English Leather (1949)
by Dana (orig. by Mem Company)

This was my Dad's cologne, I still have a bottle that reminds me of him. In fact my Mom commented how much she liked smelling this on pop. It is not bad for a drug store scent, it is artificial though. Kind of an artificial leathery soapy scent. It is very strong and lasts a good while.

Not the best cologne at the grocery store but not the worst. I give it a thumbs up simply for nostalgia and memories of my pop.

Lady Luck is beautiful but blind.

Yesterday, while I was browsing at the local bazaar, downtown Athens, I stumbled upon a pile of cheap Chinese made perfumes $3 ,a piece.
Shiny colors fancy packaging and all the assorted paraphernalia.
Excusing myself to the poor seller,I tried to get out ,carefully,without damaging the merchandise.
Accidentally,a small brown cube of glass with a round wooden cap,fell off the pile.
Yes it was an English Leather cologne.Not Dana's,mind you,It was a MEM.!!!
Holly ones, a vintage EL,in a pile of garbage...
To cut a long story short,the seller found only 4 of them in the whole lot. He asked $ 10 for all,wholesale price (sic).
Needless to say I bought them.

The last time that I had one original MEM English Leather,was in 1981,a leftover in a small,local, going out of business store,

A lovely fragrance.

As I always say,it's up to the individual. The perception of an airy fragrant wave, is always a matter of a momentarily lapse. The smell of that elixir,is heady,from minute one. As all the fragrances of the leathery kind,and I had a lot of them including KNIZE 10 , this beauty lasts on me, a good twelve hours give or take one,with no change. May be my pH is neutral,or leathery,( smiles). I don't know.

What I do know, is that I have 16 oz, of an old precious juice, seasoned like vintage wine,that boldly rhymes and rhymes.
A thumbs up, I hear you say? Not only....

One of my all time favorites. This stuff is just righteous!

The stuff out now is revolting and doesn't smell like leather or tanning materials to me. More like a feminine leather chypre with army boots. The graphic on the bottle looks like an upside down hat.

I gave this one a try again. I have to say I liked it and would recommend it BUT my recommendation applies mostly to the after shave which is smoother, not simply lighter, more balanced. This is one of those light/heavy scents IMO where moderation is defintely the best policy. Too much, especially on the chest, a somewhat cloying depressing effect.

Clean, retro with a drydown much less outdated than many other classics. At $15 dollars for an 8 oz. shave?

I remember even way back when prefering the All-Purpose Lotion.

The first cologne I ever purchased. I must have a leather fetish and consider this a more basic scent than the sophisticated Knize Ten, the "sumptuous" Creed. It remains a standout, by any measure. Who cares if it is inexpensive and a drug store purchase. I agree it a casual, all around scent that almost everyone likes.