What soap smells like tobacco?
Tobacco Smell
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The Portland General Store, a one-woman operation in Portland, Maine, sells a tobacco scented shaving soap. Don't be confused by the name; it's not the Tabac that everyone talks about. I haven't tried it, so I can't say what it's like, but it looks intriguing. She makes an aftershave to match. If anybody has tried her products, I'd be interested to hear what you think of them.
and it's kosher ::snicker::
TGQ Cavendish Black is said to smell most like tobacco.
How do you find this stuff? I'm really tempted--the ingredients sound great.
What does that mean?
A joke's not funny if you have to explain it.
Basically, kosher is for food, not shaving cream, and anyone that cares wouldn't be using a razor in the first place, so it's out of place, and hence funny, to mention it. I suppose the primary audience for that laugh isn't even reading B&B.
Basically, kosher is for food, not shaving cream, and anyone that cares wouldn't be using a razor in the first place, so it's out of place, and hence funny, to mention it. I suppose the primary audience for that laugh isn't even reading B&B.
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I wish I could take credit for the find. Someone else pointed it out in a thread on vegan shave soaps a while back, and I checked it out. Like you, I'm intigued by it. At the price, it's tempting, but when I think of how much stuff I already have.... Evidently the woman who makes this stuff is several weeks behind on orders, due to recent blog exposure. Consider that before you order.
I've tried MB's Aromatic Pipe Tobacco and TGQ's Cavendsh Black. Of the two, the TGQ is far superior. Both smell like pipe tobacco, though, not tobacco itself (as in Alt Innsbruck AS). MB also has a Tobacco Flower soap that's not bad, but not really on target either.
The search continues...
The search continues...
i got it. but i feel that i am in the minority. I keep kosher in my house.
soaps with tallow are not kosher and many of the more traditional jews (who still shave) would not use tallow based soaps unless they were kosher.
the laws of kosher were designed to do a few things. one of those things was to treat the animal with respect. In the eyes of the Jewish community, tallow is a no no.
i keep kosher with food in the house, not with soap.
Actually I have heard of kosher before, thanks. I just wasn't sure why it came up in this particular context. Is there something about tobacco scented soap that would make it appealing to someone who thought that it was OK to shave with a razor, but still insisted on kosher soap?
Yeah, somewhere on my list of things that I'd like to have is a soap that goes with Creed's Tabarome.
What are people's takes on glycerin soaps? My limited experience with them was such that I felt they weren't on a level with the best milled soaps, either tallow or veggie, but that was a few years back. I'm typically a cream user. If I wanted to try the PGS Tabac soap, I'd have to overcome my bias. Any thoughts?
Glycerin soaps for me can be good, but aren't quite up to the level of milled soaps. Still no reason not to give them a whirl. On the plus side, their aromas are usually the best.
True. Both QED and Em's Place lavender soaps beat the pants off of either Harris or AOS in the scent department. Pity their lathers weren't on the same level.
Hi there,
Early in my shaving journey I tried many small vendor glycerin based soaps. For the most part, they are easy to lather, have nice scents, and the performance is good.
About a year ago,I started mostly using hard soaps like DR Harris, Institut Karite, and MWF, and I'll now reach for those more often than not. I also had great results with the JF Floris soap, but sold it cause the scent didn't grab me.
After all this time, I found there's a few small vendors who make close to as good a product as those listed above. Truth be told, many times I'd have a very hard time telling which soap I was shaving with(if they were all unscented of course).
I'd recommend trying Colleen's soaps over at TGQ. The other one I'd suggest would be the soap JoAnna makes at TSD. Both of these are worth a look. The skincare may not be quite the same as Harris or MWF or IK, but it's pretty close. However, the slickness and cushion is right up there on both of those small vendors products.
So there you go.........maybe this will help somehow.
Martin
Hi there,
Wanna read something funny? Oh, first let me apologize for slightly derailing this thread. I'll just toss in the fact that Colleen makes an excellent aromatic pipe tobacco scented soap. There, now I feel better.......
Anyway, talking about what's kosher got me thinking of a post about a year ago over at SRP. Can't recall the exact deal, but some member posted about a certain type of cuticle(stone for sharpening razors and also knives I 'believe) being bought up in large numbers on ebay. Yeah, the buyers were zeroing in on one particular type. Pretty interesting posts from members about who was doing it, and why.
Anyway, these were kosher stones............seriously. Ever hear of such a thing? Well, it was a real education for me, I can tell you. Turns out there's a lot to learn about the various types of stones, and how they perform. Heh, there's even a way to accidentally make the stone unkosher and another way to make it kosher again. I don't remember all the details about the 'cure', but I remember it having to be buried for a loooong time. True story.
So, here's some info about chunks of rocks with the 'Smiling Rabbi' stamp of approval on em.......heh.
I hope you and other members get a kick out of this,
Martin
http://www.straightrazorplace.com/forums/basic-honing/28224-coticule-kosher-2.html
Nothing to do with tobacco. I went to the web site and read the ingredients and though that part was funny. Wasn't thinking about the subleties kuzi16 brought up.
Kosher stones also makes me laugh, but if you're killing 100 cows a day, you need good tools.
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not sure if serious.
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