Old Spice seems to have a love/hate relationship with Classic Scent. Instead of having Classic available across the most product categories, it’s available across the fewest. Why dump the Classic body spray? That scent was closer to “Old Spice” than even the current iteration of the cologne/after shave. I’d have bought a case of it had I known it was going to disappear from the shelves.
Darren-
Ever Clear just recently launched and I am pumped to see you’ve found it on shelves. For now, Ever Clear will be available in Swagger, After Hours, Pure Sport and Showtime but we may look at adding Aqua Reef to list soon. Maybe give Swagger a shot as it is one of our most popular scents?
Jim
Old Spice Team
I tried to enter the “post a pic of you holding a sign at a televised event” contest…your upload button only accepts video files – yet you asked for an image! Could you fix this so people can upload their images? Thanks!
Lisa
I spoke with our website technical team and we think we’ve resolved all issues for uploading to the site. Quick question – what internet browser were you using? Internet Explorer or Firefox?
We look forward to seeing your uploaded picture
Jim
I TOO ONLY USE CLASSIC BODY WASH, AFTER SHAVE @ DEO WHY DISCONTINUE THE BODY SPRAY IT ALWAYS SOLD OUT IN NY STORES WILL IT COME BACK
Posted by: J. Clayton McConnell on June 23, 2009 at 6:36pm #
Original Old Spice After Shave is now “Classic” presented in a cheap plastic bottle! You are walking away from your market. Just what I want after a lifetime of Old Spice in a unique bottle… A cheap plastic container… Makes me want to go find something with a little class.
BHS-
I am sorry that we have discontinued the classic body spray. If we decide to bring it back, I will definitley let you know. In the mean time, thanks for continuing to use the body wash, after shave and Deo. We appreciate your loyalty.
Jim (Old Spice team)
I am sorry to hear that the latest bottle isn’t working for you. We’ve made the decision to move to the new bottle but if you would like to speak to our customer service team, please call the toll-free number printed on our package (1-800-677-7582), between 9:00 AM and 6:00 PM EST, Monday through Friday.
Jim (Old Spice team)
Posted by: traci perez on June 24, 2009 at 1:53pm #
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I gotta say, it’s great to click on one your adwords ads that says something about soap being yesterdays news (actually a pretty catchy ad) to be taken to an error page that tells me that I”m probably there because I was trying to hack your site, and you are pretty sure it’s my fault. Then it directs me to email the tech team if I do feel that it’s not my fault, however absolutely no way to email them or their email address is provided. C’mon guys you work for Proctor and Gamble – put a little more thought into it could you?
Plastic bottle is really bad. Think you could at least come out with some nice glass bottle sets around the holidays? That way we could stock up.
I think it would be good business to show “Classic” a bit more love. All these Red Zoners are gonna grow up one day. I mean has Levis discontinued 501’s? No
Also, look at the long term. Old Spice Classic, Levis, Chuck Taylors, Van’s, Doc Martens. You may see dips in popularity(profits) but they are timeless classics. Some things are always “in.”
Old Spice Classic is an important element in current metrosexual backlash. Learn to change a flat tire, ditch your hair stylist for a barber, don’t sweat it if you get a little dirt on your food and wear Old Spice Classic.
BHS & J. CLay, at least your comments and posts aren’t being deleted. In a nutshell my post described my love for Classic also. Perhaps an admin will take the time to email me on why both of my posts in regards to Classic(Original) were removed.
Kenneth-
I am sorry that your original posts didn’t make it up earlier. Sometimes there is a delay in the process. ‘
I love your first two posts and love to see that we made your list of timeless classics! Even better is the fact that we have you smelling better than the higher priced colognes bottles. If we are able to make any changes and maybe bring back the glass bottles in the future, we will be sure to let you know.
Tammy-
We continue to have more women asking the same question. It is great to know that we are helping women and men smell great across the world! We will definitely consider your thoughts.
Thanks!
Jim (Old Spice Team)
Jim,
Yeah, I jumped the gun there a bit.
My bad. Give Tammy a damn scent for corn’s sake! Old Spice was originally for woman. At least that’s what Wiki says
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A FEW YEARS AGO…..20 OR SO. I RECIECED AS A GIFT A OLD SPICE SOLID BRASS RAZOR. DURING A RECENT REMODEL IT DISSAPPEARED. JUST WONDERING IF YOU GUYS MIGHT STILL HAVE ONE ON A DUSTY SHELF SOMEWHERE?
MIKE
Mike-
I will check the archives but I am pretty sure we don’t have any of those Old Spice razors laying around…sorry man! If I find any on the shelves, I will make sure to let you know where they are popping up. You can check out the latest in Old Spice shaving products on http://www.oldspiceshaving.com/
I bought another bottle of Old Spice Classic cologne today, and noticed that Old Spice is made in the USA. So if you think about it, wearing Old Spice is an act of patriotism!
Matt-
I love your loyalty to the USA and Old Spice. The 4th of July was great for us and sounds like yours was great too!
Take Care
Jim (Old Spice Team)
I’m fifty-five years young and have worn Old Spice (Classic) all my life. Of the new scents, I like Fresh and Aqua Reef. My gripe is I can’t find matching products. For example: I can find Fresh Body Wash, deodorant, and aftershave, but not body spray. Classic has cologne, aftershave, deodorant, body wash, and not body spray.
The other problem is trying to find all the items available in one store.
First, how about making the full line for all fragrences. Cologne, (or at least aftershave) deodorant, body wash, and body spray.
Second, put the full line of a fragrance in one box (maybe a seaman’s chest) so we can go to the shelf, grab it, and be “odor coordinated?”
As an addendum to the previous post – and I swear this is true. I had a female tenant ( I manage a motel in Daytona Beach) grab me tonight and tell me how good I smelled. Asked if she could rub her pillow on me. And her husband was standing right beside her.
This happens quite often when I’m wearing the Classic scent, but this is the second time in three days it’s happened wearing Fresh. (Telling me how good I smell – a first for the pillow request)
Dan-
Thanks so much for being such a loyalty Old Spice user for so many young years! We love it and are still around because of men like you!!!! Thanks for the feedback and great idea on the seamen’s chest – I will pass along your wise words of wisdom and see what we can come up with. If we can tackle odor coordination, we will and as for the stores, I wish I had a better answer but we can’t always control what stores carry. We always push for them to carry everything but it doesn’t always work out that way.
Thanks again
Jim (Old Spice Team)
Dan-
Unbelievable and what a great story. Maybe you should start offering re’fresh’ing pillows as an option to tenants?!?! Keep up the good smelling work!
Jim (Old Spice Team)
I love the way my husband smells when he wears Old Spice classic. He’s never worn anything else. We are stunned and saddened that the body spray is no longer available. To me, that scent is part of who he is–it’s so familiar, so masculine. I can’t believe it’s gone. He used to spray it on after his shower in the morning before he got dressed, and the bedroom would like smell like Old Spice. Please, please, PLEASE bring it back.
Hey guys, i know this is off topic but what ever happened to the old spice signature cologne. I’ve looked everywhere and even contacted P&G. To my disappointment i only got a computer generated message of where to buy it. Does someone know what happened to it?
Susan-
We are always thrilled to hear your loyalty to Old Spice. Sadly, we have discontinued the Classic Body Spray but we do have other great scents available. One of our top sellers is Swagger! Thanks again for letting Old Spice make your husband smell so good.
Jim (Old Spice Team)
I agree that there is a problem finding “matching products.” Perhaps an online store here at OldSpice.com that offered all the Old Spice products for sale online could solve the problem. If I could order the products directly online from OldSpice.com, it would be much more convenient, even if there are shipping charges involved.
Sorry for asking if you have already explained but WHY did OS dump the “Classic” body spray scent ? This scent earned the name “classic” for a reason. I am longtime user of “classic” scent and I am not attracted to Swagger, Aqua Reef or Pure Sport. Classic scent is OS’ heritage. If OS desires loyalty from its customers OS needs to be respectful and loyal to its customer base – not just the metrosexuals. But perhaps that is your new customer base ? Trust me, I wouldn’t be here today if my grandfather had used “Swagger”.
Mike-
The classic body spray scent was discontinued and replaced by the Swagger scent. I am sorry to hear that you aren’t interested in our current body spray line up. Right now, there are no plans to bring back classic but if anything changes, we will let you know.
Old Spice Team
Posted by: andrew inelli on July 22, 2009 at 9:01pm #
I am encouraging you to please bring back the Classic body spray. I dislike the other OS scents and want you to know that you have lost me as an old spice customer. I have used the classic products for many years and without the claassic spray deodorant I have no choice but ‘to try another manufacturers products. Please encourage your product devlopment team to reconsider bringing back the classic spray.
Posted by: Renton Mark on July 24, 2009 at 2:42pm #
Hello,
Just came back to the Classic Scent afetr so many years. Last time I bought OS was in 1991 (the bottle with the old boat with three posts). I wonder : has the formula changed ? In my memory, OS in 1991 was much more spicy and strong ?
Thanks
Posted by: Renton Mark on July 24, 2009 at 2:44pm #
Hello,
Just came back to the Classic Scent after so many years. Last time I bought OS was in 1991 (the bottle with the old boat with three posts). I wonder : has the formula changed ? In my memory, OS in 1991 was much more spicy and strong ?
Renton Mark-
Awesome news and glad to have you back with the brand! I’m not sure if you are using deodorant or the white stick but there have been a few formula upgrads over the years. We have worked really hard to keep the scent as strong and spicy as possible. We’ve also added some great new scents too – Swagger and After Hours are really popular.
Take care
Jim (Old Spice Team)
Doug-
Not to confuse you but our Swagger scent in Canada is actually named Stride… it is the same scent with a different name. Glad to know that Old Spice Deodorant will bring you some swagger.
Jim
Matt – your idea about an on-line store is an excellent thought!
Jim- do you think this could be done with a FULL line of the scents (including the Classic) and collector’s items too? This would be great for birthday’s, Father’s Day, Christmas gifts, etc.
And don’t forget about the Ladies version of Classic Old Spice…I’ll be the first in line to buy!
I have to agree with the others about the Classic Body Spray. I’ve been using OS all my life just like my Dad did. When the Classic spray came out I thought it was great! I know its all about marketing and the younger crowd but there are a whole lot of unhappy guys out there. Please consider brining it back. Thanks
Tammy-
An online store would be pretty awesome… we will work on it and see what we can come up with. Thanks for the great ideas and we haven’t forgetten about the ladies’ version!
Jim
Bring back the orginal old spice scent in the glass bottle. I have been using it for years. The new classic scent is o.k. but the old is much better.For the plastic bottle,what our you thinking.
Posted by: Pat Garcia on August 4, 2009 at 5:55pm #
Please bring back Classic Body Spray. I bought two cans at the local grocery store a couple of months ago. I gave one to my son and I was using the other. Mine is almost gone!! Should I steal my sons back? I can’t find them anywhere. Please have some compassion.
Pat-
We have discontinued the Classic Body Spray scent but our Pure Sport scent is still out there and you can also try the new Swagger version too. I will let you know if we end up bringing back the Classic scent.
Jim
Just read on a blog that Target has dropped Old Spice Classic Body Wash and in my local Walgreens they told me they have also stopped carrying it too. Is old Spice going to discontinue it like they did the Classis Body Spray if so I’m done and will find something else.
John-
Thanks for the good question. Old Spice Classic Body Wash will still be carried by Walmart. Happy hunting and thanks for your loyalty to the brand!
Jim (Old Spice Team)
i agree with Dan who said old spice needs to complete a particular fragrance’s entire product line. I too like classic, but what happened to the spray? also there are a thousand and one variations of deodaranys such as red zone, high endurance etc which are not needed.
As a man, i need simplicty, class and completion. So for example, the classic scent should have a shampoo/ conditioner, pomade or hair gel for the hair ( with the same scent), shaving gel with the same scent, after shave balm and a regular after shave, a cologne with a stronger concentration of scent, a body wash, a deodarant spray and stick. Perhaps some body talc and a bar soap for shave or shower.
Instead of 6 different scents, even of there were only 3, men would greatly appreciate it if they were complete and as described above.
I am super dissapointed that I cannot find the classic sent in a spray anymore. Not to be rude but the guys making the decision need to be shown the door!
I am a woman and I love it….. use it around the house and I feel like my Dad is nearby and everything is good in the world.
Bring it back fools…it smells like safe, sexy and and down to earth MAN.
Winsten-
We did discontinue the Classic spray to bring in our Swagger scent. Thanks for the great idea regarding the simple lineup. We will continue to discuss this option and keep your eyes open for any changes in the future.
Thanks
Jim (Old Spice Team)
It had been years since I wore Old Spice, until one day somebody at the office left the Original scent body wash in the restroom for cleaning up. I sat at my desk all day smelling my hands, that distinctive Old Spice scent, and have since started using the Original body wash and cologne. Please, please don’t let the body wash be discontinued like the spray, I get so many compliments now that I’m using it!
Sean-
Old Spice Classic body wash is not planned to be discontinued. You will be able to find it at your local Walmart. Thanks for being a loyal user and fan of Old Spice!
Jim (Old Spice Team)
I agree with many of those commenting, bring back the classic scented body spray. It’s weak that you got rid of that. I’ve tried the swagger scent and it’s not close. I won’t be using any of the Old Spice Body Sprays unless the classic scent comes back. If it takes too long, it may be too late, I hope it’s soon.
Why discontinue the Classic body spray ??
Seems to me that the majority of people here would agree that this was a bad decision. I would personally purchase an entire pallet of the scent if one were available. Stick with what works, and give your loyal consumers – like myself – what they want. It’s truly the key to longevity……..unlike the “change with the wind” mentality of all the newer companies.
Jim
I am sorry that we have discontinued the Classic Body Spray. We are working on developing a plan to bring it back. Stay tuned and I will let you know where we end up on this one.
Jim (Old Spice Team)
Jeff-
If we are able to sell pallets in the future, we will glad have one shipped to your door. We do appreciate the feedback and have heard from you (and others) that the Classic scent is missed. I will let you know if we are able to bring this back for sale.
Thanks
Jim (Old Spice Team)
Posted by: noahsobd on August 24, 2009 at 7:10pm #
Had I known you guys were going to axe the “ORIGINAL” OLD SPICE AFTERSHAVE, I would have bought tons of them!! It’s now “classic” which is crap. The formula is NOT the same! Why guys?? Why?? Can you please change it back?? after years of this stuff, my wife knows the difference and this new smell doesnt get her going like the old one did! (dead serious). I’m sorely dissappointed… she usually would smell my neck at night as the aftershave mixed in with man smell would turn into something like an animal scent! This is the worst news ever!!
An ORIGINAL Formula AfterShave Old Spice lover,
Noahsobd
Noahsobd
Thanks for your comments. I am sorry to hear that you have experienced scent problems with classic. To be honest, we have actually only changed the name and did not make any formula adjustments. So Original is actually now Classic without any scent modifications. I hope this helps and I definitely do not want to disappoint your wife
Jim (Old Spice Team)
Count me in as another consumer that would really like to see the Classic scent back in spray form – as the core product to the brand, it seems a shame that it’s not available anymore. I’ve tried the other spray scents but they just aren’t Classic.
Mack
Thanks for your input. We are listening to the chatter on our blog and we will let you know if we are able to bring back the Old Spice Classic body spray. Thanks for being such a loyal user and hope we can help out in the future.
Jim (Old Spice Team)
Posted by: Sheldon on September 2, 2009 at 10:50am #
Can we bring back the Old Spice Classic or Original…spra,y pleas?. In a glass bottle. That plastic is nasty, it doesn’t have the feel and class of the old bottle. What are you guys thinking? Are you deliberately trying to sabotage my fragrance? 35 year user here.
I usually spray myself with the Old Spice body spray Showtime, but I haven’t been able to find any cans of it lately at Walmart or any other store for that matter…Have you discontinued that scent? Or is it something on the retailers end?
Posted by: Baddboyfilms on September 7, 2009 at 5:15pm #
On the film set of Baddboyfilms we stock this product. Our clients sometimes ask if they can take home one, we tell them sure , since if they opened it it is theirs. Thank You for the free samples.
Film Producer / Owner of : Baddboyfilms always buys a few extra on location while out in the wild .
The TOP post by Alex referred to the Old Spice Aftershave Gel. It was a blue gel in a red plastic pump bottle. It smelled like Old Spice Original. I have NEVER gotten as many compliments about an aftershave as I did about that stuff. Last I saw of it was about 4 years ago. WHY was it discontinued? Go to a Walmart and take a look these days. There are almost NO men’s gel aftershaves left. You guys would do well to re-introduce such a quality product now!!
Posted by: admin on September 14, 2009 at 6:40am #
Thanks for your input. Old Spice Classic Body Spray is no longer available but we do sell Old Spice Classic Body Wash, Cologne and After Shave. Additionally, you can find our “Original” scent in deodorant and invisible solid antiperspirant. Classic and Original represent the same scents and I hope these suit your needs.
Old Spice Team
Posted by: admin on September 14, 2009 at 6:42am #
Thanks for the input. An Old Spice aftershave gel is something we’ve considered. We will definitely continue to look at opportunities like this in the future.
Old Spice Team
Posted by: David Mcknight on September 15, 2009 at 8:34pm #
Old Spice needs to lead the way in supplying the air traveler that must conform to TSA guidelines for restrictions on unopened toiletries and having them held to a certain size container.
This air traveler kit might resemble the gift sets that appeared seasonally in the past.
My preference would be the classic /origional scent with the classic old ships on the bottle.
A kit might contain the following items: deoderant,shaving cream,body talc,after shave and cologne,body wash/shampoo,toothpaste(that taste like Gleem).
In addition the kit might also have a comb,and perhaps disposable razors.
It would only make good sense to have replacements of the kit available on the shelf,so that if a person runs out of any one of the items,or must replace an opened item with an unopened item;they can do so without buying the entire kit.
I think its time that Old Spice recaptures Americans interest in the Sailor profession,by advertising on The Discovery Channel.
With shows like Whale Wars,The Deadliest Catch,and Swords:Life On The Line; its now cool again to be a sailor!
Posted by: David Mcknight on September 19, 2009 at 12:01pm #
I bought a can of Swagger Body Spray after I couldnt find the Classic anywhere. I cant say I’ll be buying anymore!
The can I did purchase, I use to freshen up the bathroom after a long and protracted morning glory. Thats probably the best use, one will find for that scent!
Posted by: admin on September 21, 2009 at 5:58am #
Sounds like it worked well for the use… thanks for dropping us a note!
Please bring back the Classic body spray. This was the best. Very disappointed with the decision to drop this product. Furthermore I beleive Old Spice has lost it’s class when they changed to the cheaper plasic bottle. Paying the same price for a lesser porduct. Not my Grand Father’s Old Spice that’s for sure.
Posted by: David Mcknight on September 22, 2009 at 2:30pm #
Hey Admin:
Any response to my September 15th,2009 Suggestion for a Air Traveler Kit in The Classic / Origional Scent ?
Posted by: admin on September 24, 2009 at 7:24am #
We like the suggestion of an air traveler kit. We are working through all of our plans and can not commit to that execution. Thank you for your input and we certainly see this as a great idea.
Thanks
Old Spice
Posted by: David Mcknight on September 28, 2009 at 9:01am #
Ive read alot of comments about how loyal customers are disappointed with changes to the products they were use to purchasing.
