I went to University of St Thomas, which apparently is just down the street from Marvy!
Post #657 Combe Email Confirming Williams Mug Shave Soap Discontinued
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I went to University of St Thomas, which apparently is just down the street from Marvy!
Closest thing I've found is Arko. Note initially Arko scent is stronger than Williams. If left in an open mug the scent dissipates as does the Williams scent.
I must have a bad sense of smell as I can barely detect a scent from VDH. What I can smell is a faint soap scent that dissipates quickly when in use. If the scent of VDH is unacceptable, I can only imagine what the scent of Arko will do.
I think it’s a matter of personal taste (or how we process smell or something) not strength of scent. The VDH smells a little like desert to me, which grosses me out; i remember Arko smelling like soap when I tried it a long time ago.
I'm curious, could you describe what desert smells like?
We’ll, now, there is a whole forum on that! I don’t understand why people think it smells like urinal cakes!
To me, it reminds me of inexpensive soaps when I was a really little kid, say in about 1979, say at a gas station. it has been a while since I used Arko (or especially since I smelt such soaps), but they are not unpleasant
Oops! I mis-read this. You asked what VDH smells like, in terms of a desert smell. I’d say a little like a very sweet cake with a buttery frosting. That’s what it smells like to me.
Ok now I understand. I think you mean dessert, not desert. That's what had me confused earlier. Dang english language. LOL
I've never used VDH but now I know what to expect. I like cake with buttery frosting.
Yes, I’ve been messing that one up since I was a little kid!
So I bought a few more from a different store, and they were perfectly white like normal. Weird. I think I have enough now. I’m using the discolored puck and it performs fine. The scent isn’t as strong but that’s ok.
Chandu
I Waxed The Badger.
Imperial. It's a glycerine soap 6 oz puck for $10. That said, supposedly you can buy their base in bulk for much less.
I have the Imperial, but have not gone the bulk route. Just search for "sfic glycerine shaving soap base". It does lather much better than any modern Williams.
Steve56
Ask me about shaving naked!
Most likely old, stored in poor conditions, or both.
Steve56
Ask me about shaving naked!
It should perform well, but it will ’just look and smell a little off’
I never cared for Williams but now that it's gone, I miss it so.
Very common perspective. Likely why it keeps going up in price now running $15 -20 per puck on Amazon. Better choices at that kind of price point.
It does have its adherents who always loved it per the post below.
Williams every day. WHAT!!!!!
Whoah! When did this happen?! I just realized that I used it for every shave, going on a couple of months. Senor finicky soap has finally fallen in line!
www.badgerandblade.com
$15 to $20 per puck? My stash of Williams is now worth more than my 401k.
I only have 27 pucks of Williams left and 23 sticks of ARKO. That's enough for about 20 years.
Owen Bawn
Garden party cupcake scented
You'd think that someone would have started a thread about the scent of Arko by now.
Reminds me of tallow Tabac. It stunk to high heaven, they remove the tallow, and now it’s gold and never smelled so good!
Williams used to suck to lather it up, not anymore! $15 a puck, wow. Just wow.
LOL
Williams used to suck to lather it up, not anymore! $15 a puck, wow. Just wow.
LOL
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