DR Harris Arlington Soap - What a niff!

[abrowncrayon]

I've read some good things about the smell of this stuff but to me it smelled cheap and nasty. You know how sometimes the olfactory senses can pick up on something and make you momentarily travel back in time - well upon getting a huff of this for the first time I was transported back to primary school - I think it was the smell of the hand-soap used there but I'm not sure. Maybe that hand-soap or whatever it was that smelled of Arlington back in the day was actually a quality scent, but now I see it as a bad thing as it's associated with primary school, which maybe I really did not like that much.

....or maybe DR Harris Arlington really does smell bad.

 

[Mick]

Mine smells good. Lathers well too.

Pick up some Pinaud Lilac Vegetal. guaranteed to cover the smell of any shave soap or cream

 

[duderdo]

I've only used the aftershave but I've heard the scent is almost identical. I know what you mean-- that initial citrus-y punch can invoke a whole range of bad associations. Dish detergent, laundry soap, urinal pucks.. But luckily the first thing that popped into my mind when I smelled it was "lemondrop" and since then it's the lingering scent that sticks out more for me.

 

[graysonhenryrussell]

I just got the soap but I don't get a lot of smell of the soap. Shaves well & lathers well but to me not strong scent.

 

[Niles]

It's one of my favourite shave soap scents. To each his own.

 

[Richie]

Got Arlington on my buy list, I already have Windsor and I'm very happy with it.

 

[markg]

One of the top performers - scent and lathering.

 

[Viseguy]

Early negative associations are hard to overcome. Probably best to move on. (That'll be $200, please. I take all insurance. )

 

[Steve56]

I prefer the lavender which also has a citrus note.

Cheers, Steve

 

[Dalejr]

That's why I love samples, I don't have any shops near me to sniff before I buy.

 

[Foyle]

Arlington smells to me almost like candy. It's a great smell, but quite sweet.

 

[VerbaVolant]

De gustibus non est disputandum.


Luca Turin: The science of scent

Arlington smells wonderful to me.

 

[Woodekb]

IMHO D.R. harris doesnt make a single bad smelling soap. All of them are so clean and fresh smelling, to me. I guess if I had to get rid of one it would be Marlborough. Not thats its bad, but probably my least fave. Still soaps up great!

Just bought Windsor Body wash, and Windsor aftershave. i just LOve that scent!

 

[Pudu]

For me it would be the almond. Mine develops a weird ozoney type smell after a few uses. If you leave it for a year or so, the first few shaves afterwards smell fine but then the strangeness returns.

 

[Greyzer]

It smells exactly like the cheap suntan lotion of my childhood...

 

[talibeard]

My Arlington needed a couple of uses before the scent came out really good. The first uses it was just a bit citrussy and not classy at all. Later the fern came in too and the combination is just great. I still prefer the Almond though.

 

[AirForceMX]

I didn't like it either! Traded it on BST the same day it arrived in the mail....not even a test lather.

 

[brother cavefish]

smells good but very faint

 

[Catalin]

I didn't like it either. Gifted it to a friend.

I like both Windsor and Marlborough, though!

 

[bmilcs]

So I did it. Got rid of my first soap that I wasn't impressed with. Trading my Arlington refill for PdP.