What soap/cream did you use today?

Stirling Soap Co. - Glastonbury


                                  

Yep!  I dig this soap.  

Opuntia v. (Saponificio Varesino) Creed Aventus

A picture of an Aztec king or god on the lid reminds you that this soap’s namesake, opuntia or prickly pear, comes originally from central Mexico. Does the opuntia add much to the soap? I’m having a hard time telling any great difference between this excellent soap and all the other excellent soaps made by SV. All their lathers are thick, slick, and satisfying giving me all the comfort and cushion I need for a perfect shave. The finish is uniformly sublime, smooth without becoming greasy or heavy. Though Opuntia’s scent isn’t original, it’s still awfully nice. I’m happy to have the lid off the puck just to perfume the whole room with pineapple and currants. A desert island soap? Absolutely.

   

Pineapple?  Currants?  Someone needs to remind you of the difference between desert and dessert!  Sounds delicious.

EZ Shave Gel

We need you to explain this mysterious EZ shave gel because we keep seeing it pop up.  You must enjoy it?

Mike's Lime

Tallow+Steel - Dark Two

Royal Fougère t. (Asylum Shave Works) garden fern

Friday calls for a fougère, so I dipped deep into my stash of ferny soaps and pulled out this offering from Asylum Shave Works. Royal Fougère smells a lot like Penhaligon’s English Fern: green and minty with just a dab of dirt. I don’t know why I haven’t lathered it for nearly a year. Dumb me. It’s really very nice. I noticed from my notes that this soap used to give me problems with slickness. Generally, I start off with a damp brush and make a stiff lather for the first pass. After that I water it down. Today, though, I began with a dripping synthetic brush à la Marco method. The lather came out a sloppy mess. There were suds all over the walls and windowshades. Some even hit my face, and man wasn’t it slick – so slick I couldn’t feel the Feather blade. Problem solved. Though the label on the soap says Asylum Shave Works, the soap is certainly made by Wet Shaving Products using their Formula T base.

Royal Fougère t. (Asylum Shave Works) garden fern

Friday calls for a fougère, so I dipped deep into my stash of ferny soaps and pulled out this offering from Asylum Shave Works. Royal Fougère smells a lot like Penhaligon’s English Fern: green and minty with just a dab of dirt. I don’t know why I haven’t lathered it for nearly a year. Dumb me. It’s really very nice. I noticed from my notes that this soap used to give me problems with slickness. Generally, I start off with a damp brush and make a stiff lather for the first pass. After that I water it down. Today, though, I began with a dripping synthetic brush à la Marco method. The lather came out a sloppy mess. There were suds all over the walls and windowshades. Some even hit my face, and man wasn’t it slick – so slick I couldn’t feel the Feather blade. Problem solved. Though the label on the soap says Asylum Shave Works, the soap is certainly made by Wet Shaving Products using their Formula T base.

That's a good one and formula T rocks.

Very interesting!  I love Poggio dei Pini but my puck is dry.  Like hot sunshine dry.  Pine and herbaceous with very little floral.  Love it.  Don't know what I'd think if it had a sweet floral scent.  Wonder if she changed it up?  My puck is two years old.

My tub of Poggio dei Pini dates from September 2016. It smells a little like MW's Viola di Bosco, but with a dose of pine. Good scent, but still pretty flowery. If it were the dry pine you got, I'd be lathering this puck more than once a year.

A couple years ago I bought samples of all the MW scents I thought I might like given the notes/descriptions... Like somewheres around 20-25 different samples. Every single one of them had a foofy sweet floral tone (Yankee Candle is a great description, thanks Steve)...even the ones that were supposed to be woodsy, outdoorsy, resinous, and/or masculine. Was really disappointed, given all the years of superlative reviews on her scents. Ymmv

Agreed. Like the soap - scents odd to me

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