Friday Daily Question Thread (Newbie Friendly) - August 4, 2023

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At the place where I'm on vacation, they have Pitralon aftershave in a supermarket - both the classic red and also a blue Polar one. Should I get one, and if yes, which one and why?

Answers telling me that the correct response is "both" will not be accepted.

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- The real question is -- do you live in the US and are you willing to be a mule for me?
  
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  No and no 😂
  
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- The correct answer for the number of aftershaves, soaps, razor, and so on is always n+1, where n is the number you currently have. So if you buy one of them, you'll need to buy the second one too...
  
  Jokes aside, I am not familiar with Pitralon. I did however go to their website and read up on the fragrance pyramid of both of them. They both sounds lovely, but I would spend my money on the classic red.
  
  Cedar wood just sounds better to me than freshly mown grass :)
  
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  I am not familiar with Pitralon.
  
  Pitralon features in a few German-language popsongs, among which this one. Trigger-warning: weird 1980 stuff. The song claims that "girls like it when you smell like a polecat", and strongly suggests that the use of Pitralon is a way of achieving this.
  
  I assume that this version references the classic red one - and I'm both tempted and afraid of trying it.
  
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- I'm not a fan of the polar one. Smells like alcohol and menthol.
  
  I'm curious about the red one. Polar is a German Pitralon, but the *normal" Pitralon there is green. Swiss Pitralon is red, but the power isn't sold here, so what's your red Pitralon? Where does it come from? If it's like the Swiss Pitralon Original:
  
  Then it's glorious: classic Ralon scent (which is said to be identical to the original uNoBtAiNiUm Pitralon) plus pear.
  
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  I managed to go to the supermarket without my dear wife. It doesn't look quite like the Swiss version:
  
  It's produced by Minervium in Breda in the Netherlands.
  
  I will use it tonight, and report back.
  
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I was expecting more people to be here once the Lather Games were over, but I totally forgot about Austere August. Are most of the users still over at reddit for AA?

Also, how were the LGs this year?

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- Are most of the users still over at reddit for AA?
  
  I guess so: there are competitions, and prices to be won.
  
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  That makes sense. I really just forgot all about it.
  
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- Also, how were the LGs this year?
  
  Lather Games were a success, IMO. The top twenty or so participants really brought their A game.
  
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  Awesome, glad to hear it! You were a judge this year, right?
  
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