While I share in their let down, I would also urge that they continue to support the sales of the origional / classic Old Spice ; otherwise the fragrance might end up being discontinued altogether.
Its better to show P & G that this is the leading Old Spice fragrance, as far as sales; rather just a thing of the past.
Its up to them (P & G ) to act upon the statistics!
Posted by: lin hawk on October 9, 2009 at 7:37pm #
I am having a very hard time even finding Old Spice Classic after shave lotion.
Posted by: Leslie on October 11, 2009 at 11:21pm #
Jim, you said to Noahsobd:
Thanks for your comments. I am sorry to hear that you have experienced scent problems with classic. To be honest, we have actually only changed the name and did not make any formula adjustments. So Original is actually now Classic without any scent modifications. I hope this helps and I definitely do not want to disappoint your wife
Jim (Old Spice Team)
Is that really honest? We really thought the Classic scent was very different from the Original, plus our store has a bar-code tag for Original, even though they only ever stock Classic. DID YOU CHANGE THE NAME OF ORIGINAL TO CLASSIC? If so, why? It has caused so much confusion. I’ve seen all kinds of blogs with people discussing the trouble they go through trying to find Original!? Doesn’t make marketing sense in any way, shape or form, so I find it hard to believe it was simply a name change. Please advise. Thanks.
The Old Spice Classic after shave is sold in various stores… you best bet is to try Walmart or a local drug store (CVS, Walgreens, etc).
Old Spice Team
The majority of our products come with the name “Classic” and have the “original” scent. This may sound confusing but they are one in the same and we have not changed any of the formulas for Classic/Original.
Thanks for your inquiry and we appreciate your support.
Old Spice Team
Posted by: David Mcknight on October 14, 2009 at 8:48am #
After reading a couple of interesting comments,I had to do some investigation of my own!
One was a suggestion that if folks wanted to continue using Shulton Old Spice, that they consider online / overseas purchases. Some of that stock seems to still be available here in the states. However one of the venders I saw was small time and couldnt promise a certain delivery date. If the person who buys Shulton Old Spice overseas on a regular basis could share his websource, for the rest of us “Old”- Old Spice customers?
Another suggestion I tried; was the CVS brand that smells like Old Spice.
Sure enough the claim that this may resemble the Old Spice of yesteryear lead me to also wonder that P & G might have changed the formula. CVS brand also comes in a plastic bottle. I cant remember for sure, but it seems like I remember as a kid back in the 60’s seeing a red bottle of cologne or aftershave that was plastic!
I dont think that plastic will have that big of an impact on the smell of the liquid. As with food products and how they interact when packaged warm.
I also did this;I took the CVS brand aftershave and squirted it into a half used bottle of Old Spice Classic aftershave since the newer plastic bottle has a bigger stopper-hole. shook it up and it too jarred some possible memories of what Old Spice might have once smelled like.
Conclusion:
Its possible that P & G didnt get the correct formula when they obtained the distribution rights here in the states. Particularly if Shulton is still operating abroad.
Another possibility which I would hate to think was the case. A deliberate sabatoge of the product to try and steer sales towards there other fragrances. Going with their claim that the formula hasnt changed; one starts to question their honesty about anything.
All in all, we can agree that it use to be a product that extremely touched our lives for many years. At a reasonable price that; served as gifts for our fathers,grand fathers,brothers,uncles,and husbands or lovers.
In all my dating experiences between 3 marraiges; I cant begin to tell you how many times, where a younger woman would be cuddling up beside me for the first time and smelling Old Spice then say,” it reminds me of my dad”! Then with a smile they would hug me with just a little more firmness and leave me with the impression that they felt safe and secure, snuggling next to the guy that smelled like daddy.
Given the nostalgia that one can see on Ebay with Vintage Old Spice sales; I wished that P & G could really do some soul searching about the customer base thats still out there waiting for a major comeback of The real Old Spice!
Posted by: Greg Brickey on November 5, 2009 at 10:30am #
I also loved the old spice classic body spray. PLEASE bring it back… i have switched brands looking for something similar but there is nothing like that classic old spice scent!
Posted by: David Mcknight on November 6, 2009 at 11:54pm #
Hey P & G;
Tony Stewart isnt going to be around forever ! Putting a B-Ball spin on the product might win a new customer group; but they might appreciate your Game Day fragrance over The Old Spice- Classic fragrance.
So how about instead of kicking all of us loyal Classic / Origional Old Spice customers to the curb; you bring back the great origional stuff of yesteryear that made Old Spice the “Real Deal” that it is?
Posted by: Joseph Savilia on November 12, 2009 at 12:41pm #
I first touched Old Spice After Shave and in return was touched by it in the early 1950s. As I progressed through life and tried the product line including Old Spice Cologne and until recently Old Spice Spray Cologne which I was particularly taken with as was everyone that knew me. Can’t find the Old Spice Spray Cologne anywhere; had I known I would have puchased a lifetime supply.
Over the years I have watched the Old Spice packaging and its logo change, not for the better but for the worse. Why would a company destroy an image that took many, many years to develop and be recognized throughout the world?
Plastic bottles and a blah red packaging just don’t cut it. The Old Spice products used to be in bright red packaging located in one place and now they are spread out all over the store. One cannot go to the mens section and find the Old Spice complete line of products. This has hurt sales more than the company will ever know. Most men don’t like hunting all over the store for their favorite shaving and grooming needs.
Bring back the Old Spice of old before it is too late. Why can’t I find the Old Spice Spray Cologne any longer? Has it been discontinued?
Posted by: john howard on November 12, 2009 at 8:00pm #
The claim that the “Classic” Old Spice of today is the same as the Shulton Old Spice is laughable. There have even been lab tests that prove that the formula has changed.
Your best bet is to buy shulton from India (expensive) or by the CVS or Family Dollar store brand “Spice” aftershaves mfg by ViJon Corp. which smell MUCH more like the real Old Spice of yesteryear and pour it into a glass Shulton bottle if you have one. That is what I do.
John
Posted by: taylor fochs on November 20, 2009 at 9:54pm #
Any chance you will bring the old spice signature cologne back in the future. I wear several colognes, but this is the only one that I continue to receive positive remarks from my female co-workers.
Posted by: David Mcknight on November 21, 2009 at 10:57pm #
Ok P & G,
X-mas is just around the corner and I know that alot of customers have asked for the return of the Old Ships, the Old Bottles, the Old Gift Sets,and the Old Origional Scent!
If us “Old” Old Spice customers are suppose to continue to believe in Santa Claus- isnt it about time to start advertising for the “season of giving” ?
Posted by: Mark W. on November 24, 2009 at 1:10pm #
I noticed in earlier posts Old Spice Classic Body Spray has been discontinued. What a tragedy as I have friends in 3 countries who I always take some to when I travel as they loved it so much on me.
This reminds me of the “New Coke” fiasco that legedary CocaCola Company experienced. Are there any plans to bring back Classic?
Thanks for the inquiry but right now there are not any plans to bring back Old Spice Classic Body Spray. Sorry!
Old Spice Team
Posted by: David Mcknight on November 26, 2009 at 8:51am #
Hello fellow Old Spice fans! Happy Turkey Day!
OK P & G,
Thanks for listening! I caught one of your reoccuring ads the other day on The Discovery Channel during the “Lobsterman” episode.
Its too bad the ad featured the suav’e dude making out with the hot chick on the beach.
Dont get me wrong! I too dig hot chicks in Old Spice commercials! However I would prefer to see real SEA-MEN taking Old Spice aboard on a Lobster or Crab boat, after having kissed the “hot chick” goodbye on the dock!
Get It Right!
Posted by: David Mcknight on November 26, 2009 at 8:55am #
I recall during the origional ” Jaws” movie where the sheriff took out a bottle of Old Spice and splashed it in a rag to help cover up the smell coming out of the chum bucket.
Old Spice Origional is a “movie clssic”!
Posted by: David Mcknight on November 26, 2009 at 8:56am #
“correction”- Classic
Posted by: David Mcknight on November 26, 2009 at 9:57am #
Maybe instead of passing out free samples at racing events; P & G could be passing out free samples to the boat crews at the dock, that are making the various episodes on The Discovery Channel.[ Deadliest Catch, Lobsterman, etc]
That could amount to some “real time application” of Old Spice in the field.
Document That!
I am totally in love with the High Endurance After Shave Moisturizer that my boyfriend wears. Is there ANYWHERE I can still buy this? Perhaps the after shave balm smells the same?
Posted by: Tom Kramer on December 4, 2009 at 5:27pm #
It seems to me that your marketing department isnt listening to the people who made Old Spice the favorite of millions . But then most of these “marketing experts” of today have no clue what people want today, they go to college and get a degree and they are experts!! With all these people requesting Old Spice Body Spray it seems to me that it was extremely popular and a big seller ( I too used it) listen to the people who spend the money and not the people you pay the big money to. I’ll bet it brings in more.
Posted by: Roger Sawyer on December 13, 2009 at 4:23pm #
Bring Back the Old Spice Body Spray!!! I am out and cannot find any. Of course I always had to pay top dollar for it on-line because I could never find it in the stores. I travel a lot and looked in every store I went to and could never find it. Why do you punish the ones who really want this product? Please bring it back and soon.
Roger
Body Spray is still available in multiple scents. If you are referencing the Original scent, then you will not be able to find it in any stores as it has been discontinued. Sorry but there are not any current plans to bring back that scent in Body Spray.
Old Spice
Posted by: Alrich on December 21, 2009 at 8:44pm #
Damn, the old spice body spray was a favorite of mine too. Also, why is the classic cologne hard to find too?
Posted by: David Mcknight on December 25, 2009 at 10:13am #
Well,
We made it to another Xmas! It sure would have been nice to see some of the requests honored to bring in the New Year with!
Such As:
1. Bring back the Origional Body Spray in a can, that was recently discontinued.
2. Reissue Aftershave & Cologne in the Glass containers with the Origional Scent.
3.Bring back the Pump Glass Cologne bottle with the Origional Scent.
4.Multi-item( 5 or more) Gift Sets in the Origional Scent.
We can only wonder what the Old Spice Team has in store for us in 2010?
Hopefully its not another New Fragrance, or another Sports venue!
Posted by: David Mcknight on December 30, 2009 at 9:16am #
The Old Spice Blog Meister must have got a big holiday break, while the rest of us consumers had to go back to work.
I havent seen any new postings since December 16th, 2009!
My husband has been using your products since the 60’s. Its something that not only I enjoy about him, but fits his personality as well!
Its also something my dad used and I too grew up with that Classic / Origional fragrance!
My husband tells me that it seems P & G are trying to phase that traditonal fragrance out and make way for newer scents that have yet to prove themselves with years of volume / sales.
Why destroy something that has been so successful?
Instead why not offer the same options of various items such as the Body Spray, or Shaving Balm?
Or bring back the Body Talc?
My dad,uncles, and grandfather used the Origional Old Spice all the way into the 80’s.
Some of these family members are no longer around; but the smell of the Origional / Classic Old Spice is stll very much alive to remind me of those I so dearly miss! I hope that its never discontinued!
Posted by: Michael on January 15, 2010 at 12:24pm #
BRING BACK OLD SPICE SIGNATURE!!!! IT’S THE BEST!!
My husband shaves his body from his face to his waist, front and back. Then has me apply liberal handfuls of Classic Old Spice Aftershave!
Hows that for taking a bath in it?
Posted by: Genevieve on January 24, 2010 at 1:42pm #
I have always loved Old Spice Classic. Just yesterday I passed by a gentleman and sniffed Old Spice. It really made me smile. Currently, I’m trying to find an Old Spice Classic gift set for my boyfriend, but am having difficulty. Could you point me in the right direction? I see gift sets for the new fragrances, but it was the Classic that I fell in love with. I wish they weren’t so difficult to find.
Posted by: Genevieve on January 24, 2010 at 1:47pm #
PS… If anyone on here finds the Old Spice Classics, send me a pallet!
Posted by: David Mcknight on January 24, 2010 at 9:31pm #
Hey Genevieve
I posted on one of these blogs that I found a Gift set with 2 of the Classic items at Walgreens during Xmas.
They had a cologne and aftershave, and a deo and cologne gift set which is the one I bought.
Dont know if they sold out everywhere or if its available online?
Hope this helps!
David Mcknight
Hey everybody!
I had always used the old spice classic body wash and deo and my girlfriend always tells me how sexy and manly smell. Although, a couple months ago i bought a line of the after hours products and she went absolutely nutts and wont let me use anything else now. I thank you old spice, i love you.
Noahsobd
Thanks for your comments. I am sorry to hear that you have experienced scent problems with classic. To be honest, we have actually only changed the name and did not make any formula adjustments. So Original is actually now Classic without any scent modifications. I hope this helps and I definitely do not want to disappoint your wife
I get the old bottles off of ebay, the new stuff is not the same fragrance.
The fragrance has a distinctive barber shop smell.
Posted by: Ed Harper on January 31, 2010 at 2:35pm #
I am not much interested in SWAGGERING, being a PURE SPORT, or experiening any ACQUA REEF, or whatever….just give me the ORIGINAL/CLASSIC Old Spice body spray and after shave lotion. Oh, no longer have body spray? WHY?…why discontinue the very scent that made Old Spice so popular for over 60 years. I just don’t understand!
PLEASE, PLEASE never discontinue the ORIGINAL/CLASSIC scent in After Shave….it would be such a shame…such a loss.
Thank you for listening
Posted by: Dave Williams on February 3, 2010 at 9:01am #
Please reconsider and bring back the Classic scent in the spray. My lady LOVES it on me. I’d take a bath in Old Spice Classic if the loving keeps up. The spray was quick, could be put on clothes and lasts. The new scents are “Axe” like and are for my 16 year old! Give us gentlemen the Classic Spray!
Posted by: Andrew Burns on February 6, 2010 at 1:57pm #
I’d say there’s enough of a pretty loud and clear consensus on this board as to bring back the classic products – body spray, sensitive after shave, etc. Who’s the genius at P&G that had the idea of discontinuing them? Old Spice is Old Spice because of that original scent – not these flanker scents like Swagger, etc. Brand management 101. Can you say “new coke Vs. classic coke”. This person/group should be s… canned!
as so many have said, ” Classic Body Spray ” must come back. i can not believe that P&G would be so foolish as to not see the out-cry. for the Old Spice Men of the world, bring it back,bring it back,bring it back, good God almighty,bring it back.
Posted by: David Mcknight on February 16, 2010 at 12:09am #
How can anyone seriously consider using a product when the products commercials feature actors clowning around about how the product enhances their manliness? If it sounds like BS,then it must be BS ! Not real convincing at all !
I have tried the “after hours” and it is “NOT” the old spice I have always used. I don’t care what anyone says, Old Spice is the original scent and nothing else. We need the original scent of Old Spice back in all the products. Especially the Body Spray. Can someone tell me if P&G is even hearing this stuff.
Posted by: William Bamford on February 20, 2010 at 8:11am #
what happened to Old Spice after shave gel classic. The blue gel after shave was great. I can’t find it anywhere.
Posted by: Kelley on February 20, 2010 at 4:15pm #
I don’t understand why the old spice classic body spray isn’t available anymore! If it’s that popular and you know it will sell, it seems almost foolish not to keep selling it. Please bring it back – it smells amazing and the others are just not adequate substitutes!
Posted by: David Mcknight on February 21, 2010 at 10:13am #
HEY TOM,
IM WITH YOU ALL THE WAY!
I FEEL THAT THE SUPPORT THAT HAS BEEN THERE FOR THIS ORIGIONAL SCENT OF OLD SPICE IS BEING TAKEN FOR GRANTED IN AN ATTEMPT TO STEER THIS ICON TOWARDS A DIFFERANT GROUP(S).
THIS HAS CAUSED SOME OF THE FAITHFUL CONSUMERS TO QUIT THE BRAND BECAUSE THEY DONT CARE FOR THE NEW IMAGE OR THE NEW FRAGRANCES.
UNFORTUNATELY IT SEEMS THAT THE KUDOS P & G RECEIVES FROM SOME OF THE CONSUMERS SEEM TO OUTWEIGH ALL THE MULTITUDE OF COMPLAINTS!
SORT OF MAKES YOU WONDER WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF THE ORIGIONAL FRAGRANCE WHEN THEY START PHASING OUT THE CLASSIC BODY SPRAY? WHATS NEXT?
Posted by: DAVID MCKNIGHT on February 22, 2010 at 7:53am #
YESTERDAY I NEEDED MORE OLDSPICE SHAVING CREAM, SO I HEADED OVER TO TOMTHUMB AND WAS EXTREMELY SURPRISED AND HAPPY TO SEE THAT THE UNIVERSAL GROUP THAT OPERATES UNDER LICENSE FROM P & G HAD CHANGED THE PACKAGING ON THE SHAVING CREAM CAN.
IT NOW FEATURES ONCE AGAIN THE CLIPPERSHIP INSTEAD OF THE SLOOP, AND HAD A VARIATION OF THE OLDSCRIPT AS WELL!
IT CERTAINLY LOOKED LIKE A THROWBACK TO THE PAST!
I HAD EMAILED THIS AMONGST SEVERAL OTHER SUGGESTIONS, SO I CANT HELP BUT THINK THAT THIS COMPANY WANTS TO CONSIDER FAITHFUL CUSTOMER REQUESTS!
PLEASE REFER TO: http://WWW.OLDSPICESHAVING.COM
Posted by: Daniel on February 24, 2010 at 4:11pm #
I have been using Old Spice(Classic) cologne for many years, and it remains my favorite scent. Recently I’ve noticed that it has been “downgraded” to being released in a cheap plastic bottle, with the cologne spray version nearly impossible to find anywhere- whereas the department store shelves are now overstocked with different scents under the “Old Spice” name(Pure Sport/Swagger)- which I personally don’t care for. I did purchase the small bottle yesterday(Classic cologne splash), and noticed that even the scent(classic) seems different.
Please keep manufacturing the “Classic Scent” to the original formula- and please make the cologne spray more avalilable in the department stores. Thanks.
Posted by: Melissa Spencer on February 28, 2010 at 11:20pm #
I love the new commercial with the man riding the horse and telling us women to look at our man and then back at him, you hit a home run with this one. My husband uses Old Spice, classic but that commercial makes me want to bathe him in it and see if he doesn’t change into a muscular hunk. All my girlfriends are talking about him on my space and facebook. We love him and will keep buying the product…… We now pay attention!
Posted by: DAVID MCKNIGHT on March 2, 2010 at 3:07pm #
I THINK P & G NEEDS TO HURRY UP AND ISSUE MELISSA AND HER FRIENDS A VERSION OF THEIR “OWN” OLD SPICE SO THEY CAN BATHE IN IT!
Posted by: Dave Williams on March 4, 2010 at 9:03pm #
Gettin’ low on my last can of Classic spray……lovin is going to end soon…….help us lonely guys……..BRING BACK THE CLASSIC SCENT AND CLASSIS SPRAY NOW…………………………..please!
Really dig the retro packaging thats back on the Shaving Cream cans!
It would be great to see the same facelift on the little round “Origional Scent” stick deo!
Maybe go back further and do a white background and a full size ship!
Does anyone know if Old Spice is seeing this. why would they not get the message. The “Original Scent” –”IS” Old Spice—period…….
