I was sent a small sample of wholly Kaw monaco royale today and man did I love the scent. I went to order a whole tub but it appears discontinued. Does anyone know of a scent that is similar to this one?
The website Try That Soap lists the following possibilities:
Barrister and Mann Fougiere Gothique
Wholly Kaw Fougere Bouquet
Ariana and Evans Barbiere Sophisticato
Monoco Royale was produced in the initial Wholly Kaw Donkey milk base. Donkey Base was excellent, but the later Bufala base with Water buffalo milk and the current Siero base are even better. Sri has not produced the Monoco Royale scent in the newer bases. The closest thing to a Fougere that WK is currently producing is Fougere Mania. Personally, I prefer thenew scent to Monaco Royale. It has scent notes of Lavender, Amber, Oakmoss, Coumarin, Tonka Bean, Musk, and Labdanum.
Wholly Kaw makes great soaps but has issues with its scents i.e. very hit or miss. Thus, IMHO, the Siero base is stellar but Siero based Fougere Mania soap merely "meh" because of its scent. It was my first Siero based soap and I was very disappointed by this scent though I loved the soap's performance. I then purchased Entropy Man and later Rebelle, both of which are in the Siero base. Rebelle has proven itself to be a favorite with Entropy Man a couple of notches down on the preference scale. This is, of course, subjective as are all opinions based on scent.
All that said, if you love Monaco Royale, I would suggest you follow the lead of the post above and order a tub from a vendor that still has it in stock.
This.I consider his King of Oud to be a world class scent.