Soap Of The Month Club (SOTMC)

[Balin]

Success in April and the plan for May!

Soap: Lilacs in Bloom
Attempts: 8
Completions:7
Fails:0
Consecutive months: 8
Months skipped: 0
Soaps Used: Tabac (3), B&M Cheshire (1.25), B&M Bay Rum (1.75), B&M Petrichor, Lilacs in Bloom
Soaps Finished during the month: 2 ( B&M Cheshire, B&M Bay Rum)

I broke through the bottom of the Petrichor even though I didn't shave as much in April as I usually do. I am not a fan of the scent of Petrichor so I couldn't bring myself to use it until completed. I may finish it off in September.

Lilacs bloom in May around here so I am sticking with this soap for the month!

 

[Guido75]

Soap	TGS/GFS ReNero
Attempts	1
Completed	2
Consecutive months	2
Months skipped	0
Soaps used	2023: Mike’s Natural Barbershop (1) Inferno (1) Pino Alpestre (1) Amber Fougere (1)
Soaps finished	3 - Inferno, Pino Alpestre, Amber Fougere

 

[sandorfi]

Succes for April with Barbiere de Figaro Raffinato
Entering May with Proraso red, likely will finish it during the month.

Attempts:20
Completions: 19
Fails: none
Soaps Used: Tabac - Proraso red - Stirling Scots Pine Sheep - Extro Cosmesi 17° Stormo - RazoRock Santa Maria Del Fiore - TFS Dracaris - Barrister and Mann Bay Rum - Goodfellas' Smile Amber Fougere - Barbiere de Figaro Esclusivo - Simpsons shaving cream - La Toja shaving stick - Barbiere de Figaro Raffinato.
Soaps finished: 4 (Simpsons shaving cream - TFS Dracaris - B&M Bay Rum - Goodfellas' Smile Amber Fougere)
Months skipped in total: 0
Consecutive months: 19

 

[den fly]

I am going to give this a go. It will be fun to actually try to make a dent in one of my tubs.
For the month of May:
Attempts: 1
Completed: 0
Consecutive: 0
Months Skipped: 0
Soap Used: Extro Cosmesi 17" Stormo

 

[La Malice]

Success in April and in for May

Soap: Gillette Lime Shaving Cream
Attempts: 8
Completions: 8
Fails:0
Consecutive successes: 8
Months skipped: 0
Soaps Finished: none

 

[Pepin]

Success in April with Tabac
In for May with Proraso Green

Attempts: 58
Completions: 56
Fails: 2 (July 2015, August 2016)

Soaps Used: Tabac soap x16, T&H Sandalwood soap x4, GFT Spanish leather x2, GFT Eucris soap x7, GFT Violet soap x4, Proraso Green soap x4, Spieck cream x2, TOBS Avocado cream x 2, Truefitt & Hill rose cream x 3, Truefitt & Hill Grafton cream x3, Dr. Harris Marlborough soap, Midnight & Two's The Studyx2, Col. Conk Bay Rum, Queen Charlotte's Irish Tweed x2, Arko Soap, Proraso Blue, Midnight & Two's The Study, Italian Barber Amici, Barrister & Mann Leviathan, Henri et Victoria Cuban Cigar, Great Canadian Shave Co. Lavender, Stirling Black Cumin & Orange, Arko Shave Cream.

Soaps finished during a month: 7 (Truefitt & Hill Rose, Henri et Victoria Cuban Cigar, Stirling Black Cumin, Fendrihan's Sandalwood & Lavender, Barrister & Mann Leviathan, Queen Charlotte's Green Irish Tweed, and Tabac)

Months skipped in total: 38 (February & March 2016, November 2016 to August 2017, April 2018, & July 2018 to January 2019), June to September 2019, November 2019 to December 2020

 

[ChriWilson]

Success in April
Intention for May:
Soap: B&M Reserve Fern

Attempts: 13
Completions: 12
Fails: 0
Consecutive Months: 5
Months Skipped: 1
Soaps Used:

Artisan	Soap
Arko	Arko
Barrister & Mann	Paganini's Violin
Dr. Jon’s	Sakura Musk
Floris	No. 89
Martin de Candre	Fougere
Saponificio Varesino	70th *Beta 4.1
Stirling	Sharp Dressed Man
Tabac	Tabac with Tallow
Taylor of Old Bond St	St James
Truefitt & Hill	1805
	Apsley
	Sandalwood

 

[davidsilva]

Nice to see all you guys here!

In for May 2023

Soap: Saponificio Varesino Desert Vetiver

Attempts: 79
( DR Harris Arlington, B&M Fougere Aromatique, Blades Grim Smolder, SCS Soap for Hope, WSO Coconut Lime, Czech and Speake Oxford & Cambridge, Valobra Fougere, LASS Hollywood Romance, Floris Verbena Stick, Estoril Shave Cream, DR Harris Arlington, Mitchell Wool Fat, Valobra Regular, DR Harris Arlington, Mondial Tobacco Verde, Saponificio Varesino Desert Vetiver )

Completions: 79
Fails: 0
Months skipped:10
Consecutive month:3

Finally getting to the bottom of the bowl!

 

[Guido75]

Another one gone.

Soap	Haslinger Sandelholz
Attempts	1
Completed	2
Consecutive months	2
Months skipped	0
Soaps used	2023: Mike’s Natural Barbershop (1) Inferno (1) Pino Alpestre (1) Amber Fougere (1) TGS/GFS ReNero (1)
Soaps finished	4 - Inferno, Pino Alpestre, Amber Fougere, ReNero

 

[sandorfi]

Proraso red finnished, continuing with La Toja shaving stick for the rest of the month.

