Howdy folks. I've been wetshaving for 6 months, and recently my fiancee decided to pick up her own brush, DE, and cream. I was wondering if you could suggest any creams or soaps that female shavers find to be pleasant, as far as scent. She and a friend are often turned away by the masculine scents of most soaps. Currently, my fiancee is using a tub of TOBS Eton College.
Any cream/soap suggestions for female shavers?
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How about TOBS Rose? follow up with Geo F Trumper Coral Skin food.
My GF likes TOBS Rose, Grapefruit, and Avocado.
A tub of GFT lime. Wonderful aroma. GUARANTEED not to be disappointed!
Mike's Lily of the Valley
From my own leg shaving experiences.. TOBS avocado is amazing, I've heard good things about TOBS grapefruit (and am currently waiting on my own tub), and personally I like both scents of Crabtree & Evelyn Sandalwood and West India Lime. Also, Kiss My Face mint is nice for a fairly basic cream.
Kiss My Face is easy to find in stores and has some girl friendly scents. They lather easy, come in a big 8 oz pump bottle, and are pretty inexpensive. Try the Grapefruit Pomegranate, Lavender, and Key Lime.
My wife likes GFT coconut oil cream and also Cella... basically anything with a sickly sweet, almost edible scent!
I asked my wife and Sister in-law if they wanted to try my tub of Queen Charlotte's Soaps Iced Key Lime. Both they and I agree that it is one of the best Summertime Shave Creams out there for the face or the leg.
Frank
My wife doesn't use a DE for shaving, but she does really like the scent of my TOBS Grapefruit. Your fiancee might also consider JM Fraser's, which has the benefit of being relatively cheap, slick and inoffensively scented (light citrus).
Any of the 3Ts roses or Violets or limes.
Musgo make some interesting creams also.
Musgo make some interesting creams also.
My wife has recently starting using my TOBS grapefruit and loves it.
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Thanks so much for the suggestions. I was hoping that I'd be able to pick up some samples from Garry's of whatever was suggested, so looks like I'll placing another order for some TOBS. I'm not in the most urban of areas so I gonna try and look around for any of this stuff locally.
My GF loves the smell and performance of Speick.
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So, my sampler from Garry's came in yesterday and I had my fiancee smell some of them, as far for me to use.
The TOBS coconut was so incredibly mild in scent that I went and made a lather out of a small bit, but it still didn't have much smell. A little disappointing as I like coconut, but I guess it's good for her if she wants a mild scent.
I got some Speick aftershave, and while she liked the scent I don't think she would like it for her. But then again, to each their own; not every woman would like the Eton College that she uses either.
On a sidenote, I got some Mitchell's Wool Fat in the sample kit. For some reason I imagined it to have little or no scent, but wow I like the smell of this stuff.
The TOBS coconut was so incredibly mild in scent that I went and made a lather out of a small bit, but it still didn't have much smell. A little disappointing as I like coconut, but I guess it's good for her if she wants a mild scent.
I got some Speick aftershave, and while she liked the scent I don't think she would like it for her. But then again, to each their own; not every woman would like the Eton College that she uses either.
On a sidenote, I got some Mitchell's Wool Fat in the sample kit. For some reason I imagined it to have little or no scent, but wow I like the smell of this stuff.
There are plenty of floral options. Lavender and Rose being quite popular scents in men's grooming. Then there is the citrus end of the spectrum with limes, lemons, etc. Nancy Boy's Replenishing is a nice, lightly fragranced cucumber-ish scent while Blossomwood is another floral. eShave Cucumber would be another non-floral option.
My wife likes Cremo... both for the slick ness and the citrus smell.
