Bay Rum

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My father died when I was 10. There was always a smell that I associated with my memories of him. Now I know what it was; Bay Rum. I ordered a bottle of old fashioned bay rum aftershave and it arrived tonight. As soon as I splashed some on I was slammed with memories of my father. It was exactly the same scent that he wore.

I already love this stuff. It has a heady, spicy, masculine scent that pales the sissy stuff they try to pass off as male scents these days. There is no mistaking this stuff for a women's perfume.

It's hardly modern or high tech, but it smells great to me. I just can't imagine why every store that sells aftershaves doesn't carry this stuff. I wish I had found it 20 years ago.
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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
Smells are the strongest memory joggers!  May be 20 years late, but you did find it and that is good.
Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
This is great M! Just one whiff of Bay Rum would transport me mentally back to my childhood!

The scent I associate with my dad is Irish Spring. He loved the soap and that's all he ever used. I bought a pack this past weekend and opened up the first one this morning and it did the same for me. I immediately started singing and whisling which is what he usually did!
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
Reply #1
Smells are the strongest memory joggers!


This is true.
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
Reply #2
This is great M! Just one whiff of Bay Rum would transport me mentally back to my childhood!

The scent I associate with my dad is Irish Spring. He loved the soap and that's all he ever used. I bought a pack this past weekend and opened up the first one this morning and it did the same for me. I immediately started singing and whisling which is what he usually did!


Never did like irish Spring

I would imagine not too many people these days even know what bay Rum is, let alone what it smells like.