Talk:Aqua Velva

Marines

 * On Parris Island, Aqua Velva is often used by Marine recruits, under the direction of their Drill Instructors, to cut the smell of body odor on themselves, and in their barracks.

Someone explain this one to me, please. Is it really relevant? Maikel (talk) 10:58, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
 * As relevant as anything is. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.251.12.20 (talk) 05:31, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Why mention them specifically, and not list everyone else in the world using it? What makes this bit of information actually useful or interesting or in any way more relevant to the topic than anyone else using it? - Alltat (talk) 16:29, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Mouthwash?
This suggests that Aqua Velva was NEVER a mouthwash: http://theshaveden.com/forums/threads/aqua-velva-mouthwash.19834/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.92.244.192 (talk) 17:54, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I have found no reliable sources stating that Aqua Velva was marketed as a mouthwash. Ads from February 1929 present is as an after-shave to be used in association with Williams' shaving cream: here's a third-party report referencing an April 1929 ad. So I am going to take the mouthwash bit out. Yngvadottir (talk) 18:48, 18 September 2014 (UTC)

Some basic questions
Does any one even know how/why the name for the product was originally chosen? What does the name mean?

I've been trying to research these questions without success in finding an answer to them, at least not on Wikipedia. The name is in the Latin language, and aqua means "water" in Latin. But what does velva mean in Latin? I am not finding any answers to this question.

I've tried 10 different Latin dictionaries online. None can find anything for a possible such Latin word as velva.

Google search also did not come up with anything plausible. Any one? Thank you, warshy (¥¥) 20:41, 18 June 2020 (UTC)