I haven't tried it yet but I'm sure the performance is good.
This is the only PAA with the new CK6 formula. I do know it's a very soft soap.
This is the only PAA with the new CK6 formula. I do know it's a very soft soap.
Dropped him a line, linked to this tread
Well done! If Mr. Fine is a member and would like to drop me a PM with a mailing address I'll be happy to cut off a big old chunk of SIM for him to sample. I have an unmolested SIM stick thats been vacuum sealed in storage so the scent should be good.
I thought of Fine Accoutrements because he does such a fantastic job with American Blend which is quickly gaining legend status, and having 3017'nd two of his triple milled soaps I can attest to the high quality / high performance of that soap base. The SIM scent in a high quality triple milled soap would be outstanding.
I haven't tried it yet but I'm sure the performance is good.
This is the only PAA with the new CK6 formula. I do know it's a very soft soap.
I went ahead and purchased the PPA soap that is, in its description of the fragrance on their website, supposed to be a Doppleganger of SIM. I HIGHLY suggest that if you're thinking of trying that soap to first get a sample. It performs better than any soap I ever used (and I have 50 soaps in the house and have tried dozens more as samples from dozens of soapmakers). But this scent and SIM are not even in the same ball park. If you're interested in a description of the scent feel free to PM me. This will be only the second soap I will not use again due to its scent.
I was fortunate enough to grab enough of them some time back to last me, as long as I don'tuse it exclusively, for most of my shaving years. . I've shaved slivers of the sticks and pressed into a puck and have enough to completely fill an old empty Yardley bowl with enough left over to refill it when the time comes. I don't know if the aftershave was discontinued as well so I got a few bottles of those too. Why it was ever discontinued ill never understand.
Got a reply from Todd:
"I appreciate your enthusiasm for SIM, but I’m not personally an especially big fan
I’m not ruling it out forever. It’s just that I can’t see it happening anytime soon. "
One possible reason, and I'm just shooting in the dark, perhaps the ingredients that went into the scent aspect became harder and/or more costly to get? Another possibility is that everywhere else in the wet shaving world of which we stateside make up a small minority, they preferred Tabac at a ratio that it didn't make business sense to continue both? Don't get me wrong, I love Tabac too, combined with Alt Innsbruck aftershave.I agree. Why keep Tabac and discontinue SIM? As I recall performance was the same, but the SIM scent was much less polarizing. I wonder if they had offered SIM in a jar like Tabac if it may have sold better?
One possible reason, and I'm just shooting in the dark, perhaps the ingredients that went into the scent aspect became harder and/or more costly to get? Another possibility is that everywhere else in the wet shaving world of which we stateside make up a small minority, they preferred Tabac at a ratio that it didn't make business sense to continue both? Don't get me wrong, I love Tabac too, combined with Alt Innsbruck aftershave.
P.S. I seem to remember some years ago a ban or regulation about what went into "moss" scent. Either health or environmental reasons. It's just a vague memory.