What are your recommendations for must try soaps/scents from the popular artisans?

The #1 soap in my den is Ethos Lavender. The scent is a masculine scent, it doesn't smell synthetic & feminine. Real lavender, the lavender used in Ethos Lavender is natural, mild, & fresh. Besides the best smelling soap, it is the best performing soap of all the soaps I've tried. And I've tried multiple tubs of A&E, DG, GD, WK, SV, LNHC, CBL, M&M, MdC, & Pannacrema Nuavia, just to name a few! IMHO, Ethos is better than all of them.

Let me try and help you out with a few suggestions:
Declaration Grooming--Yuzu Rose Patchouli
Tallow & Steel--Sicily
Noble Otter--The Noir et Vanille or Lonestar
A&E/The Club--Asian Plum or Grecian Horse
Wholly Kaw--Rebelle or Lav Sublime
Barrister and Mann--Le Grande Chypre or Seville
Murphy & McNeil--Nantahala or Cliffs of Moher
Stirling--Baker Street
Saponificio Varesino--Opuntia

These are some of the finest scents in wet shaving IMHO. The soap bases are top tier as well.

You are talking about my favorite rabbit hole here haha!

B&M Seville is a wonderful scent and the slickness with the Excelsior base is just wonderful!

I really like Declaration Grooming's Milk Steak base. Unconditional Surrender is the only scent I have from them, but it is a nice one!

ETHOS is probably the hottest brand right now and for a really good reason! My favorite scent from Frank is Dragonsbeard, but if you like Executive Man, Franks Succès soap is very similar. A little more pineapple forward in my opinion and my personal favorite soap base. Slickness, cushion, sos, post-shave feel, and ease of lather are all at the top for me! I have not bought a scent from him that I do not like.

Stirling is another of my favorite artisans. Stirling Gentleman, Sharp Dressed Man, and Baker Street are some of my favorites.

Hub City Soap Company is a fairly new artisan that I really enjoy. Aegyptus is my favorite scent from him and I also have Red Cabin in the Woods which is also a wonderful scent.

CBL Soaps is another great soap with a lot of scents to choose from. If you like decedent scents you gotta try Roasted Oatmeal Stout! Performance is top notch and his Premium base is one of the slickest bases I have encountered.

Nuavia Rossa is a little pricey, but fantastic performance and one of my favorite scents. I know a lot of people love Nuavia Blu, but I have not tried that one yet.

Saponificio Veresino is another great performing soap, but I know there are some that have issues with the scents.

I'm not sure if you prefer darker scents like Sandalwood, Oud, Tobacco, and so on or if you prefer lighter scents like florals or citrus scents. There are tons out there and also take advantage of the video/written reviews!

Let's breathe some life back into this thread since we get new soaps weekly now, I know peoples favorites do change regularly.
-I Coloniali mango oil hard soap
-Paolo Barasso blu
-SMN
-APR Fenchurch
-SV Felce Aromatica

APR - Fenchurch
Nuavia - Rossa
Noble Otter - Lonestar, Noir et Vanille
A&E - Strawberry Fields, Pedro Fiasco, Amber Rose, Signature
Grooming Dept - Otium, Amare
Stirling - Iced Pineapple, Baker Street, Piacenza
Shannon's Soaps - Woodlands, Woodland Frost
PAA - Gondolier
Mystic Water - Egyptian Dragon, Vetiver & Oakmoss
Santa Maria Novella

I'm going to recommend Spearhead Shaving Company soaps, either of the new Seaforth! Spice or Heather but, if you can find any on the secondary market, their experimental line of soaps are very nice.  I bought some Seaforth Spice directly from Spearhead a month or so ago and they also had listed a couple of the experimental soaps so I bought a tub of Lavender and Tonka.  Its really, really nice and is in the same base (v20.1) as spice and Heather and I didn't realize when I bought it that it was limited one time thing.  It was also very inexpensive (because it was experimental).  I went back to try to buy the other experimental soap, bergamot and something (don't recall) but it was gone and that's when I read up on the blog about the experimental line.  While its possible Spearhead does more experimental soaps they won't be the ones he already did so if you can fine anyone selling one I'd recommend it - or at least the Lavender and Tonka one which is the only experimental soap I've tried.

I've been on a B&M kick lately.

The 3 recent ones that I really like are:

1. O Delight
2. Dickens
3. Eigengrau

I've been on a B&M kick lately.

The 3 recent ones that I really like are:

1. O Delight
2. Dickens
3. Eigengrau

I’ve got 1 and 2 but not 3 yet. What are your impressions of Eigengrau?

I recently received kituwah by First Line Shave. I'm extremely impressed. Their v3 base is slick and protective, up there with DG and ETHOS. The scent on kituwah is a strong citrusy cologne scent that I love. I'd recommend giving it a try if you're looking for something new!

I've been on a B&M kick lately.

The 3 recent ones that I really like are:

1. O Delight
2. Dickens
3. Eigengrau

What does the Eigengrau smell like to you?