We have a local pharmacy which carries alot of higher end products. They carry the Crabtree and Evelyn line which includes the Nomad soaps. A 3.5 oz puck goes for $8. I have always been tempted to try it or the Sandalwood, but I must confess have been too much of a snob to do so. It just seemed too mass produced. The other day, I took a sniff of the puck and I liked it a lot. Brought it home, grated it into a shave stick and shaved with it the following morning. Excellent. It has a very strong spicy/woodsy fragrance that lasts virtually all day. The lather was thick and dense. I had heard that it was not the most moisturizing of soaps. For me, at least, I did not feel any dryness during the day and I put that soap through its paces, using an ABC "Old Type "Shell", with a Feather blade. Not a particularly forgiving combination. I am going to use it again tomorrow and will try to report back on its fragrance in more detail. If one used that soap stick everyday it would last for a year. Very good value.
Nomad - A very nice surprise
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I like the Nomad, I have not had any issues with drying either.
Same. I find the scent to be similar to freshly cut grass, but it claims to be bamboo/ginger. For what it's worth, I can't smell the ginger at all, and ginger's a very strong fragrance. When my mother-in-law first got it for me, I thought the scent was pretty awful, but now I enjoy it a lot.
The lather from this soap really is great. I used to face lather with it and was very happy, until I added some JM Frasers for a superlather that's just out of this world.
Nice report Joe!
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I tried to break the fragrance down into its components. Its not an easy thing to do. Definitely woodsy with floral and spice thrown in. Its a great latherer.
+1 a great soap...now that you tested and liked it go for the nice wooden bowl
I just got a puck in the mail today and after sniffing it I am afraid. That puppy has some serious fragrance going on. WIth that much perfume jabbed in there I am afraid it is going to eat my face off, but we will see.
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Auk, You are absolutely right, there is some serious perfume going on in there. It does not linger the same way Tabac does, which can be a good or a less than good quality, depending on your preferences. My face is occasionally sensitive to certain fragrances/eos etc.... But this one was absolutely not irritating. Looking forward to your thoughts.
RVMX,no bowl lathering for me, I'm strictly for the shave sticks (tons of soap + moist brush = thick dense lather)
Nice fragance but with lot of spices is very irritating for me.
The Sandalwood is a stinger for me, but I do like the scent and lather.
I had this one a few years back if I recall correctly. It was a very pleasant scent, you've done a better job nailing down the components of the scent than I could.
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I found Nomad to be a very pleasant surprise as well. My wife bought it for me for our anniversary. I pretty much stick to tallow soaps: MWF, BB, P160, Arko, but Nomad is the exception in my rotation. It produces a very slick, dense and creamy lather.
If you guys like Nomad (and I do), you gotta try the Gentlemens Best Signature Series.
Truly an unsung great soap as well.
Truly an unsung great soap as well.
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Phil, the Gentleman's Best soap stick is en route to Brooklyn via Canada "How Many Shaves...." Yay! P.S. I can't stop using my Nomad shave stick. I tried filling a very large stick and the soap is like a mountain over the top, the cap doesn't even fit on. Incredible lather, scent, moisturizing goop.
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I've never been a shave stick guy, not sure why.
I don't have anything against it per se, just always seemed to prefer soaps in a container and loading up the brush.
I use a few creams, which I rub on then lather as you would a stick, but mostly I'm a soap in the bowl kind of guy
I don't have anything against it per se, just always seemed to prefer soaps in a container and loading up the brush.
I use a few creams, which I rub on then lather as you would a stick, but mostly I'm a soap in the bowl kind of guy
I'm gonna have to pull this one back out of the dust and try it again based on what I'm reading here. Really didn't care for it at first.
That is my impression as well. I tried the sienna and nomad - but unfortunately - we had to part ways.
Another factor I suspect may be the expiration date. Their products have a sticker at the bottom of the packaging showing the expiration date. Some of the not so honest C&E dealers - remove this stickers so that product never seem to expire.
+1 same here I'm going to give it another try tomorrow
