Top 10 Wash Bag/ Dopp Kit Essentials

Fitting quality men’s grooming products in a frequent traveller, gym enthusiast or sportsman’s luggage can require too much space. Subsequently, many skin care essentials are left at home on your bathroom shelf. Our focus is of course to keep you looking more Gentleman than Ape, so thought it prudent that we share our Top 10 male grooming products for your Wash Bag (UK) or Dopp Kit (US). It was 1919, when German immigrant and leather... Read More

Geo F Trumper Shaving Cream

At the time of writing this post, Geo F Trumper shaving cream is number one in Ape to Gentleman’s Top 10 Shaving Creams list. Quite an accolade when you consider we have tried and tested nearly every shaving cream under the sun. You may or may not know but Geo F Trumper started his fragrance and grooming business way back in 1875 and has earned six Royal Warrants on its way to present day. They must be doing something right! And they are. Trumper’s... Read More

A visit to Geo. F. Trumper

Mayfair, by night, is the ‘Playground of Princes’, but by day, is the ultimate location for outfitters and groomers of the gentry. Here you will find the infamous Savile Row, the luxurious Old Bond Street, and the pioneer of the mid-19th century European shopping gallery, Burlington Arcade. You can have quite the quintessentially British shopping jaunt here, wrapped up nicely with a spot of afternoon tea at The Ritz. What more could you... Read More