With 15 soaps you can last a while.Wow. I thought I had a lot. I got probably 15 soaps of different variations. Maybe I need to buy more now....lol
With 15 soaps you can last a while.Wow. I thought I had a lot. I got probably 15 soaps of different variations. Maybe I need to buy more now....lol
Hmmm, hard to pick just one. I'll go with Barrister & Mann Beaudelaire.@jdp93 oh wow!!!! Do you have at just one favorite that you would have anxiety in case your storage location caught on fire?
...I have so much soap it makes me anxious. It is a constant reminder of my mortality....
It's true. I close my eyes and suddenly it's the day after my funeral and I see my grieving wife and daughters sitting on the basement floor surrounded by piles of Williams Mug Soap saying "What are we supposed to do with all of this stuff?"
I reckon you are from UK? Palmolive is still producing sticks, there is just no export to the island. Here on mainland we have plenty.
Thats a lot! I dont buy unscented soaps thought. Do you use the vintages or just collect them?I haven't bought a soap or a cream since early 2018. I have enough for several lifetimes. Really stupid. I have so much soap it makes me anxious. It is a constant reminder of my mortality. I have at least 30-40 vintage Williams, 2 dozen modern Williams, a couple dozen Palmolive sticks, nearly a dozen Arko, about a dozen Valobra/DRH/Wilkinson/etc sticks, 4 or 5 tubs of Proraso, a half dozen tins of Simpsons Luxury unscented cream, tubes and tubes of Ingram, Palmolive, Proraso, and other creams, 4 or 5 TFS and RR soaps, a couple MWF, 450ml (ONE POUND!) each of 2 varieties of JM Fraser's cream and Palmindaya cream, a few slices of Cella, Vitos, & other Italian soaps, and a bunch of one offs from artisans, etc.
These were purchased over the course of a dozen or more years. I'd get a deal on a dozen pucks of 1980s Williams in the factory packaging, then I'd go to Ireland 2 or 3 times a year and I'd bring 2 or 3 Palmolive or Wilkie sticks or Ingram creams back to America each time, then in 2015 I read about Williams being discontinued so I bought 3 dozen from Pharmapacks for less than a buck apiece shipped, then CO Bigelow offered buy 2 get 1 on Proraso... it was never a binge... rather a slow, steady accumulation. Suddenly I realized there was a giant box of soap and creams in my closet in the cellar.
If you're new to this thing, take your time. But you won't. Ten years from now you can copy and paste this post and call it your own.
I use vintage Williams a lot, especially in the winter. I have some that goes way back, but most of what I have is from the 70s-80s. Most of it was bought in lots rather than as individual pucks. Of particular note are 12 pucks still in the factory packaging; they're early 1980s vintage. I've had them about 4-5 years but haven't opened the packaging yet.Thats a lot! I dont buy unscented soaps thought. Do you use the vintages or just collect them?
That's what I was saying. Some people imagine their family treasuring or auctioning their soap collections. It's much more likely that the soap will be thrown away by people rolling their eyes and talked about at every family gathering.It's true. I close my eyes and suddenly it's the day after my funeral and I see my grieving wife and daughters sitting on the basement floor surrounded by piles of Williams Mug Soap saying "What are we supposed to do with all of this stuff?"
Foam party at the wake?It's true. I close my eyes and suddenly it's the day after my funeral and I see my grieving wife and daughters sitting on the basement floor surrounded by piles of Williams Mug Soap saying "What are we supposed to do with all of this stuff?"
In your Last Will & Testament, you could leave instructions that these soaps will be PIFed to people on B&B. Your legacy will live on!It's true. I close my eyes and suddenly it's the day after my funeral and I see my grieving wife and daughters sitting on the basement floor surrounded by piles of Williams Mug Soap saying "What are we supposed to do with all of this stuff?"