Similar to TOBS sandalwood in scent and lather quality/performance?

[atomheartmother]

I’m looking for a cream that has a similar scent to TOBS sandalwood (musky but clean with a hint of sweetness…to my nose at least) and also performance like TOBS (rich, creamy easy-to-build larger that is slick).

 

[Wal59]

Cyril R Salter Indian Sandalwood. I love it for scent and lather. Not much needed for a 3 pass shave. I get mine from Connaught Shaving in UK. If you like TOBS, you will like this too.

 

[Mustard Seed]

Once I tried Art of Shaving Sandalwood I never went back to TOBS Sandalwood. The performance is outstanding.

 

[Salty_Shaver]

TOBS Sandalwood smells like old Grandma perfume at the intensity of AXE Body Spray. It a horrible scent and my wife hates the smell.

 

[sarimento1]

Ditto on AOS sandalwood; it's great.

As for TEA, concentration as applied is really low.

I could not find any reference to it as a carcinogen or hormone whatever.

Here is one top-of-google general reference...

"Is triethanolamine safe to use?

Triethanolamine is safe for the skin and does not have any side effects, as most products keep its concentration between 1% and 3%. At this concentration, triethanolamine is safe for skin application and does not lead to irritation of the skin or any other side effects.Nov 1, 2023
https://www.stylecraze.com/articles...ne is safe for the,or any other side effects.

Triethanolamine: Benefits, Uses, And Safety Concerns - StyleCraze"​

 

[atomheartmother]

TOBS Sandalwood smells like old Grandma perfume at the intensity of AXE Body Spray. It a horrible scent and my wife hates the smell.

I didn’t like it at first either. But it really grew on me after a few shaves, and now I’m craving the scent. I’ll be sad to let it go.

 

[ewk]

To me, TOBS Sandalwood is unique and does not smell at all like what I understand to be true sandalwood scent (Art of Shaving, Proraso). I have not yet found anything that resembles TOBS Sandalwood scent, with or without TEA.

The only other useful advice I can contribute: Speick is an excellent product. I have only used the cream, but it is a winner for performance and general all around wholesome goodness.

 

[Salty_Shaver]

Once I tried Art of Shaving Sandalwood I never went back to TOBS Sandalwood. The performance is outstanding.

Any TOBS performs great my top three are coconut, grapefruit, and tobacco leaf.

 

[ChriWilson]

Once I tried Art of Shaving Sandalwood I never went back to TOBS Sandalwood. The performance is outstanding.

As is the smell.
TOBS Sandalwood smells like a Member's Only jacket from the 80s

 

[Edgelord]

My favorite sandalwood shaving cream is Cyril R Salter Indian Sandalwood. My favorite sandalwood shaving soap is Stirling.

They both work well for me.

Sandalwood is my favorite scent. I don’t even mind the TOBS sandalwood cream and soap, but they don’t smell like true sandalwood.

 

[Wal59]

My favorite sandalwood shaving cream is Cyril R Salter Indian Sandalwood. My favorite sandalwood shaving soap is Stirling.

They both work well for me.

Sandalwood is my favorite scent. I don’t even mind the TOBS sandalwood cream and soap, but they don’t smell like true sandalwood.

Have you tried a little Salter on the brush then swirled in the Stirling? My newest fascination, although I use the Stirling vanilla and sandalwood. Lather to die for.

 

[Edgelord]

Have you tried a little Salter on the brush then swirled in the Stirling? My newest fascination, although I use the Stirling vanilla and sandalwood. Lather to die for.

I have not, but I will.

 

[Mojo88]

TOBS Sandalwood smells like old Grandma perfume at the intensity of AXE Body Spray. It a horrible scent and my wife hates the smell.

I like it but don’t love it. My son hates it, says it smells like a candle. I would venture to say there is not one scent that everyone agrees on, some people have even commented that unscented cream has a weird smell.

 

[smu]

I love TOBS Sandalwood but I also love Proraso Nourishing (red tube) Shaving Cream. It is scented with real Sandalwood essential oil. You also get that medicinal Proraso scent but there is just enough real sandalwood scent to satisfy me!

 

[ChriWilson]

I love TOBS Sandalwood but I also love Proraso Nourishing (red tube) Shaving Cream. It is scented with real Sandalwood essential oil. You also get that medicinal Proraso scent but there is just enough real sandalwood scent to satisfy me!

Use the TOBS followed by the Proraso Red Splash

 

[NorthernSoul]

I love TOBS Sandalwood but I also love Proraso Nourishing (red tube) Shaving Cream. It is scented with real Sandalwood essential oil. You also get that medicinal Proraso scent but there is just enough real sandalwood scent to satisfy me!

I think Proraso uses Australian Sandalwood oil. It is not so limited and expensive as the genuine Indian Sandalwood. They are related but different species.

 

[Marco]

Taylor's Sandalwood is pretty unique, so if you like it scent and performance-wise just stick with it.

My favourite Sandalwood is Proraso Red, a true, clean, straightforward Sandalwood with outstanding performance.

 

[SydneyShaver]

As far as the scent goes, its a unique enough blend of other scent notes layered on top of sandalwood. Hence why its so polarising (at least on B&B). By sales, its probably one of the most successful mass produced products. Like other commenters have already stated, in terms of performance basically any natural shave soap that has to be manually lathered will blow any cream out of the water. The formulation of TOBS is simply inferior and unfortunately filled with artificial chemicals which most likely also includes the fragrance. Proraso Red (the cream) is imo, not a good suggestion. The scents are quite different and the performance is not what people buy proraso for. AOS Sandalwood (whilst absurdly expensive has arguably the best sandalwood fragrance in a mass-produced product, if not any product). Some of the indian creams also have very nice, genuine sandalwood scents though these are harder to come by.

 

[SydneyShaver]

I was contemplating whether I should or should not reply to this but I may as well. There is nothing pompous about what I've said. These products compared to most are not cheap. Speick, MWF, Cella, Tabac, Vitos, Razorock, TFS and Haslinger are generally cheaper than TOBS and higher quality. Most artisan soap even after small batch importation is at most $5-10 more a tub for a significantly higher quality product. Its not pompous to point out the horrific, mostly synthetic ingredients of most popular shave creams and the provable inferior performance they provide. Anything can provide a viable shave, it doesn't take much but then everybody on B&B would use shavefoam at $2 a can when they're on sale.

 

[Robert G]

what's wrong with Proraso? using it, any flavor, brushless for head shaves is sublime.