These are three of my favorite soap makers that don't get talked about.
House of Mammoth - US
Los Jabones De Joserra - ES
Løthur - UK
House of Mammoth - US
Los Jabones De Joserra - ES
Løthur - UK
I was wondering whether I should pull the trigger on this soap. Price seems very good and your comment just made me decideCroatian line of shaving soaps called Meštar. I **** you not it has slickness of Tabac, WMF, A&E, SV and many more COMBINED
I think Brah Kholi is another soap from Sweden.I’ve been enjoying Kali Flower soap lately - a small soap maker in Sweden - especially the Tjära (pine tar) scent. It’s not one of those heavily fatted artisan soaps but it does make my skin feel nice, and slickness is ok, nothing special, but it makes a very pleasing and easy, creamy lather and the scent is great. For me it’s a winner. Kali Flower sells via their own website.
This isn’t quite what you are asking for but I have grown a bit tired of artisan shave soaps, the heavy, gloopy lather many of them generate, the amount of water you need to spend ten minutes adding and whipping, and all the skincare ingredients they are so unnecessarily loaded with. They may look clever in YouTube videos and give you something to talk about on shaving forums, but I am finding them tiresome to use. Also the density and stickiness isn’t ideal with straight or barber razors that I’m using sometimes now.
So lately I’ve been enjoying shaving soap that is like shaving soap. In particular, I am enjoying Via Barberia soap by Omega (the Herbae version is my favourite). It‘s a really nice and easy soap to use, quick to work with, and the scent is very pleasant and light. I just keep going back to it. La Toja shave sticks are also very nice and quite similar in behaviour and scent style.
I don’t really see people talking about the Via Barberia soaps, so that’s why I raise it here. But I felt I needed to explain so nobody buys it expecting a creamy, dense artisan style soap.
I miss Mickey Lee Soapworks and wish someone would comment on thier history, sadly no longer in business
Superb all areas including intoxicating scents
1 tub and 2.5 bottles Kraken left
Half bottle bella suds splash and half tub soap left
One boltle The Drunken Goat
MLS is truly gold good stuff
Royal elixir
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It took 41 posts for someone to mention one of my top artisans.
Løthur Grooming! Phenomenal base and the V2 splashes are outstanding performers. I believe as far as scents there is something for everyone.
I put Løthur Grooming just a hair ahead of my other favorite, ETHOS Grooming simply because of the more approachable price. I have also recently acquired a Grooming Dept kairos base soap and that had rounded out my top 3.