What soap/cream did you use today?

Yes sir, I went right back to it and this time was much better.  Last time the scent was all over the place.  This time it was much more honest and more what I would have expected.  Perhaps I needed to work the "skin" off the soap or maybe I hit a pocket of cardamom but this time the lather was juniper berry from start to finish.  And surprisingly, the extremely tight finish of yesterday was one of more mild drying today.  Still not the finish I get with Mystic Waters but much better than yesterday's Sahara.  This soap has reminded me that chasing rainbows for the ever-better lather, glide, post, is most likely a myth. This is good soap but it doesn't take me on a bronc ride through the junipers in the heat of summer like Cade does.  It doesn't lather as easily as my favorite AOS Sandalwood.  It doesn't finish like mystic waters.  It's a good one for sure but it'll be hitting the trail as I have so many more I like better.

Is Cade a straight-up juniper scent? I really enjoy my GD Elan mainly due to the scent so now you have me curious about Cade. And thanks to your prior and current commentary/reviews, I'm on the lookout for some tallow-based AOS Sandalwood

Proraso Menthol Shave Cream

L&L Grooming - Harmony

Route 66 / Barber Shop hop

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Mike's Lily of the Valley

Hemingway Accoutrements shaving cream. The lather was a little thin this time. I think I went too light on the cream and ended up adding too much water.

WSP Olympus Formula T

Tallow & Steel Sicily

Yes sir, I went right back to it and this time was much better.  Last time the scent was all over the place.  This time it was much more honest and more what I would have expected.  Perhaps I needed to work the "skin" off the soap or maybe I hit a pocket of cardamom but this time the lather was juniper berry from start to finish.  And surprisingly, the extremely tight finish of yesterday was one of more mild drying today.  Still not the finish I get with Mystic Waters but much better than yesterday's Sahara.  This soap has reminded me that chasing rainbows for the ever-better lather, glide, post, is most likely a myth. This is good soap but it doesn't take me on a bronc ride through the junipers in the heat of summer like Cade does.  It doesn't lather as easily as my favorite AOS Sandalwood.  It doesn't finish like mystic waters.  It's a good one for sure but it'll be hitting the trail as I have so many more I like better.

Is Cade a straight-up juniper scent?  I really enjoy my GD Elan mainly due to the scent so now you have me curious about Cade.  And thanks to your prior and current commentary/reviews, I'm on the lookout for some tallow-based AOS Sandalwood

Cade is not straight juniper nor does it have the astringent qualities of the GD Elan. What it does for me is transport me back to riding a horse through the junipers hunting cattle. Where Elan is like cupping crushed juniper berries in hand and sniffing, Cade is more a juniper on the breeze scent. To me it smells like mountain air and the sun is just starting to heat the trees. The scent is more refined. Its cleaner. It smells of juniper and sunshine and heat and I'm 16 again astraddle Pal and looking at the world through his ears.

Cade often gets put into a medium tier category but to my usage, although not the top performer I use, it is perfectly serviceable. It's triple milled and hard so I believe guys don't load long enough or work the lather sufficiently to,get its best performance. Its the scent that makes it so desirable to me.