Old Spice Spiffy Pomade Review

Well it seems that pomades are making a sort of comeback, owing to a lot of hair styles like undercut or curtain cut. So going with the flow I did some search for the pomades available in the market and found out that my favorite Old Spice also has a hair care line. I understand a lot of viewers would meet it with scepticism but I am from India (we don't have a lot of options available when it comes to Old Spice).

Sadly this product doesn't have a single review dedicated online and barring a couple of Youtube video review not much can be seen around. So I will begin my review of this product.

The product is available in 3.5 oz plastic container , Mine is made in Canade, I ordered it through ibhejo.com.

Speaking about the pomade it's not your run of the mill pomade, ie it offers no shine and is a low hold water soluble pomade. The pomade is mostly reminiscent of sculpting clay and it's white in colour.

For ingredients list - The Spiffy contains - Water/Eau, Mineral Oil/Huile Minerale, Petrolatum, Acrylates Crosspolymer-3, Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax/Cire De Carnauba, Propylene Glycol, Polyglyceryl-3 Dicitrate/Stearate, Paraffin, Cetyl Alcohol, Beeswax/Cire D'Abeille, Fragrance/Parfum, Ceteareth-25, Lanolin Wax/Cire De Lanoline, Tridecyl Trimellitate, Aminomethyl Propanol, Microcrystalline Wax/Cire Microcristalline, Methylparaben, Dmdm Hydantoin, Propylparaben, Synthetic Wax, Polyethylene, Ethylene/Propylene Copolymer, Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate.

The application is similar to other pomades , Rub some amount of pomade on palms and apply directly on dry or damp hair.

One thing about the scent is that Old Spice makes some of the best complimented scents and you will not be disappointed with the scent for this one as well.

It's available on amazon for a little over $ 6. I am sure you would get a bargain buy at local walmart or walgreens store.

Jovan Musk - What Sexy is!!!!

There is a small trend moving it’s way through the Kingdom of Man (or otherwise known asMandom) and it revolves around the old school colognes. Primarily those that your father and grandfather wore. As one marketing slogan goes, “If your grandfather hadn’t worn it, you wouldn’t be here.” Tis true, as one of my grandfathers wore one of these everyday. You find them in your local drugstores (and national chains as well) and sometimes in your local grocer. Even though they have been around for decades, they are a good option for your everyday wear especially when you take their cost into account. Most usually go for around $8 to $12 with some below and some slightly above. I wear some of these often and the younger ladies of the office often comment on how good it smells. The more mature ladies look at me with a tilted head and an expression like they should know but can’t quite figure it out.

I know it seems odd, in this day and age, with all the new fragrances out and well, really nice ones at that, which I will address in another blog post soon, but there’s just something about the old ones that are alluring and dare I say, really nice. And for the price, really, c’mon, you cannot beat them. Besides, there also seems to be a small cult following of these older aftershaves and colognes of people who just like to collect them in all their varying bottles and versions.

So here I am. Admitting that I wear some of these for everyday use and why not? For work or school, these are perfectly acceptable and you’re not wasting your nice $80 a bottle cologne. You wear that on special occasions for special people. And besides, you can’t beat them for the price, especially in this economy! So let’s review these gems of old and see what we can find out here and why men are starting to come back to or in some cases discover these colognes for the first time. I’ll start with the ‘big three’ from my earliest days then move on to later ones that may or may not ring a bell for you but in my opinion, those that are available, are still a viable option for todays man.

Jovan Musk

My dad wore this one for a short period of time. This one was introduced in 1973 and has citrus, lavender and spices that produces a very strong sent at first but then mellows out to a smooth clean smell. It is a great daily office aftershave/cologne and well worth the price of $15.  “It’s what attracts. The cologne works with your body’s natural chemistry to make a sexy scent. A blend of exotic spices and woods meets with the seductive power of musk. The result is a masculine, powerful persuasive fragrance.”

This seems more in line with Sex Appeal ad campaign than the Musk.  Maybe there was a mix up in the advertising department and these got switched?  Who knows.

Oh wow, Lee Horsley or should I say Matt Houston! It was a TV show back in the early 80s (1982-1985 on ABC). Matt Houston was a millionaire private investigator that always got the bad guy…..it was a poor competitor of Magnum P.I. (1980-1988) which starred Tom Selleck on CBS. Other than that, nothing more to add here about the cologne or the campaign…..

okay, so I lied. In 1981, Jovan paid one million dollars to put it’s name on Rolling Stones tickets during their Rolling Stones’ American Tour 1981 that promoted their Tattoo You album. Now there’s some useless bits of information that will never earn you a dollar.  In fact, nothing in this blog will ever earn you a dollar but thanks for reading anyway!

