Aftershave Brands List

Adopted Acres was founded in 2024 by Doug & Cara Layne in Asheville Ohio, where Doug uses tallow from the family farm where they have over 1,000 acres and an Angus beef cattle herd to make his soap. Doug is a wet shaving fanatic who dreamed of making his own soaps and splashes. The fragrances are all original and in addition to Cara the couple's five children help run the show. 

Aqua Velva was introduced by the JB Williams Company in 1917, one of the oldest soap and shaving product companies in the USA. By the 1940s it became a staple of the wet shaving community and in the 1970s launched Aqua Velva Musk and Ice Sport aftershaves. 

Ariana & Evans was founded by Peter Charkalis, an ecclectic and worldly designer who embraces the ideaology of Kaizen, which in Japanese means "constant improvement". His fragrances are bold, sophisticated, whimsical, non-traditional, and heavily influenced by global culture and cuisine....

Started out of his apartment in Boston Massachusettes in 2013 by Will Carius, a self-taught perfumer, Barrister & Mann has grown into the one of the premium shave brands of the wet shaving community. The brand is famous for creating original fragrances which are complex and multi-layered, with classic fougere properties...

Brut was created and introduced by the French fragrance house, Faberge, in 1964. It was originally marketed as an aftershave and later expanded into deoderants, body sprays, and other grooming products...

The Castle Forbes brand was started by Lady Jinny Forbes of the Forbes Clan of Scotland in 1996 with her friend Andrew French, a professional fragrance creator. Castle Forbes in Aberdeenshire is the seat of the Forbes Clan and was completed in 1815 by James Ochanar, the 17th Lord Forbes. Today, the 23rd Lord Forbes, Malcom, lives in the castle with Jinny who converted a dairy building at the back of the estate into a perfumery....

Cella Milano was estabished by brothers Giuseppe and Piero Cella in Milan in 1899. It began life producing shave soaps using a process similar to the Marseille hot process, although with a steam boiler. The soaps were reknowned for being highly concentrated with excellent hydrating properties and became popular with barbers throughout Italy...

The Pinaud brand was started by Edouard Pinaud, a French perfumer, who opened a small shop in Paris specialzing in fine fragrances, hair tonics, and grooming products in 1810. The fragrances grew in popularity and in the 1850s Pinaud began suppling perfumes to the royal court of Napolean III...

Dana Classic Fragrances began life as The House of Dana, a perfumery in Barcelona, Spain, founded in 1932 by Javier Serra, a former executive of the Spanish perfume house Myrurgia. Early successes included Tabu (1932), Canoe (1935) and Emir (1936), which established Dana as a major fragrance house. Notably, Canoe was one of the earliest Fougères to gain popularity among men in the United States and is widely credited as being one of the first examples of the Barbershop genre...

Elysian Soaps was created by Shannon Constantine who started out in retail sales selling fragrances for L'Occcitane and Acqua di Parma. All of her scents and soaps are her own formulations where she takes inspiration from historical figures and mythology. Elysian embraces the belief that grooming products should use premium ingredients with beneficial properities and leave a conditioined feel to the skin...

Episolon was founded in Spain in 1940 by the grandfather of the current CEO, Juan Jose Julian. The company was passed down from Grandfather, to father, and now Juan Jose, who has expanded the company's offerings to include shaving and hair products...

Fine Accoutrements is the brain child and passion project of Todd Cerami, who after developing a love for wet shaving left the world of finance in 2005 to start the company. Today the fragrances are primarily homages to well-known designer fragrances...

Floid was created in 1932 by J.B.Cendros, owner of the ""Buenos Aires"" barbership in Barcelona, Spain. It quickly gained popularity and today is an iconic fragrance among wet shaves and used in barbershops around the world. In 1984, the brand was purchased by Laboratorios Bago, a Spanish pharmaceuticals company...

HC&C shave soaps are known for using high quality ingredients, with most taking their fragrance inspiration from well known men's colognes and perfumes...

Mennen was launched in 1878 by Frank Mennen in New Jersey who began selling medicated talcum powder. In the 1920s, Mennen expanded into aftershaves and shaving soaps and in 1931 introduced Skin Bracer aftershave...

Mondial began life as a brush manufacturer in Florence Italy. The company was started by Attilio Bagnoli in 1908 focusing on industrial brushes and over time expanded to include shaving brushes, for which they became famous...

Noble Otter was founded in 2017 by Cody Wick and his wife who began making bath soaps out of their home. The company aims to create products which tell stories through its fragrance, artwork and narratives, and prides itself on using natural ingredients...

Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements (PAA) is the brainchild of Eric Hodges, who's public persona uses the name Douglas Smythe, and Frances Towle. The brand is one of the most well-known and popular in the wet shaving community, and is known for innovative, quirky, themes and designs which are often based on science fiction...

The first Pitralon product was an EDT developed by Karl August Linger in Dresden in 1927. The product was marketed as having medicinal properties including disinfecting the skin, removing impurities, and opening blocked pores...

Proraso is one of the oldest grooming products companies in Italy. In 1948, Ludovico's son, Piero Martelli, introduced Proraso, a pre-shave cream with a Eucalypus and Mint scent infused with Menthol which quickly become popular and today is known as the iconic Proraso Green...

Razorock was founded in Canada by Joseph Abbatangelo, who in 2009 enlisted his uncle, Michael Luorio, to take a trip to Tuscany in search of alum stones for Joseph's father-in-law a retired Italian barber.The brand is known for quality at an affordable price, with many of its products sourced from local Italian artisans...

Reuzel is a brand born in the counterculture of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The brand was launched by Leen and Bertus who owned the Schorem barbershop with a retro, rock-a-billy vibe, catering to the underground scene...

Saponoficio Varesinowas established in 1945 by Dante Bardelli in the small town of Brebbia (Varese) near the shores of Lago Maggiore in Italy. It is considered a premium brand among shave soaps and reknowned for its luxurious soap base and sophisticated fragrances...

Speick began as a soap introduced in 1928 in Stuttgart, Germany, by Walter Rau. His vision was to harness the legendary healing powers of the Speick plant, which was used in traditional medicine for its calming effect and benefits to digestive health. In 1959, Speick introduced an aftershave which quickly became a staple among wet shavers due to its fresh and unique scent.

Stando is an online shaving store and producer of razors and brush handles in Poland. The company was started in 2017 by Stanislow Lowicki and began selling razors in 2020. Their razors, brush handles, and stands are reknowned for high quality craftsmanship at affordable prices.

Stirling Soap was started by Roderick and Amanda Lovan in 2012 after a trip to Scotland during which they fell in love with products with natural ingredients and decided to try their hand at making natural soaps. Today, Stirling is one of the most beloved and popular brands among wet shavers due to its reputation for high quality ingredients, reasonable prices, wide variety, and excellent customer service...

The Goodfellas' Smile has a story similar to many of the superstars of wet shaving. The company was started by Nicola Donghi and his wife Luisa Locatelli during an economic downturn in 2010 when both found themselves out of work...

Westman Shaving was founded by Tiago Sousa in Portugal who performs all of the research, formulation, scent composition, testing, and product design with help from his wife...