Dance with who brought you . “ORIGINAL” ………
Posted by: DAVID MCKNIGHT on March 10, 2010 at 5:25pm #
HEY TOM IM HEARING YOU!
IT SEEMS THAT ALL THE ORIGIONAL/CLASSIC LOVERS FLOCK TO THIS BLOG EVENTUALLY.
THEN YOU HAVE THE LOYAL MOUNTAIN RUSH FOLLOWERS ON THE OTHER MOST TALKED ABOUT BLOGSITE.
THEN YOU HAVE THE NEW COMERS TO THE OTHER SITES THAT HAVE BEEN STARTED THAT SEEMS TO BE GETTING ALL THE ATTENTION PERTAINING TO WHATS NEW AT OLDSPICE.
IM JUST GLAD TO SEE SOME RETRO PACKAGING COME BACK OUR WAY ON THE SHAVING CREAM CANS!
THE REAL TEST OF FEEDBACK IS WHEN THE RETAILERS PLACE THEIR ORDERS!
IF THEY NO LONGER REQUEST ITEMS THAT ARE POOR SELLERS, MAYBE P & G / OLDSPICE TEAM WILL GET THEIR REALITY-CHECK!
ONE CAN ONLY GUESS HOW LONG THESE NEWCOMERS WILL CONTINUE TO FAITHFULLY PURCHASE OS, WHEN OS HAS A REPUTATION FOR SWITCHING FRAGRANCES LIKE THE CHANGING OF THE WEATHER!
Posted by: wes beach on March 13, 2010 at 8:19am #
I use your pure sport deodorant and love it, and my two boys 16 & 18 use it also, I don’t like to use anything else. I received some Gillet body wash for christmas in my stocking, and it was good. When I ran out and at the store I bought the pure sport body wash. The smell is great, but when I put the body wash in my hand and start to clean half the body wash slides off my body and down the drain, the other half doesn’t lather very well. So when this bottle is done I’m going back to the Gillet brand.
i wish you guys would bring back classic spray! it is the scent that reminds me and defines in my heart when my husband and i were dating. it was a long distance relationship and when he came to visit or write me a letter i would smell that scent and i love it. it also got me through the labor of my first son pressing my face into him and smelling it. please bring it back it brings back so many memories! also if you could tell me where i can get bar soap from OS the body wash doesn’t get off the grime my husband gets from being a mechanic and we had to switch to brand that he doesn’t like for bar soap. thank you
ps i can’t stand those girly AXE brand scents. seriously SMELL LIKE A MAN! MAN
Posted by: DAVID MCKNIGHT on March 15, 2010 at 9:34am #
WHEN SHULTON WAS RUNNING OLD SPICE THEY EXPERIMENTED WITH DIFFERANT FRAGRANCES.
THEY NEVER FULLY COMMITED THEIR ENTIRE LINE OF PRODUCTS TO THE NEW FRAGRANCES, AND WITH GOOD REASON BECAUSE THEY LACKED THE ACCEPTANCE AND POPULARITY THAT THE ORIGIONAL FRAGRANCE HAD!
TODAY JUST THE OPPOSITE IS BEING PRACTICED; AND TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE,NOT ONLY IS THE ORIGIONAL / “CLASSIC” BEING WITHELD FROM THE BODY SPRAY LINE, THE FRAGRANCE NO LONGER SMELLS THE SAME THAT WE GREW USE TO OVER THE MANY YEARS WE FAITHFULLY PURCHASED OLD SPICE!
THERE IS SOMETHING VERY WRONG AND DELIBERATE ABOUT THIS!
ITS LIKE THE PRODUCT HAS BEEN TURNED OVER TO A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO WEED OUT THE FAITHFUL CONSUMERS OF ALL THESE YEARS,AND REMARKET NEW FRAGRANCES TO DRAW IN A NEW CROWD ON THE GAMBLE THAT THEY TOO WILL SUPPORT THE PRODUCT LINE FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.
IM JUST AFRAID THAT IF OLD SPICE DOESNT GET BACK TO PUTTING THAT AWARD WINNING ORIGIONAL FRAGRANCE BACK IN THE BOTTLES; ITS FORMULA MAY BE LOST FOREVER!
Hey, P&G; give us guys back the great-smelling Shulton Old Spice from the good old days, in the glass bottles with the old-style clipper ship logo. Phase it back in the way you phased it out; quietely and rapidly, no questions asked. Just do it; please. Look at the prices the Shulton stuff is going for on ebay; forty-plus dollars for one bottle of after-shave! Men want this fragrance at any cost! Also notice that your stuff is NOT selling at all on ebay; no one wants it. Guys know the real thing when they smell it. You will make millons of men very happy by putting the genuine Shulton recipe back into the buoy bottles. David, myself and others on this forum are passionate about our Old Spice. Please, seriously consider researching this matter on our behalf. We love Old Spice and miss being able to buy it off the shelf. Plain and simple.
Posted by: DAVID MCKNIGHT on March 16, 2010 at 11:59pm #
THANKS HANK !
FOR THAT SUPPORTING PARAGRAPH OF WISDOM!
IM HOPING THAT THE FAITHFUL CONSUMERS WILL FLOCK TO THIS BLOG AND VOICE THEIR SUPPORT FOR RESURRECTING THE “REAL” OLD SPICE ORIGIONAL FRAGRANCE!
HOPEFULLY AS WE MIGHT GAIN SOME RECOGNITION, WE MIGHT JUST PERSUADE P & G TO RECONSIDER THE CHANGES THAT HAS AFFECTED THIS ICON OF A MENS TOILETRY ITEM.
IVE SEEN NUMEROUS REQUEST THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS SCATTERED BETWEEN THE 2 “MOST TALKED ABOUT” BLOGS. WE ALL NEED TO STICK TOGETHER HERE AND MAKE “THIS” THE MOST TALKED ABOUT BLOG!
LETS MAKE THIS THE “ORIGIONAL” OLD SPICE
CONSUMERS BLOG!
BRING BACK THE OLD SPICE FROM YESTERYEAR!
Please bring back OLD SPICE SIGNATURE. I have one bottle and it gets more compliments than
any other cologne I own, and I own 17 diff colognes. PLEASE!
I’ve noticed something for months people have been coming here to request discontinued products ie Classic Body Spray, Whitewater Signature and Pure Sport Cologne, body talc, soap on a roap, and products that smell different Original Cologne and Aftershave, I think Old Spice needs to stop ignoring these requests and actually offer these products again instead of phasing them out and putting more focus on new products, I also notice you like to focus on new scents, why not focus on all of them, like instead of making commercials only for your Red Zone producst make them for all products Red Zone, High Endurance and Classic, instead of saying the favorite of young men say the favorite of men of all ages, just think you’d have even more customers if you actually listened to them.
I noticed the change in Old Spice cologne and after-shave soon after P&G took over the brand. I thought it was just me but apparently every man who’s ever used the stuff noticed how different the scent became. Now, I know we’re not just a bunch of nut-cases and I sincerely hope that P&G does not think that we are. We are the “boomer” generation as well as the “greatest generation” (WW2) of men who have been loyal customers of Old Spice all our adult lives. Retro is in right now and so many young guys want to re-live the scent of their fathers and grandfathers. And I dare say that there are probably many really young men who do not know what the “original/classic” lines of Old Spice are really supposed to smell like. It’s been over fifteen years since the change started to take place. I bought a bunch of the Shulton stuff from dollar close-out stores back then and am still hoarding it and using it sparingly. I would so love to get a definitive answer on what really happened. Is it “New Coke” all over again? If so, it’s been going on way too long! Coke lost my business when they changed their recipe but if Old Spice returns, the “real” Old Spice”, then I will happily re-embrace the product and purchase it like never before. I LOVE Old Spice! It is a part of me; my signature! I would love to smell it again as it was in the days of yore! David, I will help as much as I can and rally the powers-that-be at P&G and hope that they take us seriously. If they really do not think anything is wrong with the formula they purchased from American Cyanamid, then they must have one heck of a quality control problem at their production plants. Millions of men cannot be wrong on this. Furthermore, if they have decided to phase out the classic line of cologne/after-shave, so be it. But I do hope they will see that the timeless classic deserves to live on. Thank you P&G.
Posted by: DAVID MCKNIGHT on March 18, 2010 at 11:04pm #
I KNOW EVERYONE SEE’S MY POSTINGS AND KNOWS THAT IM READING WHAT IS SAID ON ALL THE BLOGS WORTH CONTRIBUTING TO.
ON THE LATEST OS- BLOG STARTED ABOUT THE NEW SCENTS,IT JUST GOT BLASTED BY A BARAGE OF SHULTON OLD SPICE LOVERS!
I WAS SERIOUSLY LMAO!
I HOPE ALL THOSE CONTRIBUTERS MIGRATE THEIR WAY TO THIS BLOGSITE AND LEVEL SOME REQUEST/COMPLAINTS TO LOBBY FOR THE RETURN OF WHAT MADE OLD SPICE
“the real deal”!
IM OK WITH THAT SLOGAN THEIR USING : “if your grandpa hadnt worn it,you wouldnt exist!”
BUT THEY NEED TO PUT GRANDPA’S FORMULA BACK IN THOSE BUOY BOTTLES TO BACK IT UP!
TO THINK THAT OS MAY HAVE BEEN WORN AT NORMANDY OR IWO JIMA JUST SENDS CHILLS UP MY SPINE THAT IM IN THE SAME FRATERNITY AS THOSE MANLY MEN!
Posted by: DAVID MCKNIGHT on March 18, 2010 at 11:19pm #
I THINK OLD SPICE NEEDS TO START A BLOG FOR ALL THE DISCONTINUED FRAGRANCE / CUSTOMERS.
YOU KNOW FOR ALL THOSE SCENTS THAT P & G HAS STARTED BUT WISENED UP AND PULLED FROM THE SHELF!
WHICHEVER SAD CUSTOMER THAT WRITES IN THE MOST, P & G COULD SEND THEM A TONY STEWART CRYING TOWEL!
Posted by: Lance Rogers on March 21, 2010 at 4:02pm #
My Grandfather came to this great nation from Holland, and his all time cologne and aftershave was Shulton old spice.
I was so inspired by his choice that I too became an avid user in 1976
Around 1990 P&G took over, and the original formula changed.
However, I still wear it today, everyday, twice a day.
I really miss the milk glass buoy that cemented the Old Spice reputation, when it went to plastic, it became just like everybody else, and as far as I can tell is loosing it’s reputation as a QUALITY product.
An effort must be made to please bring back the original formula with it’s natural fragrances, with the milk glass buoy, P&G can always package it as a “NEW” product for the discerning gentlemen.
P&G would not be sorry if it were campaigned properly.
Thank You!
Posted by: saundra k on March 22, 2010 at 2:12pm #
i’ve been thinking about OS so much i came up with a commercial for the classic scent…. hereitgoes you see the question What is a real man?? it show different clips of like a WW2 soldier a doctor a fisherman lumberjack an average joe guy stopped to help a lady, then clips of these guys meeting their ladies and hugs/ kisses happen (tastefully) walking inside, What does a real man smell like?? show them all putting on OS classic then, OS classic without us you probably wouldn’t be here. or something along those lines i think it would sell. bring back OS classic!!!!!!
Posted by: DAVID MCKNIGHT on March 22, 2010 at 7:28pm #
HEY OLD SPICE HERES ANOTHER COMMERCIALS IDEA JUST IN TIME FOR JUNE 6TH.
YOU BORROW THAT LANDING CRAFT FOOTAGE FROM THE MOVIE “SAVING PRIVATE RYAN” THAT SHOWS THE VARIOUS BOATS CRUISING TOWARDS OMAHA BEACH,NORMANDY.
AFTER YOU ALLOW THE MOVIE FOOTAGE TO SHOW THE VARIOUS PERSONALITIES; YOU COULD OVERDUBB JUST A FLASH OF A SOLDIER SPLASHING SOME OLD SPICE ON HIS FACE JUST BEFORE THE LANDING CRAFT DOOR DROPS AND THE BULLETS START WHIZZING BY!
THEN YOU COULD USE YOUR CLASSIC LINE SLOGAN:” if your grandpa hadnt worn it,you wouldnt be here!”
FOLLOWED BY THE JINGLE – WHISTLE!
MAYBE YOU CAN GET ‘ ER DONE IN TIME FOR THIS YEARS 66TH D-DAY ANIVERSARY!
I want the Shulton real smell of Old Spice back.
P&G do it and do it NOW!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: DAVID MCKNIGHT on March 23, 2010 at 9:12pm #
YOUR NOT ALONE TOM!
ALONG WITH HANK, MYSELF AND OTHERS;WE ARE PAST READY FOR P & G TO COME ON STRONG WITH A REVIVAL OF: (1) THE ORIGIONAL SCENT,(2) THE ORIGIONAL GLASS PACKAGING AND SHIP AND SCRIPT,(3)THE COMPANION ITEMS LIKE BODY SPRAY,TALC,LOTION,AND THE “OLD FAVORITE” SOAP-ON-A-ROPE!
TO US FAITHFUL CONSUMERS,ITS NOT ABOUT HOW MUCH IT WILL COST TO PRODUCE,OR HOW MUCH THEY WILL HAVE TO CHARGE TO MAKE IT COST EFFECTIVE; BUT RATHER TRADITION AND PRINCIPAL OF A PRODUCT AND ITS POPULARITY THAT ENDURED THE TEST OF TIME FOR NOT ONLY GENERATIONS PAST,BUT GENERATIONS TO COME!
AS IVE URGED ALL,IF WE COULD GATHER AT THIS BLOG SITE TO CONTINUE VOICING OUR FRUSTRATIONS AS TO HOW P & G SEEMS TO BE FOCUSING TOO MUCH EFFORT IN CREATING NEW FRAGRANCES AND SATURATION MARKETING SCHEMES TO TRY AND CONVINCE NEW GROUPS OF CONSUMERS TO EMBRACE THE NEW PRODUCTS; RATHER THAN SEEING THOSE CONSUMERS INVESTIGATE ON THEIR OWN WHAT OUR COMPLAINTS ARE REALLY ALL ABOUT.
THATS WHY I FEEL THAT SOMEONE CHANGED THE ORIGIONAL SHULTON OLDSPICE FORMULA,SO NEW CUSTOMERS WOULDNT ELECT THAT AS THEIR FAVORITE FRAGRANCE.
DROPPING THE CLASSIC BODYSPRAY,DESPITE ITS APPARANT POPULARITY;”SMELLS” OF A TREND TO PHASE OUT THE ORIGIONAL/CLASSIC LINE LIKE THEY HAVE DONE TO OTHER FRAGRANCES ALREADY!
I CANT HELP BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE BOARD OF DIRECTORS READING THIS,AND IF THEY FALL INTO “OUR AGE CLASS OF MATURITY”;THEY REMEMBER THE GOOD OL DAYS THAT PROMPTED P & G TO OBTAIN THE RIGHTS FROM AMERICAN CYNAMID TO PRODUCE THE SHULTON FORMULA OF OLD SPICE!
IF OUR NUMBERS CONTINUE TO SURMOUNT AT THIS BLOG SITE I CANT HELP BUT FEEL THAT SOMEONE WILL SIT UP AND TAKE NOTICE!
WE ALL SEE FROM TIME TO TIME THAT OTHERS WHO HAVE SEEN THEIR FAVORITE FRAGRANCE PULLED FROM THE SHELF,CHIME IN WITH THEIR OWN DISATISFACTION ABOUT PHASEOUTS.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ORIGIONAL SHULTON FORMULA HAS NOT BECOME ONE OF THOSE FRAGRANCES NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN!
Agreed Bring back Shulton scent. I will not buy any other Old Spice but with the Shulton formula on the shelves I will definitely pick some up. Old Spice Classic is not the same, bring back Shulton!
I was at CVS the other day and I was pleasantly surprised to find two different sizes of deodorant in the original scent. Maybe one is old packaging and one is new, but I was happy to get it.
Have you guys given any thought to making upgraded versions of other originals during the year–maybe at holidays or the beginning of summer? I would love to pick up a glass bottle of Lime before going on summer vacation, or buy glass bottles of the original scent or Leather at Christmas. So far, I’ve been getting buy with eBay but pretty soon there won’t be any old stuff left.
I travel quite a bit by airplane and really dig the compactness of the Origional round stick Deoderant.
I noticed on this site that there has been request about bringing back items from the years past and I have a few of my own!
I would like to see the Old Clipper Ship brought back preferably on the white round stick deo, but would settle for the red round stick if nothing else.
Also Soap on A Rope! That would be one less liquid that I wouldnt have to worry about either spilling or clearing security at the Airport.
I thought since alot of us have kids, you guys could imbed a plastic trinket like the Old Spice Clipper ship in the soap; so when its all used up we could pass the rope and trinket to our children to wear as a necklace.
Finally I have to agree with the other postings that the Classic scent doesnt smell like or stay strong like the Origional Shulton Old Spice.
Those that have likened this to the New Coke fiasco are right on the money!
Im confident that the consumer base that has always supported the brand is willing to return its patronage providing Proctor and Gamble is willing to at least put the Shulton formula back in the bottles.
If that doesnt solve the “smell differance”, then they may need to go back to the glass bottles afterall!
From time to time a girl has to get her “freak on”, married or not!
I dont know what it was about that Origional Old Spice fragrance?
The harder i could make any man sweat, the stronger it stayed! I really liked that feature!
The smell would remind me of my dads age bracket; but ive always had a thing for older men!
Posted by: DAVID MCKNIGHT on March 29, 2010 at 3:36pm #
THE OTHER DAY I WENT KROGERING AND WAS HAPPY TO FIND THE OLD SPICE TWIN BLADE RAZOR MULTI-PAC.
BEEN LOOKING LONG-TIME FOR THOSE!
MY TOILETRY SHELF INCLUDES BOTH OLD AND NEW OLD SPICE ITEMS:
CLASSIC BODY WASH,ORIGIONAL SCENT / ROUND STICK DEO, ORIGIONAL SCENT HIGH ENDURANCE DEO, OLD SHULTON GLASS BOTTLE AFTERSHAVE (BLUE CLIPPERSHIP/RED SCRIPT), CLASSIC COLOGNE, TRAVELERS BODY TALC, ORIGIONAL SCENT SHAVING CREAM; AND NOW THE DISPOSABLE TWIN BLADED RAZOR-ALL WITH THE OLD SPICE BRAND.
IT SURE PUTS ALOT OF RED ON THE SHELF,AND MAN DO I LOVE THOSE OLD CLIPPER SHIPS!
JUST FOR THE RECORD IVE ALSO PURCHASED THOSE VIJON KNOCKOFFS THAT SMELL LIKE 1960′S SHULTON OLDSPICE. MAY END UP REFILLING MY OS BOTTLES TO HAVE THE LOOK WITH THE SMELL ONCE AGAIN!
Posted by: marina jolmes on March 31, 2010 at 7:00pm #
Pleeeaaaaaase more ads with the “smell like a man, man” guy !!!!!!! Gorgeous and fun-and smells good!
Hey Marina,
I think Old Spice is still trying to figure out where their REAL market is!
Afterall it is a MANS line of toiletry!
Putting sexy eye-candy of a man on their commercials might sell woman to buy, but it wont sell men to USE!
