Chatillon Lux Provisions and Chatillon Lux Parfums

For me this is the best aftershave/toner for both fragrance and skin feel in the market. Congratulations, hawns

Thank you! I'm really glad to hear you are enjoying them so much and appreciate you reaching out

Community service / SAD enabling announcement

For those of you who who don't know yet: At 3pm CST today, Sudsy Soapery re-released the "Delor de Treget" soap in collaboration with Chatillon Lux. Remember to enter the code for 20% off: SUDSYDELOR

As of now, there are 28 units left.

Ordered one!

Community service / SAD enabling announcement

For those of you who who don't know yet: At 3pm CST today, Sudsy Soapery re-released the "Delor de Treget" soap in collaboration with Chatillon Lux. Remember to enter the code for 20% off: SUDSYDELOR

As of now, there are 28 units left.

How is Sudsy Soapery Shave Soap? I’ve never used it and don’t hear much about it.

Community service / SAD enabling announcement

For those of you who who don't know yet: At 3pm CST today, Sudsy Soapery re-released the "Delor de Treget" soap in collaboration with Chatillon Lux. Remember to enter the code for 20% off: SUDSYDELOR

As of now, there are 28 units left.

How is Sudsy Soapery Shave Soap? I’ve never used it and don’t hear much about it.

To be absolutely honest, this will be my first Sudsy Soapery soap. Based on feedback I have seen so far on another forum though, it is likely to be a "top 10" soap material. Though performance is reportedly solid, the most common critique is that scents tend to be simplistic, which is why I am going with this offering as my first from Sudsy Soapery. Oh, it is vegan too...

Apologies for not being more helpful than this. I promise to shave with it and report back once I get it.

I ordered one today two minutes after opening. This soap is a tremendous performer (easily in my top ten) but, as noted, its usual offerings have fainter and less interesting scents than my other favorites (Declaration, Wholly Kaw, Grooming, MdC, Nuavia, Tabac...). Chatillon Lux is my favorite aftershave, and the Delor scent is one of my favorite CL scents. I've got several other CL-inspired soaps--all from Declaration (L&L)--and the scents of all of them match their aftershave counterparts. I'm confident this one will too.

Thanks for the replies. CCity, like you I find CL Aftershaves to be some of the best out there, and the scent description for this one sounds really nice. I think I’m going to have to hold off on this one though due to the Vegan Soap base. The best Vegan Soap I’ve used to date is Grooming Dept’s, and for me my favorite Tallow bases outperform it. I’m too spoiled with all the great Soaps available to settle for anything less!

Thanks to everyone who said kind words as well as anyone who purchased the Delor de Treget soap!

Today, Gratiot League Square and La Quatrième Ville soaps by Declaration Grooming went live on DelcarationGrooming.com, Maggard Razors and Top of the Chain. They will also be up soon at Canadian Blade Company.

Thanks a lot, everyone!

With the announcement of the collaboration between Chatillon Lux and Declaration Grooming, I decided to put my amateur nose on six of Chatillon Lux's offerings, in hope I can provide an additional information point for others. Where possible, I will draw parallels with items that (hopefully) we are familiar with to aid decision making.

Disclaimers:
(1) Scent references are just that. I am not implying that these scents smell exactly like those that I name.
(2) Yes, my nose must be broken!
(3) I am highly prejudiced against the smell of leather. The smell of a new car? No thanks.
(4) All bottles were bought from Maggards, using my own money.  
(5) No offense intended to the Shawn / the Chatillon Lux team - merely calling it as I am smelling it.

With that out of the way, let's go:

Yuzu / Rose / Patchouli: Opens with the scent of you peeling a sour orange. Rose quickly joins, adding sweetness to the scent. Citrus is sufficiently strong to prevent it from veering into floral space. Citrus never really goes away, but fades to background. Transitions into a rose / patchouli scent in the late stage (reference rose / patchouli: Tom Ford's Noir de Noir, Frederic Malle's Portrait of a Lady).

Vide Poche: This has been discontinued, and a limited number of bottles remain out there. Off the top, the citrus and honeysuckle are quite prominent. Fades into a citrus soapy scent. (reference soapy scent: Prada Amber Pour Homme - but imagine a very pleasant orange note on top) Amber and lavender only arrive late into the drydown. Very easy to like and wear.

Fourth & Pine: I love scents that keep me guessing, and this is one of those. There are so many different types of citrus in this, and each one takes a turn to jump out at you before fading away. Fades into a clean pine scent as it transitions into the middle. To be honest, I have never experienced citrus done like this, ever.

TSM Fougere: Scent pays homage to Guerlain's Vetiver in the opening, but has violet / violet leaf accents which, in my opinion, is an improvement. A very respectable riff on a well-loved fragrance. Transitions into a scent which mimics a fresh pack of "Magic: The Gathering" cards... brings back fond childhood memories.

Champs de Lavande: This is an odd one for me. I respect the reference to a favorite of mine, Serge Luten's Tubereuse Criminelle, which opens with a wintergreen note before fading into a tuberose. Here, the scent opens with, for me, an unusually camphorous eucalyptus note, which transitions briefly into black pepper, then into a pleasant herbal lavender skin scent.

Delor de Treget: In short, this is what Declaration's "After The Rain" should have been. Both scents smells very similar to me. However, Delor de Treget is clearly superior in scent strength, superior in complexity. If I were to be brutally honest in my reference, the scent reminds me of chew-able Vitamin C tablets at the top, before becoming a nice citrus woody scent later in the drydown.

That's it. I am quite amazed by the amount of complexity that Shawn has been able to pack into a 2 oz bottle.

Hope this was useful!

Nice post, Shi! My nose isn’t nearly as perceptive as yours, but your descriptions gave me a few “That’s right!” moments.

P.S. I’d love to hear what you have to say about Santal Auster and Rose Santal. And Blackberry Bay Blossom, but that’s unobtainium, now and into the future.