EJ Sandalwood

[Robust2]

Hi all,

I bought an Edwin Jagger Best Badger brush from The English Shaving Company a while ago, and recieved a sampler of their Sandalwool shave cream, and a small puck of Sandalwood soap together with it.
I've been using the soap in my rotation, and even though it lathers quite good, the thing I REALLY like about it, is the scent.
But what has got me confused, is that their cream sampler has a completely different, way less attractive, scent in my opinion! Even though it should also be Sandalwood scented cream. The color of the puck of soap has a hint of pink/purple in it imo, while the cream looks rather greenish.
So, are these really the same scent, or has something gone wrong with one of them?

Thanks,

 

[RoyalKooparillo]

Hey Bruno, welcome to the forum.

Could it be possible that the samples were mixed up? My EJ Sandalwood smells pretty nice, a synthetic-sandalwood scent similar to AOS's. Color is white.

I notice the Sea Buckthorn sample I have is slightly greenish and certainly doesn't smell anything like sandalwood. Maybe they got mixed up somehow?

 

[Robust2]

Hey Bruno, welcome to the forum.

Could it be possible that the samples were mixed up? My EJ Sandalwood smells pretty nice, a synthetic-sandalwood scent similar to AOS's. Color is white.

I notice the Sea Buckthorn sample I have is slightly greenish and certainly doesn't smell anything like sandalwood. Maybe they got mixed up somehow?

Thanks!

I thought about that too, but I don't have any other Sea Buckthorn/Sandalwood products, so I can't really compare. And since I don't really like the scent of the cream, I'm not really keen of buying something I might not like, if the scents did indeed got mixed up.

 

[RoyalKooparillo]

If in doubt, you could always shoot a quick message to EJ and let them know that your sandalwood sample is funky. I've had some excellent customer service experiences with EJ / English Shaving Co., I bet they'd send you a new one.

Best of luck!

 

[Robust2]

Nice idea!

What other brands offer nice Sandalwood soaps/creams? As I'll probably buy another one after this sample, and I suppose the Sandalwood scent is the same over different brands.