My ‘off the radar’ picks are
Baume BE (cream)
Fitjar Islands (cream)
Klar Seifen
Musgo Real (cream)
Baume BE (cream)
Fitjar Islands (cream)
Klar Seifen
Musgo Real (cream)
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Maybe I'll give them a try. I'm due for a new soap very soon and apart from a stick of Arko, everything I've got comes from Canadian manufacturers. Might as well keep rolling with what works (and yes I'm Canadian).MacDuffs is a Canadian artisan. Their v4 is the best base I've ever used, hands down. Even blows DG out of the water. Try them, you won't be sorry!
Their quality and packaging is amazing. Some very creative and resourceful people there.
Good one.I suggest adding Haslinger to the list! Great performance at a reasonable price IME!!
Two artisans that don't get a ton of love- Crown and Crain and Blackship are the ones I've been meaning to check out.
I'm a big fan of the Caswell-Massey #6 scent and picked up the shaving soap, manufactured by The Holy Black. Not cheap (you pay for the Caswell-Massey name), but outstanding soap that captures the scent perfectly.As a native of NYC, my favorite under-the-radar soap is The Holy Black. Small batch NYC artisan with a wonderful “Gangs of New York”, 50’s Biker, hot rod aesthetic. Their quality and packaging is amazing. Some very creative and resourceful people there. Some of the special themed releases they put out are wild! But their soaps are top tier for me. Great lather, slickness and scent profiles. Their bourbon base aftershaves are terrific too. The big issue is that due to their infrequent and tiny batches, their stuff is hard to get, and drops of their themed, limited releases sell out super quickly. But it’s worth it if you can get it.
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I second this, Crowne & Crane is one, if not the top, of my favorite soap brands.I think Crowne and Crane is pretty underrated. I have a tub of Tobacco Leaf & Amber. I find its slickness and the post shave feel is near the level of A&E or GD for the price of Stirling soaps.
Personally, I am having trouble finding both the cream and the splash in the scent I want from the same retailer. I feel like they ordered once about a year ago and aren't restocking. I can't order alcohol based stuff from Gifts and Care or I would.I know the Proraso regular lineup gets a lot of love on here but I don’t hear much about their single edge lineup. I just tried their wood and spice cream and found it to be extremely good