NICE. Also have Garden in Bali and Wow. Both are airy and exotic. Have to get the shaving set for them.
Those labels are in a league unto themselves. Very nice Art work
Thanks so much brother! I hope you are doing great!
Nice collection of soaps and a some that I would enjoy
Thanks Rusty, I appreciate it.
So many great PAA scents. I have only one on your list, so I better catch up! Great video!
Thanks Glenn. I hope you enjoy them if try some.
Some great choices there!.Number 1 for me is Gondolier for sure
Thanks so much sir. I hope you have a great day!
Agree with so many others - hard to narrow it down. But gratified to see Chocolate Bourbon and The Beach in your top 10, too.
Those are two of my favorites and two of the longest lasting aftershaves I've ever owned.
Nice list. I’ve got half those soaps but no doubt would love the other five.
He has a ton to choose from, that is for sure.
Paa has so many awesome scents, mega flora, et tu, and garden of bali are some of my absolute favorite scents. I’m looking forward to irish springs coming back. I was expecting the irish moos doppelgänger to make the cut, nice list!
You're right, he has so many it's hard to narrow it down.
Excellent list CDB!!! My favorite is Good Vibrations, followed by Chocolate Bourbon. Organism 46b is up there as well, along with The Beach. Others that I use a bunch is John Frum, Dixie, Tombstone, and Copalli. Have a great day and stay safe!!!!
Nice choices brother! I hope you have a great day as well!
All great choices, good sir. My PAA favorites are: 1.Cavendish, 2. Cold Spices, 3. Al Fin, 4. Sangre de Draco, 5. Black Bot, 6. Atomic Age Bay Rum, 7. Harvest Moon, 8. Dapper Doc's, 9. CAD & 10. Tombstone. But to be honest, I love every scent I own from PAA. Take care.👊
Those are some great selections brother.
PAA scents are great and I have had fun over the years with them. Some of the stuff Doug thinks of is out there! If I were to pick top three, The beach, Club Guy and Dapper Docs. Have always been curious about Cavendish but never tried it.
Very nice sir. That sounds like some good choices.
Nice video. Thanks for sharing Chris
Thank you very kindly sir.
Maybe you could do a PAA top 11-20 😁😁I don't think anyone has mentioned space nog, but it lasts a really long time for me into the next day even.
That's a really good one, I agree. I like that.
Space nog is what got me hooked, still the best smelling one I’ve tried so far
@@mr.sandman1174 That's a good one.
Great List! I really enjoy these types of videos!
Thanks Serge, I appreciate it.
I absolutely love those little root beer barrels so that soap is on my list to get! Plus the artwork is bad ass
I think you'll like it Mike.
Great picks. My favorites are Organism 46b, Good Vibrations, and Future Fiction
I like 46B as well, that's a very good one.
Excellent list, Chris. I'm enabled to purchase a few more PAA soaps especially the chocolate bourbon. That sounds divine and I appreciate strong long lasting scents. PAA recently started offering a new payment method called Afterpay which allows folks to break up the total cost into 4 payments. I've seen several other companies like Razor Emporium offer this as well. I'm hoping more wet shaving companies build these relationships with these type of payment companies. It allows both veteran and rookie wet shavers to pick up more items or even higher value, quality hardware at a more affordable option. Those companies that offer these options will see more customers in my opinion. As always, I
I appreciate your wonderful content.
Thanks Ruben. I think you're right about that as well. Some of the premium items might be more accessible to people this way.
I can feel myself spending more money for new soap from PAA! I only have one soap from PAA, Tombstone, and I just love it.
They offer a lot of choices and that's always a great thing.
Hi Chris. I love your list vids. I’m a huge PAA fan. Malbolge, Blue Samhain and Cavendish are among my favorites. Like you I also love Cold Spices. If you haven’t tried Tombstone I highly recommend it. Very unique scent!
You sound like you like some of the darker scents DrRon. Nice!
Chocolate Bourbon smells like a fresh bakery made french style chocolate cake. That woody bourbon note is perfect.
I really like it sir:)
@@IAMCDB Try Chocolate Bourbon and a tiny bit of Cella and tell me if you like that smell.
@@fritzkaraldo8452 That sounds pretty interesting:)
@@IAMCDB Keep that combo in mind, you may fancy that one for a future shave.
@@fritzkaraldo8452 I'll definitely keep it in mind.
Good short video! I have only 2 PAA soaps - Cavendish & Solstice. I love both but especially the Cavendish as I have the matching aftershaves too. This Cavendish soap & AS is my number 1 among all. Both took a long route to my place..hahaha
Wanted to try more PAA it's but too far away...hahaha
Nice Richard! I'm so glad you enjoy those. I hope you'll have the opportunity to try more in the future.
