The Brilliant Chambers of Barrister & Mann

[AndyPanda]

I had been shaving with a sample size of Muir(e) Wood that I've had for ages. I bought a full size recently and when I first opened it, I found the blackberry scent surprisingly up front (it had been a background note in the sample). But when I lather it up, everything changes. This is soooooo much better than the sample I was using. The blackberry is hiding in the background (where it belongs) and the damp earth smell of hiking in the woods is up front and wonderful! That damp earth was missing or very faint in the sample.

So far I'm over the moon with the Muir(e) Wood soap. I didn't order any splash and wondering if I should - anyone here have experience with the splash?

So far Passiflora hasn't grabbed me - which is a surprise because all the posts I've read rave about the scent. It's nice - it just hasn't grabbed me the way Muir(e) Wood and Fougere Gothique do.

 

[Hannah's Dad]

I had been shaving with a sample size of Muir(e) Wood that I've had for ages. I bought a full size recently and when I first opened it, I found the blackberry scent surprisingly up front (it had been a background note in the sample). But when I lather it up, everything changes. This is soooooo much better than the sample I was using. The blackberry is hiding in the background (where it belongs) and the damp earth smell of hiking in the woods is up front and wonderful! That damp earth was missing or very faint in the sample.

So far I'm over the moon with the Muir(e) Wood soap. I didn't order any splash and wondering if I should - anyone here have experience with the splash?

So far Passiflora hasn't grabbed me - which is a surprise because all the posts I've read rave about the scent. It's nice - it just hasn't grabbed me the way Muir(e) Wood and Fougere Gothique do.

Scents are remarkably subjective. Your post is Exhibit A.

 

[AndyPanda]

Scents are remarkably subjective. Your post is Exhibit A.

I'm new here, so I am only guessing --- do you mean that most people dislike the damp earth? Or that the blackberry doesn't sit in the background enough? Or something else entirely? Or simply that scents are subjective?

 

[Hannah's Dad]

I'm new here, so I am only guessing --- do you mean that most people dislike the damp earth? Or that the blackberry doesn't sit in the background enough? Or something else entirely? Or simply that scents are subjective?

The last one … simply that scents are subjective. I did not mean to sound cryptic. Some guys adore Passiflora; some guys abhor Muir Woods. Your tastes are just that … yours. I happen to enjoy both scents and think B&M is a great maker of scented soaps.

 

[AndyPanda]

I think passiflora will grow on me. I don't "dislike" it at all - it's nice. I didn't like Paganini's Violin at first and I'm starting to like it a little more each time I pull it out and try it again.

I hated Gothique the first time I opened it but I came to love it.

 

[Kix]

Barrister and Mann Le Grand Chypre. Love this soap!

 

[BradWorld]

Towel Day Shave. Late post. But my favorite soap of all time. “42”.

B&M 42 Soap and Balm
Rudy 2022 STF Brush
Wolfman WR2 1.15
Light Brigade (7)
And of course… my trust Lancaster grey wool Shave Towel!

 

[PersistentlyBlunt]

Later late post for Towel Day and my first foray into the chambers of Barrister and Mann.

As above this was a shave I have been waiting almost a year for since reading @BradWorld's Towel Day shave post last year. I managed to hunt down what could be the last tub of 42 available for retail sale and have stored it since then to try only on Towel Day.

Overall a great soap and loved every bit of it after I got used to the fragrance.

Rockwell 6C - plate 6
Barrister and Mann - 42
Sputnik blades
Semogue Mistura.

 

[Benoni]

Looks like B&M released an unscented option in a new vegan base called 'Veggiebus', really curious to try this one!

 

[BradWorld]

Looks like B&M released an unscented option in a new vegan base called 'Veggiebus', really curious to try this one!

They released two scented versions as well. When Will said Omnibus was his last base ever, I knew that wouldn’t stick.

 

[BradWorld]

It's a B&M kinda day!

 

[bk200006]

Just picked up Seville soap and AS, Waves soap and AS and Bay Rum soap during Pasteur’s Father’s Day sale

 

[SP120K]

Today I tried Roam two (Vegibus). Talk about slick and easy going on your skin! Definitely getting a full tub soon! It has great post shave feeling for your skin.

 

[Leverspro]

So can we expect all or most of the scents to be released in veggiebus?

 

[bk200006]

Pasteur’s delivers the goods

 

[John Stetson]

Today I tried Roam two (Vegibus). Talk about slick and easy going on your skin! Definitely getting a full tub soon! It has great post shave feeling for your skin.

Awesome. How was the scent on this?