I really like TOBS sandalwood cream. I have a few pucks of AoS sandalwood soap (old kind) that are ‘meh’ so it depends.
A Take on Sandalwood.
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Just tried the WSP Sandalwood. I don't know exactly what sandalwood smells like (as this is my first SW splash), but I like it. Creamy and vanilla mostly. Kinda warm. The Mrs. liked it so I thought it was worth a shot.
Now I can start comparing.
Never have thought of describing it before, other than "Sandalwood"
A "woodsy vanilla" though would be close.
I would like to find a nice Sandalwood from one of the top performing soaps makers but I haven't found one yet. Any suggestions out there? For an example, Wholly Kaw and Eufros are top performers for me. I also enjoy PAA, Mike's, and B&M.
Have you tried Proraso Red? Top performer in my book and a good sandalwood scent. And for about $10 you can’t go wrong. It was my first soap and I make sure to always have it in the den.
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Rhody
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glad you both like it
ive got mine ready for tomorrow
No worries my dude. Ol Red is just one of those ones everyone ought to try at some point. Just making sure to cover the bases. Personally I keep Ol red and Mitchell’s in stock for my own personal nostalgia. I use Stirling pretty much exclusively these days.
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Thank you. Same scenario with MWF for me. I appreciate the nostalgia but it doesn't touch most of the artisan soaps. I'm standard with Mike's, WK, B&M, Caties, Eufros, and PAA.
I find Fine to be a great performer and makes a good sandalwood, Santal Absolut
I just noticed that PAA came out with a sandalwood scent in the CK6 base called Supreme Sandalwood Science. I'll probably get one. In my opinion, Douglas does some of the nicest scents in the business.
I harbor ambivalence toward sandalwood in the nude, but am quite fond of the scent within a bouquet.
I'm not sure I ever tried sandalwood in the nude. It's seems that TOBS and others are "bouquets," and lovely, but I'm not sure.
Rhody
I'm a Lumberjack.
i think there is a "bouquet" versions as well as a more raw or woodsy versions. people say that the true oil is very expensive and I have not tried any pure 100% sw oil.
from my limited experience I think the wsp version is about as woodsy as it gets.
from my limited experience I think the wsp version is about as woodsy as it gets.
At one time Crabtree & Evelyn's sandalwood shave cream contained my very favorite shave fragrance of all. Came in a tub with a screw-on lid. I think they have changed it since the early 2000s though.
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Thanks, Rhody. I'm not into soaps on the far end woody, either. I prefer it blended with sweet aromas.
I used to love C&E shaving soap, especially their original sandalwood scent, but I abandoned the brand since I was introduced to artisan soaps. Just better performance all around.
Meh. I prefer brighter scents. I have done full pucks of C&E and AOS tallow Sandalwood, preferring AOS, but I don’t think I’ll do another unless gifted it. I think there was a reason that AOS Sandalwood was more available in tallow form, and the other scents were not, when the formulation changed. Was it the least popular?
+1 for ToBS sandalwood
Also give Stirling Vanilla Sandalwood a shot it’s really awesome
Also give Stirling Vanilla Sandalwood a shot it’s really awesome
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