Item Description
I read all the forums old posts about this soap and then tried the new formulation. The new formulation is a shea butter based, opaque, meltable, glycerin soap that makes loads of slick lather. As one who normally (by personal preference) makes "Superlather" I purposed to make traditional lather here (no cream supplement) with my lowest quality (C&E EJ) Badger Brush. Not that the C&E is a "Low" quality, but I do have better.
First Look
Upon first inspection, I found the puck to be large (4.5 ounces net weight) and excellently priced. I had been in a L'Occtaine store the day before, so anything priced south of ten buck would have been good, but this was less than five dollars, and if purchasing more than one puck, spreads the shipping cost out. It was definitely not a super hard cold processed soap - it felt smooth and slick in my hand without water, and does it ever smell great. I am using the Original Bay Rum fragrance, but also received a full size BR & Sandlewood, and nice size samples of the BR, Limes and Peppercorns, the BR and Lemongrass and the BR, Sage and Cedar. They all smell great, had a consistent look and feel. They look as if color has been added to differentiate the flavors which I could do without - but the color of the bay rum had no effect on my brush.
Price
I believe the price to be very competitive. I recently purchase a C&E SAO for $5.00 at 1.7 ounces. I have several MB soaps at $5.95 to $6.95. The Ogallala BR soaps are less than $5.00 for 4.5 ounces - which I think to be an awesome price.
Meltable
I like to put my soaps in nice containers (vintage) and as John told me it was meltable, that is what I did, 38 seconds in the microwave and my container was filled. This is a large puck, much bigger than the L'Occataine or the C&E that I have recently purchased and it melted and reset wonderfully.
Lather
The old issues with latherability are gone. Do I need to say that louder, They are just gone. This soap makes lots of rich, smooth, slick, slick, slick, great smelling lather. I loaded my brush for about 20 seconds, used an empty TOBS bowl and started to mash and swirl. The lather grew and grew and was more than enough for 4 passes, although I only use three. It was really slick and moisturized great (probably the shea butter). My wife loved the feel of the lather and the smell, she watched me shave today.
Summary
In summary, I like this soap, I like it alot and I believe it will be my go to soap for a long time. It is at least on par with the TOBS soaps (which I like) for lather and quality and I think maybe better. The fragrance is as good or better than my MB Glycerin soaps and makes a better lather than the MB soaps. The fragrance is excellent and along with the price - it is a big time winner in IMHO.
First Look
Upon first inspection, I found the puck to be large (4.5 ounces net weight) and excellently priced. I had been in a L'Occtaine store the day before, so anything priced south of ten buck would have been good, but this was less than five dollars, and if purchasing more than one puck, spreads the shipping cost out. It was definitely not a super hard cold processed soap - it felt smooth and slick in my hand without water, and does it ever smell great. I am using the Original Bay Rum fragrance, but also received a full size BR & Sandlewood, and nice size samples of the BR, Limes and Peppercorns, the BR and Lemongrass and the BR, Sage and Cedar. They all smell great, had a consistent look and feel. They look as if color has been added to differentiate the flavors which I could do without - but the color of the bay rum had no effect on my brush.
Price
I believe the price to be very competitive. I recently purchase a C&E SAO for $5.00 at 1.7 ounces. I have several MB soaps at $5.95 to $6.95. The Ogallala BR soaps are less than $5.00 for 4.5 ounces - which I think to be an awesome price.
Meltable
I like to put my soaps in nice containers (vintage) and as John told me it was meltable, that is what I did, 38 seconds in the microwave and my container was filled. This is a large puck, much bigger than the L'Occataine or the C&E that I have recently purchased and it melted and reset wonderfully.
Lather
The old issues with latherability are gone. Do I need to say that louder, They are just gone. This soap makes lots of rich, smooth, slick, slick, slick, great smelling lather. I loaded my brush for about 20 seconds, used an empty TOBS bowl and started to mash and swirl. The lather grew and grew and was more than enough for 4 passes, although I only use three. It was really slick and moisturized great (probably the shea butter). My wife loved the feel of the lather and the smell, she watched me shave today.
Summary
In summary, I like this soap, I like it alot and I believe it will be my go to soap for a long time. It is at least on par with the TOBS soaps (which I like) for lather and quality and I think maybe better. The fragrance is as good or better than my MB Glycerin soaps and makes a better lather than the MB soaps. The fragrance is excellent and along with the price - it is a big time winner in IMHO.
