Claus Porto

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"A heritage beauty brand known for its art nouveau packaging, offering soaps, colognes, and a barbershop with Musgo Real products."

"One of Portugal’s oldest cosmetics companies, Claus Porto cemented a major comeback after Lisbon’s coolest store, A Vida Portuguesa, began carrying its products. In 2016, the company opened its own boutique in the trendy Chiado district, offering even more access to its eye-catching inventory. Packaged in art deco– and Belle Époque–style cases, the signature products look supremely cool as bed-and-bath decor. Of course, you could also buy the soaps, lotions, and shave creams for actual use. As an extra incentive, on Saturdays, men who spend more than €50 (around $60) receive an old-school hot shave in the barbershop at the store."

"One of Portugal’s oldest cosmetics companies, Claus Porto cemented a major comeback after Lisbon’s coolest store, A Vida Portuguesa, began carrying its products. In 2016, the company opened its own boutique in the trendy Chiado district, offering even more access to its eye-catching inventory. Packaged in art deco– and Belle Époque–style cases, the signature products look supremely cool as bed-and-bath decor. Of course, you could also buy the soaps, lotions, and shave creams for actual use. As an extra incentive, on Saturdays, men who spend more than €50 (around $60) receive an old-school hot shave in the barbershop at the store."

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"Last year this venerable Portuguese luxury label opened its second Lisbon shop (and fourth globally), in a historic Pombaline house in the central Baixa district. It carries much of the same inventory as previous locations: sweet-smelling soap-on-a-rope and basil-scented candles wrapped in heritage Art Deco-patterned containers, but the new jewel box of a store offers special services like allowing shoppers to design their packaging."