What a day!
Today my bespoke soaps from Queen Charlotte Soaps arrived.
A big fan of the Basilica, I got inspired by Barber-Eiles custom soaps and her kudos (thx!
).
After ample discussion with Matthew we decided on three soaps, and after even more mailing we settled for Bespoke Shaving Cream as the label (and in a great tradition, we labelled the soaps No1, No2 and No3 respectively).
I think the scents came out perfectly, and Matthew delivered a fine product.
No 1 is the Cocorosie we talked about in Barber-Eile's thread. Matthew and I decided to have the rose and the coconut in balance and it turned out a dream: the scents complement perfectly into a floral-Caribbean scent with a mild but masculine rose and woodsy coconut tones.
No 2 is a lavender geranium shaving cream soap. I have this as a whipped up shea butter and have liked the scent and wanted it for a shaving soap ever since. Matthew created a herby lavender that balances the geranium scent very well.
No 3 is our bespoke Lime. We coupled it with a dash of bergamot and a little rose to create something like a "Florida Water meets Earl Grey"- style soap. This one is a very inviting soap, as the bergamot/rose addition just seem to make the lime so much more interesting and deep.
It has been a pleasure working with Matthew. His advice on scents, the choices for EO and FO per scent and the work on the labels all contributed to this fun project. And of course, he managed to bring our ideas and inspirations to life in a great way. Another big load of kudos to QCS!
Today my bespoke soaps from Queen Charlotte Soaps arrived.
A big fan of the Basilica, I got inspired by Barber-Eiles custom soaps and her kudos (thx!
).After ample discussion with Matthew we decided on three soaps, and after even more mailing we settled for Bespoke Shaving Cream as the label (and in a great tradition, we labelled the soaps No1, No2 and No3 respectively).
I think the scents came out perfectly, and Matthew delivered a fine product.
No 1 is the Cocorosie we talked about in Barber-Eile's thread. Matthew and I decided to have the rose and the coconut in balance and it turned out a dream: the scents complement perfectly into a floral-Caribbean scent with a mild but masculine rose and woodsy coconut tones.
No 2 is a lavender geranium shaving cream soap. I have this as a whipped up shea butter and have liked the scent and wanted it for a shaving soap ever since. Matthew created a herby lavender that balances the geranium scent very well.
No 3 is our bespoke Lime. We coupled it with a dash of bergamot and a little rose to create something like a "Florida Water meets Earl Grey"- style soap. This one is a very inviting soap, as the bergamot/rose addition just seem to make the lime so much more interesting and deep.
It has been a pleasure working with Matthew. His advice on scents, the choices for EO and FO per scent and the work on the labels all contributed to this fun project. And of course, he managed to bring our ideas and inspirations to life in a great way. Another big load of kudos to QCS!
