Any way to get rid of Tabac scent, keep performance?

[Eudjinn]

I got myself a puck of MWF strictly because I wasn't too fond of Tabac scent, but my curiosity is getting the best of me and now I'm considering getting some Tabac just to really give it a try...

so the question is: is there a way to make the scent less or mellow it out somehow so that I could keep the performance?

 

[Schwert]

Get a puck of CADE instead....mucho better scent and performance.


Actually if you put TABAC in a mug and leave it open for a few months the stench reduces somewhat. However I still think the best approach is to buy CADE or PdP instead.

 

[insomniac]

I'd say it's called a Valobra stick.

 

[BillC]

I like Cade as well but I'd suggest Speick or Cella as replacements for Tabac - great, inexpensive tallow based soaps.

 

[Augustiner]

Irisch Moos shave stick. Same exact performance, different scent.

 

[Seraphim]

Irisch Moos shave stick. Same exact performance, different scent.

To me, the Moos is the one with the repugnent odor.

It's like a leprechuan sprayed with lysol, after he took a bath using Irish Spring soap.





Times 10!

 

[coolbluewater]

Put a clothespin on your nose (unless you shave your nose).
Problem solved.

 

[Gruder]

I, too, prefer the scent of Moos to Tabac. (Though I don't mind Tabac.)

 

[Masterofsparks]

I, too, prefer the scent of Moos to Tabac. (Though I don't mind Tabac.)

I like them both and use them both!! I just wish I had a line on some Moos AS!!

 

[Eudjinn]

I have smelled the Moos as well and also fing it quite repugnant. I already own Cade and find it to be fantastic (as is MWF), but I just can't shake this voice in my head saying Tabac lather is better...

I have been thinking about Speick and/or Palmolive shave stick. I know the Palmolive is tallow, but is the speick still tallow? I know I like the Speick smell.

 

[Schwert]

Speick Stick is tallow based....Vastly superior in scent to tabac and lather is excellent too.

No sense wasting money on the stench...Tabac is way overrated here.

 

[coolbluewater]

Speick Stick is tallow based....Vastly superior in scent to tabac and lather is excellent too.

No sense wasting money on the stench...Tabac is way overrated here.

Speick stick: 1.7oz. @ $5.50
Tabac puck: 4.4oz. @ $10.00

"way" overrated?

 

[PaulL]

I have exactly the same problem. I have been using a vintage Old Spice puck that I found at a garage sale. Naturally, wanting to store up enough soap for the shavepocalypse I bought a puck of Tabac, but haven't been brave enough to open it. Just the scent of the box drives me away.

So I had my wife buy me two sticks of Moos in Germany. Same problem, the aroma is way too weird for my delicate nose.

 

[coolbluewater]

@PaulL - there are other tallow sticks.

Try either Valobra, or try a Wilkinson stick from superlather.com.

 

[Schwert]

Speick stick: 1.7oz. @ $5.50
Tabac puck: 4.4oz. @ $10.00

"way" overrated?

How about massively overrated here.

 

[coolbluewater]

How about massively overrated here.

Could be. But you have to give Maurer & Wirtz (as well as the other tallow soap makers) credit for not reformulating.... yet, anyway.
If it comes to pass that Tabac is the only non-artisan tallow soap left standing, scent be damned and hoard away

 

[Frowzy]

When I saw this thread, I lol'ed.

 

[Eudjinn]

well the way i see it is that, i can live with the scent, but we're talking about shaving here! why should i just live with something? isn't complete and total enjoyment and luxury, both in performance and olfaction, what we're all after?

 

[honed]

Leave it out for a while & the scent will go away. Or try IM, same performance different scent.

 

[IWHC]

I acquired from an antique shop a vintage bakerlite shave stick container. Absolutely stank as I cleaned out the old soap remains. I have identified the scent or smell as Tabac and still having no success of eliminating the strong odour from the container.
Quickly reminded me why I never used Tabac in my younger days!

Innes