Just received an email from CREED that they have 2 new shave soaps; Santal and Original Vetiver. Its about time!!
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Sweet!! I have the Green Irish tweed and it's great! Would love to have a bowl of the Vetiver.. I wonder if the other two contain lanolin like the the GIT?
Edit: Ahhh they do!!!
Edit: Ahhh they do!!!
I hope the Vetiver is the same as before
Mark...
How does it shave?
How does it shave?
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I'll bet those are nice, but just a little pricey for me.
Sweet!! I have the Green Irish tweed and it's great! Would love to have a bowl of the Vetiver.. I wonder if the other two contain lanolin like the the GIT?
Edit: Ahhh they do!!!
You can see it right on the lid! Woohoo!
The shave actually lives up to the Creed hype. It is top notch.
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It's one of the two best non-tallow soaps I use (the other being Knize 10).. Used it this morning actually.
So it is not AOS or Tabac type lather?
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They're cheap, relative to the $57.00 they get for the stick deodorant
HA! or the 405$ for the repackaged bottles they dug up of tabarome. classic yes, but at some point one must cry mercy.
It's one of the two best non-tallow soaps I use (the other being Knize 10).. Used it this morning actually.
+1
K10 and GIT are excellent and compliment the scent of their cologne very well IMO.
It lacks the tallowy goodness of AoS and Tabac, but I agree with Mark and Henry that they nailed the formulation of this soap. The lanolin has a lot to do with it.
The bowl kills me though
The bowl kills me though
+1000. The least they could do for a $70 puck of soap is give you a nice finished wooden bowl, or a cool metal one like Cade.
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The bowl kills me though
Yes, the head of "packaging" needs a pink slip. Certainly not up to the luxury standards you might expect.
To be fair, the puck alone is $33 ... it's buying the bowl too that gets silly.
I thought that was the bath soap for 33$ ... ?
so there is no replacement puck? hmmm
so there is no replacement puck? hmmm
I believe you are correct, petr.
What Bob said.. Lather's nice and slick but lacks the coushiony goodness of tallow soaps.
How is the finish on that gold futur? I'm considering making it my "I finally got a job purchase" but don't want to be disappointed. If it is likely to have flaws I'd just get a chrome (undecided between satin and polished"It's one of the two best non-tallow soaps I use (the other being Knize 10).. Used it this morning actually.
