I know some of you are very curious about these new soaps and their scent profiles. I thought it might be nice to create a post with my thoughts on them as I recently received samples of all four of the Horsemen. Famine, Plague, War and Death.
Note that all four contain a base of Citrus, Resins and Moss. All of them. These three scents are exactly what make up "Death" all by themselves, but we'll get to that later.
First up is Famine. B&M lists this soap's scent profile as Dust, Hunger, Citrus, Resins and Moss. To me it has distinctive incense quality. Not cheap by any means or the common off the shelf stuff you burn. By incense I mean an almost floral, smokey, aromatic, deliberate scent style. They say it has notes of rose, jasmine, vanilla, and cedar on top of the citrus, resins, and moss. It gets an
from me.
Next is Plague. B&M profiles this one as Lavender, Herbs, Citrus, Resins and Moss. Right away I pick up the lavender top note. The "herb" note is also very up front. The soap's scent has an earthy quality to it. I don't think anyone would disagree. They say this one has notes of thyme, sage, rosemary, lavender, and geranium that sit on top of the citrus, resins, and moss base. This one also gets a from me.
Next on the list, we have War. War has a very sharp on the nose scent. B&M's profile on this one is Hot metal, Gunpowder, Citrus, Resins and Moss. Again, right off the top I'm noticing the "Hot Metal" and "Gunpowder". I wouldn't say that I'm familiar with these scents in any fashion prior to smelling this soap as I don't shoot guns and am never around truly hot metal. This soap is said to have notes of metal, aldehydes, gunpowder, leather, citrus, resins, clary sage, and amber. I definitely catch the sage and can recognize the blending of the leather, citrus, aldehydes, resins and amber. Though none of that lot stand out too much on their own. The smell is built of small bits of them all. This one may be iffy for some and is in my opinion definitely a soap scent you will deliberately choose to use and not be daily go-to. I give this one a 50/50. Not bad but you're going to want to
about it.
Last but certainly not least we have Death. As I said before, Death's scent is made up purely of the base of the other three soaps, citrus, resins and moss. If like me, you get the chance to smell all of these side by side, like me you may find an enjoyment in the simplicity of this soap's scent. These three notes do make for a very moody, Halloween theme style soap (this thought does apply to the others). This soap is said to have top notes of clary sage, rose, vetiver, amber, and bay. Bergamot, labdanum, oakmoss, and patchouli round out the base. B&M like to just note this base profile as citrus, resins and moss so keep this in mind when thinking about the "base" in the other three soaps. All in all, I give this soap's scent a.
There you have it gentlemen. I hope this helps you decide if any or all of these are worth your time, attention and money.
Good luck and have shaves!
Note that all four contain a base of Citrus, Resins and Moss. All of them. These three scents are exactly what make up "Death" all by themselves, but we'll get to that later.
First up is Famine. B&M lists this soap's scent profile as Dust, Hunger, Citrus, Resins and Moss. To me it has distinctive incense quality. Not cheap by any means or the common off the shelf stuff you burn. By incense I mean an almost floral, smokey, aromatic, deliberate scent style. They say it has notes of rose, jasmine, vanilla, and cedar on top of the citrus, resins, and moss. It gets an
from me.Next is Plague. B&M profiles this one as Lavender, Herbs, Citrus, Resins and Moss. Right away I pick up the lavender top note. The "herb" note is also very up front. The soap's scent has an earthy quality to it. I don't think anyone would disagree. They say this one has notes of thyme, sage, rosemary, lavender, and geranium that sit on top of the citrus, resins, and moss base. This one also gets a
from me.Next on the list, we have War. War has a very sharp on the nose scent. B&M's profile on this one is Hot metal, Gunpowder, Citrus, Resins and Moss. Again, right off the top I'm noticing the "Hot Metal" and "Gunpowder". I wouldn't say that I'm familiar with these scents in any fashion prior to smelling this soap as I don't shoot guns and am never around truly hot metal. This soap is said to have notes of metal, aldehydes, gunpowder, leather, citrus, resins, clary sage, and amber. I definitely catch the sage and can recognize the blending of the leather, citrus, aldehydes, resins and amber. Though none of that lot stand out too much on their own. The smell is built of small bits of them all. This one may be iffy for some and is in my opinion definitely a soap scent you will deliberately choose to use and not be daily go-to. I give this one a 50/50. Not bad but you're going to want to
about it.Last but certainly not least we have Death. As I said before, Death's scent is made up purely of the base of the other three soaps, citrus, resins and moss. If like me, you get the chance to smell all of these side by side, like me you may find an enjoyment in the simplicity of this soap's scent. These three notes do make for a very moody, Halloween theme style soap (this thought does apply to the others). This soap is said to have top notes of clary sage, rose, vetiver, amber, and bay. Bergamot, labdanum, oakmoss, and patchouli round out the base. B&M like to just note this base profile as citrus, resins and moss so keep this in mind when thinking about the "base" in the other three soaps. All in all, I give this soap's scent a
.There you have it gentlemen. I hope this helps you decide if any or all of these are worth your time, attention and money.
Good luck and have shaves!
