Need name of men's hair product in 60's, please

Little Red Barn · Jun 6, 2007

What was the name of a mans hair product used in the 60's that a man would have used to slick back his hair.

How would that greasy stuff be described as far as smell, look, on a man, I'm wondering...specifically to a child of seven.

I keep thinking it was brillo or something.

ETA: While I',m at it how do you smoke a pipe. Regular pipe tobacco that is in 60's

?Take a puff tapp it lightly and set to rest?
thank you
kimmi

C.bronco · Jun 6, 2007

brill cream (I'm unsure of the spelling)

Tsu Dho Nimh · Jun 6, 2007

Brylcreem, a little dab'll do ya!

Little Red Barn · Jun 6, 2007

Tsu Dho Nimh said:
Brylcreem, a little dab'll do ya!

Thanks C bronco--

tsu is that correct spelling--what did it smell like?

larocca · Jun 6, 2007

www.brylcreem.com still exists today, so that is the correct spelling. And the correct smelling.

alleycat · Jun 6, 2007

kimmi said:
ETA: While I',m at it how do you smoke a pipe. Regular pipe tobacco that is in 60's ?Take a puff tapp it lightly and set to rest?
thank you
kimmi

Smoking a pipe is a full-time job. (I'm just joking . . . but not by much).

Basically you fill it, tamp it down, light it, puff it; then occasionally tamp it a little more. Afterward you knock the ashes out by banging the pipe against your shoe. ;-) If the pipe has been used a lot, they use a pipe cleaner on the stem and a pipe cleaning tool on the bowl.

Ziljon · Jun 6, 2007

There was also Vitalis.

Little Red Barn · Jun 6, 2007

alleycat said:
Smoking a pipe is a full-time job. (I'm just joking . . . but not by much).

Basically you fill it, tamp it down, light it, puff it; then occasionally tamp it a little more. Afterward you knock the ashes out by banging the pipe against your shoe. ;-) If the pipe has been used a lot, they use a pipe cleaner on the stem and a pipe cleaning tool on the bowl.

Alley! Hey you, I've missed you

Julie Worth · Jun 6, 2007

Butch Wax. Here's a fellow wearing it.

rugcat · Jun 6, 2007

Describing a smell is quite a challenge for a writer. I can almost smell it as I type, but I'm damned if I can come up with anything. Very helpful, right?

Maybe--sweet, cloying, slight medicinal tang, like cheap cologne but thicker and greasier. (Like the product) I seem to remember it was a white goo, but I might be wrong

Little Red Barn · Jun 6, 2007

Thank you Julie and rugcat, I can't get the brylcreem site to open...
Rug, exactly..I can smell it too but darn I'm having trouble describing...It was ughhh yuck though...

Little Red Barn · Jun 6, 2007

Julie Worth said:
Butch Wax. Here's a fellow wearing it.

Oh yeah I liked that site, thank you Julie.

alleycat · Jun 6, 2007

kimmi said:
Thank you Julie and rugcat, I can't get the brylcreem site to open...
Rug, exactly..I can smell it too but darn I'm having trouble describing...It was ughhh yuck though...

" . . . sweet, oily smell of Brylcreem . . ."

". . . smelled like rancid suntan lotion . . ."

". . . smelled like a mixture of machine oil and shaving cream . . ."

MidnightMuse · Jun 6, 2007

kimmi said:
Alley! Hey you, I've missed you

Practice your aim

Little Red Barn · Jun 6, 2007

MidnightMuse said:
Practice your aim

Hey Midnight!

alleycat · Jun 6, 2007

My, what a big font you have.

I haven't seen text that big since the last time someone flounced.

Little Red Barn · Jun 6, 2007

alleycat said:
My, what a big font you have.

I haven't seen text that big since the last time someone flounced.

Ohh my...
How bout this:
The sweet, cloying smell of Brylcreen smelled like a mixture of machine oil and medicinal tang????

Little Red Barn · Jun 6, 2007

No wait.
His thick brown hair was styled as a Duck's Ass attempt at conservative.
The sweet, cloying smell of Brycleem smelled like a mixture of machine oil and medicinal tang, encircling him.
Huh? ohhh arghh

alleycat · Jun 6, 2007

"He smelled like a garage mechanic who had just come back from the barber."

;-)))

rugcat · Jun 6, 2007

kimmi said:
The sweet, cloying smell of Brycleem (Brylcreem)smelled like a mixture of machine oil and medicinal tang, encircling him.

Machine oil is a nice twist, but I'm not sure it's accurate.(If you care) Shaving cream is closer, I think. Of course, memories fade.

Little Red Barn · Jun 6, 2007

rugcat said:
Machine oil is a nice twist, but I'm not sure it's accurate.(If you care) Shaving cream is closer, I think. Of course, memories fade.

No? You think not Rug. Hmm...
Arggg, ok I'll try again

Thank you

You too Alley!

Little Red Barn · Jun 6, 2007

Any better?
His thick brown hair was styled in a conservative Duck’s Ass attempt. I could smell the oily, cloying smell of Brycleem. I gagged as the smell of machine oil and medicinal tang assaulted my nose.

popmuze · Jun 6, 2007

I myself used Max Factor's Crew Cut, which smelled like vasoline...or was that gasoline?

gerrydodge · Jun 6, 2007

Vitalis! You'd rub it into your hair after shampooing and then when it dried your hair would be as stiff as wire. There were two twins in my grade school--the Addicks twins--and their mother would drench their heads with Viatlis. Everyone wanted to pet their heads. Vitalis--hadn't thought of that stuff in a long time.

alleycat · Jun 6, 2007

I think I would use ducktail rather than "duck's ass". Or maybe D.A.

Is your story actually set in the fifties? Or is this guy retro?

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