If you like sandalwood try Proraso or Fine.
People have been ranting and raving about the wonderfully strong smell of Taylor of Old Bond Street sandalwood. I picked up a wood bowl and soap puck, excited to finally try this stuff out. It smells like bar soap with a touch of sweet floral. My wife thinks it smells like nursing home. Is this normal? I’m rather disappointed, hoping it isn’t a stale puck. It was on sale from Amazon.
TOBS sandalwood soap is nice, great scent, decent (for me) lather.
Not as slick as, perhaps, AOS Sandalwood tallow.
But decent, nevertheless.
Follow it up with TOBS sandalwood cologne.
Cannot go wrong, IMHO!!
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Mysore sandalwood soaps are real deal. Try their Gold range for amped sandalwood scent. But overall the oil content is much less than what if used to be, say 10-12 years ago.I kept after sandalwood until I discovered the Mysore Sandal Soap and got ahold of a couple of bars. I figure one of the State-run businesses which still has access to the factual sandalwood ( a controlled substance these days by the way) and indicates they put the real deal oil in their product has shown me the best analog I'm going to find. Even so, I don't use sandalwood much anymore.
I have the exact sentiment after smelling both the GFT and TOBS. Now I really do wonder what is the real smell of Sandalwood supposed to be...unfortunately Proraso Green gives me burning feeling on face, otherwise, I would have love to give the Proraso red a try.Sandalwood seems to have a scent that differs from company to company. A few days ago I used AoS Tallow Sandalwood. I then used GFT Sandalwood fragrance. They smell nothing alike. TOBS Sandalwood cream for me smells different than all of the above.
My favorite is col conk glycerine soap I lather it up in a bowl and at the end I add a squeeze of either TOBS Sandalwood or proraso green or red. Amazing thick lather is achieved.I have had a lot of success with TOBS creams and none at all with their hard soaps, especially the most recent ones I have purchased. In recent years I have had so much difficulty with British made triple milled soaps in general, excluding MWF, that I no longer purchase them. I would be surprised if a puck is stale as I have soaps which are decades old and which still perform well. I suspect that most British soaps have been reformulated and outsourced in recent years but either way the standard has declined in my view. The usual advice is...... load more product. Good luck.
If you like sandalwood try Proraso or Fine.
What people "rave and rant" about is TOBS (Sandalwood) CREAM, not hard soap.People have been ranting and raving about the wonderfully strong smell of Taylor of Old Bond Street sandalwood. I picked up a wood bowl and soap puck, excited to finally try this stuff out. It smells like bar soap with a touch of sweet floral. My wife thinks it smells like nursing home. Is this normal? I’m rather disappointed, hoping it isn’t a stale puck. It was on sale from Amazon.
TOBS soap seems to be extremely sensitive to water. It extravagantly bubbles up for 30 seconds before even beginning to build on the [boar] brush. I’ve noticed better results with longer face lathering for thicker creaminess. But a touch too much water and it all thins out. I even have to be careful applying to a rinsed face for pass 2.
The lather feels slick on my fingers. Yet my razor catches and jumps. Never had this issue with soft soaps. Looking for like experiences and suggestions for improvement.