On this particuler blogsite there are those of us screaming for the Origional Shulton formula of Old Spice, and all the paraphenalia that came with it! We Know What We Want!
We Dont Need Some Goofy Commercial To Help Us Decide On What To Buy!
You dont have to be in a 20 something age bracket to count as a serious consumer support group either!
Nor do you have to be an obsessed sports fan, to make up your mind as to what your favorite Old Spice scent has been for the last 50 or 60 years!
There was nothing wrong with the Sailor commercials that tied in to the Clipper ships on the buoy bottles. Why change it?
Let me add my two cents to the concern about the change in frangrance. Admin says there’s been no change in the fragrance of OS After Shave lotion. Nonsense. Quite a few thousand of us males users (I’m an old Navy man), wives and girlfriends are not wrong. There was a change and P&G either lost the formula or is trying to move us to a cheaper fragrance which it is now. David McKnight’s post of Oct 14, 2009 is right on. P&G is trying to give us a smoke screeen . I now classify the “Classic” formula today as foo-foo juice. Even to my kids now dislike it. They have distinct memories of the frangrance along with my wife. Being a mouthpiece for P&G to hold the company line should be an embarassment or you’ve not been briefed about their dirty secret. Bring back the real stuff. Us real men miss it.
I had to go to CVS to get a bottle of the wanna-be stuff, but it wears out too fast. The perfumey smell of the “Classic” formula is just garbage.
Posted by: Tom-in-Providence on April 5, 2010 at 7:23am #
SWAGGER (??) There’s actually a line of products with that sissy name? Guys, we’re fighting a losing battle here. If P&G is willing to mess around with, and screw up (in effect, to discontinue) the
original Old Spice, they’re obviously DEEP in the
dark. We should be grateful for the decades during which Shulton made the REAL Old Spice….and let it go at that.
(It’s not so much the plastic bottle that bothers
me, it’s what “plastic” suggests about its contents … and the attitude of the company that now owns/makes it.)
This whole mess just makes it easier for me to remain loyal to a fantastic bay rum that I order (it comes in a ceramic flask with a brass top) from a chandler on Tortola, in the British Virgin Islands.
If this is the way P&G dismisses those of us who’ve been loyal to the original Old Spice–year after year–I have no problem just walking away from that product. It’s a good chapter in “Coping 101.”
Old Spice has lost its keel. My family has been loyal to Old Spice for at least four generations (including the current generation of 20-year olds). But we now agree that you have abandoned your loyal customers by discontinuing Classic favorites, changing formulas, and broadcasting idiotic new commercials that demonstrate that Old Spice is no longer a MAN’s line of personal care products. You would have done well to emphasize your strengths, rather than cut your lines and go adrift. Consequently, as Old Spice is no longer recognizable, Procter & Gamble will no longer have me for a customer.
Posted by: DAVID MCKNIGHT on April 6, 2010 at 7:58pm #
CORRECTION: ITS A SEPT 2009 ENTRY UNDER THE “DECEMBER 1ST 2008 ARCHIVE”
Hey guys, does anyone know where I might be able to get OS Signature for a reasonable price? I know it has been discontinued but my Fiance has been looking for it ever since it was discontinued and I think it would be amazing to surprise him with it!
p.s. I think OS should bring back Signature.
The C3 Corvette lasted from 1968 to 1982. GM skipped 1983 and introduced the C4 in 1984.
The trend for all the auto makers at the time was to design a wedge shape car with square corners.
All Corvette owners of previous years were left in shock! (Unless it was someone who just wanted a new vette)
Then having realised that such a beautiful car had lost its curves, GM began to slowly reintroduce what Corvette owners loved besides the power train of that vehicle; first with the C5 and more so with the C6.
Fortunately GM didnt waste too much time with the direction they were headed with the C4.
The question we now ask ourselves; “how long is P & G gonna waste their time taking Old Spice in another direction from where it began with the Shulton Company?”
I just don’t get it. First you changed the formula of Old Spice (Original/Classic) After Shave/Cologne then you discontinue the Classic Body Sray. I go to my local Wal-Mart and find that they are not carrying the Classic Body Wash in this store anymore. Fortunatley I found it in Giant Foods. Is anybody from P&G listening to the consumer out here? I tried the new sprays (Swagger, After Hours and such) and don’t like them. If I wanted to smell girly and sweet I’d buy Axe ot Tag. Bring back the Original Line and you’ll be doing the right thing. I know its all about marketing to the younger crowd but there are alot uf us out here that still use the Original/Classic Old Spice. If the Classic Body Wash is dropped I’m switching from Old Spice to Royall Spice from Bermuda. It smells more like the Original Shulton Old Spice.
Posted by: DAVID MCKNIGHT on April 13, 2010 at 6:47pm #
I READ ON ANOTHER OLD SPICE RELATED BLOG THAT WAS HOSTED BY SOMEONE UNAFFILIATED WITH P&G ;THAT” THIS SITE WAS OPERATED KINDA OF GUTSY BECAUSE THE HOST CLAIMED THAT THE POSTINGS WERE NOT CENSORED.”
IM HERE TO TELL YOU NOW THAT IF WHAT YOU SAY RUBS THE HOST “HERE” THE WRONG WAY,THEY PULL YOUR COMMENT!
NO KUDOS AFTERALL!
Posted by: B.C. Pool on April 15, 2010 at 3:13pm #
You mentioned that the Classic scent Old Spice Body Wash is available at Walmart, but I went there last night and it wasn’t there. It’s also now not at Walgreen’s, CVS or Target! I’m disappointed!
Posted by: Lynn Breaux on April 16, 2010 at 5:25am #
Apparently, P&G doesn’t give a rat’s a$$ about loyalty to consumers. They took a successful product with a fervent consumer base and changed it into something less. If P&G doesn’t want to produce Old Spice Original, give me the formula. I’ll make it and won’t mind the cost. You guys should have learned something from Coke when they changed their formula.
Posted by: DAVID MCKNIGHT on April 16, 2010 at 2:05pm #
ON MY LAST TWO TRIPS TO KROGERS I GATHERED SOME INTERESTING BITS OF OS- RELATED INFO.
FIRST OF ALL I SPOKE WITH THE STORE MANAGER AND LEARNED THAT KROGER IS MOVING THEIR DISTRIBUTING HQ TO CINCINATTI OHIO.
THAT I WOULD THINK WOULD CREATE GOOD BUSINESS EXCHANGE WITH P & G.
WHILE VISITING WITH THE STORE MANAGER I NOTICED THAT THE OLD CLASSIC/ORIGIONAL ROUND STICK DEO WAS COMPLETELY CLEANED OUT OF THE SLOT. I WAS HOPING THAT P & G WAS MAKING A MOVE TO RELABEL THIS ITEM LIKE THEY DID THE SHAVING CREAM CAN.
SADLY TODAY I FOUND THAT 2 ROWS OF BRUT REPLACED THIS AREA ON THE SHELF ,INCLUDING A ROUND STICK DEO OF BRUT!
OK OLD SPICE TEAM,
REMEMBER THE OL’ ADDAGE-
“IF YOU SNOOZE,YOU LOSE!”
Posted by: Lance Rogers OS user since 1976 on April 24, 2010 at 2:39pm #
If P&G cannot reproduce the shulton formula due to some legal infrigement, than at a minimum, make a classic long lasting cologne and add it to the line up.
Add more fragrance oil to the classic cologne, and market it as ADOS (all day old spice) or something!
Does anyone from P&G read this, or hear us!??
Are they concerned about the consumer, or purely a false sense of profit?
Value isn’t in the profit, but in the satisfation of the customer, and a QUALITY product.
There are consumers, and there are contributers, if all there are is consumers, and no one contributes, everyone loses.
Try to contribute to a quality lasting, and solid product. and the consumers will come.
Produce a cheap, product that no one wants, so you can consume the profits, and the customers wither, and go where the value is.
Thank you!
LR
A Company Rep told me OS Signature was still being produced. I can’t find it anywhere,they are wrong. The Classic Scent is not as strong as the Original. I want to buy the same scent that was made 20 years ago. I really would like to buy Burly Old Spice. C’mon, make the real stuff!
Does Old Spice still carry the Old Red Zone scents? Because the ORIGINAL Aqua Reef & Showtime were the Best smelling Body Sprays on the market. And if you do can u please tell me where to get them or where I can go to order it. Thank You
-AT002
Posted by: Chris Cooper on May 13, 2010 at 10:28am #
I came to this forum to see if I could find out why I couldn’t find the Old Spice After shave in a couple of drug stores I checked (don’t ask me if it’s original or classic or anything I don’t know- all I know is that it was Old Spice Aftershave) but ‘der it was gone. Anyways, I got part way through reading this and stopped realizing that I didn’t want to know any more about body sprays and whatever the marketing flavour of the week is, all I want to know is what happened to the aftershave? You’re not splitting the atom here, this is aftershave. Alcohol and spice. Anyways, I guess I’ll be trying some new products. Au revoir old spice.
Chris – we do still carry the Classic After Shave, although availability isn’t always wide spread in your area. Please visit http://pg.custhelp.com/app/answers/list/p/30
There is also a link to email our Customer Care department. We apologize for the inconvenience – hopefully can help you out.
Well, I hopped on this bandwagon for a while but have since reconsidered my stance on P&G’s alleged formula change. I am, as we speak, wearing P&G’s Old Spice Classic Colonge and it smells great; just like the stuff I used to buy when it was owned by Shulton. I am encouraged by this. There has been no formula tampering, IMO. Why would they make something so close to the original and it NOT be the original? It does not make sense. Maybe there is a quality control problem at their plant; I do not know. I think guys who might be coming back to Old Spice after a long absense, are finding a product that has not had months of mellowing on store shelves like the Shulton stuff often had, thus smelling like Old Spice really should. I’ve had this cologne on for about two hours now and it has mellowed down to exactly the scent we all know and love; Old Spice.
Hank
Posted by: David Mcknight on May 20, 2010 at 9:27am #
THE OLD SPICE “ORIGIONAL”-THAT I REMEMBER HAD THE ABILITY TO ACTUALLY INTENSIFY AS YOUR BODY HEAT BECAME ELEVATED.
SOMETHING THAT OCCURRED WITH HARD WORK OR SPORTS PLAY. RATHER THAN OFFICE WEAR!
THE STUFF THAT IVE PURCHASED IN THE PAST YEAR, CAN BE PILED ON, AND YET IT DIMINISHES IN INTENSITY IN LESS THAN AN HOUR!
ALSO IT SMELLS MORE LIKE VANILLA, RATHER THAN CLOVE/CINNAMON.
NOT SURE WHERE YOU WERE HEADING WITH THAT POSTING HANK?
I THINK THOSE THAT HAVE ASKED FOR THE RETURN OF THE GLASS BOTTLES HAVE NOTICED A FRAGRANCE CHANGE OF SOME SORT.
THEY ARE MORE INCLINED TO BLAME THE CHANGE OF CONTAINER, RATHER THAN CONSIDER THE LOSS OR CHANGE OF THE FORMULA.
DO THE RESEARCH; SHULTON MADE TRAVELER BOTTLES OUT OF PLASTIC, AND IF YOU WERE A USER BACK THEN YOU WOULD REMEMBER THAT IT DID NOT CHANGE THE INTENSITY OF THE PRODUCT!
THE BEST COMPARISON IVE FOUND, IS TO THE KNOCK-OFFS AT CVS AND FAMILY DOLLAR STORE.
ALTHOUGH TO SOME,THESE HAVE A MORE POWDERY SMELL; BACK IN THE DAY, OS SOLD A BODY TALC THAT WORKED WELL WITH THIS VARIATION THAT WAS AVAILABLE IN THE 60′S.
BEYOND THAT ONE SHOULD CHECK OUT ST. JOHNS BAY RUM OR ROYALL SPICE COLOGNE TO REFRESH THIER MEMORY ABOUT WHAT A “SPICE SMELL”- THE ORIGIONAL OLD SPICE ONCE HAD!
I remember the original scent! I wore it for years and have never found anything I prefer to wear, since! The original scent went with any woman’s perfume and complemented it like no other scent out there. And, by the way, Original old spice is the only scent out there that never left any doubt there was a real man in the room!
Original, not classic or any of the new scents let a man leave a little mystery behind as he passed through the room and I have never found a woman who didn’t like the smell. Not so with any other scent out there. If I had known you were removing from your line, I too would have bought a case or two of both the Aftershave and the Cologne. I will never wear anything again. I am really dissapointed. You have ruined yourselves by letting go of the best scent on the market now, or ever.
I’ve starting using the new scent “Swagger” body spray and body wash and like it but I still miss spalshing on the Old Spice After Shave. Any chance Old Spice could start making Swagger in an after shave lotion or cologne?
Thanks John
Posted by: David Mcknight on May 28, 2010 at 3:08pm #
HEY ALL YOU OLD SPICE CLASSIC BODY WASH USER’S!
HERES A CONSUMER TIP:
I FILLED A BATHROOM SOAP DISPENSER WITH OLD SPICE CLASSIC BODY WASH TO HAVE READY ON HAND AT THE SINK.
THE BOTTLE ITSELF IS STORED ON A SHELF WITH THE DEO,AFTERSHAVE, SHAVING CREAM,AND COLOGNE.
I JUST CANT GET ENOUGH OF THAT ORIGIONAL CLASSIC FRAGRANCE!
Posted by: John Hampton on July 17, 2010 at 8:38am #
I just found out last month that you can no longer buy Classic body wash. I AM TORQUED OFF!!! How in the world do you get rid rid of what Old Spice is? And for what? I told my dad and he is just as mad as me over this. I asked some 12 year old that was playing manager @ the store the other night why it wasn’t on the shelf and he assured me it was. Then he pointed out all of the other silly ass Old Spice soaps. This kid didn’t even know what the original was or even worse,why it is a big deal.
I am an infantry veteran from the 101st ABN DIV. An old truck driver! I now work in the office of a trucking company. For leisure time I am one of the guys everyone complains about when they come to the country that is driving slow watching the corn grow. HEY OLD SPICE!!!! There are real men that grew up with the real Old Spice as did the generations before us. Not everyone is some panzy assed metro homosexual that lives in NYC or LA. Not everyone is some NINTENDO time out disciplined college boy!
If you were going to change it you should have made the classic a body/hair wash. I will not be buying anymore from Old Spice and I will let everyone know what you have done. I will make a point to point out the irony of what you have done very loudly everytime I am at the store.
Posted by: alex on May 21, 2009 at 8:08am #
what happened to Old Spice aftershave lotion? it was in the pump bottle. it cooled. it soothed. it was the best thing since astronaut bread in a tube.
Posted by: Kevin Hill on May 28, 2009 at 11:21am #
Alex, are you looking for this: http://www.oldspice.com/products/product/62/Old_Spice_After_Shave_Classic/? If that is what you are looking for make sure to show your love by using the “Rating and Reviews” option on the page
Posted by: EJ on May 29, 2009 at 7:18pm #
Old Spice seems to have a love/hate relationship with Classic Scent. Instead of having Classic available across the most product categories, it’s available across the fewest. Why dump the Classic body spray? That scent was closer to “Old Spice” than even the current iteration of the cologne/after shave. I’d have bought a case of it had I known it was going to disappear from the shelves.
Posted by: Darren on June 4, 2009 at 8:39am #
I noticed that the Ever Clear line is on shelves now, is it going to be limited to the four scents available now. I’d love to get some in Aqua Reef.
Posted by: admin on June 4, 2009 at 8:43am #
Darren-
Ever Clear just recently launched and I am pumped to see you’ve found it on shelves. For now, Ever Clear will be available in Swagger, After Hours, Pure Sport and Showtime but we may look at adding Aqua Reef to list soon. Maybe give Swagger a shot as it is one of our most popular scents?
Jim
Old Spice Team
Posted by: Lisa on June 17, 2009 at 6:59pm #
I tried to enter the “post a pic of you holding a sign at a televised event” contest…your upload button only accepts video files – yet you asked for an image! Could you fix this so people can upload their images? Thanks!
Posted by: admin on June 18, 2009 at 6:25pm #
Lisa-
Thanks for the update about uploading to our site. I think we have fixed the issue and we can’t wait to receive your submission.
Jim
Posted by: admin on June 19, 2009 at 5:17am #
Lisa
I spoke with our website technical team and we think we’ve resolved all issues for uploading to the site. Quick question – what internet browser were you using? Internet Explorer or Firefox?
We look forward to seeing your uploaded picture
Jim
Posted by: BHS on June 23, 2009 at 12:07pm #
I TOO ONLY USE CLASSIC BODY WASH, AFTER SHAVE @ DEO WHY DISCONTINUE THE BODY SPRAY IT ALWAYS SOLD OUT IN NY STORES WILL IT COME BACK
Posted by: J. Clayton McConnell on June 23, 2009 at 6:36pm #
Original Old Spice After Shave is now “Classic” presented in a cheap plastic bottle! You are walking away from your market. Just what I want after a lifetime of Old Spice in a unique bottle… A cheap plastic container… Makes me want to go find something with a little class.
Posted by: admin on June 24, 2009 at 6:09am #
BHS-
I am sorry that we have discontinued the classic body spray. If we decide to bring it back, I will definitley let you know. In the mean time, thanks for continuing to use the body wash, after shave and Deo. We appreciate your loyalty.
Jim (Old Spice team)
Posted by: admin on June 24, 2009 at 6:13am #
J. Clayton
Thanks for reaching out to us.
I am sorry to hear that the latest bottle isn’t working for you. We’ve made the decision to move to the new bottle but if you would like to speak to our customer service team, please call the toll-free number printed on our package (1-800-677-7582), between 9:00 AM and 6:00 PM EST, Monday through Friday.
Jim (Old Spice team)
Posted by: traci perez on June 24, 2009 at 1:53pm #
i thii ccome true if would be a dream nk that vtony is the hottest driver von the track and i would really like to talk to him i am 61 yrs and not in good health and itwould be a dream come true if i could talk to tony
Posted by: ALEX K on June 24, 2009 at 10:13pm #
I gotta say, it’s great to click on one your adwords ads that says something about soap being yesterdays news (actually a pretty catchy ad) to be taken to an error page that tells me that I”m probably there because I was trying to hack your site, and you are pretty sure it’s my fault. Then it directs me to email the tech team if I do feel that it’s not my fault, however absolutely no way to email them or their email address is provided. C’mon guys you work for Proctor and Gamble – put a little more thought into it could you?
Posted by: Tammy on June 24, 2009 at 10:27pm #
Have you ever considered making a women’s version of Old Spice regular scent?
There are quite of few of us ladies out here that would definitely be interested!
Posted by: Kenneth on June 27, 2009 at 12:33pm #
Plastic bottle is really bad. Think you could at least come out with some nice glass bottle sets around the holidays? That way we could stock up.
I think it would be good business to show “Classic” a bit more love. All these Red Zoners are gonna grow up one day. I mean has Levis discontinued 501’s? No
Also, look at the long term. Old Spice Classic, Levis, Chuck Taylors, Van’s, Doc Martens. You may see dips in popularity(profits) but they are timeless classics. Some things are always “in.”
Posted by: Kenneth on June 27, 2009 at 12:39pm #
Old Spice Classic is an important element in current metrosexual backlash. Learn to change a flat tire, ditch your hair stylist for a barber, don’t sweat it if you get a little dirt on your food and wear Old Spice Classic.
