Item Description
Another player in QED's glycerin shave soap lineup, this Bay Rum is just amazing. As with all of Charles' soaps, the performance is second to none. I'm just thrown back by how awesome my shaves are with his soaps. I'll go out on a limb here and say that there is no shave soap that I know of that can get as close and comfortable as QED's. I know that's totally subjective, but I just don't see it in any other brand. Lots of soaps provide great shaves, but QED's just are in that rare air of possible perfection. I could have given this soap all 10's in the ratings, and I don't think any one product can be totally perfect, but this one is as close as you get to it.
Ok, enough ramblings. Let's talk about the soap:
Review:
The soap is a dark amber in color with a nice sheen to it. When I took the top off of the tub, the first thing that my nose got was an absolute overload of pumpkin spice. It reminded me so much of the autumn air (or at least what Autumn Florida gets). It's very crisp in it's un-lathered state. Top notes are of amber, musk, cinnamon, rum, spice, cloves and a slight base note of tobacco.
Upon lathering, as with all of QED's soaps, a few swirls brings this joyous puck to life. The brush explodes in lather effortlessly. 20 swirls and your brush is drenched in mounds of lather.
After the lather build up in the mug, the Bay Rum scent really begins to pour out. As I lather up, I get predominant hints of pumpkin pie and rum doughnut balls. Couple this scent with the Autumn months and it just goes together like peas & carrots.
After the shave, it leaves your face feeling crisp with a ever so slight hint of rum. The scent does not linger for long, so following up with a Bay Rum cologne or aftershave would be appropriate.
All in all, this is a scent that everyone should try. Super quality and affordable pricing, QED has a winner here!
You can check out the Discussion Thread here
Ok, enough ramblings. Let's talk about the soap:
Review:
The soap is a dark amber in color with a nice sheen to it. When I took the top off of the tub, the first thing that my nose got was an absolute overload of pumpkin spice. It reminded me so much of the autumn air (or at least what Autumn Florida gets). It's very crisp in it's un-lathered state. Top notes are of amber, musk, cinnamon, rum, spice, cloves and a slight base note of tobacco.
Upon lathering, as with all of QED's soaps, a few swirls brings this joyous puck to life. The brush explodes in lather effortlessly. 20 swirls and your brush is drenched in mounds of lather. After the lather build up in the mug, the Bay Rum scent really begins to pour out. As I lather up, I get predominant hints of pumpkin pie and rum doughnut balls. Couple this scent with the Autumn months and it just goes together like peas & carrots.
After the shave, it leaves your face feeling crisp with a ever so slight hint of rum. The scent does not linger for long, so following up with a Bay Rum cologne or aftershave would be appropriate.
All in all, this is a scent that everyone should try. Super quality and affordable pricing, QED has a winner here!
You can check out the Discussion Thread here