Attempts:20
Completions: 19
Fails: none
Soaps Used: Tabac - Proraso red - Stirling Scots Pine Sheep - Extro Cosmesi 17° Stormo - RazoRock Santa Maria Del Fiore - TFS Dracaris - Barrister and Mann Bay Rum - Goodfellas' Smile Amber Fougere - Barbiere de Figaro Esclusivo - Simpsons shaving cream - La Toja shaving stick - Barbiere de Figaro Raffinato.
Soaps finished: 5 (Simpsons shaving cream - TFS Dracaris - B&M Bay Rum - Goodfellas' Smile Amber Fougere - Proraso red).
Months skipped in total: 0
Consecutive months: 19

 

[FoolishMortal]

Nearly there.

Not sure what to use next, since I have some travel upcoming…

 

[Balin]

Success in May and the plan for June!

Soap: Rose Gold
Attempts: 9
Completions:8
Fails:0
Consecutive months: 9
Months skipped: 0
Soaps Used: Tabac (3), B&M Cheshire (1.25), B&M Bay Rum (1.75), B&M Petrichor, Lilacs in Bloom, Rose Gold
Soaps Finished during the month: 3 ( B&M Cheshire, B&M Bay Rum, Lilacs in Bloom)

 

[den fly]

Success in May. It was actually nice to see soap/cream in the same tub actually go down for a change. I knew I liked but didn't really love the Stormo. Over the course of May I never got sick of it, and in fact grew to like it more.
Now onto June:

Soap: Edwin Jagger- Lime
Attempts: 2
Completions: 1
Fails: 0
Months: 0

Soaps Used: Extro Cosmesi -Stormo

 

[FoolishMortal]

Finished with the B&M Cheshire, and right at the buzzer. There was still a small ring around the edges of the tub, but that came out and got mashed into the Mug of Gross for today's finisher, because I couldn't pick up enough soap otherwise.

Next up, a soap I've never used, but one that seems to thrive with consistency...

Soap of the Month: MWF
Completions: 14
Fails: 0
Consecutive successes: 14
Months skipped: 0
Soaps Finished: Mike's Lemongrass and Eucalyptus, Stirling Orange Chill, Haslinger Honig, B&M Cheshire

 

[La Malice]

Success in May and in for June

Took me a while to get to like the Gillette cream in May, we shall see how it goes for this mont. One more quarter and I will have gone through the whole year. Now I am thinking of which soap I will use on father's day exception.

Soap: Godrej Cool Cinthol Menthol Shaving Cream
Attempts: 9
Completions: 9
Fails:0
Consecutive successes: 9
Months skipped: 0
Soaps Finished: none

 

[Guido75]

This one got through May, but I will see it finished in June no doubt. The real question is when!

Soap	Haslinger Sandelholz
Attempts	1
Completed	3
Consecutive months	3
Months skipped	0
Soaps used	2023: Mike’s Natural Barbershop (1) Inferno (1) Pino Alpestre (1) Amber Fougere (1) TGS/GFS ReNero (1) Haslinger Sandelholz (2)
Soaps finished	4 - Inferno, Pino Alpestre, Amber Fougere, Re Nero

 

[Pepin]

Success in May with Proraso Green
In for June with GFT Violet soap

Attempts: 59
Completions: 57
Fails: 2 (July 2015, August 2016)

Soaps Used: Tabac soap x16, T&H Sandalwood soap x4, GFT Spanish leather x2, GFT Eucris soap x7, GFT Violet soap x4, Proraso Green soap x5, Spieck cream x2, TOBS Avocado cream x 2, Truefitt & Hill rose cream x 3, Truefitt & Hill Grafton cream x3, Dr. Harris Marlborough soap, Midnight & Two's The Studyx2, Col. Conk Bay Rum, Queen Charlotte's Irish Tweed x2, Arko Soap, Proraso Blue, Midnight & Two's The Study, Italian Barber Amici, Barrister & Mann Leviathan, Henri et Victoria Cuban Cigar, Great Canadian Shave Co. Lavender, Stirling Black Cumin & Orange, Arko Shave Cream.

Soaps finished during a month: 7 (Truefitt & Hill Rose, Henri et Victoria Cuban Cigar, Stirling Black Cumin, Fendrihan's Sandalwood & Lavender, Barrister & Mann Leviathan, Queen Charlotte's Green Irish Tweed, and Tabac)

Months skipped in total: 38 (February & March 2016, November 2016 to August 2017, April 2018, & July 2018 to January 2019), June to September 2019, November 2019 to December 2020

 

[Invicta]

Success in May, I'm in for June 2023
Soap: Proraso Sandalwood
Attempts:43
Completions:42
Fails:0
Consecutive months: 16
Months skipped:1
Soaps used: Tabac, Proraso Sandalwood, Cella, Mitchell's Wool Fat, Figaro, TfOBS various creams.

 

[Guido75]

Next up, a soap I've never used, but one that seems to thrive with consistency...

Soap of the Month: MWF

A very nice soap indeed Brandon. I haven’t had any troubles dialling in. In that sense Mike’s gave me more of a hard time.

 

[sandorfi]

May finished succesfull, entering June with Extro Cosmesi 17° Stormo

Attempts:21
Completions: 20
Fails: none
Soaps Used: Tabac - Proraso red - Stirling Scots Pine Sheep - Extro Cosmesi 17° Stormo - RazoRock Santa Maria Del Fiore - TFS Dracaris - Barrister and Mann Bay Rum - Goodfellas' Smile Amber Fougere - Barbiere de Figaro Esclusivo - Simpsons shaving cream - La Toja shaving stick - Barbiere de Figaro Raffinato.
Soaps finished: 5 (Simpsons shaving cream - TFS Dracaris - B&M Bay Rum - Goodfellas' Smile Amber Fougere - Proraso red).
Months skipped in total: 0
Consecutive months: 20