Posted by: Rahat on June 27, 2009 at 9:32pm #
this doesn’t have anything to do with the blog but old spice is the best. it works and smells great all day. thanks guys.
Posted by: kenneth on June 28, 2009 at 10:11pm #
BHS & J. CLay, at least your comments and posts aren’t being deleted. In a nutshell my post described my love for Classic also. Perhaps an admin will take the time to email me on why both of my posts in regards to Classic(Original) were removed.
Posted by: admin on June 29, 2009 at 6:32am #
Kenneth-
I am sorry that your original posts didn’t make it up earlier. Sometimes there is a delay in the process. ‘
I love your first two posts and love to see that we made your list of timeless classics! Even better is the fact that we have you smelling better than the higher priced colognes bottles. If we are able to make any changes and maybe bring back the glass bottles in the future, we will be sure to let you know.
Jim (Old Spice Team)
Posted by: admin on June 29, 2009 at 6:35am #
Tammy-
We continue to have more women asking the same question. It is great to know that we are helping women and men smell great across the world! We will definitely consider your thoughts.
Thanks!
Jim (Old Spice Team)
Posted by: Kenneth on June 29, 2009 at 2:51pm #
Jim,
Yeah, I jumped the gun there a bit.
My bad. Give Tammy a damn scent for corn’s sake! Old Spice was originally for woman. At least that’s what Wiki says
Posted by: admin on June 30, 2009 at 6:08am #
Kenneth-
You are right about the Wiki reference and we will see what we can do for Tammy…
Jim
Posted by: MIKE on July 2, 2009 at 3:26pm #
?
A FEW YEARS AGO…..20 OR SO. I RECIECED AS A GIFT A OLD SPICE SOLID BRASS RAZOR. DURING A RECENT REMODEL IT DISSAPPEARED. JUST WONDERING IF YOU GUYS MIGHT STILL HAVE ONE ON A DUSTY SHELF SOMEWHERE?
MIKE
Posted by: Tammy on July 3, 2009 at 11:30am #
Kenneth & Jim – U ROCK!
Thanks,
Tam
Posted by: admin on July 6, 2009 at 8:33am #
Mike-
I will check the archives but I am pretty sure we don’t have any of those Old Spice razors laying around…sorry man! If I find any on the shelves, I will make sure to let you know where they are popping up. You can check out the latest in Old Spice shaving products on http://www.oldspiceshaving.com/
Take care
Jim (Old Spice Team)
Posted by: Matt on July 7, 2009 at 10:25am #
I bought another bottle of Old Spice Classic cologne today, and noticed that Old Spice is made in the USA. So if you think about it, wearing Old Spice is an act of patriotism!
Hope you had a great 4th of July!
-Matt
Posted by: admin on July 7, 2009 at 10:35am #
Matt-
I love your loyalty to the USA and Old Spice. The 4th of July was great for us and sounds like yours was great too!
Take Care
Jim (Old Spice Team)
Posted by: Dan on July 7, 2009 at 11:04pm #
I’m fifty-five years young and have worn Old Spice (Classic) all my life. Of the new scents, I like Fresh and Aqua Reef. My gripe is I can’t find matching products. For example: I can find Fresh Body Wash, deodorant, and aftershave, but not body spray. Classic has cologne, aftershave, deodorant, body wash, and not body spray.
The other problem is trying to find all the items available in one store.
First, how about making the full line for all fragrences. Cologne, (or at least aftershave) deodorant, body wash, and body spray.
Second, put the full line of a fragrance in one box (maybe a seaman’s chest) so we can go to the shelf, grab it, and be “odor coordinated?”
Posted by: Dan on July 7, 2009 at 11:14pm #
As an addendum to the previous post – and I swear this is true. I had a female tenant ( I manage a motel in Daytona Beach) grab me tonight and tell me how good I smelled. Asked if she could rub her pillow on me. And her husband was standing right beside her.
This happens quite often when I’m wearing the Classic scent, but this is the second time in three days it’s happened wearing Fresh. (Telling me how good I smell – a first for the pillow request)
Posted by: admin on July 8, 2009 at 2:20pm #
Dan-
Thanks so much for being such a loyalty Old Spice user for so many young years! We love it and are still around because of men like you!!!! Thanks for the feedback and great idea on the seamen’s chest – I will pass along your wise words of wisdom and see what we can come up with. If we can tackle odor coordination, we will and as for the stores, I wish I had a better answer but we can’t always control what stores carry. We always push for them to carry everything but it doesn’t always work out that way.
Thanks again
Jim (Old Spice Team)
Posted by: admin on July 8, 2009 at 2:21pm #
Dan-
Unbelievable and what a great story. Maybe you should start offering re’fresh’ing pillows as an option to tenants?!?! Keep up the good smelling work!
Jim (Old Spice Team)
Posted by: Susan on July 9, 2009 at 6:15pm #
I love the way my husband smells when he wears Old Spice classic. He’s never worn anything else. We are stunned and saddened that the body spray is no longer available. To me, that scent is part of who he is–it’s so familiar, so masculine. I can’t believe it’s gone. He used to spray it on after his shower in the morning before he got dressed, and the bedroom would like smell like Old Spice. Please, please, PLEASE bring it back.
Posted by: Steven on July 9, 2009 at 10:30pm #
Hey guys, i know this is off topic but what ever happened to the old spice signature cologne. I’ve looked everywhere and even contacted P&G. To my disappointment i only got a computer generated message of where to buy it. Does someone know what happened to it?
Posted by: admin on July 10, 2009 at 9:00am #
Steven-
Thanks for the inquiry. Sorry to break the bad news but Old Spice Signature Cologne is no longer available in major retailers. You may be able to find it on The Essentials.com at this link http://www.theessentials.com/jump.jsp?itemType=PRODUCT&itemID=1296
Thanks
Jim (Old Spice Team)
Posted by: admin on July 10, 2009 at 9:02am #
Susan-
We are always thrilled to hear your loyalty to Old Spice. Sadly, we have discontinued the Classic Body Spray but we do have other great scents available. One of our top sellers is Swagger! Thanks again for letting Old Spice make your husband smell so good.
Jim (Old Spice Team)
Posted by: Matt on July 14, 2009 at 1:28pm #
I agree that there is a problem finding “matching products.” Perhaps an online store here at OldSpice.com that offered all the Old Spice products for sale online could solve the problem. If I could order the products directly online from OldSpice.com, it would be much more convenient, even if there are shipping charges involved.
Posted by: Mike on July 16, 2009 at 6:27am #
Sorry for asking if you have already explained but WHY did OS dump the “Classic” body spray scent ? This scent earned the name “classic” for a reason. I am longtime user of “classic” scent and I am not attracted to Swagger, Aqua Reef or Pure Sport. Classic scent is OS’ heritage. If OS desires loyalty from its customers OS needs to be respectful and loyal to its customer base – not just the metrosexuals. But perhaps that is your new customer base ? Trust me, I wouldn’t be here today if my grandfather had used “Swagger”.
Posted by: admin on July 16, 2009 at 7:04am #
Matt-
Thanks for the note and we are working on a solution to your problem. Stay tuned for more news to come.
Jim (Old Spice Team)
Posted by: admin on July 16, 2009 at 7:12am #
Mike-
The classic body spray scent was discontinued and replaced by the Swagger scent. I am sorry to hear that you aren’t interested in our current body spray line up. Right now, there are no plans to bring back classic but if anything changes, we will let you know.
Old Spice Team
Posted by: andrew inelli on July 22, 2009 at 9:01pm #
I am encouraging you to please bring back the Classic body spray. I dislike the other OS scents and want you to know that you have lost me as an old spice customer. I have used the classic products for many years and without the claassic spray deodorant I have no choice but ‘to try another manufacturers products. Please encourage your product devlopment team to reconsider bringing back the classic spray.
Posted by: Renton Mark on July 24, 2009 at 2:42pm #
Hello,
Just came back to the Classic Scent afetr so many years. Last time I bought OS was in 1991 (the bottle with the old boat with three posts). I wonder : has the formula changed ? In my memory, OS in 1991 was much more spicy and strong ?
Thanks
Posted by: Renton Mark on July 24, 2009 at 2:44pm #
Hello,
Just came back to the Classic Scent after so many years. Last time I bought OS was in 1991 (the bottle with the old boat with three posts). I wonder : has the formula changed ? In my memory, OS in 1991 was much more spicy and strong ?
Thanks
Posted by: admin on July 28, 2009 at 2:42pm #
Renton Mark-
Awesome news and glad to have you back with the brand! I’m not sure if you are using deodorant or the white stick but there have been a few formula upgrads over the years. We have worked really hard to keep the scent as strong and spicy as possible. We’ve also added some great new scents too – Swagger and After Hours are really popular.
Take care
Jim (Old Spice Team)
Posted by: Doug on July 29, 2009 at 8:49am #
Hey, I live in Newfoundland, Canada and I can not find the Old Spice deodorant in the new Swagger sent anywhere. Any ideas?
Posted by: admin on July 29, 2009 at 11:40am #
Doug-
Not to confuse you but our Swagger scent in Canada is actually named Stride… it is the same scent with a different name. Glad to know that Old Spice Deodorant will bring you some swagger.
Jim
Posted by: Tammy on July 30, 2009 at 11:12am #
Matt – your idea about an on-line store is an excellent thought!
Jim- do you think this could be done with a FULL line of the scents (including the Classic) and collector’s items too? This would be great for birthday’s, Father’s Day, Christmas gifts, etc.
And don’t forget about the Ladies version of Classic Old Spice…I’ll be the first in line to buy!
Thanks again for this site, it’s phenomenal!
Tammy
Posted by: John on July 30, 2009 at 5:58pm #
I have to agree with the others about the Classic Body Spray. I’ve been using OS all my life just like my Dad did. When the Classic spray came out I thought it was great! I know its all about marketing and the younger crowd but there are a whole lot of unhappy guys out there. Please consider brining it back. Thanks
Posted by: admin on July 31, 2009 at 8:27am #
Tammy-
An online store would be pretty awesome… we will work on it and see what we can come up with. Thanks for the great ideas and we haven’t forgetten about the ladies’ version!
Jim
Posted by: admin on July 31, 2009 at 8:28am #
John-
We hear you… and we will consider bringing it back. I can’t make any guarantees but we are definitely listening.
Jim (Old Spice Team)
Posted by: Dan on August 2, 2009 at 8:07am #
Bring back the orginal old spice scent in the glass bottle. I have been using it for years. The new classic scent is o.k. but the old is much better.For the plastic bottle,what our you thinking.
Posted by: Pat Garcia on August 4, 2009 at 5:55pm #
Please bring back Classic Body Spray. I bought two cans at the local grocery store a couple of months ago. I gave one to my son and I was using the other. Mine is almost gone!! Should I steal my sons back? I can’t find them anywhere. Please have some compassion.
Pat
Huntington Beach , CA
Posted by: admin on August 5, 2009 at 6:08am #
Pat-
We have discontinued the Classic Body Spray scent but our Pure Sport scent is still out there and you can also try the new Swagger version too. I will let you know if we end up bringing back the Classic scent.
Jim
Posted by: John on August 5, 2009 at 6:32pm #
Just read on a blog that Target has dropped Old Spice Classic Body Wash and in my local Walgreens they told me they have also stopped carrying it too. Is old Spice going to discontinue it like they did the Classis Body Spray if so I’m done and will find something else.
Thanks John
Posted by: admin on August 6, 2009 at 1:05pm #
John-
Thanks for the good question. Old Spice Classic Body Wash will still be carried by Walmart. Happy hunting and thanks for your loyalty to the brand!
Jim (Old Spice Team)
Posted by: Winsten on August 7, 2009 at 1:32pm #
i agree with Dan who said old spice needs to complete a particular fragrance’s entire product line. I too like classic, but what happened to the spray? also there are a thousand and one variations of deodaranys such as red zone, high endurance etc which are not needed.
As a man, i need simplicty, class and completion. So for example, the classic scent should have a shampoo/ conditioner, pomade or hair gel for the hair ( with the same scent), shaving gel with the same scent, after shave balm and a regular after shave, a cologne with a stronger concentration of scent, a body wash, a deodarant spray and stick. Perhaps some body talc and a bar soap for shave or shower.
Instead of 6 different scents, even of there were only 3, men would greatly appreciate it if they were complete and as described above.
Posted by: Terri on August 7, 2009 at 5:44pm #
I am super dissapointed that I cannot find the classic sent in a spray anymore. Not to be rude but the guys making the decision need to be shown the door!
I am a woman and I love it….. use it around the house and I feel like my Dad is nearby and everything is good in the world.
Bring it back fools…it smells like safe, sexy and and down to earth MAN.
Posted by: admin on August 10, 2009 at 2:21pm #
Winsten-
We did discontinue the Classic spray to bring in our Swagger scent. Thanks for the great idea regarding the simple lineup. We will continue to discuss this option and keep your eyes open for any changes in the future.
Thanks
Jim (Old Spice Team)
Posted by: admin on August 10, 2009 at 2:22pm #
Terri-
We are definitely listening and we will let you know if we bring it back.
Jim (Old Spice Team)
Posted by: Sean on August 10, 2009 at 9:37pm #
It had been years since I wore Old Spice, until one day somebody at the office left the Original scent body wash in the restroom for cleaning up. I sat at my desk all day smelling my hands, that distinctive Old Spice scent, and have since started using the Original body wash and cologne. Please, please don’t let the body wash be discontinued like the spray, I get so many compliments now that I’m using it!
Posted by: admin on August 11, 2009 at 5:50am #
Sean-
Old Spice Classic body wash is not planned to be discontinued. You will be able to find it at your local Walmart. Thanks for being a loyal user and fan of Old Spice!
Jim (Old Spice Team)
Posted by: Jim on August 20, 2009 at 10:16pm #
I agree with many of those commenting, bring back the classic scented body spray. It’s weak that you got rid of that. I’ve tried the swagger scent and it’s not close. I won’t be using any of the Old Spice Body Sprays unless the classic scent comes back. If it takes too long, it may be too late, I hope it’s soon.
Posted by: Jeff on August 23, 2009 at 5:07am #
Why discontinue the Classic body spray ??
Seems to me that the majority of people here would agree that this was a bad decision. I would personally purchase an entire pallet of the scent if one were available. Stick with what works, and give your loyal consumers – like myself – what they want. It’s truly the key to longevity……..unlike the “change with the wind” mentality of all the newer companies.
Posted by: admin on August 24, 2009 at 9:44am #
Jim
I am sorry that we have discontinued the Classic Body Spray. We are working on developing a plan to bring it back. Stay tuned and I will let you know where we end up on this one.
Jim (Old Spice Team)
Posted by: admin on August 24, 2009 at 10:10am #
Jeff-
If we are able to sell pallets in the future, we will glad have one shipped to your door. We do appreciate the feedback and have heard from you (and others) that the Classic scent is missed. I will let you know if we are able to bring this back for sale.
Thanks
Jim (Old Spice Team)
Posted by: noahsobd on August 24, 2009 at 7:10pm #
Had I known you guys were going to axe the “ORIGINAL” OLD SPICE AFTERSHAVE, I would have bought tons of them!! It’s now “classic” which is crap. The formula is NOT the same! Why guys?? Why?? Can you please change it back?? after years of this stuff, my wife knows the difference and this new smell doesnt get her going like the old one did! (dead serious). I’m sorely dissappointed… she usually would smell my neck at night as the aftershave mixed in with man smell would turn into something like an animal scent! This is the worst news ever!!
An ORIGINAL Formula AfterShave Old Spice lover,
Noahsobd
Posted by: admin on August 25, 2009 at 12:37pm #
Noahsobd
Thanks for your comments. I am sorry to hear that you have experienced scent problems with classic. To be honest, we have actually only changed the name and did not make any formula adjustments. So Original is actually now Classic without any scent modifications. I hope this helps and I definitely do not want to disappoint your wife
Jim (Old Spice Team)
Posted by: Mack on August 28, 2009 at 11:48am #
Count me in as another consumer that would really like to see the Classic scent back in spray form – as the core product to the brand, it seems a shame that it’s not available anymore. I’ve tried the other spray scents but they just aren’t Classic.
Posted by: admin on August 28, 2009 at 12:32pm #
Mack
Thanks for your input. We are listening to the chatter on our blog and we will let you know if we are able to bring back the Old Spice Classic body spray. Thanks for being such a loyal user and hope we can help out in the future.
Jim (Old Spice Team)
Posted by: Sheldon on September 2, 2009 at 10:50am #
Can we bring back the Old Spice Classic or Original…spra,y pleas?. In a glass bottle. That plastic is nasty, it doesn’t have the feel and class of the old bottle. What are you guys thinking? Are you deliberately trying to sabotage my fragrance? 35 year user here.
Posted by: admin on September 2, 2009 at 2:54pm #
Sheldon
Right now, we don’t have any plans to bring back the Classic bottle but we may explore a special offer in the future.
Jim (Old Spice Team)
Posted by: mark on September 5, 2009 at 3:46pm #
I usually spray myself with the Old Spice body spray Showtime, but I haven’t been able to find any cans of it lately at Walmart or any other store for that matter…Have you discontinued that scent? Or is it something on the retailers end?
Posted by: Baddboyfilms on September 7, 2009 at 5:15pm #
On the film set of Baddboyfilms we stock this product. Our clients sometimes ask if they can take home one, we tell them sure , since if they opened it it is theirs. Thank You for the free samples.
Film Producer / Owner of : Baddboyfilms always buys a few extra on location while out in the wild .
Posted by: admin on September 8, 2009 at 1:41pm #
We have not discontinued that body spray scent… you should be able to find it – happy hunting!
Jim (Old Spice Team)
Posted by: Arvin Wilson on September 11, 2009 at 9:49am #
I am also looking for the classic scent. I have not been able to find any of the classic scents, including Body spray classic.
From what I’ve read I think Old Spice Classic is going the way that Coca Cola did.
When you bring Classic back I will start using Old Spice products again!
Posted by: John on September 11, 2009 at 7:49pm #
The TOP post by Alex referred to the Old Spice Aftershave Gel. It was a blue gel in a red plastic pump bottle. It smelled like Old Spice Original. I have NEVER gotten as many compliments about an aftershave as I did about that stuff. Last I saw of it was about 4 years ago. WHY was it discontinued? Go to a Walmart and take a look these days. There are almost NO men’s gel aftershaves left. You guys would do well to re-introduce such a quality product now!!
Posted by: admin on September 14, 2009 at 6:40am #
Thanks for your input. Old Spice Classic Body Spray is no longer available but we do sell Old Spice Classic Body Wash, Cologne and After Shave. Additionally, you can find our “Original” scent in deodorant and invisible solid antiperspirant. Classic and Original represent the same scents and I hope these suit your needs.
Old Spice Team
Posted by: admin on September 14, 2009 at 6:42am #
Thanks for the input. An Old Spice aftershave gel is something we’ve considered. We will definitely continue to look at opportunities like this in the future.
Old Spice Team
Posted by: David Mcknight on September 15, 2009 at 8:34pm #
Old Spice needs to lead the way in supplying the air traveler that must conform to TSA guidelines for restrictions on unopened toiletries and having them held to a certain size container.
This air traveler kit might resemble the gift sets that appeared seasonally in the past.
My preference would be the classic /origional scent with the classic old ships on the bottle.
