I just tried Taylors of Old Bond, and while it lathers well enough, the smell isn't what I'm looking for. What lather worthy E.O. soaps can you guys think of that might have a truer scent?
What's the best e.o. lavender soap?
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For pure lavender, either QED or The Gentlemen's Quarter. Both are glycerin-based soaps. QED will have the stronger scent by far, but as much as I love their soaps imho you'll have a better shaving experience w/TGQ's soap.
You can also try Mama Bear's soap. Again tho, Mama Bear's scents are more muted than QED's and the shaving experience is virtually identical (well, it is to this shaver, anyway). I can't think of any 3x-milled soaps that are EO-based offhand.
AoS is the only high end one, I think. THe scent is muted, performance top quality. If you're after strong scent; glycerin soap or cream are what youre looking for.
I've heard great things about Art of Shaving Lavender soap.
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Sounds good Evbo. Thanks a lot!
Thanks to Ignatius and Cuttingboard too. I've tried AoS creams but not the soaps. I think I'm going to go with the stronger smelling glycerin ones though. I think Tobs is really light. That's not what bugs me so much though, it's that it doesn't smell like a true lavender, it smells strangely, kind of sweet.
Thanks to Ignatius and Cuttingboard too. I've tried AoS creams but not the soaps. I think I'm going to go with the stronger smelling glycerin ones though. I think Tobs is really light. That's not what bugs me so much though, it's that it doesn't smell like a true lavender, it smells strangely, kind of sweet.
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Another option may be Castle Forbes Lavender cream. Its a hard cream, can be used like a soap.
TGQ or Soap Opera of Madison
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soap opera looks like a cool place, haven't heard of it up until now.
AOS lures you in with pleasant smelling SC (at least in the case of sandalwood - haven't sampled the others) then punches you in the face with a nasty smelling soap! I know plenty like it, but the two bear absolutely no resemblance to eachother.
AoS Lavender shave soap is an odd duck. To me it smells overly sweet - it doesn't have that crisp, herby, clean element that I associate with lavender. My favorite lavender is DR Harris, but I don't think it's EO.
Another vote for AOS, it not strong but you know it's there, I don't anything to overpowering. As far a performance it's in the top soaps made today.
Add one more vote for the TGQ Provence Lavender soap. It's not an overwhelmingly strong scent, but it's a pure lavender scent, and the soap is really nice.
+1. Their soaps smell "off" to me and not very much like the fragrances their labeling suggests. Great performance but terrible fragrance.
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In a word, QED.
Gene, does Soap Opera make a Lavender soap, or did you have them do a custom batch? I ask, because I've visited them a bunch of times and have never seen lavender.
You're probably smelling all the tallow. It can definitely impart an odor to a soap, and it's not necessarily pleasant.
Inside source tells me the glycerin bath soap IS the same thing as the shaving disks. From experience, I can verify this.
So, buy the clear, square bath soaps, cut them up, and melt them into anchor Hocking or Pyrex dishes. I use a bath of boiling water in a large sautee pan. BTW, you get more for your money this way.
They have like 50 different scents in the bath soap.
I have:
blackberry
lavender
lillac
green tea
olive oil
sandalwood
patchouli
amazing soaps.
