wowed by the scent
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"Notes:
Bergamot, Loose Black Tea, Jasmine, Strawberry, Vanilla"
How strong is the jasmine note? Other than lavender, I don't typically like flower-forward fragrances. But those other notes are right up my alley.
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Stirling MITA
As with most of his fragrances, I really like this one... but it's the one that taught me I don't like as much menthol as I thought I did.
It feels like putting a slurry of acetone and dry ice on my face. It's now my dedicated test-lathering soap.
Nice -- the green Palmolive stick is very special for me too. Part of it is the scent, but it's also the pale green color. Together those two dimensions send me right back to an imaginary 1950s shaving session ... I just love the color and scent of that stick. I do not get eucalyptus or spearmint. Hard to put words on that scent. For me.
I definitely don’t think of it as overly floral. Certainly not in the way that other jasmine-scented soaps can be, if anything it’s a complimentary note but I doubt you’d use it and say This is way too floral.
Alive — Mammoth
Tobacconist — Mammoth
Old Strathcona — MacDuff's
Yo Sólo — Joserra
London Barbershop — Maggard
Barbería — Joserra
Holland Glen — Talbot
Grooming Dept, Amare
Oaken Lab Far Afield
Lpl Oud Santal
Oaken Lab Far Afield
Lpl Oud Santal
Oumo Carthusia
B&M Nordost
CF Lime
MdC Natural
Nuavia Blue
B&M Nordost
CF Lime
MdC Natural
Nuavia Blue
Arko
D.R. Harris & Co. Arlington
D.R. Harris & Co. Arlington
SIR Irisch Moos
Tallow + Steel Madagascar
Fine Green Vetiver
D.R. Harris Arlington
Barrister & Mann Fougère Classique
Tallow + Steel Madagascar
Fine Green Vetiver
D.R. Harris Arlington
Barrister & Mann Fougère Classique
Joris is another that stands out to me -- scent-wise. It was my favourite soap and scent for quite a while when I first found it. These days I find the soap's performance more average (not bad, not outstanding, no tallow, but good ingredients otherwise), but I still find the scent heavenly. Again, I find it hard to put words on that scent. What springs to mind:
"clean laundry at its best; early morning misty air; fresh-floral".
"clean laundry at its best; early morning misty air; fresh-floral".
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Oh, two more:
Musgo Real Classic shaving soap
(again, for the scent alone, soap performance more average).
As with Green Palmolive stick *see my post further above), there is something about the combined pale green color and scent of Musgo Real Classic that goes straight into my brain, here to some imaginary Mediterranean port city on a warm and moist morning ....
Mitchell's Wool Fat shaving soap
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scent AND performance.
MWF remains one of my all time favourite soaps, and is one among only three that remain in my regular rotation (the other two being Cella (Brick) and Vitos, not for scent, but for performance). What keeps MWF in my regular rotation is also performance (wow/wow//!!), but it's also one of my absolute favourite shaving soap scents. "clean laundy", no-nonsense. Nothing more, nothing less. MWF was also my very first shaving soap when I started adopting traditional wet-shaving as a hobby in earnest. I am still reminded of that first excitement every time I load a brush with MWF.
And then it also helps MWF's image for me, that the MWF hand soap bars are among the few I do not get an allergic reaction to in the arm pits when showering. MWF is clean stuff, no bad chemicals in it.
Musgo Real Classic shaving soap
(again, for the scent alone, soap performance more average).
As with Green Palmolive stick *see my post further above), there is something about the combined pale green color and scent of Musgo Real Classic that goes straight into my brain, here to some imaginary Mediterranean port city on a warm and moist morning ....
Mitchell's Wool Fat shaving soap
:scent AND performance.
MWF remains one of my all time favourite soaps, and is one among only three that remain in my regular rotation (the other two being Cella (Brick) and Vitos, not for scent, but for performance). What keeps MWF in my regular rotation is also performance (wow/wow//!!), but it's also one of my absolute favourite shaving soap scents. "clean laundy", no-nonsense. Nothing more, nothing less. MWF was also my very first shaving soap when I started adopting traditional wet-shaving as a hobby in earnest. I am still reminded of that first excitement every time I load a brush with MWF.
And then it also helps MWF's image for me, that the MWF hand soap bars are among the few I do not get an allergic reaction to in the arm pits when showering. MWF is clean stuff, no bad chemicals in it.
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Most of my favorite scents are actually scents I didn't initially like... But there have been a few that I loved right from the get go...
LGC from Barrister and Mann.
HetV Cognac and Cuban Cigars
LGC from Barrister and Mann.
HetV Cognac and Cuban Cigars
Henri et Victora La Poire Francaise
(The French Pear)
Scent Profile: Ripened Pear, Smokey Guaiac Wood, Flower Extracts
(The French Pear)
Scent Profile: Ripened Pear, Smokey Guaiac Wood, Flower Extracts
Stirling Soap's Barbershop and Bay Rum.
I also love their Hot Apple Cider.
Southern Witchcraft Carpathia
Barrister & Mann Eigengrau
Trumper GFT
Barrister & Mann Eigengrau
Trumper GFT
Stirling Green. It is a Polo Green clone and smells better than the current RL Polo formulation. And the soap and AS are strong as hell. Strongest I own. Fantastic stuff.
I can't believe I forgot SW Pomona, frustratingly now discontinued.
