Thank you for your concise review.In rank ordering my senses top to bottom, smell comes in at #5, common sense #6. So take this with a grain of salt. When unwrapping the new "original," I was hit with a chemical smell reminiscent of cheap dish soap. But it dissipated quickly. At the end of the shave, I took one more big whiff, and the chemical smell was gone, only a light soapy smell remained.
My initial reaction was, "Oh no, they've messed with my go-to soap, and I'm going to hate this." But by shave's end I concluded the new scent will be less polarizing because it's neutral... or perhaps a better word is "common." It's still a good puck, but I'm now more likely to branch out and try other soaps.
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