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"There's something about an Aqua Velva man" (Original Post) Bucky Nov 2021 OP
Yeah, they stink. piddyprints Nov 2021 #1
Mine too...mom didn't like it at all MiHale Nov 2021 #2
Is your middle name AquaVelva? 💖. Haha MLAA Nov 2021 #10
Whew underpants Nov 2021 #3
What blondes have sold us over the last 50 years bucolic_frolic Nov 2021 #4
That was about 15 cents a bottle at the Navy Exchange back in the day Submariner Nov 2021 #5
Old Spice was an upgrade? bucolic_frolic Nov 2021 #6
Old Spice was just the white bottle Submariner Nov 2021 #8
I'm thinking of Skin Bracer bucolic_frolic Nov 2021 #9
Anything Joe Namath endorses is by default an upgrade. Bucky Nov 2021 #12
My dad loves the stuff. Elessar Zappa Nov 2021 #7
I knew a guy who loved Aqua Velva EYESORE 9001 Nov 2021 #11
I'm a Clubman man myself... RFCalifornia Nov 2021 #13

bucolic_frolic

(43,191 posts)
4. What blondes have sold us over the last 50 years
Tue Nov 9, 2021, 10:32 AM
Nov 2021

"Take it off! Take it all off!"

Edie Adams was an icon for cigars.

Submariner

(12,504 posts)
5. That was about 15 cents a bottle at the Navy Exchange back in the day
Tue Nov 9, 2021, 10:35 AM
Nov 2021

and we wore it to cover up the diesel fuel smell that had permeated our uniforms for eternity. They didn't call diesel submarines Pigboats for nothing.

An U.S. Navy submarine babe magnets, we did not want offend the sensibilities of the female persuasion with offensive odors, so good old Aqua Velva did the job.

As we acquired rank, and an extra buck or two of pay, we upgraded to Old Spice.

Submariner

(12,504 posts)
8. Old Spice was just the white bottle
Tue Nov 9, 2021, 11:07 AM
Nov 2021

a few cents more a bottle than Aqua Velva, making it an upgrade.

Green bottle? It sounds like your Dad may have been one of those Hai Karate guys!


bucolic_frolic

(43,191 posts)
9. I'm thinking of Skin Bracer
Tue Nov 9, 2021, 11:31 AM
Nov 2021

And he sure was one for English Leather which often came in wooden boxes and turned wood knobby tops. But I could never go for Old Spice.

I barely remember the name Hai Karate. Incredibly on looking it up it was a Pfizer product. Perhaps could be the next covid cure?

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