Item Description
Price: Honestly, this stuff is expensive. It currently costs about $32 for 110g in a tin. You get a little bit more by weight than some other traditional soaps, but the tin isn't really that nice compared to some of the wooden bowls out there. Fortunately, it seems to last a decent period of time.
Quality: This really goes hand in hand with price. The tin isn't amazing, but looks are generally secondary to performance to me. The soap seems to be of good quality.
Scent: I really enjoy the scent of this stuff. It's spicy and musky, in my opinion a very manly scent. I absolutely don't mind smelling like this stuff all day.
Lather: Very easily my biggest complaint about this product. It makes a thin lather compared to some of the British soaps like D.R. Harris. I haven't been able to get it to make a lather that compares. If this would bother you greatly, I'd recommend staying away from this product.
Efficacy: The slickness of this product is its greatest quality. I haven't sampled a huge number of soaps, but this is one of the slickest. Dare I say this soap is slicker than MWF? Though the lather isn't as good as my D.R. Harris, I greatly prefer this to it as the slickness leaves me completely irritation free.
Moisturizing: I picked this product up in the winter, and my house is pretty dry. However, I found that it was pretty moisturizing compared to some others. It isn't the absolute best out there, but it isn't even close to the worst.
Note: When shaving with this soap, I occasionally get a bit of a tingle. I consider myself to have mildly sensitive skin, but if you have very sensitive skin perhaps this isn't the best product for you.
Quality: This really goes hand in hand with price. The tin isn't amazing, but looks are generally secondary to performance to me. The soap seems to be of good quality.
Scent: I really enjoy the scent of this stuff. It's spicy and musky, in my opinion a very manly scent. I absolutely don't mind smelling like this stuff all day.
Lather: Very easily my biggest complaint about this product. It makes a thin lather compared to some of the British soaps like D.R. Harris. I haven't been able to get it to make a lather that compares. If this would bother you greatly, I'd recommend staying away from this product.
Efficacy: The slickness of this product is its greatest quality. I haven't sampled a huge number of soaps, but this is one of the slickest. Dare I say this soap is slicker than MWF? Though the lather isn't as good as my D.R. Harris, I greatly prefer this to it as the slickness leaves me completely irritation free.
Moisturizing: I picked this product up in the winter, and my house is pretty dry. However, I found that it was pretty moisturizing compared to some others. It isn't the absolute best out there, but it isn't even close to the worst.
Note: When shaving with this soap, I occasionally get a bit of a tingle. I consider myself to have mildly sensitive skin, but if you have very sensitive skin perhaps this isn't the best product for you.
