Hallows

I used B&M Hallows for the first time in awhile. It could be as much as a year. The scent is different than I remember. I'm wondering if it has changed with age. It's almost pure oak moss, I think, which is absolutely fantastic. I liked the scent a year ago, but today I loved it.

I think my tub is about two years old. Has anyone else had Hallows or any soap scent develop over time?

That means you got one of the original 19. Wow. Honestly, I don't even have any soap left from the original production run, so it's entirely possible that some of the fragrance compounds have burned away over the course of age. However, the really heavy stuff like the vetiver and the cocoa absolute and the labdanum are pretty unlikely to have gone anywhere; they're too dense and their evaporation points are too high for them to have disappeared. As someone else said, it's likely that an outer layer has sort of coalesced around the core of the soap. Once you break through it, it should smell like it originally did again (which, considering that you like this scent even better, may not necessarily be a good thing).

It's also possible that, in the course of age, it has simply blended together into one unified scent as the soap has continued to cure. As I said, I don't have any Hallows old enough to say.

I can explain this ungerwoo. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. It may be one of the best male oriented shave soaps ever designed. JMNSHO

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I've noticed that the scent changes a little with use. I really liked my Hallows from last year. It has really taken on an earthy profile. When I first opened my jar from this year there was a noticeable difference. After a few uses the newer soap seems to be developing a similar profile to the older soap. It's pretty interesting. Definitely one of my favorite soaps.