I received my first order of soaps from Soap Commander recently.
The scents were surprising to me. I expected to like Honor and hoped I would like the rest. But the availability of a barbershop scent from Soap Commander is what made me pull the trigger on the order.
Fortitude - There is a bit of a sweet smell to this, which I think is meant to be the tobacco. It doesn't smell like tobacco to me, or hay, or rum. But I think it smells absolutely great.
Gratitude - I was surprised that this came in a 3oz container, I didn't notice that when I was ordering. It's even more unfortunate that this is the stand out scent for me. It's simply amazing. I'm not sure how to describe it, but it makes me think of Christmas. I love it.
Honor - Very subtle and what's there is nice, powdery and clean, but it's a bit underwhelming. For me, it's way down from Stirling and Mystic Water in scent, so a bit disappointing in that respect.
Inspiration - I was surprised to find out, after using Italian Barber Amici, that I like grapefruit scents. I now have a few of them (including ToBS and Stirling). This one is pretty much inline with Stirling. Neither SC or Stirling are as powerful as the scent from ToBS, but are a bit closer to an actual grapefruit than Amici.
After a few shaves, I'd say the performance is good: good slickness, good protection, lathers up nicely. I don't think it's outstanding in any category except for a couple of the scents as mentioned. Still, I'm pretty happy because of the unexpected scents of Gratitude and Fortitude.
P.S. I didn't notice until now that the soaps in my order start with consecutive letters in the alphabet.
The scents were surprising to me. I expected to like Honor and hoped I would like the rest. But the availability of a barbershop scent from Soap Commander is what made me pull the trigger on the order.
Fortitude - There is a bit of a sweet smell to this, which I think is meant to be the tobacco. It doesn't smell like tobacco to me, or hay, or rum. But I think it smells absolutely great.
Gratitude - I was surprised that this came in a 3oz container, I didn't notice that when I was ordering. It's even more unfortunate that this is the stand out scent for me. It's simply amazing. I'm not sure how to describe it, but it makes me think of Christmas. I love it.
Honor - Very subtle and what's there is nice, powdery and clean, but it's a bit underwhelming. For me, it's way down from Stirling and Mystic Water in scent, so a bit disappointing in that respect.
Inspiration - I was surprised to find out, after using Italian Barber Amici, that I like grapefruit scents. I now have a few of them (including ToBS and Stirling). This one is pretty much inline with Stirling. Neither SC or Stirling are as powerful as the scent from ToBS, but are a bit closer to an actual grapefruit than Amici.
After a few shaves, I'd say the performance is good: good slickness, good protection, lathers up nicely. I don't think it's outstanding in any category except for a couple of the scents as mentioned. Still, I'm pretty happy because of the unexpected scents of Gratitude and Fortitude.
P.S. I didn't notice until now that the soaps in my order start with consecutive letters in the alphabet.