A kit might contain the following items: deoderant,shaving cream,body talc,after shave and cologne,body wash/shampoo,toothpaste(that taste like Gleem).
In addition the kit might also have a comb,and perhaps disposable razors.
It would only make good sense to have replacements of the kit available on the shelf,so that if a person runs out of any one of the items,or must replace an opened item with an unopened item;they can do so without buying the entire kit.
I think its time that Old Spice recaptures Americans interest in the Sailor profession,by advertising on The Discovery Channel.
With shows like Whale Wars,The Deadliest Catch,and Swords:Life On The Line; its now cool again to be a sailor!
Posted by: David Mcknight on September 19, 2009 at 12:01pm #
I bought a can of Swagger Body Spray after I couldnt find the Classic anywhere. I cant say I’ll be buying anymore!
The can I did purchase, I use to freshen up the bathroom after a long and protracted morning glory. Thats probably the best use, one will find for that scent!
Posted by: admin on September 21, 2009 at 5:58am #
Sounds like it worked well for the use… thanks for dropping us a note!
Old Spice
Posted by: Dean on September 22, 2009 at 7:43am #
Please bring back the Classic body spray. This was the best. Very disappointed with the decision to drop this product. Furthermore I beleive Old Spice has lost it’s class when they changed to the cheaper plasic bottle. Paying the same price for a lesser porduct. Not my Grand Father’s Old Spice that’s for sure.
Posted by: David Mcknight on September 22, 2009 at 2:30pm #
Hey Admin:
Any response to my September 15th,2009 Suggestion for a Air Traveler Kit in The Classic / Origional Scent ?
Posted by: admin on September 24, 2009 at 7:24am #
We like the suggestion of an air traveler kit. We are working through all of our plans and can not commit to that execution. Thank you for your input and we certainly see this as a great idea.
Thanks
Old Spice
Posted by: David Mcknight on September 28, 2009 at 9:01am #
Ive read alot of comments about how loyal customers are disappointed with changes to the products they were use to purchasing.
While I share in their let down, I would also urge that they continue to support the sales of the origional / classic Old Spice ; otherwise the fragrance might end up being discontinued altogether.
Its better to show P & G that this is the leading Old Spice fragrance, as far as sales; rather just a thing of the past.
Its up to them (P & G ) to act upon the statistics!
Posted by: lin hawk on October 9, 2009 at 7:37pm #
I am having a very hard time even finding Old Spice Classic after shave lotion.
Posted by: Leslie on October 11, 2009 at 11:21pm #
Jim, you said to Noahsobd:
Thanks for your comments. I am sorry to hear that you have experienced scent problems with classic. To be honest, we have actually only changed the name and did not make any formula adjustments. So Original is actually now Classic without any scent modifications. I hope this helps and I definitely do not want to disappoint your wife
Jim (Old Spice Team)
Is that really honest? We really thought the Classic scent was very different from the Original, plus our store has a bar-code tag for Original, even though they only ever stock Classic. DID YOU CHANGE THE NAME OF ORIGINAL TO CLASSIC? If so, why? It has caused so much confusion. I’ve seen all kinds of blogs with people discussing the trouble they go through trying to find Original!? Doesn’t make marketing sense in any way, shape or form, so I find it hard to believe it was simply a name change. Please advise. Thanks.
Posted by: admin on October 12, 2009 at 5:25pm #
The Old Spice Classic after shave is sold in various stores… you best bet is to try Walmart or a local drug store (CVS, Walgreens, etc).
Old Spice Team
Posted by: admin on October 12, 2009 at 5:36pm #
The majority of our products come with the name “Classic” and have the “original” scent. This may sound confusing but they are one in the same and we have not changed any of the formulas for Classic/Original.
Thanks for your inquiry and we appreciate your support.
Old Spice Team
Posted by: David Mcknight on October 14, 2009 at 8:48am #
After reading a couple of interesting comments,I had to do some investigation of my own!
One was a suggestion that if folks wanted to continue using Shulton Old Spice, that they consider online / overseas purchases. Some of that stock seems to still be available here in the states. However one of the venders I saw was small time and couldnt promise a certain delivery date. If the person who buys Shulton Old Spice overseas on a regular basis could share his websource, for the rest of us “Old”- Old Spice customers?
Another suggestion I tried; was the CVS brand that smells like Old Spice.
Sure enough the claim that this may resemble the Old Spice of yesteryear lead me to also wonder that P & G might have changed the formula. CVS brand also comes in a plastic bottle. I cant remember for sure, but it seems like I remember as a kid back in the 60’s seeing a red bottle of cologne or aftershave that was plastic!
I dont think that plastic will have that big of an impact on the smell of the liquid. As with food products and how they interact when packaged warm.
I also did this;I took the CVS brand aftershave and squirted it into a half used bottle of Old Spice Classic aftershave since the newer plastic bottle has a bigger stopper-hole. shook it up and it too jarred some possible memories of what Old Spice might have once smelled like.
Conclusion:
Its possible that P & G didnt get the correct formula when they obtained the distribution rights here in the states. Particularly if Shulton is still operating abroad.
Another possibility which I would hate to think was the case. A deliberate sabatoge of the product to try and steer sales towards there other fragrances. Going with their claim that the formula hasnt changed; one starts to question their honesty about anything.
All in all, we can agree that it use to be a product that extremely touched our lives for many years. At a reasonable price that; served as gifts for our fathers,grand fathers,brothers,uncles,and husbands or lovers.
In all my dating experiences between 3 marraiges; I cant begin to tell you how many times, where a younger woman would be cuddling up beside me for the first time and smelling Old Spice then say,” it reminds me of my dad”! Then with a smile they would hug me with just a little more firmness and leave me with the impression that they felt safe and secure, snuggling next to the guy that smelled like daddy.
Given the nostalgia that one can see on Ebay with Vintage Old Spice sales; I wished that P & G could really do some soul searching about the customer base thats still out there waiting for a major comeback of The real Old Spice!
Posted by: Greg Brickey on November 5, 2009 at 10:30am #
I also loved the old spice classic body spray. PLEASE bring it back… i have switched brands looking for something similar but there is nothing like that classic old spice scent!
Posted by: David Mcknight on November 6, 2009 at 11:54pm #
Hey P & G;
Tony Stewart isnt going to be around forever ! Putting a B-Ball spin on the product might win a new customer group; but they might appreciate your Game Day fragrance over The Old Spice- Classic fragrance.
So how about instead of kicking all of us loyal Classic / Origional Old Spice customers to the curb; you bring back the great origional stuff of yesteryear that made Old Spice the “Real Deal” that it is?
Posted by: David on November 9, 2009 at 10:44am #
These new plastic bottles are horrible.
Posted by: Joseph Savilia on November 12, 2009 at 12:41pm #
I first touched Old Spice After Shave and in return was touched by it in the early 1950s. As I progressed through life and tried the product line including Old Spice Cologne and until recently Old Spice Spray Cologne which I was particularly taken with as was everyone that knew me. Can’t find the Old Spice Spray Cologne anywhere; had I known I would have puchased a lifetime supply.
Over the years I have watched the Old Spice packaging and its logo change, not for the better but for the worse. Why would a company destroy an image that took many, many years to develop and be recognized throughout the world?
Plastic bottles and a blah red packaging just don’t cut it. The Old Spice products used to be in bright red packaging located in one place and now they are spread out all over the store. One cannot go to the mens section and find the Old Spice complete line of products. This has hurt sales more than the company will ever know. Most men don’t like hunting all over the store for their favorite shaving and grooming needs.
Bring back the Old Spice of old before it is too late. Why can’t I find the Old Spice Spray Cologne any longer? Has it been discontinued?
Posted by: john howard on November 12, 2009 at 8:00pm #
The claim that the “Classic” Old Spice of today is the same as the Shulton Old Spice is laughable. There have even been lab tests that prove that the formula has changed.
Your best bet is to buy shulton from India (expensive) or by the CVS or Family Dollar store brand “Spice” aftershaves mfg by ViJon Corp. which smell MUCH more like the real Old Spice of yesteryear and pour it into a glass Shulton bottle if you have one. That is what I do.
John
Posted by: taylor fochs on November 20, 2009 at 9:54pm #
Any chance you will bring the old spice signature cologne back in the future. I wear several colognes, but this is the only one that I continue to receive positive remarks from my female co-workers.
Posted by: David Mcknight on November 21, 2009 at 10:57pm #
Ok P & G,
X-mas is just around the corner and I know that alot of customers have asked for the return of the Old Ships, the Old Bottles, the Old Gift Sets,and the Old Origional Scent!
If us “Old” Old Spice customers are suppose to continue to believe in Santa Claus- isnt it about time to start advertising for the “season of giving” ?
Posted by: Mark W. on November 24, 2009 at 1:10pm #
I noticed in earlier posts Old Spice Classic Body Spray has been discontinued. What a tragedy as I have friends in 3 countries who I always take some to when I travel as they loved it so much on me.
This reminds me of the “New Coke” fiasco that legedary CocaCola Company experienced. Are there any plans to bring back Classic?
Posted by: admin on November 24, 2009 at 6:41pm #
Thanks for the inquiry but right now there are not any plans to bring back Old Spice Classic Body Spray. Sorry!
Old Spice Team
Posted by: David Mcknight on November 26, 2009 at 8:51am #
Hello fellow Old Spice fans! Happy Turkey Day!
OK P & G,
Thanks for listening! I caught one of your reoccuring ads the other day on The Discovery Channel during the “Lobsterman” episode.
Its too bad the ad featured the suav’e dude making out with the hot chick on the beach.
Dont get me wrong! I too dig hot chicks in Old Spice commercials! However I would prefer to see real SEA-MEN taking Old Spice aboard on a Lobster or Crab boat, after having kissed the “hot chick” goodbye on the dock!
Get It Right!
Posted by: David Mcknight on November 26, 2009 at 8:55am #
I recall during the origional ” Jaws” movie where the sheriff took out a bottle of Old Spice and splashed it in a rag to help cover up the smell coming out of the chum bucket.
Old Spice Origional is a “movie clssic”!
Posted by: David Mcknight on November 26, 2009 at 8:56am #
“correction”- Classic
Posted by: David Mcknight on November 26, 2009 at 9:57am #
Maybe instead of passing out free samples at racing events; P & G could be passing out free samples to the boat crews at the dock, that are making the various episodes on The Discovery Channel.[ Deadliest Catch, Lobsterman, etc]
That could amount to some “real time application” of Old Spice in the field.
Document That!
Posted by: CG on December 2, 2009 at 5:26pm #
I am totally in love with the High Endurance After Shave Moisturizer that my boyfriend wears. Is there ANYWHERE I can still buy this? Perhaps the after shave balm smells the same?
Posted by: Tom Kramer on December 4, 2009 at 5:27pm #
It seems to me that your marketing department isnt listening to the people who made Old Spice the favorite of millions . But then most of these “marketing experts” of today have no clue what people want today, they go to college and get a degree and they are experts!! With all these people requesting Old Spice Body Spray it seems to me that it was extremely popular and a big seller ( I too used it) listen to the people who spend the money and not the people you pay the big money to. I’ll bet it brings in more.
Posted by: Roger Sawyer on December 13, 2009 at 4:23pm #
Bring Back the Old Spice Body Spray!!! I am out and cannot find any. Of course I always had to pay top dollar for it on-line because I could never find it in the stores. I travel a lot and looked in every store I went to and could never find it. Why do you punish the ones who really want this product? Please bring it back and soon.
Thanks, Roger
Posted by: admin on December 16, 2009 at 7:25pm #
Roger
Body Spray is still available in multiple scents. If you are referencing the Original scent, then you will not be able to find it in any stores as it has been discontinued. Sorry but there are not any current plans to bring back that scent in Body Spray.
Old Spice
Posted by: Alrich on December 21, 2009 at 8:44pm #
Damn, the old spice body spray was a favorite of mine too. Also, why is the classic cologne hard to find too?
Posted by: David Mcknight on December 25, 2009 at 10:13am #
Well,
We made it to another Xmas! It sure would have been nice to see some of the requests honored to bring in the New Year with!
Such As:
1. Bring back the Origional Body Spray in a can, that was recently discontinued.
2. Reissue Aftershave & Cologne in the Glass containers with the Origional Scent.
3.Bring back the Pump Glass Cologne bottle with the Origional Scent.
4.Multi-item( 5 or more) Gift Sets in the Origional Scent.
We can only wonder what the Old Spice Team has in store for us in 2010?
Hopefully its not another New Fragrance, or another Sports venue!
Posted by: David Mcknight on December 30, 2009 at 9:16am #
The Old Spice Blog Meister must have got a big holiday break, while the rest of us consumers had to go back to work.
I havent seen any new postings since December 16th, 2009!
Posted by: Mandee on January 6, 2010 at 11:27am #
My husband has been using your products since the 60’s. Its something that not only I enjoy about him, but fits his personality as well!
Its also something my dad used and I too grew up with that Classic / Origional fragrance!
My husband tells me that it seems P & G are trying to phase that traditonal fragrance out and make way for newer scents that have yet to prove themselves with years of volume / sales.
Why destroy something that has been so successful?
Instead why not offer the same options of various items such as the Body Spray, or Shaving Balm?
Or bring back the Body Talc?
Posted by: Shawn on January 9, 2010 at 1:23am #
My dad,uncles, and grandfather used the Origional Old Spice all the way into the 80’s.
Some of these family members are no longer around; but the smell of the Origional / Classic Old Spice is stll very much alive to remind me of those I so dearly miss! I hope that its never discontinued!
Posted by: Michael on January 15, 2010 at 12:24pm #
BRING BACK OLD SPICE SIGNATURE!!!! IT’S THE BEST!!
Posted by: Mandee on January 19, 2010 at 5:11pm #
My husband shaves his body from his face to his waist, front and back. Then has me apply liberal handfuls of Classic Old Spice Aftershave!
Hows that for taking a bath in it?
Posted by: Genevieve on January 24, 2010 at 1:42pm #
I have always loved Old Spice Classic. Just yesterday I passed by a gentleman and sniffed Old Spice. It really made me smile. Currently, I’m trying to find an Old Spice Classic gift set for my boyfriend, but am having difficulty. Could you point me in the right direction? I see gift sets for the new fragrances, but it was the Classic that I fell in love with. I wish they weren’t so difficult to find.
Posted by: Genevieve on January 24, 2010 at 1:47pm #
PS… If anyone on here finds the Old Spice Classics, send me a pallet!
Posted by: David Mcknight on January 24, 2010 at 9:31pm #
Hey Genevieve
I posted on one of these blogs that I found a Gift set with 2 of the Classic items at Walgreens during Xmas.
They had a cologne and aftershave, and a deo and cologne gift set which is the one I bought.
Dont know if they sold out everywhere or if its available online?
Hope this helps!
David Mcknight
Posted by: Ryan C on January 26, 2010 at 1:39pm #
Hey everybody!
I had always used the old spice classic body wash and deo and my girlfriend always tells me how sexy and manly smell. Although, a couple months ago i bought a line of the after hours products and she went absolutely nutts and wont let me use anything else now. I thank you old spice, i love you.
Posted by: Steve on January 29, 2010 at 8:52pm #
Your answer below is incorrect:
Noahsobd
Thanks for your comments. I am sorry to hear that you have experienced scent problems with classic. To be honest, we have actually only changed the name and did not make any formula adjustments. So Original is actually now Classic without any scent modifications. I hope this helps and I definitely do not want to disappoint your wife
I get the old bottles off of ebay, the new stuff is not the same fragrance.
The fragrance has a distinctive barber shop smell.
Posted by: Ed Harper on January 31, 2010 at 2:35pm #
I am not much interested in SWAGGERING, being a PURE SPORT, or experiening any ACQUA REEF, or whatever….just give me the ORIGINAL/CLASSIC Old Spice body spray and after shave lotion. Oh, no longer have body spray? WHY?…why discontinue the very scent that made Old Spice so popular for over 60 years. I just don’t understand!
PLEASE, PLEASE never discontinue the ORIGINAL/CLASSIC scent in After Shave….it would be such a shame…such a loss.
Thank you for listening
Posted by: Dave Williams on February 3, 2010 at 9:01am #
Please reconsider and bring back the Classic scent in the spray. My lady LOVES it on me. I’d take a bath in Old Spice Classic if the loving keeps up. The spray was quick, could be put on clothes and lasts. The new scents are “Axe” like and are for my 16 year old! Give us gentlemen the Classic Spray!
Posted by: Andrew Burns on February 6, 2010 at 1:57pm #
I’d say there’s enough of a pretty loud and clear consensus on this board as to bring back the classic products – body spray, sensitive after shave, etc. Who’s the genius at P&G that had the idea of discontinuing them? Old Spice is Old Spice because of that original scent – not these flanker scents like Swagger, etc. Brand management 101. Can you say “new coke Vs. classic coke”. This person/group should be s… canned!
Posted by: Tom on February 11, 2010 at 6:30pm #
as so many have said, ” Classic Body Spray ” must come back. i can not believe that P&G would be so foolish as to not see the out-cry. for the Old Spice Men of the world, bring it back,bring it back,bring it back, good God almighty,bring it back.
Posted by: David Mcknight on February 16, 2010 at 12:09am #
How can anyone seriously consider using a product when the products commercials feature actors clowning around about how the product enhances their manliness? If it sounds like BS,then it must be BS ! Not real convincing at all !
Posted by: Tom on February 16, 2010 at 4:50pm #
I have tried the “after hours” and it is “NOT” the old spice I have always used. I don’t care what anyone says, Old Spice is the original scent and nothing else. We need the original scent of Old Spice back in all the products. Especially the Body Spray. Can someone tell me if P&G is even hearing this stuff.
Posted by: William Bamford on February 20, 2010 at 8:11am #
what happened to Old Spice after shave gel classic. The blue gel after shave was great. I can’t find it anywhere.
Posted by: Kelley on February 20, 2010 at 4:15pm #
I don’t understand why the old spice classic body spray isn’t available anymore! If it’s that popular and you know it will sell, it seems almost foolish not to keep selling it. Please bring it back – it smells amazing and the others are just not adequate substitutes!
Posted by: David Mcknight on February 21, 2010 at 10:13am #
HEY TOM,
IM WITH YOU ALL THE WAY!
I FEEL THAT THE SUPPORT THAT HAS BEEN THERE FOR THIS ORIGIONAL SCENT OF OLD SPICE IS BEING TAKEN FOR GRANTED IN AN ATTEMPT TO STEER THIS ICON TOWARDS A DIFFERANT GROUP(S).
THIS HAS CAUSED SOME OF THE FAITHFUL CONSUMERS TO QUIT THE BRAND BECAUSE THEY DONT CARE FOR THE NEW IMAGE OR THE NEW FRAGRANCES.
UNFORTUNATELY IT SEEMS THAT THE KUDOS P & G RECEIVES FROM SOME OF THE CONSUMERS SEEM TO OUTWEIGH ALL THE MULTITUDE OF COMPLAINTS!
SORT OF MAKES YOU WONDER WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF THE ORIGIONAL FRAGRANCE WHEN THEY START PHASING OUT THE CLASSIC BODY SPRAY? WHATS NEXT?
