Saponificio Varesino scent guide? Similar brands?

[sidpost]

Saponificio Varesino shave soap is mentioned a lot as being one of the best around.

For someone like myself who will never see them in person, how do I figure out the scents and find the ones I will like? I think I should try one of the Saponificio Varesino versions. Do they offer sampler packs I may have missed?

What other brands are similar premium shave soaps? I see Haslinger mentioned some but, it doesn't seem to get the praise of Saponificio Varesino.

 

[JimL911]

Shaving & Beard Care Travel Sample Set

The Saponificio Varesino Shaving & Beard Care Travel Sample Set is a perfect way to test our shaving fragrances and care products. Each set includes 14 sachets: 11 After Shave Lotions one in each fragrance Pro Victis Skin Repair After Shave Balm Nourishing Beard Balm Cleansing Beard Wash Product...

www.saponificiovaresino.us

 

[SydneyShaver]

Just FYI, on their website they give a full breakdown of the scent composition. Reading some of them, its pretty obvious a lot of them are popular mens cologne clones with a slight twist. i.e. Opuntia = Creed Aventus, Desert Vetiver = terre d'hermes etc. I've got some AS samples and body wash samples with a couple orders, perhaps they can be purchased off their website?

 

[ShortRound131]

This site a scent breakdown:

https://www.theshavingdutchman.com/saponificio-varesino/

 

[J-MN]

I had gotten samples of quite a few of the SV soaps from Shavedash before committing to a whole puck. It doesnt looks like they have the best SV selection at the moment, though.

 

[sidpost]

This site a scent breakdown:

https://www.theshavingdutchman.com/saponificio-varesino/

That is a very good site for me. Thanks!

 

[Marco]

Sir, SV is unique. There is really nothing on the market that is in anyway comparable. Get some SV samples and thank me later.

 

[Elliot]

Was actually looking at their soaps and can’t decide. May grab a brush while I’m at it

 

[flask28]

Sir, SV is unique. There is really nothing on the market that is in anyway comparable. Get some SV samples and thank me later.

This is 100% true. I ordered the SV sample pack linked above and actually had two delivered to me!! Going through them I discovered they are all really sophisticated and that wow, all our tastes in scents are so so different and hard to gague. The ones I thought I'd like from reading the SV posts here and descriptions were not really in line with what I learned from the sampler.

Best $20 I ever spent in the hobby so far. I keep some of the extra samples in my travel kit, they are perfect for that!