I’m very interested in this as well. I love Stirling and most fougere scents. Can you describe the scent?
Got a few Stirling samples PIF’d to me to day. After a wonderful shave with their Bergamot Lavender soap and splash, I’m reminded of just how good their products are. I don’t know of many other artisans who offer:
-A tremendous array of well-blended scents.
-a soap base that loads easily and lathers well in all water conditions with excellent protection, slickness, and post shave.
-generous sized samples of every scent and afrershave
-a matching aftershave splash for every scent that also has tremendous skin-nourishing properties and decent longevity
-a matching balm for every scent
-a matching bath soap for every scent
-the ability to get a generous tub of soap in a solid, user friendly sized container and a matching aftershave or balm for less than $30
I also appreciate the fact that they have one soap base that they’ve perfected and they stick to it. (With the one exception of their mutton tallow soap) I can always rely on the same great performance regardless of the scent. Sure, there are soaps that may beat Stirling in an individual category (cushion, slickness, post shave, etc.), but as a total package (includeding price) they are damn hard to beat.