Sorry for taking so long to get to this, just haven’t had a chance sooner. The Soft Heart Series soap I have, Le Petit Chypre, is really wonderful. Tremendous performance and a pleasing scent.
I do understand why this soap base isn’t Barrister and Mann’s current standard. This soap could easily be called a shaving cream. For those who load directly from the jar, perhaps the soft consistency is not immediately as evident. (Obviously depends on how heavy-handed the loading is.) Currently, I’m into scooping out soaps and loading them from a bowl, and when I first extracted some of this soap, I immediately noticed that it is just as soft as any cream, though denser than whipped shaving creams tend to be.
The consistency makes it easy to load, but also demands a little more product than harder soaps would, which once again underlines what Will was saying about product consumption. However, use enough of this, and you get a nice, dense lather with plenty of sheen, great slickness and protection, and a wonderful scent. Truly a great soap! The Deltus-base aftershave is also a thing of beauty.
Looking forward to reading people’s impressions on Amazelnut.
Whenever I go to shave, I assume there’s someone else on the planet shaving, so I say “I’m gonna go shave, too.”
– Mitch Hedberg
– Mitch Hedberg