Item Description
The quality of the lather is excellent in this soap. The first ingredient listed is Sodium Tallowate.
The price is a little expensive, but there are fewer and fewer high-end tallow-based soaps. I splurged on the wood bowl combo. It cost $46 shipped - so it's expensive but not crazy expensive. Comparable soaps in a wooden bowl, something like G.F. Trumper's, are in the $35 range plus shipping.
The quality is very nice. The bowl is well-finished but not fantastic. The soap itself is nice and dense. The packaging is nice as well - nice, AOS blue box. If you're spending a lot, you'd expect the company not to skimp on stuff like that.
Scent was a little disappointing. I don't have any AOS lavender shaving cream to compare to, but the soap's scent is very mild. More "soapy" than lavender. Personally, I'm not complaining since I'm very sensitive to scents. I just wish it had a bit more of a lavender kick. My favorite lavender scent is Truefitt & Hill's lavender shaving cream. That has a very distinct lavender smell - not just flowery, but has sort of woody notes as well. So if you're looking for a major lavender "kick" this soap, or at least the puck I received, doesn't really have it.
Lather was terrific. My water is sort of hard and I found that if I use a wetter than usual brush to charge up the brush with soap, I get better results than with a dryer brush. The lather is very cushioning and fairly thick.
Efficacy is very good - I get decent shaves with it - nice lubrication and cushion.
As for moisturizing - I'd say it's good but not spectacular.
Bottom line: it's a very good quality soap, but a little too mild in the scent department. I'm curious now about the sandalwood and lemon scents to see if they have a little more "presence."
The price is a little expensive, but there are fewer and fewer high-end tallow-based soaps. I splurged on the wood bowl combo. It cost $46 shipped - so it's expensive but not crazy expensive. Comparable soaps in a wooden bowl, something like G.F. Trumper's, are in the $35 range plus shipping.
The quality is very nice. The bowl is well-finished but not fantastic. The soap itself is nice and dense. The packaging is nice as well - nice, AOS blue box. If you're spending a lot, you'd expect the company not to skimp on stuff like that.
Scent was a little disappointing. I don't have any AOS lavender shaving cream to compare to, but the soap's scent is very mild. More "soapy" than lavender. Personally, I'm not complaining since I'm very sensitive to scents. I just wish it had a bit more of a lavender kick. My favorite lavender scent is Truefitt & Hill's lavender shaving cream. That has a very distinct lavender smell - not just flowery, but has sort of woody notes as well. So if you're looking for a major lavender "kick" this soap, or at least the puck I received, doesn't really have it.
Lather was terrific. My water is sort of hard and I found that if I use a wetter than usual brush to charge up the brush with soap, I get better results than with a dryer brush. The lather is very cushioning and fairly thick.
Efficacy is very good - I get decent shaves with it - nice lubrication and cushion.
As for moisturizing - I'd say it's good but not spectacular.
Bottom line: it's a very good quality soap, but a little too mild in the scent department. I'm curious now about the sandalwood and lemon scents to see if they have a little more "presence."
