Razorock soaps?

First shave on the Razorock Blue barbershop and Wow! Let me share that my favorite soap are anything Valobra. I value slickness over all else (thus still use Williams on occasion) but recognize that there are many amazing makers out there that I love and respect and own. I bought these Razorock soaps because the Black Friday deal was just too good to pass up and I always need a soap or two around for gifting to friends and family who are learning there is more to life than Gillette Fusion. I have hard water and lather suffers occasionally due to that fact. This soap had no issues with hard water. I used an Ubersoft knot and face lathered. Loading was quicker than usual off a hard puck (it's triple milled) and face lathering was faster than average too. This soaps not thirsty like stirling but I did add significant water. Lather was thick and shiny. Razor was a Gillette new long comb with a #2 Polsilver blade. I did not shave yesterday so there were significant whiskers. First pass showed great cushion and excellent slickness. Rinsing in prep for second pass revealed tons of residual slickness. Second and third passes revealed the protection the soap offered AND rewarded me with scent that did not fade as often is the case. Final rinsing showed the slickness to be about as persistent as Stirling to rinse off. Finished with an alum block to see what my skin thought and found no sensitivity issues. I perposfully left out the post shave routine of applying Shea butter to find what post shave felt like. The soap left me a bit tight but no worse than some other top tier soaps leave me. Post shave scent is present but weak but during lathering and the shave I found it plenty strong and very pleasant. This one says Barbershop but I find it to be,a pretty well crafted scent in the fougere category. Think old school aftershave. I dig it. So are there better soaps out there. Yes. But none of them do it so well for so cheaply. These soaps are good value and great performers. Shea butter solves any post shave feel this soap leaves.

I have never tried soap by valobra but I did just purchase a discontinued art of shaving sandalwood puck which I heard was manufactured by valobra. Can you recommend some valobra soaps that I should try? I like soaps with relatively strong scent strength


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I have never tried soap by valobra but I did just purchase a discontinued art of shaving sandalwood puck which I heard was manufactured by valobra. Can you recommend some valobra soaps that I should try? I like soaps with relatively strong scent strength...

Current Valobra shave soaps are feebly scented, but their performance is superb. The vintage AOS Sandalwood was made via contract by Valobra and is strong. However, Fine Santal Absolut smells exactly the same as the vintage AOS Sandalwood, albeit dialed back a notch or two in potency, and is IMO just as good a soap. I did a SxS test FWIW.


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