Great Choices & Awesome Scents. Great To See You Brother.
Thanks Marcos, I appreciate it.
"It makes my day - I've gotta smell it"! That had me laughing out loud. I agree with you about Cold Spice. Very close to Old Spice with menthol. Awesome. Future Fiction and Awesome Sauce - Awesome! 😀 CAD - I'm not sure a out ut. I've not tried the others. I enjoyed that Chris. Thanks.
Thanks so much Mark. Have you never tried CAD?
@@IAMCDB Yes, I wasn't sure about the scent, but it was when I was first starting to buy nice soaps. 😕 Someone said it smelled quite like Fine's American Blend and I quite like that. So maybe now, I'd like it. Who knows 😀
just picked up droid and atomic pumpkin from PAA. both INSANELY good scents. I went in to a brick and mortar store and those two were easily my two favorite. Gondolier and Coconut Bay Rum were a close 3 and 4.
The john frum scent is by far my favorite paa soap but great selection overall you really have to get them all!
I don't think I've ever tried that one, I'll have to give it a go.
Nice list Chris. I love me some Future Fiction. I’ve tried Awesome Sauce and CaD also and they are excellent as well.
Thanks so much K.C. You know I appreciate them also:)
The absolutely greatest scent from PAA is.......... whichever soap I happen to pick up that day
Hahah, I can understand that Marc:)
very nice, Chris !!!
Thanks Razor, I appreciate it.
Great video, would like to try the Beach, sounds great
Thanks Brian, I really love The Beach:)
Haven't tried any PAA products as of yet so I don't have a top 10. However, I made an order this past weekend with 12 different scents in a combination of soap and aftershave samples...cannot wait for them to arrive! Just wish I added Cold Spice and Awesome Sauce. As always, great vid!
Nice. I hope you've gotten some hits out of these selections sir.
No love for Coconut Bay w Lime? Man that's such a killer scent. Also Diver Down is an epic scent with an even bigger back story. PAA is great👍
There's lots of love for more scents but I had to narrow it down to my 10 favorites. I could have easily included 20 on the list:)
I only have two PAA soaps. Diver Down and Oud Spice. But you've given me some to add to my wish list. PAA CK-6 soaps are my favorite. Next come Tabac and Proraso Green.
Nice Bart, I hope you enjoy the PAA products should you try some more.
man tough choice there my friend .they do so many good ones .2 that stand out for me were cold spice and cad sound right up my street . 👍👍👍
Those are two great choices for sure.
Chocolate bourbon 🥃 really stays on.. I always get two bottles at a time making sure i always have it on deck
You aren't kidding. I can smell that one the next day sometimes.
Dapper Doc deserves an honorable mention.
I don't have that one:)
Great list Chris. Some of my favorite scents come from PAA. Unfortunately my 2 favorites Doppelganger orange and Et Tu are no longer made. Doppelganger orange was a remake of the old Chaps cologe and it may be my all time favorite scent. Maybe you could put in a word with Douglas to bring it back. Lol. Anyway, great list hope your doing well.
Thanks Ryan. I don't think I've ever tried those so I'll have to ask. I hope you're doing great also.
My top ten.
1. ESP
2. CaD
3. Atomic Bayrum
4. High Jump 47
5. Cold Spices/Oud Spices
6. Doppelganger Black
7. Future Fiction
8. Gondolier
9. Ciderhouse Five
10. Awesome Sauce
Awesome list Carl!
Harvest Moon, Good Vibes, and The Beach are my favorites
Nice Zach. I don't think I've smelled the first two.
Thanks for the list Chris, I think I've heard enough on The Beach that I've put it on my "to try" list ;) I'm also a big fan of Future Fiction!
It reminds me a lot of suntan lotion of the 70's.
Nice list Chris. I don't own 10 PAA soaps anymore, but I know my favorite scents are Sun Down,Black Bot, Chocolate Bourbon, Cavendish and Dirt. I have tried a sample of Cold Spices and loved it, that's one I must add to my den.
Dirt, oh man that is a surprise. I strongly disliked dirt:)
Nice list. I don’t have 10 soaps from PAA yet but I like the ones I have. Awesome Sauce, Hotel Cecil, Supreme Sandalwood, and CaD. Also enjoyed the Oubliette I tried today from DK.
All in due time Brian:)
@@IAMCDB I’m sure that’s true. PAA makes some excellent scents.
