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Original Craftsman Deodorant Stick 75g
Tabac Original Craftsman Deodorant Stick 75g is scented quite differently from the classic the house is known for, and anyone buying it expecting the familiar smell should know that first.
The scent is drier and darker. Grapefruit and bergamot give a bitter citrus opening, with black pepper adding heat immediately, so there is nothing soapy about the first impression. Lavandin follows, a broad, sharp herbal material, more camphorous than floral and quite bracing on its own, and geranium sits beside it with a green edge while tonka bean softens the pair with a warm sweetness that has a faint bitterness underneath.
What closes it is the interesting part for a grooming product. Vetiver is dry and rooty, patchouli earthy, and leather adds a smooth, worn warmth that you would normally find in a fragrance rather than in something applied under the arms.
As a stick it goes on dry and stays where it is put, which is the main practical argument for the format over a spray: no aerosol, nothing in the air, and no overspray on a shirt. Seventy five grams lasts a long time at one application a day, and it travels without any risk of leaking. Who it suits is fairly specific. Anyone who likes the format but finds the traditional version of it too clean and too old fashioned will get on with this, because the leather and the tonka bean give it some weight and some sweetness. It is closer to wearing a fragrance than most things applied under the arms ever get.
Treat it as grooming rather than fragrance all the same. It is there to keep you fresh through a working day and to smell good at close range, not to project or to last twelve hours, and it will sit comfortably under a cologne or on its own. Applied to dry skin after a shower it holds for the day, and a stick lays down more evenly than a roll-on does, so less of it goes further.
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