so, I decided to buy a refill puck of the new tabac which is the vegan version. I wanted to see if it was as good as the tallow version or worse. I just used it for a shave tonight and I have to say, it's a pretty dam good soap. It lathers very easily and just as good as the tallow tabac. The smell to me is pretty identical to the tallow version which I do have a puck of. for tabac tallow lovers, give the vegan tabac a try. I don't think you will be as disappointed as you may think. I really cannot notice any difference at all between the vegan and tallow version of tabac. Now would I buy the vegan version again? probably not because I have many other soaps I have to use, but I think it's worth having a puck of the vegan tabac in your shave den. to me, it smells identical to the tallow tabac and it lathers just as easily if not easier than the tallow version. this is just based on my personal experience. The more recent views of the vegan tabac were positive on here. so, if you like the tabac scent and the ease of lathering of the tallow tabac, I believe you should give the vegan version a try. I personally prefer tallow soaps over vegetable myself, but vegetable shave soaps are just as good as tallow ones in my opinion. to me, when comparing it to other vegetable based shave soaps like PDP, TOBS, razorock wtp, etc, the vegan tabac lathers easily imo than the other vegetable based shave soaps I have.