Would have thought Honeysuckle was your #1... 😁 Can't disagree with the Beach, awesome scent.
Oh my! hahahahah.
Great list dude! I just got the Awesome Sauce bar soap and it Absolutely smells just like the Proraso splash. The Beach is a new acquisition of mine and I love it. The only omission from my list would be Sundown, but I'm a fool for a vintage Gillette. 😁
Nice Chris. I just used one of your sample and you'll see it up Thursday afternoon.
Ah this was a fun one! It's very hard to decide but my top 3 PAA scents so far are
3. Atmotic
2. Chocolate burboun
1. Christmas cookies
Very nice sir!
Cool video I'm always down with peach
Thanks brother!
CAD is a must have yes and I always have a back up. Also their Sandalwood in my opinion is THE best, bar none
Great list Chris! PAA makes great shaving products. Some of my favorite scents from paa are Red Planet, Doppelgänger Green label (discontinued), Irish Springs, Al Fin, Et Tu (discontinued) , Strange Island , Son of Honeysuckle.
Those are some great ones Austin.
they got Et Tu back but I heard it smells like Brut I hope that's not true
@@jasonfasthorse8939 it's a homage to Brut, so it probably smells like it lol.
Sangre de drago is my absolute favorite!
That's a good one George.
Excellent list! When I first got into the hobby I bought a few paa sops and had my favorites then. It was easy to narrow it down but as time went by and the soaps in my den kept increasing the scents got even more impressive. Now it’s just hard for me to figure out what top 10 soaps would make the list. Some of the soaps would get mad at me for not picking them :)
I've love to see your top 10 PAA soaps Raza.
Excellent list, brother!!
Thanks sir, I appreciate it.
I remember first try it Old Spice 1994 After shave lotion red plastic bottle , logo boat fantastic fragrance.
Oh yea, that's a good oldie.
Great top 10!
Thanks Inspector, I appreciate it.
Mega Flora is amazing also, both Shaving soap & Aftershave
That's a nice one for sure.
Hi Chris! hope you’re doing great💪
my top is:
dapper doc
high jump 47
dab
garden of bali
hotel cecil
esp
son of honeysuckle
speak easy
want to try summer spring
Nice choices sir!
@@IAMCDB thanks!
34 samples of aftershaves on the way and it will be done with PAA scents
it was so many blind buying, but now only after sample using, thanks to yours mention about samples
Also, I have my finger ready to pull the trigger on the whole Irish Springs shebang when it’s released! And Et Tu!!
I'll be pulling the trigger on the Et Tu as well:)
What’s the scent profile on that one?
@@mattfox8436 It's like Brut.
@@mattfox8436 you know Douglas Smythe of PAA is never going to pass up a good play on words! Et Tu, Bruté? 😂
@@foleybriand
Of course not. I appreciate the humor.
Nice list, I only have 4 PAA soaps. My top 4 is, 1 dapper docs, 2 Gondolier and 3 John frum, 4 Cad. Awesome sauce and sangre de Drago are on my wishlist :)
Those are some nice ones Levent!
@@IAMCDB can you maybe do a video on your favourite Stirling soaps too? I just started using them, I find them amazingly good I have Baker street and deep blue sea. But they have so much scents :) greetings from Holland.
@@leventdepevent I certainly will sir.
Some of my favorites in no particular order..
Deja Fougere
Dapper Doc
Alt 11
Otra
Al Fin
Those are some nice one Jaime. I hope you're doing well brother, it's been a long time since I've talked to you. Wishing you many blessings.
The Beach and CaD are both in my top 10. My other 8 would be Malbolge, Gondolier, Atmotic, Hatha, Lather Blaster 3000, Meta Nectar, Otra, and Oubliette.
That's quite a different list. That certainly illustrates how true the YMMV thing is:)
Is beach similar to what Boat drinks is. Which one would you say is better in your opinion
Great list Chris! I have none of those soaps but have sampled some of the aftershaves. I don’t have 10 PAA soaps but what I do have are, starting with my favorite:
Gondolier
Atomic Age Bay Rum
Supreme Sandalwood Science
Cavendish
Grove
Clubguy
Lump of Coal
Cheers!
Those are some good ones sir.
I do have The Beach in a shampoo puck and I love that scent.
@@mattfox8436 Nice!
I mix Club Guy and Awesome sauce at around a 60:40 or 50:50 ratio (CG:AS). It's amazing. CG has a sort of mint julip note that hangs around too long, and AS has a little too much talc all by itself, but together they are perfect. I call it Club Sauce.
