It may be gauche to admit, but I like being a man. I like smelling (a little), farting (a lot, unfortunately) drinking beer, scratching myself, and I don’t mind a few holes in – or stains on – my underwear. Sorry GQ!
Hailing from lumberjack haven in the Pacific Northwest, Portland General Store make manly hygiene products for us manly men who don’t want to hide our musty stench behind perfumed, chemically ‘crisp’ products. Their shaving creams, aftershaves, bath scrubs, colognes, soaps, and shampoos have scents including whiskey, wood, tobacco, moss, cardamom, and more (move quick to score their limited edition cognac cologne, and make smelling like booze at 9am professional!).
These old-fashioned toiletries are naturally-made (often vegan), by an independent business, and beautifully-packaged, so they’re good for the planet, your soul, and your poorly-decorated man’s pad; flannel, beanie, beard and lumberjack axe not included.
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