Why did no one tell me about this soap?! Complete game changer for me.

[tyoung]

Anybody else heard of Arko? In all seriousness, I am kicking myself for waiting this long. I just got my first Arko puck last weekend and have used it every day this week. I'm in love. Really wish I would have started with it instead of literally spending probably thousands over the past 10 years on just about every single artisan soap out there. My plan is to sell and PIF a lot of my software, use up the rest (Still love my Southern Witchcrafts, PAA, SV, Mikes and Stirling) buy a couple dozen Arko sticks, pair it with my favorite aftershaves, and never buy another soap again. Yes it has a strong chemical citrus scent, but I don't mind it! Leaves just a clean soap smell after the shave. But that creamy slickness it provides, oh my, stellar! Never mind that it is pennies on the dollar compared to most soaps, the performance is elite level for me. I could be happy with Tabac and Arko for all my remaining years.

 

[Mr. Shavington]

I don’t recall Arko ever being mentioned here. Is it new?

 

[JTD41144]

I could get by on Arko, but my two go-to's are Cella and Tabac (although I am still working with the tallow version of Tabac and have yet to try the non-tallow formulation). Cella is not quite an inexpensive as Arko, but its lather is so much thicker and creamier that I prefer to pay the little extra.

 

[tyoung]

I'm fairly certain Arko must have just been released this year? I mean, there is no way I could have missed it otherwise?!
Cella is fantastic too, excellent lather. The old school soaps (that haven't changed formulations yet) are so impressive. I guess I just needed to run through all the modern soaps to appreciate the classics more. Kind of like when I was young, I wanted the cool, fast cars (and they were FUN for sure!) but now I want something comfortable and reliable.

 

[Phoenixkh]

I don’t recall Arko ever being mentioned here. Is it new?

Yes, it was just released a few weeks ago... On the first day of Spring.... for that refreshing, after winter feel.

 

[Lane101]

Arko is great soap, surprising it doesn't get mentioned much on B&B

 

[tyoung]

Arko is great soap, surprising it doesn't get mentioned much on B&B

Guys more focused on comparing it to men's rooms rather than using and loving it?! Honestly all of the comments on the scent are what kept me away from it for so long. Just like with Tabac, the scent is a gatekeeper meant to only let those truly in the know that they are in for a lather extravaganza!

 

[ewk]

Yes, it was just released a few weeks ago... On the first day of Spring.... for that refreshing, after winter feel.

Yes, April 1 I believe.

 

[rsp1202]

I read a blurb about Arko long ago: "Sold in the finest mens' rooms across the land." I've never seen one, then again when in a public restroom I don't look down.

 

[Multum in parvo]

Beaming up @FarmerTan @Owen Bawn and for good measure @Mike M

 

[tyoung]

I only wish our men's room at work smelled as good as Arko, I'd spend a lot more time hanging out in there... wait, that doesn't sound right...

 

[FarmerTan]

@tyoung : you now have a seat on the right hand of my right hand man in Arkoland, Mr @Owen Bawn , the instigator of the greatest thread in Badger and Blade history that has ever been relegated to the Klown House. "So let it be written, so let it be done!"

 

[FarmerTan]

In honor of @Owen Bawn , let us Gentlemen push this thread beyond 3000 posts!

 

[tyoung]

"The jaw dropping secret that no artisan soap wants you to know" Perfect clickbait title right on Yahoo home page, clicking it takes you directly to the Arko site!

 

[Mike M]

In honor of @Owen Bawn , let us Gentlemen push this thread beyond 3000 posts!

In honour of @Owen Bawn let's get this thread banished to the Clown House

 

[Rudy Vey]

This is for me also a new brand, where are they from??

 

[Mike M]

As the consensus is this is a new soap can anyone describe the scent. One post mentioned the smell of men's rooms which brings to mind a Turkish soap I tried many years ago with a similar scent to a pub urinal

 

[Deano]

Heavenly is the only applicable description of the Arko! scent. I hear angels singing when l lather Arko,!

 

[Tanuki]

This thread is so bound for the clown house....

 

[NorthernSoul]

As the consensus is this is a new soap can anyone describe the scent. One post mentioned the smell of men's rooms which brings to mind a Turkish soap I tried many years ago with a similar scent to a pub urinal

Synthetic lemon and citronella (I think). Reminds me of a mosquito candle. It does perform well, though, and the scent is only a short-term assault on your senses that rinses almost completely away.