Side note: I’m catching up on your newest videos on the TV instead of my phone! Have you ever seen yourself on a 70” TV with High Definition?!?!? 😂😂🤣
I have not and don't want to:)
That’s a heck of a list. Love me some CaD. I’ll have to restock that at some point.
Cad is a great one.
@@IAMCDB one of the best barbershop scents hands down.
@@JMac. I agree 100%.
@@IAMCDB great minds think alike!
Great list!
Thanks Jon, I appreciate it.
great choices!
Thanks Jeff, I appreciate it.
Atomic Bay Rum, Tombstone, Kiritimati, Magi, 9 or Home on the Range, Planet 9, Irish Spring, Dop Grey & Gold, Sangre, Mega Flora, Clown Fruit.
Those are some nice ones Steve.
Great Chris..
Like u said it's subjective.. Some on ur list r faves of mine.. some not (my picks r sometimes influenced by criteria other than the scent; ex. Frost byte)..
That said I love the idea of the video.. That is making it easy 4 the PAA lovers 2 decide (after all what Doug's done is making it hard 4 us)
Thanks brother. We certainly have a lot to choose from:)
@@IAMCDB keep up the great work
@@firecured1701 Thank you!
Finally!!!!! Thank u!!
My pleasure.
My number one is future fiction ! It kind of reminds me of CK eternity ( not the same but in the same zone) cavendish it’s a good one too.
I can see how you'd get that vibe for sure.
What’s your opinion on whether it’s worth the money to buy the soaps in CK6 or his standard base? the Beach is my favorite with Metanecter close behind.
This is a very individual thing to be honest. Some swear by CK6 and some prefer CK due to cost. You do get an additional ounce from CK6 so that's something to consider. I always buy CK when I have the opportunity. I find it provides everything I need in a soap.
I would almost always buy an older formula of a soap if the artisans offered it at a better price. I just don't find that the extra butters and skin conditioners do much for me. So for example, if Pete at A&E still offered the formula before Kaizen at a more budget friendly price, I'd go for that. I'm only speaking for me though. Many folks say the new formulas work vastly better for them.
The Beach is my favorite too! I don’t think CaD smells like Barbasol at all. I like Good Vibrations better for a barbershop scent. PAA has so many great scents to choose from. Great list!
Thank you sir. I agree, they have a lot of great scents!
The Beach and Awesome Sauce are great but man I miss Alt 11 Bang, their dupe of Alt Innsbruck. They retired it a few months back - argh
That was another good one for sure.
Surprised Diver down is not on the list :( ,,,almost nailed it
I like it but it didn't crack the top 10 for me:)
Future Fiction is a great scent, I have it in the shave stick variant.
In mostly no particular order: Will O The Wisp, Irish Springs, Immortal Peach, Hotel Cecil, Grove, Future Fiction, CaD, Cavalier, Awesome Sauce, Copalli.
Those are some great choices also JT!
I would get Cavalier if he offered it in CK-6.
@@TheShavingDisciple oh that would be fantastic!!!
Nice list! I recently got some aftershave samples so I could figure out what scents from PAA that I would want to purchase in the future. They were all good, but Gondolier is an amazing scent to me.
Awesome John! I hope you enjoy those samples.
Kidna sad that some of his best scents are seasonal. Really want Atomic Pumpkin and Clown Fruit and I have to wait for so damn long for a chance to get them. I want to get one of his razors and one soap for now, just not sure which. I'm really into sweet, almost sugary scents (but hate chocolate). Any suggestions?
That's tough because normally I'd recommend Rabid Banana or Peach for you. I'd say try a few of his aftershave samples as they are .99 each. You can get quite a few of those and see which scents you like.
@@IAMCDB aww man, this is so damn sad. My wife HATES the smell of banana, so that's a big no I guess. Peach? Could be. I live in Greece, so ordering samples isn't something I can do with the insane shipping cost. :( this is tough indeed. Are there many artisans that do these seasonal scents? I can't say I like it, but I guess it can't be helped.
I see PAA has a new category for 'sweet' scents, I see quite a few in there like Organism, Nektar, Future Fiction. I'd get Future Fiction, it's quite popular but I've heard it's rather mild, I like my scents strong.
@@swampsect Yes sir, a lot of Artisans do seasonal offerings. They rotate stock in and out.
Great list Chris! In your opinion, what’s the difference between cold spices and oud spice? I love oud spice but never tried cold spices!
They are different but within the same realm. Oud spice is a little darker I think.
IMHO, if you love Old Spice, you'll love Cold Spices. Keeping in mind that Cold Spices has menthol, which in my opinion make it even better.