Posted by: DAVID MCKNIGHT on February 22, 2010 at 7:53am #
YESTERDAY I NEEDED MORE OLDSPICE SHAVING CREAM, SO I HEADED OVER TO TOMTHUMB AND WAS EXTREMELY SURPRISED AND HAPPY TO SEE THAT THE UNIVERSAL GROUP THAT OPERATES UNDER LICENSE FROM P & G HAD CHANGED THE PACKAGING ON THE SHAVING CREAM CAN.
IT NOW FEATURES ONCE AGAIN THE CLIPPERSHIP INSTEAD OF THE SLOOP, AND HAD A VARIATION OF THE OLDSCRIPT AS WELL!
IT CERTAINLY LOOKED LIKE A THROWBACK TO THE PAST!
I HAD EMAILED THIS AMONGST SEVERAL OTHER SUGGESTIONS, SO I CANT HELP BUT THINK THAT THIS COMPANY WANTS TO CONSIDER FAITHFUL CUSTOMER REQUESTS!
PLEASE REFER TO:
http://WWW.OLDSPICESHAVING.COM
Posted by: Daniel on February 24, 2010 at 4:11pm #
I have been using Old Spice(Classic) cologne for many years, and it remains my favorite scent. Recently I’ve noticed that it has been “downgraded” to being released in a cheap plastic bottle, with the cologne spray version nearly impossible to find anywhere- whereas the department store shelves are now overstocked with different scents under the “Old Spice” name(Pure Sport/Swagger)- which I personally don’t care for. I did purchase the small bottle yesterday(Classic cologne splash), and noticed that even the scent(classic) seems different.
Please keep manufacturing the “Classic Scent” to the original formula- and please make the cologne spray more avalilable in the department stores. Thanks.
Posted by: Melissa Spencer on February 28, 2010 at 11:20pm #
I love the new commercial with the man riding the horse and telling us women to look at our man and then back at him, you hit a home run with this one. My husband uses Old Spice, classic but that commercial makes me want to bathe him in it and see if he doesn’t change into a muscular hunk. All my girlfriends are talking about him on my space and facebook. We love him and will keep buying the product…… We now pay attention!
Posted by: DAVID MCKNIGHT on March 2, 2010 at 3:07pm #
I THINK P & G NEEDS TO HURRY UP AND ISSUE MELISSA AND HER FRIENDS A VERSION OF THEIR “OWN” OLD SPICE SO THEY CAN BATHE IN IT!
Posted by: Dave Williams on March 4, 2010 at 9:03pm #
Gettin’ low on my last can of Classic spray……lovin is going to end soon…….help us lonely guys……..BRING BACK THE CLASSIC SCENT AND CLASSIS SPRAY NOW…………………………..please!
Posted by: Shawn on March 8, 2010 at 10:35am #
Really dig the retro packaging thats back on the Shaving Cream cans!
It would be great to see the same facelift on the little round “Origional Scent” stick deo!
Maybe go back further and do a white background and a full size ship!
Posted by: Tom on March 9, 2010 at 5:02pm #
Does anyone know if Old Spice is seeing this. why would they not get the message. The “Original Scent” –”IS” Old Spice—period…….
Dance with who brought you . “ORIGINAL” ………
Posted by: DAVID MCKNIGHT on March 10, 2010 at 5:25pm #
HEY TOM IM HEARING YOU!
IT SEEMS THAT ALL THE ORIGIONAL/CLASSIC LOVERS FLOCK TO THIS BLOG EVENTUALLY.
THEN YOU HAVE THE LOYAL MOUNTAIN RUSH FOLLOWERS ON THE OTHER MOST TALKED ABOUT BLOGSITE.
THEN YOU HAVE THE NEW COMERS TO THE OTHER SITES THAT HAVE BEEN STARTED THAT SEEMS TO BE GETTING ALL THE ATTENTION PERTAINING TO WHATS NEW AT OLDSPICE.
IM JUST GLAD TO SEE SOME RETRO PACKAGING COME BACK OUR WAY ON THE SHAVING CREAM CANS!
THE REAL TEST OF FEEDBACK IS WHEN THE RETAILERS PLACE THEIR ORDERS!
IF THEY NO LONGER REQUEST ITEMS THAT ARE POOR SELLERS, MAYBE P & G / OLDSPICE TEAM WILL GET THEIR REALITY-CHECK!
ONE CAN ONLY GUESS HOW LONG THESE NEWCOMERS WILL CONTINUE TO FAITHFULLY PURCHASE OS, WHEN OS HAS A REPUTATION FOR SWITCHING FRAGRANCES LIKE THE CHANGING OF THE WEATHER!
Posted by: wes beach on March 13, 2010 at 8:19am #
I use your pure sport deodorant and love it, and my two boys 16 & 18 use it also, I don’t like to use anything else. I received some Gillet body wash for christmas in my stocking, and it was good. When I ran out and at the store I bought the pure sport body wash. The smell is great, but when I put the body wash in my hand and start to clean half the body wash slides off my body and down the drain, the other half doesn’t lather very well. So when this bottle is done I’m going back to the Gillet brand.
Posted by: saundra on March 13, 2010 at 11:40am #
i wish you guys would bring back classic spray! it is the scent that reminds me and defines in my heart when my husband and i were dating. it was a long distance relationship and when he came to visit or write me a letter i would smell that scent and i love it. it also got me through the labor of my first son pressing my face into him and smelling it. please bring it back it brings back so many memories! also if you could tell me where i can get bar soap from OS the body wash doesn’t get off the grime my husband gets from being a mechanic and we had to switch to brand that he doesn’t like for bar soap. thank you
Posted by: saundra on March 13, 2010 at 11:47am #
ps i can’t stand those girly AXE brand scents. seriously SMELL LIKE A MAN! MAN
Posted by: DAVID MCKNIGHT on March 15, 2010 at 9:34am #
WHEN SHULTON WAS RUNNING OLD SPICE THEY EXPERIMENTED WITH DIFFERANT FRAGRANCES.
THEY NEVER FULLY COMMITED THEIR ENTIRE LINE OF PRODUCTS TO THE NEW FRAGRANCES, AND WITH GOOD REASON BECAUSE THEY LACKED THE ACCEPTANCE AND POPULARITY THAT THE ORIGIONAL FRAGRANCE HAD!
TODAY JUST THE OPPOSITE IS BEING PRACTICED; AND TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE,NOT ONLY IS THE ORIGIONAL / “CLASSIC” BEING WITHELD FROM THE BODY SPRAY LINE, THE FRAGRANCE NO LONGER SMELLS THE SAME THAT WE GREW USE TO OVER THE MANY YEARS WE FAITHFULLY PURCHASED OLD SPICE!
THERE IS SOMETHING VERY WRONG AND DELIBERATE ABOUT THIS!
ITS LIKE THE PRODUCT HAS BEEN TURNED OVER TO A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO WEED OUT THE FAITHFUL CONSUMERS OF ALL THESE YEARS,AND REMARKET NEW FRAGRANCES TO DRAW IN A NEW CROWD ON THE GAMBLE THAT THEY TOO WILL SUPPORT THE PRODUCT LINE FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.
IM JUST AFRAID THAT IF OLD SPICE DOESNT GET BACK TO PUTTING THAT AWARD WINNING ORIGIONAL FRAGRANCE BACK IN THE BOTTLES; ITS FORMULA MAY BE LOST FOREVER!
Posted by: Hank on March 16, 2010 at 5:00pm #
Hey, P&G; give us guys back the great-smelling Shulton Old Spice from the good old days, in the glass bottles with the old-style clipper ship logo. Phase it back in the way you phased it out; quietely and rapidly, no questions asked. Just do it; please. Look at the prices the Shulton stuff is going for on ebay; forty-plus dollars for one bottle of after-shave! Men want this fragrance at any cost! Also notice that your stuff is NOT selling at all on ebay; no one wants it. Guys know the real thing when they smell it. You will make millons of men very happy by putting the genuine Shulton recipe back into the buoy bottles. David, myself and others on this forum are passionate about our Old Spice. Please, seriously consider researching this matter on our behalf. We love Old Spice and miss being able to buy it off the shelf. Plain and simple.
Posted by: DAVID MCKNIGHT on March 16, 2010 at 11:59pm #
THANKS HANK !
FOR THAT SUPPORTING PARAGRAPH OF WISDOM!
IM HOPING THAT THE FAITHFUL CONSUMERS WILL FLOCK TO THIS BLOG AND VOICE THEIR SUPPORT FOR RESURRECTING THE “REAL” OLD SPICE ORIGIONAL FRAGRANCE!
HOPEFULLY AS WE MIGHT GAIN SOME RECOGNITION, WE MIGHT JUST PERSUADE P & G TO RECONSIDER THE CHANGES THAT HAS AFFECTED THIS ICON OF A MENS TOILETRY ITEM.
IVE SEEN NUMEROUS REQUEST THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS SCATTERED BETWEEN THE 2 “MOST TALKED ABOUT” BLOGS. WE ALL NEED TO STICK TOGETHER HERE AND MAKE “THIS” THE MOST TALKED ABOUT BLOG!
LETS MAKE THIS THE “ORIGIONAL” OLD SPICE
CONSUMERS BLOG!
BRING BACK THE OLD SPICE FROM YESTERYEAR!
Posted by: Matt on March 17, 2010 at 3:31pm #
Please bring back OLD SPICE SIGNATURE. I have one bottle and it gets more compliments than
any other cologne I own, and I own 17 diff colognes. PLEASE!
Posted by: William on March 18, 2010 at 8:12am #
I’ve noticed something for months people have been coming here to request discontinued products ie Classic Body Spray, Whitewater Signature and Pure Sport Cologne, body talc, soap on a roap, and products that smell different Original Cologne and Aftershave, I think Old Spice needs to stop ignoring these requests and actually offer these products again instead of phasing them out and putting more focus on new products, I also notice you like to focus on new scents, why not focus on all of them, like instead of making commercials only for your Red Zone producst make them for all products Red Zone, High Endurance and Classic, instead of saying the favorite of young men say the favorite of men of all ages, just think you’d have even more customers if you actually listened to them.
Posted by: Hank on March 18, 2010 at 3:19pm #
I noticed the change in Old Spice cologne and after-shave soon after P&G took over the brand. I thought it was just me but apparently every man who’s ever used the stuff noticed how different the scent became. Now, I know we’re not just a bunch of nut-cases and I sincerely hope that P&G does not think that we are. We are the “boomer” generation as well as the “greatest generation” (WW2) of men who have been loyal customers of Old Spice all our adult lives. Retro is in right now and so many young guys want to re-live the scent of their fathers and grandfathers. And I dare say that there are probably many really young men who do not know what the “original/classic” lines of Old Spice are really supposed to smell like. It’s been over fifteen years since the change started to take place. I bought a bunch of the Shulton stuff from dollar close-out stores back then and am still hoarding it and using it sparingly. I would so love to get a definitive answer on what really happened. Is it “New Coke” all over again? If so, it’s been going on way too long! Coke lost my business when they changed their recipe but if Old Spice returns, the “real” Old Spice”, then I will happily re-embrace the product and purchase it like never before. I LOVE Old Spice! It is a part of me; my signature! I would love to smell it again as it was in the days of yore! David, I will help as much as I can and rally the powers-that-be at P&G and hope that they take us seriously. If they really do not think anything is wrong with the formula they purchased from American Cyanamid, then they must have one heck of a quality control problem at their production plants. Millions of men cannot be wrong on this. Furthermore, if they have decided to phase out the classic line of cologne/after-shave, so be it. But I do hope they will see that the timeless classic deserves to live on. Thank you P&G.
Posted by: DAVID MCKNIGHT on March 18, 2010 at 11:04pm #
I KNOW EVERYONE SEE’S MY POSTINGS AND KNOWS THAT IM READING WHAT IS SAID ON ALL THE BLOGS WORTH CONTRIBUTING TO.
ON THE LATEST OS- BLOG STARTED ABOUT THE NEW SCENTS,IT JUST GOT BLASTED BY A BARAGE OF SHULTON OLD SPICE LOVERS!
I WAS SERIOUSLY LMAO!
I HOPE ALL THOSE CONTRIBUTERS MIGRATE THEIR WAY TO THIS BLOGSITE AND LEVEL SOME REQUEST/COMPLAINTS TO LOBBY FOR THE RETURN OF WHAT MADE OLD SPICE
“the real deal”!
IM OK WITH THAT SLOGAN THEIR USING : “if your grandpa hadnt worn it,you wouldnt exist!”
BUT THEY NEED TO PUT GRANDPA’S FORMULA BACK IN THOSE BUOY BOTTLES TO BACK IT UP!
TO THINK THAT OS MAY HAVE BEEN WORN AT NORMANDY OR IWO JIMA JUST SENDS CHILLS UP MY SPINE THAT IM IN THE SAME FRATERNITY AS THOSE MANLY MEN!
Posted by: DAVID MCKNIGHT on March 18, 2010 at 11:19pm #
I THINK OLD SPICE NEEDS TO START A BLOG FOR ALL THE DISCONTINUED FRAGRANCE / CUSTOMERS.
YOU KNOW FOR ALL THOSE SCENTS THAT P & G HAS STARTED BUT WISENED UP AND PULLED FROM THE SHELF!
WHICHEVER SAD CUSTOMER THAT WRITES IN THE MOST, P & G COULD SEND THEM A TONY STEWART CRYING TOWEL!
Posted by: Lance Rogers on March 21, 2010 at 4:02pm #
My Grandfather came to this great nation from Holland, and his all time cologne and aftershave was Shulton old spice.
I was so inspired by his choice that I too became an avid user in 1976
Around 1990 P&G took over, and the original formula changed.
However, I still wear it today, everyday, twice a day.
I really miss the milk glass buoy that cemented the Old Spice reputation, when it went to plastic, it became just like everybody else, and as far as I can tell is loosing it’s reputation as a QUALITY product.
An effort must be made to please bring back the original formula with it’s natural fragrances, with the milk glass buoy, P&G can always package it as a “NEW” product for the discerning gentlemen.
P&G would not be sorry if it were campaigned properly.
Thank You!
Posted by: saundra k on March 22, 2010 at 2:12pm #
i’ve been thinking about OS so much i came up with a commercial for the classic scent…. hereitgoes you see the question What is a real man?? it show different clips of like a WW2 soldier a doctor a fisherman lumberjack an average joe guy stopped to help a lady, then clips of these guys meeting their ladies and hugs/ kisses happen (tastefully) walking inside, What does a real man smell like?? show them all putting on OS classic then, OS classic without us you probably wouldn’t be here. or something along those lines i think it would sell. bring back OS classic!!!!!!
Posted by: DAVID MCKNIGHT on March 22, 2010 at 7:28pm #
HEY OLD SPICE HERES ANOTHER COMMERCIALS IDEA JUST IN TIME FOR JUNE 6TH.
YOU BORROW THAT LANDING CRAFT FOOTAGE FROM THE MOVIE “SAVING PRIVATE RYAN” THAT SHOWS THE VARIOUS BOATS CRUISING TOWARDS OMAHA BEACH,NORMANDY.
AFTER YOU ALLOW THE MOVIE FOOTAGE TO SHOW THE VARIOUS PERSONALITIES; YOU COULD OVERDUBB JUST A FLASH OF A SOLDIER SPLASHING SOME OLD SPICE ON HIS FACE JUST BEFORE THE LANDING CRAFT DOOR DROPS AND THE BULLETS START WHIZZING BY!
THEN YOU COULD USE YOUR CLASSIC LINE SLOGAN:” if your grandpa hadnt worn it,you wouldnt be here!”
FOLLOWED BY THE JINGLE – WHISTLE!
MAYBE YOU CAN GET ‘ ER DONE IN TIME FOR THIS YEARS 66TH D-DAY ANIVERSARY!
Posted by: Tom on March 23, 2010 at 12:04pm #
I want the Shulton real smell of Old Spice back.
P&G do it and do it NOW!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: DAVID MCKNIGHT on March 23, 2010 at 9:12pm #
YOUR NOT ALONE TOM!
ALONG WITH HANK, MYSELF AND OTHERS;WE ARE PAST READY FOR P & G TO COME ON STRONG WITH A REVIVAL OF: (1) THE ORIGIONAL SCENT,(2) THE ORIGIONAL GLASS PACKAGING AND SHIP AND SCRIPT,(3)THE COMPANION ITEMS LIKE BODY SPRAY,TALC,LOTION,AND THE “OLD FAVORITE” SOAP-ON-A-ROPE!
TO US FAITHFUL CONSUMERS,ITS NOT ABOUT HOW MUCH IT WILL COST TO PRODUCE,OR HOW MUCH THEY WILL HAVE TO CHARGE TO MAKE IT COST EFFECTIVE; BUT RATHER TRADITION AND PRINCIPAL OF A PRODUCT AND ITS POPULARITY THAT ENDURED THE TEST OF TIME FOR NOT ONLY GENERATIONS PAST,BUT GENERATIONS TO COME!
AS IVE URGED ALL,IF WE COULD GATHER AT THIS BLOG SITE TO CONTINUE VOICING OUR FRUSTRATIONS AS TO HOW P & G SEEMS TO BE FOCUSING TOO MUCH EFFORT IN CREATING NEW FRAGRANCES AND SATURATION MARKETING SCHEMES TO TRY AND CONVINCE NEW GROUPS OF CONSUMERS TO EMBRACE THE NEW PRODUCTS; RATHER THAN SEEING THOSE CONSUMERS INVESTIGATE ON THEIR OWN WHAT OUR COMPLAINTS ARE REALLY ALL ABOUT.
THATS WHY I FEEL THAT SOMEONE CHANGED THE ORIGIONAL SHULTON OLDSPICE FORMULA,SO NEW CUSTOMERS WOULDNT ELECT THAT AS THEIR FAVORITE FRAGRANCE.
DROPPING THE CLASSIC BODYSPRAY,DESPITE ITS APPARANT POPULARITY;”SMELLS” OF A TREND TO PHASE OUT THE ORIGIONAL/CLASSIC LINE LIKE THEY HAVE DONE TO OTHER FRAGRANCES ALREADY!
I CANT HELP BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE BOARD OF DIRECTORS READING THIS,AND IF THEY FALL INTO “OUR AGE CLASS OF MATURITY”;THEY REMEMBER THE GOOD OL DAYS THAT PROMPTED P & G TO OBTAIN THE RIGHTS FROM AMERICAN CYNAMID TO PRODUCE THE SHULTON FORMULA OF OLD SPICE!
IF OUR NUMBERS CONTINUE TO SURMOUNT AT THIS BLOG SITE I CANT HELP BUT FEEL THAT SOMEONE WILL SIT UP AND TAKE NOTICE!
WE ALL SEE FROM TIME TO TIME THAT OTHERS WHO HAVE SEEN THEIR FAVORITE FRAGRANCE PULLED FROM THE SHELF,CHIME IN WITH THEIR OWN DISATISFACTION ABOUT PHASEOUTS.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ORIGIONAL SHULTON FORMULA HAS NOT BECOME ONE OF THOSE FRAGRANCES NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN!
Posted by: Nate on March 24, 2010 at 12:42am #
Agreed Bring back Shulton scent. I will not buy any other Old Spice but with the Shulton formula on the shelves I will definitely pick some up. Old Spice Classic is not the same, bring back Shulton!
Posted by: Ryan on March 24, 2010 at 6:42am #
I miss the original old spice after shave my dad used to use! Can you please bring it back? Also, how about bay rum and lime?
