What are your favorite barbershop scented shaving soaps?
Barbershop Scented Shaving Soaps
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for me this one these days
but really almost all of them as it's a fun scent for some trying to hit the mark as it seems to vary from country to country and soap maker to soap maker what is a barbershop
its like pizza or lasagna the base idea is there but everyone does it differently its just which one you end up liking
but really almost all of them as it's a fun scent for some trying to hit the mark as it seems to vary from country to country and soap maker to soap maker what is a barbershop
its like pizza or lasagna the base idea is there but everyone does it differently its just which one you end up liking
Stirling Barbershop is a favorite with many here; I like it.
I've also got Zingari Man-The Master...it's a darker, spicier take on things but great scent notes as well.
Barrbarr is on my wish list tho...that one gets a lot of great feedback as well, but there are a ton of babershop scents.
I've also got Zingari Man-The Master...it's a darker, spicier take on things but great scent notes as well.
Barrbarr is on my wish list tho...that one gets a lot of great feedback as well, but there are a ton of babershop scents.
What mws71 said +100
Another excellent soap in line with The Master is MacDuff's Soap Company Old Strathcona.
Barbershop is always a bit subjective considering it can mean somewhat different things to different people. To my grandmother whose father was a barber, Tabac was her choice followed by some almondish soaps for what she considered to be what reminded her of barber shops. Others may like more citrusy scents, or something in the vein of Clubman.
Grooming Dept's Barber Shop has always been my favorite.
Saponificio Varesino Morado. Manna also excellent.
Great points!
My take is that there are ‘barbershop scents’ and ‘barbershop soaps.‘ In my hometown in upstate New York, the barbers used Pinaud clubman in an atmosphere of tobacco and leather from the seats. They also used hot lather from a soap machine, then shaved my neck with a straight razor. Great memories!!
Tabac - a classic barber shop (or grandma's purse) scent.
This was the same way for me, until .... Seems like when I came back home from the service in '81 that had all but disappeared.Great points!
My take is that there are ‘barbershop scents’ and ‘barbershop soaps.‘ In my hometown in upstate New York, the barbers used Pinaud clubman in an atmosphere of tobacco and leather from the seats. They also used hot lather from a soap machine, then shaved my neck with a straight razor. Great memories!!
Mike's Barbershop is my favorite.
Probably Tabac (the older formula).
Current soaps, maybe the Cyril R Salter Solid soap. The scent is a bergamot+lavender combo. That seems like it falls into the barbershop category to me.
If you live in Turkey, probably Arko.
If you live in Italy, probably Proraso Green.
Current soaps, maybe the Cyril R Salter Solid soap. The scent is a bergamot+lavender combo. That seems like it falls into the barbershop category to me.
If you live in Turkey, probably Arko.
If you live in Italy, probably Proraso Green.
Lockback
Dull yet interesting
Stirling's Barbershop.
It's my favorite scent ever.
I just bought a tub of it after trying a sample puck.
It's my favorite scent ever.
I just bought a tub of it after trying a sample puck.
This one, like fancy Barbasol (YSL Rive Gauche) 
Mr. Shavington
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I agree that ‘barbershop’ means something different to everyone. The most barbershoppy scents I’ve had (for my idea of barbershop) are the Paolo Barrasso soaps and aftershaves - both the blue and the more floral red. Great scents, actually. I believe these are made by TFS.
If I had to pick just one soap it would be Tabac.
Tabac.
Western world barbershop to me is talc and vanilla forward with musk and citrus middle notes. Stirling Barbershop has it nailed.
Rest of the world- I assume proraso green is heavily used.
Rest of the world- I assume proraso green is heavily used.
