Simply The Best # 20 (Cologne)

Cologne, home fragrances, reed diffusers and candles have been interests of mine for a long time. Since I was in middle school (circa 1992) I have owned over 100 different types of cologne, I now own about fifty fragrances (samples included) and thought for this edition of “simply the best” I would write about my all time [...]

Purchase Of The Week From MiN In Soho (Santa Maria Novella Russian Cologne Soap Bar & Linari Room Spray Sample Set)

I found out about MiN last week on Racked dot com’s website and being the shave gear and fragrance fiend that I am, immediately decided that I needed to visit their Crosby street store. If you’re a dude who is sick of Sephora and the cookie cutter skin products and cologne most major department stores carry than [...]

Purchase Of The Week (Jack Black Men’s Limited Edition Lip Balm Set)

If you read my “simply the best” post about male grooming products then you know that I hold Jack Black’s lip balms (originally made for professional skiers) in quite high esteem. Therefore I cannot highly enough recommend their limited edition, lip balm sampler that includes three full size tubes of  ”Natural Mint and Shea Butter”, [...]

Porter For Baxter Of California Dopp Bag Kit

I haven’t tried out Baxter’s men’s grooming product  but I’ve heard good things and know that Barney’s carries the entire line. But the more I learn about shaving as well as skin and hair care the more I feel like going with products exclusively made by the big three London “T” companies and less with [...]

Art Of War (KAWS X Kiehl’s)

I love the artwork of KAWS and I love Kiehl’s as well and that’s why I was so disappointed when I found out that the only product with the KAWS label is the Creme de Corps which is a body moisturizer and a product that I don’t use, I thought about purchasing a bottle as [...]

Simply The Best Post # 13 (Men’s Toiletries) 2009 Awards

This is part of a series that I plan on doing regarding “Simply The Best” posts for men’s grooming products. Areas I plan on tackling in the future will include the best cheap toiletries, my favorite types of cologne both of all time and bottles that I currently own, the best men’s grooming tools (shave [...]