Caspian Sea named after Kashyap Rishi

Friends I came across Ajit Vadakayil's blog on Hinduism and how it stretched majority of Europe at the time of Vikramaditya's rule. 

Please note my blog serves as a inspiration from Ajit Vadakayil's blog. I present to you how Caspian Sea is named after Kashyap Rishi.

A little introduction for the man - Kashyap Rishi himself.

Sage Kashyapa is the Grand Old Sire of Hinduism.

He is one of the Saptha Rishis, Seven Sages of Hinduism

The Rishis determine the Sruthi to be followed.

They change for each Manvantara.

The Rishi are seers who know, and by their knowledge are the makers of shastra and “see” all mantras. The word comes from the root rish Rishati-prapnoti sarvvang mantrang jnanena pashyati sangsaraparangva, etc. The seven great Rishi or saptarshi of the first manvantara are Marichi, Atri, Angiras, Pulaha, Kratu, Pulastya, and Vashishtha. In other manvantara there are othersapta-rshi. In the present manvantara the seven are Kashyapa Atri, Vashishtha, Vishvamitra, Gautama, Jamadagni, Bharadvaja. To theRishi the Vedas were revealed. Vyasa taught the Rigveda so revealed to Paila, the Yajurveda to Vaishampayana, the Samaveda to Jaimini, Atharvaveda to Samantu, and Itihasa and Purana to Suta. The three chief classes of Rishi are the Brah-marshi, born of the mind of Brahma, theDevarshi of lower rank, and Rajarshi or Kings who became Rishis through their knowledge and austerities, such as Janaka, Ritaparna, etc. Thc Shrutarshi are makers of Shastras, as Sushruta. The Kandarshiare of the Karmakanda, such as Jaimini.

For the present Manvantara,Vaivasvatha Manvatara,Kashyapa is one of the Saptha Rishis.

He s the son-in-law of Daksha Prajapati, the progenitor of Mankind.

Kashyapa is mentioned in all the Hindu Puranas,Sikhism.

He was married to Danu, daughter of Daksha, who was the mother of the Danavas.

The Celts worship Dandu and call themselves as the People/Tribes of Danu.  

Kashyapa is mentioned predominantly in the north and northwest of India.

Kashmir, India is named after Kashmir,

Kashmir has a huge lake Satisara.

Sara means lake or a mountain.

I take the view that this refers to Mountain range as Shiva’s wife Sat was born here.

Some legends in Kashmir state that the large lake  was called Kasyapa Sira.

Kashyapa Sira came to be known as Kashmir.

Mira in Sanskrit means lake,

Note the word Mariner.

It is from the word Mira, to denote Navigator.

Caspian Sea.

The word Caspian is derived from the name of the Caspi (Persian کاسی), an ancient people that lived to the west of the sea in Transcaucasia.^[6] Strabo wrote that “to the country of the Albanians belongs also the territory called Caspiane, which was named after the Caspian tribe(Kaswan, Kashyap Jat clans), as was also the sea; but the tribe has now disappeared”.^[7] Moreover, the Caspian Gate, which is the name of a region in Tehran province of Iran, is another possible piece of evidence that they migrated to the south of the sea.

The root of the word Caspian can also be traced to Sanskrit.

In Hinduism, Caspian Sea was called the Kashyapa Sagar.

The Caspian Sea is named after a tribe from the province of Gilan (or Guilan) in Iran. Caspi and Amardi (who lived in the Sepid Rud valley) were the main two tribes during the Achaemenid dynasty era. The Achaemenids ruled around the 5th Century BC.

The sage Kashyap was regarded as the founder of Kashmir. At the time he lived in the area, it is believed that most of the land was submerged under water, and the water body was called Kashyap Sar.

‘According to the Nilmat Purana, the land of Kashmir was occupied by a vast lake called “Satisara”. On the basis of this fact, the word “Kashmir” is derived from Sanskrit “Kashyapa + Mira” which means the sea lake or the mountain of sage Kashyapa. Kashyapa was the originator of Kashmir.'(Yahoo Answers)

Valley of kashmir was occupied by two tribes Pisachas and Nagas.

The Kashmir valley was a vast lake called Satisaras, named afterSati or Parvati the consort of Shiva.

The lake was inhabited by the demon Jalodbhav.

‘Kashmir Region was inhabited by two tribes — the Nagas and thePisachas.

The lake was drained off by leader of the Nagas called Ananta (Anantnag region of Kashmir is named after him) to capture and kill the demon. Ananta later names the valley as Kashapa-mira after his father Kashapa.-Nilamat Purana

Prajapati Kashapa killed Jalodbhava with the help of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.

The lake was then drained and comes to be known as Kash-mira after the Rishi Kashayapa’-Rajatharangini by Kalhana.

It may be note that the Iran’s tribes descended from the Hindus and some of them mover to the Caspian .

Hindu Puranas say it was drained.