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the cologne's blue-collar cousin, slapping your face awake with stinging proof of survival
original purposeAlcohol disinfected razor nicks before scent mattered
witch hazelAstringent from a shrub, used since Indigenous medicine
the slapHelps alcohol evaporate, cooling and tightening skin
barbershop classicBay rum dates to 16th-century Caribbean sailors
sting scienceBurning means alcohol hit open micro-cuts