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So Punk in Paris

Parisian department store, Le Bon Marché, is embracing all things punk rock as part of its new season "So Punk Rive Gauche" event. A huge collection of exclusive collaborations, installations and DIY offbeat entertainment that characterise punk rock, including the Triumph & Disaster range. 

Triumph & Disaster Flagship Store

We're open for business. T&D has returned to our spiritual homeland, Auckland's artery of style, Ponsonby Road. We developed our retail space as grooming lounge for everyone to drop by, chat, rest and get the full sensory T&D experience by trying our wares.

8 Essential Ingredients For The Best Natural Deodorant

A great natural deodorant formula should be a combination of two things: a serving of delicious botanical fragrance on the left and on the right, a cocktail of natural anti-bacterial compounds that are all gentle on your skin, but make it a rough night out for odour-causing bacteria.

The Science of Sweat: Why Does Sweat Smell?

Why does sweat smell? Sweating is part biology, part physics and part chemistry but it's all pretty simple when you dissect the facts. It's one of the signs of a healthy integumentary system. Let's review our notes with a short lesson on one of our skin's essential functions

Dunga at Onehunga

Life has plenty of ups and downs but on this May afternoon, things mainly went vertical. 

Flash City

Flash City is an upstairs duel Barber / Tattoo Studio fronted by Sarah and Ryan - two of New Zealand's top barbering young guns.

The Science of Nature: Dragon's Blood

Voodoo Rituals, wound treatment and bleeding Dragons. Dragon's Blood is an interesting ingredient. And, an actual ingredient. Here's a little about one of our more colourful natural additions.

Braun X Triumph & Disaster Giveaway

We've teamed up with Braun NZ for the ultimate grooming giveaway. Find out more here.

The secret ingredient sheep contribute to our shave cream

Aside from wool and some good lamb steaks to throw on the barby, sheep also contribute a very important skincare product. They secrete lanolin from their backs into their wool to make it waterproof, which is why even in heavy rain their coats still look wooly. The lanolin acts as a barrier so they don’t get bogged down and it is harvested by pressing the sheared wool.

Words of Logic

1 bottle, 250ml, up to 6 months of daily usage per person. Our most economical product is also one of our most celebrated for its effect on the skin.