Agreed. I bought a full tub it! Great as a bath soap too!
Absolutely! I have some of them as well. I was merely trying to focus on samples. But yes, so many versions of modern cologne dupes exist. And all are oh so good.
Soap Makers Who Offer "Modern" Scents
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Stirling is a good shout. All of the Fine Accoutrement soaps are based on popular colognes. American Blend is my favorite.
Saponificio Varesino is an Italian soap maker. Opuntia and 70th Anniversary are wonderful cologne type scents.
Saponificio Varesino is an Italian soap maker. Opuntia and 70th Anniversary are wonderful cologne type scents.
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Funny you should mention Stirling and the SV 70th. I have Stirling Deep Blue Sea and SV 70th both on the way from Maggards right now along with Shannon's Soaps Lake Shore Drive and an Omega boar brush.
Thanks again to everyone who helped me find what I was looking for!
Thanks again to everyone who helped me find what I was looking for!
I have Shannon's Soaps Lakeshore Drive and it is a really nice smelling aquatic scent. Very well composed.
Stirling soaps.
Welcome to B&B, Sir Wgg2017!
If you like fashion mall store scents, definitely try Creed stuff!!
If you like fashion mall store scents, definitely try Creed stuff!!
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Thanks for the warm welcome! I'll definitely try out Creed's stuff too. Although at this point it's probably going to be a year or two before I need more soap. I'm sure I'm not the only one with that problem around here though.
Stirling has Orange Chill (year around) and Glacial Citron (Spring/Summer). Their Glacials are basically soaps with menthol on steroids. If you like mentholated soaps, try the orange Chill and if they (or another company) has the Glacial Citron, give that a try.
For me personally, I have relied on the product descriptions and reviews to guide my decision, based on the type of soap I want. I don't recall ever purchasing soap samples, which, of course, has made this hobby more expensive, I like all of the Stirling Soaps I've tried. Their mutton tallow soaps do take a little more effort in getting the perfect lather compared to their beef tallow soaps, but I like both.
Stirling is definitely what you're looking for.
Funny enough, I DON'T like modern department store frags, so I buy entirely from artisans that tend not to do hommage scents. But I have come across MANY artisans that do hommage and do it a lot. Here's a list of them:
- Chicago Grooming Co (formerly Oleo Soapworks). Bonus...canard base is excellent.
- Stirling. Again...only limitation is how much money you want to spend. Downside...I don't like the base as much.
- Jabones de Joserra
- Murphy and McNeil. Tons of choices. Almost all clones.
In all honesty, MMcN is probably the best bet. While they clone like Stirling, I find their base to be much better. Don't know what is up with Chicago Grooming because their availability is weird and low. YMMV.
- Chicago Grooming Co (formerly Oleo Soapworks). Bonus...canard base is excellent.
- Stirling. Again...only limitation is how much money you want to spend. Downside...I don't like the base as much.
- Jabones de Joserra
- Murphy and McNeil. Tons of choices. Almost all clones.
In all honesty, MMcN is probably the best bet. While they clone like Stirling, I find their base to be much better. Don't know what is up with Chicago Grooming because their availability is weird and low. YMMV.
Saponificio Varesino soaps are very good and they are all men’s cologne-style scents.
Southern Witchcrafts specialize on delivering on the edge scent profiles. I use their products almost exclusively.
If you google thirsty badger scent list. You will find a huge list of cologne with their dupes in shaving soaps and who makes them.
Not quite my thing for the most part either but for sure if you have scent in mind as mentioned above www.thirstybadger.ca/shaving-fragrance-homage/ is a good reference.
The whole traditional/old/young/modern thing is referenced so much and I really don't understand the concept.
There's no truly "modern" scent. Everything has been done since a cave man first accidentally dribbled the juice from an orange he was eating down his chest and a nearby lady neanderthal smiled at him.
If you like aquatics, or citrus or whatever, there are plenty out there that range from modern makers to very old houses.
Scents are not old or young, vintage or modern. The people who wear them are though.
If you smell something you associate with an "old" smell, it's likely you had someone older than you in your history that wore something similar, and you associate that smell with "old".
There's no truly "modern" scent. Everything has been done since a cave man first accidentally dribbled the juice from an orange he was eating down his chest and a nearby lady neanderthal smiled at him.
If you like aquatics, or citrus or whatever, there are plenty out there that range from modern makers to very old houses.
Scents are not old or young, vintage or modern. The people who wear them are though.
If you smell something you associate with an "old" smell, it's likely you had someone older than you in your history that wore something similar, and you associate that smell with "old".
Stirling Gin & Tonic is what you seek....
I researched some soaps in this vein before I had to stop because there are so many wonderful scents. But These are the ones I've purchased and I can tell you the Ethos and SV are my favorites, the Stirling soap is a great base also, but the other Ethos and SV bases are another level. Good luck!
Listed are the colognes these soaps are known to be based on.
Stirling Soaps:
Executive Man (Creed Aventus)
Deep Blue Sea (Bleu de Chanel)
Sandpiper (YSL La Nuit de l'Homme)
Haverford (Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille)
Declaration Grooming - Massacre of the Innocents, earthly, chocolatey, wintery cologne. The cinnamon is there too in the sweetness. I love this scent also, but it's a soft soap, "croap"
Ethos Succes (Creed Aventus) I would say less sweet, more refined than Executive Man and I love the Ethos F-Base.
Saponificio Varesino - 70th Anniversary - (Aqua di Gio) I believe is the inspiration, I hope I'm not remembering wrong.
Listed are the colognes these soaps are known to be based on.
Stirling Soaps:
Executive Man (Creed Aventus)
Deep Blue Sea (Bleu de Chanel)
Sandpiper (YSL La Nuit de l'Homme)
Haverford (Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille)
Declaration Grooming - Massacre of the Innocents, earthly, chocolatey, wintery cologne. The cinnamon is there too in the sweetness. I love this scent also, but it's a soft soap, "croap"
Ethos Succes (Creed Aventus) I would say less sweet, more refined than Executive Man and I love the Ethos F-Base.
Saponificio Varesino - 70th Anniversary - (Aqua di Gio) I believe is the inspiration, I hope I'm not remembering wrong.