@@dirtyhairy8884 thanks for the reply! I’ve actually never tried the original Old Spice. But I love oud spice
@@IAMCDB sounds good thanks man
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for me, cavendish, and atomic age deserve mention. they need to bring back han polo and et tu...those were classics
A lot of folks really love those for sure:)
Man, now I have to try some Awesome Sauce.
It's can't miss if you like the scent of Proraso Green Afershave.
Man so hard to pick just 10 but so far my favorite is gondolier I just love the cologne scent that it is. Hope all is well stay safe
It is very hard to pick only 10 for sure.
What are your thoughts on PAA Atomic Age Bay Rum? You featured a lighter style (not clovey) bay rum soap a couple days ago.
I can't recall having tried it to be honest. I really like the pineapple bay rum though:)
Hi Chris, CaD is my #1, #2 Gondolier, #3 Hawaiian punch. Have you ever tried their grey label? I'd like to know how it compares to Executive Man.
Those are great choices Adam. I haven't tried Grey yet but perhaps I will at some point.
Are these overly soft ot mid-firm? I have never tried PAA soaps.
Great list Chris I have the beach beard balm I can definitely see me getting the soap set this year it’s awesome and the Irish ☘️ spring set .
It's a really good one brother.
Awesome Sauce ftw!
Thank you sir!
I wish I could post 10 PAA soaps I only have 3 which are CaD, John Frum, Cold Spices in that order. All CK-6, I think CK-6 changes the scent a bit not to sure🤷♂️
Those are three good ones at lease:)
Do you have suggestions for a scent that is mild and not overpowering at all, from PAA?
That's really tough because I'm not sure what level overpowering would be. Most of the scents are towards the medium range. It might be worth asking the good folks at PAA what they feel would work best for you .
@@IAMCDB Thanks. I just did. Also, since u've used PAA soaps, for how long does the soap scent remain on ur face?
@@oxfordnoi5609 Great, I hope they can help. I don't find that shaving soap scents remain on the face very long at all after the shave. This is especially so if you use post shave products. Since I use witch hazel, alum, and a splash, I never smell the soap at all after the shave. If you don't use any post-shave products you might smell it for a while, but generally not for long, if at all.
That's funny, I have a lot of PAA soaps, but I don't have any of those. Just shows all our tastes are different.
Yes sir, the scent thing is always subjective.
#10 Doppelganger Ox Blood (Discontinued)
#9 Diver Down
#8 F-Bombs
#7 Black Bot
#6 Pomegranate Bay (Discontinued)
#5 Sangre De Drago
#4 Atomic Pumpkin
#3 Magi
#2 Organism 46 B
#1 Pineapple Bay
Very nice Rick! Thanks for sharing your list with us.
Have you used the Planet Java Hive? I'm looking at buying it but looking at reviews.
I've never used that one sir:)
AL FIN!!!
Thanks Beau!
I also had my eyes on good vibrations for a while
I've never tried that one but many people like it.
Love love love The Beach, since you mentioned that the aftershave/cologne lasts all day I’m going to order it . I was hesitant to because I thought it wouldn’t last that long on the skin.
It hangs around a long time on me. The Beach and Chocolate bourbon really hang on me.
My PAA favorites: CaD, The Beach, Doppelganger Tri (Irish Moos interpretation), Frost Byte, Chocolate Bourbon. Just bought Awesome Sauce and I love it. A Proraso Green inspiration that actually has lasting power has been long overdue.
That's a great list Freddy.
Wow I just got a bunch of Aftershave samples from them..... I didn't get everything on your list.
Loved Cold Spices, and Awesome Sauce
Al Fin was ok but not a hit fit me.
Sadly, wife and I both disliked The Beach.
Others I really liked: John Frum, Agharta, Black Bot, and Atomic Age Bay Rum!
Oh man, I can't believe you didn't like the beach. That said, no everyone likes that type of scent. For me it brings back great memories of beach trips during the 70's.
@@IAMCDB I was also surprised I didn't like it because I'd heard great things....
Gonna have to get samples of the others you mentioned that I haven't tried.
@@chrishutch11 I hope you enjoy.
No talk about controversy ? A Must try ,
No, no talk of controversy. PAA has been a good steward of the community for many years now.
@@IAMCDB Controversy is a scent from PAA
@@Ferbocarbooohhhhhh, thank you sir. I completely misunderstood:)
@@IAMCDB I noticed! 😂 You should make another video with your next 10 top PAA soaps! I just ordered 29 samples myself to start my arsenal. Haha