The London Lounge

I was going to pose this as a general question in the 'anonymous' forum, when I saw that Santa Maria Novella had generated it's own thread in this, the Gent's Chambers section.

My question: I was given a tube of the SMN toothpaste as a gift and the paste is, well, um ... brown. Is this to be expected? It smells OK (spearminty) and the taste is not altogether displeasing. Perhaps the brown colour is due to the content of bloodroot (whatever that is), cinnamon and clove? I don't know how old the tube is and, as far as I know, one can't buy SMN products in my home city so I cannot simply pop in and compare it with a "fresh" product.

I'm not familiar with their tooth paste.

However, I did buy some after shave balm from them.

It also turned brown after a while with exposure to the air.

Maybe they don't use preservatives or other chemicals to maintain color...?

Anyway, the brown color doesn't bother me and I continue to use the balm fully satisfied and with no complaints.

The almond smell lasts all day.