There’s a distinct quality to that “classic barbershop” scent, be it a shave cream or soap, aftershave lotion or powder. It’s uplifting but also weighted. It’s got leathery notes, or maybe musk. It ...

My college roommate, Ira, knew how to live well. “Come on!” he said one day as he dragged me into an old barbershop in Providence, R.I., that I had walked by hundreds of times, and ordered each of us ...