Posted by: Chris on March 24, 2010 at 7:53pm #
I was at CVS the other day and I was pleasantly surprised to find two different sizes of deodorant in the original scent. Maybe one is old packaging and one is new, but I was happy to get it.
Have you guys given any thought to making upgraded versions of other originals during the year–maybe at holidays or the beginning of summer? I would love to pick up a glass bottle of Lime before going on summer vacation, or buy glass bottles of the original scent or Leather at Christmas. So far, I’ve been getting buy with eBay but pretty soon there won’t be any old stuff left.
Posted by: Shawn on March 26, 2010 at 4:07pm #
I travel quite a bit by airplane and really dig the compactness of the Origional round stick Deoderant.
I noticed on this site that there has been request about bringing back items from the years past and I have a few of my own!
I would like to see the Old Clipper Ship brought back preferably on the white round stick deo, but would settle for the red round stick if nothing else.
Also Soap on A Rope! That would be one less liquid that I wouldnt have to worry about either spilling or clearing security at the Airport.
I thought since alot of us have kids, you guys could imbed a plastic trinket like the Old Spice Clipper ship in the soap; so when its all used up we could pass the rope and trinket to our children to wear as a necklace.
Finally I have to agree with the other postings that the Classic scent doesnt smell like or stay strong like the Origional Shulton Old Spice.
Those that have likened this to the New Coke fiasco are right on the money!
Im confident that the consumer base that has always supported the brand is willing to return its patronage providing Proctor and Gamble is willing to at least put the Shulton formula back in the bottles.
If that doesnt solve the “smell differance”, then they may need to go back to the glass bottles afterall!
Posted by: Mandee on March 26, 2010 at 5:09pm #
From time to time a girl has to get her “freak on”, married or not!
I dont know what it was about that Origional Old Spice fragrance?
The harder i could make any man sweat, the stronger it stayed! I really liked that feature!
The smell would remind me of my dads age bracket; but ive always had a thing for older men!
Posted by: kris on March 27, 2010 at 12:03am #
BRING BACK THE SHULTON FORMULA!
Posted by: DAVID MCKNIGHT on March 29, 2010 at 3:36pm #
THE OTHER DAY I WENT KROGERING AND WAS HAPPY TO FIND THE OLD SPICE TWIN BLADE RAZOR MULTI-PAC.
BEEN LOOKING LONG-TIME FOR THOSE!
MY TOILETRY SHELF INCLUDES BOTH OLD AND NEW OLD SPICE ITEMS:
CLASSIC BODY WASH,ORIGIONAL SCENT / ROUND STICK DEO, ORIGIONAL SCENT HIGH ENDURANCE DEO, OLD SHULTON GLASS BOTTLE AFTERSHAVE (BLUE CLIPPERSHIP/RED SCRIPT), CLASSIC COLOGNE, TRAVELERS BODY TALC, ORIGIONAL SCENT SHAVING CREAM; AND NOW THE DISPOSABLE TWIN BLADED RAZOR-ALL WITH THE OLD SPICE BRAND.
IT SURE PUTS ALOT OF RED ON THE SHELF,AND MAN DO I LOVE THOSE OLD CLIPPER SHIPS!
JUST FOR THE RECORD IVE ALSO PURCHASED THOSE VIJON KNOCKOFFS THAT SMELL LIKE 1960′S SHULTON OLDSPICE. MAY END UP REFILLING MY OS BOTTLES TO HAVE THE LOOK WITH THE SMELL ONCE AGAIN!
Posted by: marina jolmes on March 31, 2010 at 7:00pm #
Pleeeaaaaaase more ads with the “smell like a man, man” guy !!!!!!! Gorgeous and fun-and smells good!
Posted by: Shawn on April 1, 2010 at 10:34am #
Hey Marina,
I think Old Spice is still trying to figure out where their REAL market is!
Afterall it is a MANS line of toiletry!
Putting sexy eye-candy of a man on their commercials might sell woman to buy, but it wont sell men to USE!
On this particuler blogsite there are those of us screaming for the Origional Shulton formula of Old Spice, and all the paraphenalia that came with it! We Know What We Want!
We Dont Need Some Goofy Commercial To Help Us Decide On What To Buy!
You dont have to be in a 20 something age bracket to count as a serious consumer support group either!
Nor do you have to be an obsessed sports fan, to make up your mind as to what your favorite Old Spice scent has been for the last 50 or 60 years!
There was nothing wrong with the Sailor commercials that tied in to the Clipper ships on the buoy bottles. Why change it?
Posted by: Shawn on April 1, 2010 at 3:15pm #
If you dont believe me,just ask Hank,David,Tom,Joe, and Nate;just to name a few.
Right guys?
Posted by: D. Wall on April 2, 2010 at 10:27am #
Let me add my two cents to the concern about the change in frangrance. Admin says there’s been no change in the fragrance of OS After Shave lotion. Nonsense. Quite a few thousand of us males users (I’m an old Navy man), wives and girlfriends are not wrong. There was a change and P&G either lost the formula or is trying to move us to a cheaper fragrance which it is now. David McKnight’s post of Oct 14, 2009 is right on. P&G is trying to give us a smoke screeen . I now classify the “Classic” formula today as foo-foo juice. Even to my kids now dislike it. They have distinct memories of the frangrance along with my wife. Being a mouthpiece for P&G to hold the company line should be an embarassment or you’ve not been briefed about their dirty secret. Bring back the real stuff. Us real men miss it.
I had to go to CVS to get a bottle of the wanna-be stuff, but it wears out too fast. The perfumey smell of the “Classic” formula is just garbage.
Posted by: Tom-in-Providence on April 5, 2010 at 7:23am #
SWAGGER (??) There’s actually a line of products with that sissy name? Guys, we’re fighting a losing battle here. If P&G is willing to mess around with, and screw up (in effect, to discontinue) the
original Old Spice, they’re obviously DEEP in the
dark. We should be grateful for the decades during which Shulton made the REAL Old Spice….and let it go at that.
(It’s not so much the plastic bottle that bothers
me, it’s what “plastic” suggests about its contents … and the attitude of the company that now owns/makes it.)
This whole mess just makes it easier for me to remain loyal to a fantastic bay rum that I order (it comes in a ceramic flask with a brass top) from a chandler on Tortola, in the British Virgin Islands.
If this is the way P&G dismisses those of us who’ve been loyal to the original Old Spice–year after year–I have no problem just walking away from that product. It’s a good chapter in “Coping 101.”
Posted by: Jim on April 5, 2010 at 11:39am #
Old Spice has lost its keel. My family has been loyal to Old Spice for at least four generations (including the current generation of 20-year olds). But we now agree that you have abandoned your loyal customers by discontinuing Classic favorites, changing formulas, and broadcasting idiotic new commercials that demonstrate that Old Spice is no longer a MAN’s line of personal care products. You would have done well to emphasize your strengths, rather than cut your lines and go adrift. Consequently, as Old Spice is no longer recognizable, Procter & Gamble will no longer have me for a customer.
Posted by: DAVID MCKNIGHT on April 6, 2010 at 7:58pm #
CORRECTION: ITS A SEPT 2009 ENTRY UNDER THE “DECEMBER 1ST 2008 ARCHIVE”
Posted by: Darienne on April 7, 2010 at 8:22pm #
Hey guys, does anyone know where I might be able to get OS Signature for a reasonable price? I know it has been discontinued but my Fiance has been looking for it ever since it was discontinued and I think it would be amazing to surprise him with it!
p.s. I think OS should bring back Signature.
Posted by: Mandee on April 8, 2010 at 6:36pm #
The C3 Corvette lasted from 1968 to 1982. GM skipped 1983 and introduced the C4 in 1984.
The trend for all the auto makers at the time was to design a wedge shape car with square corners.
All Corvette owners of previous years were left in shock! (Unless it was someone who just wanted a new vette)
Then having realised that such a beautiful car had lost its curves, GM began to slowly reintroduce what Corvette owners loved besides the power train of that vehicle; first with the C5 and more so with the C6.
Fortunately GM didnt waste too much time with the direction they were headed with the C4.
The question we now ask ourselves; “how long is P & G gonna waste their time taking Old Spice in another direction from where it began with the Shulton Company?”
Posted by: John on April 9, 2010 at 2:38pm #
I just don’t get it. First you changed the formula of Old Spice (Original/Classic) After Shave/Cologne then you discontinue the Classic Body Sray. I go to my local Wal-Mart and find that they are not carrying the Classic Body Wash in this store anymore. Fortunatley I found it in Giant Foods. Is anybody from P&G listening to the consumer out here? I tried the new sprays (Swagger, After Hours and such) and don’t like them. If I wanted to smell girly and sweet I’d buy Axe ot Tag. Bring back the Original Line and you’ll be doing the right thing. I know its all about marketing to the younger crowd but there are alot uf us out here that still use the Original/Classic Old Spice. If the Classic Body Wash is dropped I’m switching from Old Spice to Royall Spice from Bermuda. It smells more like the Original Shulton Old Spice.
Posted by: DAVID MCKNIGHT on April 13, 2010 at 6:47pm #
I READ ON ANOTHER OLD SPICE RELATED BLOG THAT WAS HOSTED BY SOMEONE UNAFFILIATED WITH P&G ;THAT” THIS SITE WAS OPERATED KINDA OF GUTSY BECAUSE THE HOST CLAIMED THAT THE POSTINGS WERE NOT CENSORED.”
IM HERE TO TELL YOU NOW THAT IF WHAT YOU SAY RUBS THE HOST “HERE” THE WRONG WAY,THEY PULL YOUR COMMENT!
NO KUDOS AFTERALL!
Posted by: B.C. Pool on April 15, 2010 at 3:13pm #
You mentioned that the Classic scent Old Spice Body Wash is available at Walmart, but I went there last night and it wasn’t there. It’s also now not at Walgreen’s, CVS or Target! I’m disappointed!
Posted by: Lynn Breaux on April 16, 2010 at 5:25am #
Apparently, P&G doesn’t give a rat’s a$$ about loyalty to consumers. They took a successful product with a fervent consumer base and changed it into something less. If P&G doesn’t want to produce Old Spice Original, give me the formula. I’ll make it and won’t mind the cost. You guys should have learned something from Coke when they changed their formula.
Posted by: DAVID MCKNIGHT on April 16, 2010 at 2:05pm #
ON MY LAST TWO TRIPS TO KROGERS I GATHERED SOME INTERESTING BITS OF OS- RELATED INFO.
FIRST OF ALL I SPOKE WITH THE STORE MANAGER AND LEARNED THAT KROGER IS MOVING THEIR DISTRIBUTING HQ TO CINCINATTI OHIO.
THAT I WOULD THINK WOULD CREATE GOOD BUSINESS EXCHANGE WITH P & G.
WHILE VISITING WITH THE STORE MANAGER I NOTICED THAT THE OLD CLASSIC/ORIGIONAL ROUND STICK DEO WAS COMPLETELY CLEANED OUT OF THE SLOT. I WAS HOPING THAT P & G WAS MAKING A MOVE TO RELABEL THIS ITEM LIKE THEY DID THE SHAVING CREAM CAN.
SADLY TODAY I FOUND THAT 2 ROWS OF BRUT REPLACED THIS AREA ON THE SHELF ,INCLUDING A ROUND STICK DEO OF BRUT!
OK OLD SPICE TEAM,
REMEMBER THE OL’ ADDAGE-
“IF YOU SNOOZE,YOU LOSE!”
Posted by: Lance Rogers OS user since 1976 on April 24, 2010 at 2:39pm #
If P&G cannot reproduce the shulton formula due to some legal infrigement, than at a minimum, make a classic long lasting cologne and add it to the line up.
Add more fragrance oil to the classic cologne, and market it as ADOS (all day old spice) or something!
Does anyone from P&G read this, or hear us!??
Are they concerned about the consumer, or purely a false sense of profit?
Value isn’t in the profit, but in the satisfation of the customer, and a QUALITY product.
There are consumers, and there are contributers, if all there are is consumers, and no one contributes, everyone loses.
Try to contribute to a quality lasting, and solid product. and the consumers will come.
Produce a cheap, product that no one wants, so you can consume the profits, and the customers wither, and go where the value is.
Thank you!
LR
Posted by: Phil R on May 2, 2010 at 5:19pm #
A Company Rep told me OS Signature was still being produced. I can’t find it anywhere,they are wrong. The Classic Scent is not as strong as the Original. I want to buy the same scent that was made 20 years ago. I really would like to buy Burly Old Spice. C’mon, make the real stuff!
Posted by: Mark on May 2, 2010 at 6:34pm #
I think Alex is asking the same thing that I am. It was a gel pump aftershave and I can’t find it anywhere. Please tell me where I can buy it.
Posted by: AT002 on May 4, 2010 at 8:02pm #
Does Old Spice still carry the Old Red Zone scents? Because the ORIGINAL Aqua Reef & Showtime were the Best smelling Body Sprays on the market. And if you do can u please tell me where to get them or where I can go to order it. Thank You
-AT002
Posted by: Chris Cooper on May 13, 2010 at 10:28am #
I came to this forum to see if I could find out why I couldn’t find the Old Spice After shave in a couple of drug stores I checked (don’t ask me if it’s original or classic or anything I don’t know- all I know is that it was Old Spice Aftershave) but ‘der it was gone. Anyways, I got part way through reading this and stopped realizing that I didn’t want to know any more about body sprays and whatever the marketing flavour of the week is, all I want to know is what happened to the aftershave? You’re not splitting the atom here, this is aftershave. Alcohol and spice. Anyways, I guess I’ll be trying some new products. Au revoir old spice.
Posted by: admin on May 13, 2010 at 4:39pm #
Chris – we do still carry the Classic After Shave, although availability isn’t always wide spread in your area. Please visit http://pg.custhelp.com/app/answers/list/p/30
There is also a link to email our Customer Care department. We apologize for the inconvenience – hopefully can help you out.
- Old Spice
Posted by: Hank on May 17, 2010 at 9:07am #
Well, I hopped on this bandwagon for a while but have since reconsidered my stance on P&G’s alleged formula change. I am, as we speak, wearing P&G’s Old Spice Classic Colonge and it smells great; just like the stuff I used to buy when it was owned by Shulton. I am encouraged by this. There has been no formula tampering, IMO. Why would they make something so close to the original and it NOT be the original? It does not make sense. Maybe there is a quality control problem at their plant; I do not know. I think guys who might be coming back to Old Spice after a long absense, are finding a product that has not had months of mellowing on store shelves like the Shulton stuff often had, thus smelling like Old Spice really should. I’ve had this cologne on for about two hours now and it has mellowed down to exactly the scent we all know and love; Old Spice.
Hank
Posted by: David Mcknight on May 20, 2010 at 9:27am #
THE OLD SPICE “ORIGIONAL”-THAT I REMEMBER HAD THE ABILITY TO ACTUALLY INTENSIFY AS YOUR BODY HEAT BECAME ELEVATED.
SOMETHING THAT OCCURRED WITH HARD WORK OR SPORTS PLAY. RATHER THAN OFFICE WEAR!
THE STUFF THAT IVE PURCHASED IN THE PAST YEAR, CAN BE PILED ON, AND YET IT DIMINISHES IN INTENSITY IN LESS THAN AN HOUR!
ALSO IT SMELLS MORE LIKE VANILLA, RATHER THAN CLOVE/CINNAMON.
NOT SURE WHERE YOU WERE HEADING WITH THAT POSTING HANK?
I THINK THOSE THAT HAVE ASKED FOR THE RETURN OF THE GLASS BOTTLES HAVE NOTICED A FRAGRANCE CHANGE OF SOME SORT.
THEY ARE MORE INCLINED TO BLAME THE CHANGE OF CONTAINER, RATHER THAN CONSIDER THE LOSS OR CHANGE OF THE FORMULA.
DO THE RESEARCH; SHULTON MADE TRAVELER BOTTLES OUT OF PLASTIC, AND IF YOU WERE A USER BACK THEN YOU WOULD REMEMBER THAT IT DID NOT CHANGE THE INTENSITY OF THE PRODUCT!
THE BEST COMPARISON IVE FOUND, IS TO THE KNOCK-OFFS AT CVS AND FAMILY DOLLAR STORE.
ALTHOUGH TO SOME,THESE HAVE A MORE POWDERY SMELL; BACK IN THE DAY, OS SOLD A BODY TALC THAT WORKED WELL WITH THIS VARIATION THAT WAS AVAILABLE IN THE 60′S.
BEYOND THAT ONE SHOULD CHECK OUT ST. JOHNS BAY RUM OR ROYALL SPICE COLOGNE TO REFRESH THIER MEMORY ABOUT WHAT A “SPICE SMELL”- THE ORIGIONAL OLD SPICE ONCE HAD!
Posted by: Carl on May 22, 2010 at 7:55pm #
I remember the original scent! I wore it for years and have never found anything I prefer to wear, since! The original scent went with any woman’s perfume and complemented it like no other scent out there. And, by the way, Original old spice is the only scent out there that never left any doubt there was a real man in the room!
Original, not classic or any of the new scents let a man leave a little mystery behind as he passed through the room and I have never found a woman who didn’t like the smell. Not so with any other scent out there. If I had known you were removing from your line, I too would have bought a case or two of both the Aftershave and the Cologne. I will never wear anything again. I am really dissapointed. You have ruined yourselves by letting go of the best scent on the market now, or ever.
Posted by: John on May 26, 2010 at 6:20pm #
I’ve starting using the new scent “Swagger” body spray and body wash and like it but I still miss spalshing on the Old Spice After Shave. Any chance Old Spice could start making Swagger in an after shave lotion or cologne?
Thanks John
Posted by: David Mcknight on May 28, 2010 at 3:08pm #
HEY ALL YOU OLD SPICE CLASSIC BODY WASH USER’S!
HERES A CONSUMER TIP:
I FILLED A BATHROOM SOAP DISPENSER WITH OLD SPICE CLASSIC BODY WASH TO HAVE READY ON HAND AT THE SINK.
THE BOTTLE ITSELF IS STORED ON A SHELF WITH THE DEO,AFTERSHAVE, SHAVING CREAM,AND COLOGNE.
I JUST CANT GET ENOUGH OF THAT ORIGIONAL CLASSIC FRAGRANCE!
Posted by: John Hampton on July 17, 2010 at 8:38am #
I just found out last month that you can no longer buy Classic body wash. I AM TORQUED OFF!!! How in the world do you get rid rid of what Old Spice is? And for what? I told my dad and he is just as mad as me over this. I asked some 12 year old that was playing manager @ the store the other night why it wasn’t on the shelf and he assured me it was. Then he pointed out all of the other silly ass Old Spice soaps. This kid didn’t even know what the original was or even worse,why it is a big deal.
I am an infantry veteran from the 101st ABN DIV. An old truck driver! I now work in the office of a trucking company. For leisure time I am one of the guys everyone complains about when they come to the country that is driving slow watching the corn grow. HEY OLD SPICE!!!! There are real men that grew up with the real Old Spice as did the generations before us. Not everyone is some panzy assed metro homosexual that lives in NYC or LA. Not everyone is some NINTENDO time out disciplined college boy!
If you were going to change it you should have made the classic a body/hair wash. I will not be buying anymore from Old Spice and I will let everyone know what you have done. I will make a point to point out the irony of what you have done very loudly everytime I am at the store.