Van der Hagen Glycerin Shaving Soap Video "Review"
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Nice review and thanks for taking the time to put this together. I am new to wet shaving and appreciate the insight as I am picking up different soaps/creams to see what I like.
Have been using the VDH soap that came with bowl and brush currently (not glycerin though) but have some others inbound to give a shot to try some other options.
Keep up the good work!
Have been using the VDH soap that came with bowl and brush currently (not glycerin though) but have some others inbound to give a shot to try some other options.
Keep up the good work!
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I think the scent is "amber" is it not?
Also, is it true that the Deluxe is just a mix of the Glycerin, and the Select soaps? I really like the Deluxe.
Also, is it true that the Deluxe is just a mix of the Glycerin, and the Select soaps? I really like the Deluxe.
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Yeah totally. I have a lot more coming up. So far there's 5. 2 uploaded and 3 waiting. Plus a bunch more I haven't filmed yet.
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You're the reason I started wet-shaving in the first place.Beat's me. I just know eucalyptus and sandalwood. I think I just read oat on the box
Awesome video thanks for sharing.
The scent of VDH is usually described as Grey Flannel cologne.
I have heard that, don't know if it is 100% true, but it would seem like it. The Glycerin, and Deluxe perform similar for me, but I prefer the Deluxe by a small margin.
Xezmer, thanks for making the video. I am sure some newbies will find it helpful.
Also Van Der Hagen has been around for perhaps 5 years of so. Prior to that the company was known as Surrey, and they existed all the way back to the early 1970's (perhaps before, I don't know their full history).
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You know, my little brother got a bottle of gray flannel from my aunt when my uncle passed and when he sniffed the soap he mentioned that it smelled like that. I should've mentioned it, he was pretty right on, and so were you.
I think the deluxe passed on the glycerin, I could be wrong however.
And personally, the deluxe ain't my favorite of the 3.
I thought that was just the Deluxe variety.... Maybe not.
To my nose the Deluxe, and Glycerin smell identical. The Select if I recall correctly smells similar, but the scent is a little more subdued. So to my nose, all three have the exact same scent.
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Before then, I believe. My mom says her dad used Surrey soap for years. VdH company is family owned and claims to have been American soapmakers since the early 1900s.
Great review, man! I was never really interested in VDH before--I had a bad experience with Williams, and the VDH price tag made me kind of group the two together. Now I think I'll go ahead and give it a shot sometime. Thanks for posting! Hope to see more later on.
All 3 VDH soaps are glycerine based. I like them all. Glycerine (Amber) I've found is good for face-lathering. The other two (Pink and White) I just lather on the puck. It's so cheap I don't really care that I use that much. I haven't had the Amber in some time as the Walmart I found it at stopped carrying it. White (Select) is at Rite Aid. Pink (Deluxe) is at Walmart and Walgreens in the Cleveland area.
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you can melt and pour all of them. don't try melting Williams in a microwave, it will bubble and burn.
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