Be still my heart.
Bravas is sold in a fine glass bottle, with a classic logo and a nifty gold colored cap. If there's one thing I can say about Japanese aftershaves, they've got good packaging. Nice and masculine. Hell, there's even one called "Mandom"!
This one is in a clear bottle, allowing the bluish-green color of the splash to show...It's kind of Listerine-ish. Not a good recommendation, I know.
A glance at the label shows...gibberish. Oh dear. Time for the translator...
The ingredients include: Ethanol, Water, DPG, Menthol, Allantoin, PPG-20 Decyl-tetra decanol-10 (???), octyl methoxycinnamate (WHAT?), BHT, tocopherol, Fragrance, Blue 203 and Yellow 3.
More than a few mouthfuls. And I don't like the look of that menthol (we all know how that goes.) But we'll let give it a try.
I picked this one up in a travel size, as someone on SMF recommended, because it was cheap and if it sucked I wouldn't be out too much money. In short, I regret this decision.
This morning I had another lovely, smooth shave with my MWF and a newly loaded Dorco 300 in my Tech (Daiso blades, baby! Yeah!) and after the relatively sting-free alum application--there was on nick at the corner of my mouth, but it cleared up with the alum--I splashed a bit of this in my hand and slapped it on.
Even though alcohol is the first ingredient, there wasn't really a sting at all, even on the nick. And the smell! When I first opened the bottle at home (the bottle came wrapped in plastic, so I couldn't check the scent at the shop), I was a bit leery. From the bottle it was kind of harsh and cloying, like I remember Brut from when I was a kid. But in small amounts, splashed on the face? Lovely!
It's a light, bright citrusy smell, very summery and clean. The menthol is very understated, enough to cool the face down without numbing or (god forbid) burning. The smell faded rather quickly, which is too bad, but if you like to wear another scent have no worries about this one.
It also left my face feeling very nice. Like I said, my shave was smooth so I can't really say how soothing this is for irritated skin, but with the low alcohol kick and the allantoin skin soother, it's probably pretty good.
I was worried, at first, with the plastic wrapping and the neon color, but now I wish I'd picked up a bigger bottle. It's definitely a summery product, though, with the menthol and the sunscreen elements (apparently, that's what octyl methoxycinnamate is).
I like this one. More than I thought I would, for sure.
Japanese Aftershaves are now 2 for 2!
Let's not mention the creams again, ok?
4 comments:
I wasn't sure whether to comment here on on B&B.
Thanks to this review, I made a little trip to Maruei and had a look at this aftershave. Did you know it comes in two other scents?
What do you think about the higher end Shiseido Men line?
I didn't know that! Man, I hate living in the sticks. I'll have to look around some more.
The higher end stuff is, well, higher end. I haven't tried it for financial reasons. I'm more interested in Kanebo's "Button Down Club" because I like the look. Very classic.
Maruei's shiseido booth had 2 different ones on display that I'd not seen before. I'll go by there again sometime and verify.
I asked the salesperson if they had another color/scent, and she went in the back and came out with your bottle. I'll have to try the others if I ever run out of this one.
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