Love the smell of Tabac, as does my wife...yeah! I'll triple up, using the soap, lotion/splash, and balm, on the mornings I reach for the Tabac. - I have others I like as well, Stirling Green, PDP63, Old Spice, and just use the matching aftershaves and/or colognes/edt.
Arko, and Derby (same smell, just a harder version of what seems to be the same soap) has a less than pleasant, almost cleaner type smell to my nose. I know there's supposed to be a lemon scent to them, but I don't smell it, it's more like a commercial cleaner smell to my nose, not horrible, but I'd rather have a pleasing scent when shaving. Was PIF'd a stick of Derby with my Rex from Ken Surfs, and while the performance/lather is pretty darn good, not fond of the smell. - But at least the smell lessens a bit after the stick has been opened a while, freshly open, it's pretty darn strong.
Arko, and Derby (same smell, just a harder version of what seems to be the same soap) has a less than pleasant, almost cleaner type smell to my nose. I know there's supposed to be a lemon scent to them, but I don't smell it, it's more like a commercial cleaner smell to my nose, not horrible, but I'd rather have a pleasing scent when shaving. Was PIF'd a stick of Derby with my Rex from Ken Surfs, and while the performance/lather is pretty darn good, not fond of the smell. - But at least the smell lessens a bit after the stick has been opened a while, freshly open, it's pretty darn strong.