First let me talk about the scent, feel and presentation of the product. On all three I would a 10, although the color of the soap I would give a seven. The only reason for that is light gray color, which reminds me more of a clay mask.
I had ordered a soap and wheat cream in Sandalwood for myself, and for my wife Vesna, the Violet Patchouli. Her being a hippy at heart, I thought she may like it.
Once opening the containers the products smell as strong that one would expect of AoS or other higher priced prodcuts. The TSD Sandalwood has that manly Sandalwood cologne scent. It is everything I had wished that the Proraso could have been. Hands down, my favorite Sandalwood scent to date.
I cannot tell you how much I love the smell of the Violet Patchouli. I am normally not a fan of Patchouli at all, but wow, this stuff smells like the way I wish all women would. It is clean, fresh, base of Violet with a hint of Patchouli, yet you still notice the musk, amber and far east floral undertones.
I love the Violet Patchouli so much I myself my shave with it on the weekends just so I can smell my own skin!!! Although if I use it Monday through Friday, people may think "wow, what is that guy doing to get his woman all up into him like that"
The texture of the Wheat Shaving Cream is somewhere between extra thick twice strained Greek yogurt and lard. The feeling between your fingers is very silky and smooth. The soap feels slick, but the color again was grayish. I do not know if this was due to the heat melting on the travel from Virginia to Illinois, or due Ito the amount of clay that is within the soap.
I started my routine the way I always do. I allowed my brush to soak on ice water, shook it out and loaded it with about 10 swirls in the TSD soap. I next placed a larger amount of the Wheat cream in my bowl than I normally would, about the size of two nickels stacked on top of each other.
Since the cream was so thick, I started to first work the brush into an up and down fashion. The first thing in my head was "oh crap" as it appeared to be very airy and bubbly with some big chunks of cream that did not seem to want to break up.
I continued with the up and down motion for another 30 seconds or so before I started swirling and whipping the lather. After about a two minutes of working this stuff it just exploded. My bowl was literally over following with this thick, rich, luxurious lather that was just bursting with a strong sandalwood scent. I was ready to shave.
I had started with the FaTip but my face was in too rough of shape from the Gillette Fusion goo, so I switched to a my 1965 Gillette Tech Head loaded onto the Sabi T3 handle.
I loaded with a SuperMax Super Platinum, as that is my "go to blade" and off I went. Three passes on face, about five passes on my neck (it is a tech after all), rinsed, alum rub and I was done.
I smelled so good I did not want to use any after shave. I had enough lather left that I decided to use it the shower. I now smell like man from head to toe.
JoAnna has a customer for life. I hope that she does not hate me after I place my next order, as it make take her a month to make it all. I have found my scent, my soap and cream, and maybe soon my aftershave, milk and witch hazel.
If I could kiss JoAnna over the interwebs I would. I love this product, I cannot say enough good things about it.
I had ordered a soap and wheat cream in Sandalwood for myself, and for my wife Vesna, the Violet Patchouli. Her being a hippy at heart, I thought she may like it.
Once opening the containers the products smell as strong that one would expect of AoS or other higher priced prodcuts. The TSD Sandalwood has that manly Sandalwood cologne scent. It is everything I had wished that the Proraso could have been. Hands down, my favorite Sandalwood scent to date.
I cannot tell you how much I love the smell of the Violet Patchouli. I am normally not a fan of Patchouli at all, but wow, this stuff smells like the way I wish all women would. It is clean, fresh, base of Violet with a hint of Patchouli, yet you still notice the musk, amber and far east floral undertones.
I love the Violet Patchouli so much I myself my shave with it on the weekends just so I can smell my own skin!!! Although if I use it Monday through Friday, people may think "wow, what is that guy doing to get his woman all up into him like that"
The texture of the Wheat Shaving Cream is somewhere between extra thick twice strained Greek yogurt and lard. The feeling between your fingers is very silky and smooth. The soap feels slick, but the color again was grayish. I do not know if this was due to the heat melting on the travel from Virginia to Illinois, or due Ito the amount of clay that is within the soap.
I started my routine the way I always do. I allowed my brush to soak on ice water, shook it out and loaded it with about 10 swirls in the TSD soap. I next placed a larger amount of the Wheat cream in my bowl than I normally would, about the size of two nickels stacked on top of each other.
Since the cream was so thick, I started to first work the brush into an up and down fashion. The first thing in my head was "oh crap" as it appeared to be very airy and bubbly with some big chunks of cream that did not seem to want to break up.
I continued with the up and down motion for another 30 seconds or so before I started swirling and whipping the lather. After about a two minutes of working this stuff it just exploded. My bowl was literally over following with this thick, rich, luxurious lather that was just bursting with a strong sandalwood scent. I was ready to shave.
I had started with the FaTip but my face was in too rough of shape from the Gillette Fusion goo, so I switched to a my 1965 Gillette Tech Head loaded onto the Sabi T3 handle.
I loaded with a SuperMax Super Platinum, as that is my "go to blade" and off I went. Three passes on face, about five passes on my neck (it is a tech after all), rinsed, alum rub and I was done.
I smelled so good I did not want to use any after shave. I had enough lather left that I decided to use it the shower. I now smell like man from head to toe.
JoAnna has a customer for life. I hope that she does not hate me after I place my next order, as it make take her a month to make it all. I have found my scent, my soap and cream, and maybe soon my aftershave, milk and witch hazel.
If I could kiss JoAnna over the interwebs I would. I love this product, I cannot say enough good things about it.
