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Tuesday, April 18, 2023 - Soap of the Day

Stirling Glacial Black Cherry

Vetiver de Haití (Eufros) rusty Vetiver
Shave 1 ・ 100% left

For those who want the head-on reek of Salter’s French Vetiver along with the yards-deep cushion of a tallow soap, there’s Eufros Vetiver de Haití. This is a rusty vetiver with hints of burn barrel, old shoes, and over-cooked cabbage. What’s not to love?
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Your post yesterday about the Salter Indian Sandalwood finally made me press the button for the Salter French Vetiver... Your post today has me second guessing myself

The Eufros Vetiver is scary. Smells like bacon and Jiffy lube garage. Careful with this one Neroli.

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Eufros Vetiver is scary. Smells like bacon and Jiffy lube garage. Careful with this one Neroli.

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Hahaha, that's a good one, Tommy! Don't worry, I didn't get the Eufros, just the Salter.

So my attempt to keep the den to a minimum number of soaps really fell apart over the past couple weeks.  Arriving this past Friday were the remaining 3 soaps to complete the B&M Four Horsemen collection.  I was able to get a shave in with Famine and Death this past weekend.  Not really sure I'll lather up War, that one smells a lot like cilantro...and not in a good way.

Cilantro huh…and NOT in a good way, lol.

I’ll be reviewing a soap later this week with top notes of Febreeze, Hand Sanitiser and Urinal Cake…

Cella

C U all tomorrow

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Ethos - Sandalo Artistico (F Base)

Here ya go, Rob!
https://maggardrazors.com/products/petg-...-6oz-empty

Those jars are  made of PETG plastic not acrylic and I’m guessing that Maggards may have bought them from a soap maker I know that switched to Parkway plastic jars in an effort to keep prices down. I use Colt to make my 4.5 oz size Shave Soap and Creme jars.  My 7.5 oz jars come from France and they are also PETG plastic. Best plastic there is and the closest to glass. Colt went up 25% after Covid and their set up charge also went up  30% so it’s either raise prices a bit or switch. I personally like the quality.

With YOU Frank! I’ll pay extra for a container that will keep my software FRESH

Example: YOUR Dragonsbeard V1 is as fresh today as it was back in June 2019.  Of course there’s not much left in my 3rd tub however I have plenty of V2 to keep me in business

Furthermore….the foam inside the lid to keep the material from the air. Know what, I’m going to stop here, I’m not getting banned today for calling out these “Premium Soapers” and their shite Packaging

Keep doing what you’re doing Frank….. your Version 1 DB (that started it all) is a better container than the containers your competitors are putting their poisons in

Thank you old friend for the encouragement. Since the Dragonsbeard V1 my packaging has changed to the PETG jars and lids I’m using today which are much better as they provide a better environment for the ingredients I use. Actually if I had my way I’d use glass jars but because of shipping costs from Europe ( the jars are heavy ) also some jars are bound to break on their way here so loss has to be considered. Once they arrive then there’s higher shipping costs to the customers and my vendors. An finally there’s always the chance of a customer dropping the jar and with glass the odds of it shattering are very high and I certainly wouldn’t want anyone to cut themselves!

The jars I use currently are certainly not inexpensive an in fact just the opposite. The brushed Aluminum lids I use cost more than the more commonly used jar & lid and you could probably thrown in the labels into the equation. I like what I use not only for the looks but also for the protection of the ingredients and I believe most of my customers appreciate them as you do.

On a side note I have a unopened jar of Dragonsbeard V 1 , V2 and V3 along with the V1 splash just because Dragonsbeard started it all.

All the best

Frank

Cella

C U all tomorrow

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Nice bowl, brush and razor!