Personally, it is worth the price to me. I have the Vetyver, and I love the scent. I started a jar at the same time I started a rotation of several pucks of US artisans. Eight months later, barely a dent in the MdC puck. Most of the others are showing considerable use. It lathers easier than any other soap, IMO. The lather is rich and plenty slick enough. It’s not superfatted, though, so if you’re looking for face feel, it is probably not the soap for you.
Martin de candre overpriced or really that good?
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I find the soap drying as well in terms of residual slickness whilst there are others that report a much better experience YMMV
At the moment, I have all the scents in samples and tried each twice. For now, I'm reluctant to pull the trigger on a full tub.
Your experience may very well be different from mine, only way is to try it out for yourself
At the moment, I have all the scents in samples and tried each twice. For now, I'm reluctant to pull the trigger on a full tub.
Your experience may very well be different from mine, only way is to try it out for yourself
It’s a very good and expensive soap. Their bath soaps are outstanding as well. I’ve only ordered directly from them. To average out the shipping cost, I usually order several jars at a time which averages out to $50 per jar for the original lavender scent. Never tried any of the other scents. Lavender is King!
Firstly, I don't think it's some unicorn soap. However it is a very good soap. I recently purchased my first 200g jar of the original a month ago. I have shaved on and off with the soap during that time and have not made a dent, and each shave I have had a ton of excess lather. So I think it's safe to say that this soap will last a while, and as such, is a great value for the number of shaves you'll get like others have stated (per shave basis). The soap explodes into lather very easily, and is somewhat thirsty in my experience. Although I don't find it drying, I also don't find it that slick either (MWF is king here for me) All in all it provides for a nice shave, but I have had better performing soaps.
I think when MDC showed up on the scene there was nothing like it in the market. As simple as it is, its surprisingly still a good buy. Maybe its the cure and no nonsense aspect
In my humble opinion, MdC is excellent. It is the second best soap I have ever used. MdC is also a good value, IMHO.
I enjoy using MdC, as the scents and ease of lathering are up there with the best I’ve tried. But honestly, regarding the lather quality, Tabac beats it by a mile.
If you’re rich, $75 is nothing of course. If you’re trying to be careful or working with limited funds, you can get better performance for less cash upfront from the otter mass-produced stuff out there like Arko, Tabac and even the new SuperFormula Proraso.
If you’re rich, $75 is nothing of course. If you’re trying to be careful or working with limited funds, you can get better performance for less cash upfront from the otter mass-produced stuff out there like Arko, Tabac and even the new SuperFormula Proraso.
Overpriced compared to what is the question. It's not an economy product, it's a luxury product for those who are willing to pay the price.
If you work out the actual cost per shave, MdC can be less than some artisan soaps like Wholly Kaw donkey milk. At the same time, it's several times more expensive per shave compared to soaps such as Arko, Tabac, MWF, Vitos Extra Super Coco, etc.
Chandu
I Waxed The Badger.
I had a sample of that and loved the scent as well. I do have a container of regular MdC, but when I restock it will be the Vetyver. I have a couple other Vetiver soaps that I bought because I liked MdC Vetyver, but they were nothing similar to the MdC and I don't care for them.
I have oily skin so prefer non artisans super fatted soaps. MdC is a good soap. I believe it's worth the cost given how long it lasts. I think it would easily outlast 5 or 6 of any artisan soaps. It's a good bit less expensive to run than many of them. If your skin tends to the oily side you will like MdC a lot more than most artisan offerings.
I asked my wife for a jar of Fougere for my birthday. When I saw that she accidentally bought me the Vetyver, I was disappointed...until I unscrewed the jar and took a whiff—what a wonderful fragrance!
Chandu
I Waxed The Badger.
I've heard the Fougere is wonderful too. I will probably get a sample of that and rose when it comes time to restock, but I'll bet I end up going with the Vetyver. To me the MdC Vetyver is more smokey or dusty and not as bright and sweet as the others I have. I prefer the MdC by a good margin.
Chan Eil Whiskers
Fumbling about.
It's a lovely soap in many ways. It lathers if I wave the brush in its general direction. The one MdC scent I've used smells great to me. Shaves with it are good albeit not spectacular. A jar lasts a very long time.
That said, I find it a bit drying.
To my way of thinking MdC is not as good as Vitos Red Cocco and Vitos is about a million times less expensive. Of course, that's just me commenting on what works for me which has nothing to do with anyone else.
Happy shaves,
Jim
That said, I find it a bit drying.
To my way of thinking MdC is not as good as Vitos Red Cocco and Vitos is about a million times less expensive. Of course, that's just me commenting on what works for me which has nothing to do with anyone else.
Happy shaves,
Jim
IMightBeWrong
Loves a smelly brush
I don’t get why MdC discussions get people more fired up than other products.
If somebody tries SV and they don’t think it lives up to the hype, they’ll usually say “It’s good, but I like some other products more.”
Yet when it’s MdC the response is more like “It’s not even that good, numerous soaps are better for less money!”
It’s an excellent soap. You get a lot of it, and it lasts a long time.
No soap is perfect and each individual will have a different experience with different soaps. This is why it’s important to take it with a grain of salt when anyone tells you “Brand X is much better than Brand Y for the same or less money!”
I can’t begin to tell you how many times those statements have proven wrong in my anecdotal experience.
If somebody tries SV and they don’t think it lives up to the hype, they’ll usually say “It’s good, but I like some other products more.”
Yet when it’s MdC the response is more like “It’s not even that good, numerous soaps are better for less money!”
It’s an excellent soap. You get a lot of it, and it lasts a long time.
No soap is perfect and each individual will have a different experience with different soaps. This is why it’s important to take it with a grain of salt when anyone tells you “Brand X is much better than Brand Y for the same or less money!”
I can’t begin to tell you how many times those statements have proven wrong in my anecdotal experience.
Is MdC over priced or really that good? Allow me to defer to a soap maker I would lay waste to my wallet based on his assessments (emphasis mine). Please, "click to expand"...
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A fairly new artisan soap maker has become my number one soap since I bought a tub this Winter or early Spring, Ethos Grooming Essentials. I have a couple of their soaps with more on the way.
If I had to confine myself to only one soap for the rest of my life, it would be MdC Rose.
Mine ran out about 4/5 years so I may have forgotten a bit. I think my costs were around C$100 including shipping, tax, fees & tax on the fees. My problem was that I overloaded the brush so I wasted maybe as much as 2/3 of the container. It's a large pot and if you can control overloading it's not bad value. I found it really easy to lather, but the scent was only ordinary.
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