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Clay Face
Honolulu, Hawaii
Wool Fat (Mitchell's) smells like soap

This is the sort of scent that will never clobber your aftershave. The list of ingredients hints at violet, cinnamon, and citrus. You may be able to pick out those notes on the puck, but it's very mild. The overall impression I get is that I'm sniffing a bar of Dial that's been in the shower for a couple weeks. There's nothing exciting here, but by the same token there's nothing offensive, and I could happily use Mitchell's every day without growing tired of its clean, soapy scent.

The real pleasure, though, in using this soap is the way it leaves your skin feeling remarkably smooth after your shave. Lanolin, which features so prominently in the soap's history that it gives the Fat its name, is actually a wax. After a shave with MWF, you may feel that your cheeks have been polished like a piece of fine furniture. It's as though all the microscopic cracks and divots in your skin have been filled with the lanolin. On a hot day, this waxy finish is almost claustrophobic, but on a cool, rainy afternoon, it is splendid.

My first few shaves, I underloaded the brush and the result was a bubbly, thin lather. Switching to a boar brush and loading long and slow gave me a much better heap of suds. I never get the heavy, wet lather I can with Mike's, Cold River, or Mystic Water, but the Wool Fat has nevertheless always been for me very slick and protective, and its soft, smooth, soothing finish only improves as the hours pass.
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#11,942

Member
Boston
B&M 42

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#11,943

expert shaver
Panther's Stanley Cup Champs
AOS Lemon Shave Cream
Sixty 8 Shave Oil
#11,944

Member
Los Angeles
(This post was last modified: 04-07-2018, 03:32 PM by Tidepool.)
(04-06-2018, 11:21 PM)Nero Wrote:
(04-06-2018, 04:57 PM)Tidepool Wrote:
(04-06-2018, 01:50 PM)Nero Wrote: Thaf scent sounds really nice! Where did you find this?

I purchased this and 4 others directly from Catie's Bubbles.
So... You like it? Smile

It looks like they discontinued that one. Too bad, it looks like that would be right up my alley.

Yes I do however, it may be discontinued. I wrote Chris to see if it will be available again and have not herd from him. If you can get a tub try it. It is a soft soap.

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#11,945
Tabac soap

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#11,946
MLS Cape Verde

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#11,947
Williams SS

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#11,948

Vintage Shaver
Seattle, WA
Colgate Barber shaving soap (vintage) with a few sprays of Acqua di Parma Colonia EdT in the lather
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#11,949
Wholly Kaw  King of Oud.  Shave so good,  taking the wife out to dinner tonight.   Character

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#11,950

Super Moderator
San Diego, Cal., USA
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