This 100g GFT block of alum is a natural aftershave and is an astringent which stops bleeding, soothes abrasion and prevents infection. Posessing great healing properies, alum has been used for millenia. Boxers use it to stem bleeding and you can often see trainers applying it between rounds. Not much of a pugilist but quite dangerous with evan a safetly razor, JAC says “for me it is a my first choice – seconds out.”
Geo F Trumper themselves say “Regarded as the original aftershave, Alum is a mineral stone that contains exceptional natural properties to soothe the skin after shaving. Just dampen the block and gently stroke over the face.”
This product is made of 100% potassium alum. A note here :This is not the alum that is often a constituent of deodorants and about which there is some controversy regarding safety, those are Aluminium Chloride and Aluminium Chlorohydrate. Molecules of Potassium Alum are too large to be absorbed by the skin and therefore only sit on the surface to give a healthy astringent and antibacterial layer.
Watch a quick video about the benefits of Alum, here.
As well as this GFT Block of Alum see the full range of Trumper products available at Abrahams Store, here.
About G F Trumper
In 1875, George Frencis William Trumper established a barbers and perfumier in Curzon Street in Mayfair, London. Thus establishing a brand that endures to this day, representing quality and excellence in men’s grooming.
Abrahams Store stocks a range of gentlemens requisites supplied by Trumper. These include a range of shaving soaps and creams in myriad fragrance as well as some signature fragrances as aftershaves.
Since those days G T Trumper has become a world wide brand. No stranger to being a film location ourselves, Trumpers Curzon Street premises also featured in Agatha Christie’s Poirot series. References in literature include mentions in Brideshead Revisited by Evlyn Waugh. However, spy literature also echos real life connections.
For your face only
Even Ian Flemings creation, Mr Bond, made admiring observations about perhaps the most famous of these fragrances, Euchris. Trumper is also mentioned in John Le Carré’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. That said the brand only plays a minor part in these novels. However, it comes as no surprise that Trumper would be of interest to the intelligence community. After all, MI5 was based in Curzon Street, a stone’s throw from the emporium for many years.
