AOS soap equivalent

[eurocyclist]

Hi all,
I've been using the AOS sandlewood soap and am now looking for a cheaper refill. Any ideas as to what brands will fit in the AOS wooden bowl?

Isn't most of the AOS stuff re-branded? what is the original?

Thanks!

 

[attime6]

Crabtree & Evelyn soaps should fit nicely into the bowl, they are a real value. I'm a big fan of Sienna.

 

[jazzguy]

I'm a big fan of DR Harris, which I think will fit. A bar of Mike's Natural would be even cheaper. It's a softer soap that you can easily press into the bowl.

 

[Foyle]

Valobra makes AOS hard soap. I don't think it's re-branded. I think it's just made to their specs.

 

[mhdena]

After AOS Mike's is the next best IMO

 

[oscar11]

Valobra is AoS soap minus the scent. Get a stick and grate it in the bowl.

 

[BlackBard]

Taylor of Old Bond Street soaps fit, too.

 

[Go West Young Man]

Any soap will fit into any bowl..... it's soap, it smooshes!

 

[eurocyclist]

Thanks, folks.

 

[dashmaverick]

Valobra makes AOS hard soap. I don't think it's re-branded. I think it's just made to their specs.

Yep.

Crabtree & Evelyn soaps should fit nicely into the bowl, they are a real value. I'm a big fan of Sienna.

Yep again. Love Sienna.

 

[Marco]

Valobra makes AOS hard soap. I don't think it's re-branded. I think it's just made to their specs.

The Virgilio Valobra factory, now owned by Guglielmo Valobra (grandnephew of the legendary Virgilio), is the actual manufacturer of his own branded soaps, AoS and C&S.

 

[VT_Hokie]

Yup. +1 to the Valobra stick

 

[mharris127]

Any soap will fit into any bowl..... it's soap, it smooshes!

I wouldn't even want to have to smoosh Tabac or Williams, a triple-milled soap would be a disaster to attempt to smush into a bowl. A melt and pour like VDH or Conk's could be melted and dumped into the bowl, however. Arko and GZD are smushable but they are the execption, not the rule.

 

[Go West Young Man]

I wouldn't even want to have to smoosh Tabac or Williams, a triple-milled soap would be a disaster to attempt to smush into a bowl. A melt and pour like VDH or Conk's could be melted and dumped into the bowl, however. Arko and GZD are smushable but they are the execption, not the rule.

OK, it's soap, it RE-FORMABLE. Better?