Top 5 great soaps you & I use!

[cwsnc]

Current Top 5

1) Cella (Brick)
2) Proraso Red (Tub)
3) Stirling Piacenza
4) MWF
5) Tabac

 

[Pedict]

Declaration Grooming
Tallow + Steel
Pannacrema
B&M Reserve
Grooming Dept

 

[SoullessSingularity]

Declaration Grooming Icarus
Noble Otter (new formula)
Storybook Soapworks
WK DM formula
Tie between Eleven and West of Olympia (new formula).

I also am a fan of Southern Witchcrafts but that’s mosrly for their scents. Ditto for B&M.

 

[Tanuki]

1 (by a large margin) BOSC Special Reserve X-Mas (homebrew courtesy of a fellow BOSCite) L3 PS3 C?, very menthol and pine
2 Cella brick L3 PS3 C3
3 Arko stick L3 PS2 C3
4 Williams mug L2 PS2 C3
5 RazoRock What the Puck Lime or Orange L2 PS2 C3, citrus!

Sadly, looks like price (and perhaps tradition) is important to me... I do have a tub of Declaration Grooming’s After the Rain. Smells nice during the shave, but I give it L1 PS2 C1. I have tried a variety of soap and cream samples, but only some magic unobtainium has displaced the old reliables.

 

[mmaggi]

1. Tabac
2. Proraso Green
3. Arko
4. Stirling
5. Mike's Natural

 

[lancre]

1.) Williams Mug
2.) B&M 42
3.) Stirling (any)
4.) MWF
5.) The discontinued AOS with tallow, made by Valobra

Honourable Mention:
B&M Latha (any)
L'Occitane Cade
Maggard Limes & Bergamot

 

[steffenapelz]

It's been 6 months....current top 5 bases:

- Noble Otter (new formula)
- Eufros Tallow
- Oleo Canard
- Ariana & Evans Goatmilk Tallow
- Australian Private Reserve (F1...still have to try F2)

 

[discerningbev]

It's been 6 months....current top 5 bases:

- Noble Otter (new formula)
- Eufros Tallow
- Oleo Canard
- Ariana & Evans Goatmilk Tallow
- Australian Private Reserve (F1...still have to try F2)

A&E Goats Milk tallow is incredible!

 

[discerningbev]

My list has changed and there is clear top 3 for me
1)B&M new base in Vespers
2) Talbot
3) A&E

4) Mike’s
5) The Holy Black

 

[Music]

I've gone all non-tallow and my list now is:

1. Grooming Department Vegan & Donkey Milk
2. PannaCrema Nuavia
3. WSP Rustic
4. Siliski
5. Wickham 1912

The Holy Black would be # 6.

 

[Slipknot]

Wholly Kaw currently tied with B&M reserve
B&M glycerin
TOBS sandalwood
ARKo

 

[gsurko]

Cella brick
Williams mug
Tabac
Palmolive stick
Arko

 

[guitarslinger]

At the moment:
Declaration bison cuir d epices
Tcheon Fung Sing uncle Walter
Fine l’ orange Noir
Chiseled face pine tar
Declaration dirtyver icarus

 

[dmshaver]

Currently my top 5:

CBL Dragon's Blood - hemp oil base
CBL Club
Mike's Natural Orange/Cedarwood/Black Pepper
PdP
Haslinger Schafmilch

 

[Tonysco]

1. MWF
2. TOBS Coconut or Sandalwood
3. Tabac
4. Palmolive
5. Proraso Red

 

[Biglo13]

1. Theophile Berthon
2. Arko
3. Poraso green
4. Combo 1 and 2
5. Combo 2 and 3

 

[JohnnyWayne203]

Stirling
Mike's Natural
Haslinger
Chiseled Face
Cella

 

[Franz_Biberkopf]

1. Tabac - maybe a too strong scent for someone. I didn't like it at first but came to love it, it's a quintessential 'German shave' smell for me.
2. Cella - great slickness and fantastic post shave feeling. Also, when you buy a kilo, it's a great bang for the buck soap.
3. Vreto (Serbian artisan soap) - this soap is fantastic, hope it will become globally available soon
4. Proraso - Italian classic, I can't get enough of Proraso Green, it's how the barbershop should smell in my book.

In my book, the Italians got it most nailed down.

Others I tried, I don't like that much to put them on a 'favorite' scale, as they are not my favorites in any means.

 

[Clay S]

1. L'Occitane's Cade
2. Pre de Provence
3. Stubble Buster's Game
4. Wild West Shave Company's Pinkerton
5. VDH Luxury

 

[Robini]

1. Grooming Dept
2. Barrister & Mann
3. Declaration Grooming
4. Eufros
5. Wholly Kaw