MacDuffs?

[AlphaFrank75]

Just used Rosemary Sea Salt for the first time. Quick synopsis....love it.
The soap consistency is the standard MacDuff's "croap"....which I quite like. I lather by taking an almond sized scoop of soap from the puck and pressing it into a shaving bowl from which I load a shaving brush to face lather.
After that I add a bit more water to the bowl and bowl lather what remains applying that to my face.
I am a big fan of MacDuff's performance. Plenty of glide and residual slickness, top notch post shave feel.
The scent of the soap is medium. Off the puck I get gentle anise and herbaceousness with a hint of wood and sea.
Lathering the herbs and anise blend to produce a nice outdoor scent with a faint woody base.
The scent fades within an hour post shave...picking up a very very faint lavender post shave scent if I imagine really hard.
By no means is it a "rosemary bomb". In fact I would be hard pressed to pick out rosemary as a primary scent so skillfully is it blended with the other components. The same goes for each of the herbs listed in the ingredient list. Overall a very very good blend of components.
I'm very glad I got this one and am thinking of picking up a second puck.

I'm so glad to hear that. I should have known and trusted what MacDuff's does, but I had to wait for some review(s) first.

 

[GMM]

I'm so glad to hear that. I should have known and trusted what MacDuff's does, but I had to wait for some review(s) first.

For me falls in the same MacDuff’s family as Crowsnest Pass and Black Rock, though not as sharp off the puck as Black Rock.

 

[Leverspro]

Favoring the McDuffs in my drawer and finishing off a tub of Lilac this week with a half tub of Trail Tobacco to enjoy when the Fall scents get dug out. I enjoy seasonal scent but have never considered a savory scent like rosemary for shaving. Anyone know what's with the "Explorer" tag on Rosemary and Christmas Tree? Is it a different base?

 

[AlphaFrank75]

Favoring the McDuffs in my drawer and finishing off a tub of Lilac this week with a half tub of Trail Tobacco to enjoy when the Fall scents get dug out. I enjoy seasonal scent but have never considered a savory scent like rosemary for shaving. Anyone know what's with the "Explorer" tag on Rosemary and Christmas Tree? Is it a different base?

I reached out to Sean at MacDuff's and his response was:

The Explorer Series was conceived of as a way to allow me to make new scents without having to plan it 6 months in advance when I order all my labels. I also use it for customers who want a custom scent made up for them.

I think I read that the Christmas Tree soap was created to use up scents leftover from other projects. I originally skipped getting Xmas Tree and then it was sold out by the time I figured out I might like it. I ended up finding a single tub at Top of the Chain a few weeks ago. It smells like you're in the middle of a boreal forest.

 

[steffenapelz]

Current status

Currently in den:

- Spring Cabin (almost finished)
- Summer Cabin (almost finished)
- Christmas Cabin (almost finished)

Finished off:

- Autumn Cabin
- Badlands
- Sea to Sky
- Old Strathcona
- Icefields Parkway

Tossed Out:

- Kananaskis Explorer (upset my skin ever so slightly)