{"product_id":"fiddlers-friend-aftershave-cologne","title":"Fiddler's Friend Aftershave \u0026 Cologne | 100ml","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFiddler’s Friend\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eScent Profile: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBergamot, Cedarwood, Woody, Patchouli, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpice, Oakmoss, Animalic Musk\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/phoenixshaving.com\/collections\/fiddlers-friend-collection\" style=\"text-decoration: none; background: #f59542; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; font-family: arial-black; cursor: pointer; color: #07548f; padding: 12px 30px; border-radius: 3px;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind The Fiddler’s Friend Collection HERE!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eThere are, broadly speaking, two types of scents in this world. The first are the sort that politely introduce themselves, shake your hand, and then spend the rest of the evening trying very hard not to offend anyone within a ten foot radius. The second type does not bother with introductions at all, and instead quietly rearranges the atmosphere around you until you begin to suspect that you may not be entirely alone. Some of you know exactly what I mean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eFiddler’s Friend is very much the second type.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eIt begins, as all good misdirections do, with a touch of bergamot. Bright, agreeable, almost reassuring. The sort of opening that says, “Nothing to worry about here.” This is, of course, a lie. Because no sooner has that citrus flicker made its polite exit than the woods step in and take over the conversation entirely.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eCedarwood arrives first, dry and confident, followed closely by oakmoss, which brings with it the unmistakable feeling that the ground beneath your feet has been there far longer than you have. Patchouli settles in like an old story that refuses to be forgotten, while spice moves through the composition in a way that suggests something is happening just out of sight, and possibly just out of reach. And then there is the musk. Not loud. Not unruly. Just…there. Observing. Waiting its turn. Twiddling its fingers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eAll of this would be more than enough for a perfectly respectable fragrance, but Fiddler’s Friend has never had much interest in being respectable. It prefers to ROCK!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eAround the fire pits of Camp Phoenix, there are stories. The sort that begin casually enough, usually with someone staring a bit too long into the flames, and then drift into territory that makes everyone else quietly check how far away the treeline actually is. There is talk of a melody that appears sometime after midnight. Some claim it is merely the wind slipping through the branches. Others insist it is the unmistakable sound of a bow drawn across strings that were never, under any reasonable circumstances, meant for human hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eAnd at the center of these stories is the Green Man.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eHe is said to play. Not often. Not for long. But when he does, things happen. Creatures stir. Shapes shift. Even the most stubborn skeptics begin to feel that perhaps remaining seated by the fire is an excellent idea after all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eOne camper, naturally, did not agree.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eA boy named Harper once decided that curiosity was a far more sensible guide than caution. He slipped out into the night, following the sound into the snow. His footprints were clear. Direct. Determined. They led into a frozen clearing where, quite abruptly, they stopped. No sign of a struggle. No sign of a return. Just a single sprig of holly pressed into the soft snow, as if placed there with great care by something that did not feel the need to explain itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eThis fragrance captures that exact moment. Not the fear, but the realization that you may have misunderstood the rules. #ItHappens\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eNow, as for how this all came to exist in a bottle, the story is, if anything, even less predictable. For real.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eThis fragrance is a real lost classic from about 2016. It was originally made for an old friend of mine who happens to be a genuinely excellent professional fiddle player. He had a fondness for my fragrances and, quite sensibly, decided that selling bottles of his own signature splash was far more interesting than the usual assortment of concert merchandise like t-shirts, CDs, or hats, all of which have the distinct disadvantage of not smelling like anything in particular. #TrySomethingDifferent\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eI made one batch. It sold out. I made a second. At no point did I think, “Yes, this will one day become a sought after artifact in the world of wet shaving.” In fact, I gave it very little thought at all, which, as it turns out, was a mistake.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eBecause thanks to the peculiar economics of the internet, one of these bottles eventually found its way onto eBay, where it proceeded to sell for roughly 150 smackers. This caused a great deal of confusion among Shave Cadets, who quite reasonably began asking questions such as, “What is this?” and “Why have we never heard of it?” and “Is this some sort of elaborate joke?”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eFor the record, it was not a joke. I probably only ever made about 40 bottles!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eNaturally, once one person bought it, interest began to grow. Demand followed. The mystery deepened. And so, in a way that can only be described as inevitable in hindsight, Fiddler’s Friend quietly became the sort of thing people wanted precisely because they could not have it. Luckily, the scent is something special, VERY Special!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eFast forward nine years to the 2025 Advent Calendar, where Fiddler’s Friend made an unexpected reappearance. The reaction was immediate and, in some cases, impressively intense. Messages arrived. Requests multiplied. One individual was genuinely upset that we had, apparently, kept this scent from the shaving world for so long, which is both flattering and slightly alarming.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eSo, here we are. Consider this full release a long overdue correction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eFiddler’s Friend is a whimsical, deeply atmospheric, unmistakably masculine blend that somehow slipped through the cracks of time and re-emerged as a full release 10 years later! It is, in every sense, a scent you almost never met.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eAnd now that you have, it might be wise to enjoy it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eJust…if you happen to catch a faint melody somewhere in the distance, you may want to stay where you are. Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha...Shave On!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAftershave Ingredients:\u003c\/strong\u003e Denatured Alcohol, Orange Hydrosol, Glycerin, Fragrance \u0026amp; Oils, Aloe, Vegan Liquid Silk, Jerusalem Pine \u0026amp; Benzoin Resin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Shaving","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42970383024176,"sku":null,"price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/fiddlers-friend-aftershave-cologne-1371859.png?v=1777118414","url":"https:\/\/phoenixshaving.com\/products\/fiddlers-friend-aftershave-cologne","provider":"Phoenix Shaving","version":"1.0","type":"link"}