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Clay Face
Honolulu, Hawaii
1912 (Downeast Shaving Soap Co.) quintessence of nothing
Downeast puts their 1912 on the market as a handcrafted soap based on an “original formula that will bring u back to the beginning of the 20th century.” In fact, it is a modern melt and pour soap, which, judging from its dense texture and performance – the ingredients are never listed – contains glycerin with a dab of shea butter. The addition of white coloring gives it an inviting milky hue, and the embossing is a tidy touch. The label, too, features an interesting design and typefaces. But it’s poorly printed on craft paper that doesn’t resist water, and much of the type is too small to be read.
My greatest disappointment, though, is with the scent, or rather, the lack of it. After one use, it’s flown the coop. When I first cracked open the tub, I got some nice citrus, wood, and amber, but that evaporated after a minute, leaving me with a bland lump of soap that smells like a tea bag that's been left in the sun, for a decade. I thought I could revive fragrance with some spirited lathering, but, alas, to no avail. One gets the impression that this soap was melted, poured, given a quick spritz of diluted cologne, and then sent out into the world without its trousers on.
Please don’t confuse this soap with Wickham’s 1912 line of excellent products, which are made from scratch and are robustly scented.
Downeast puts their 1912 on the market as a handcrafted soap based on an “original formula that will bring u back to the beginning of the 20th century.” In fact, it is a modern melt and pour soap, which, judging from its dense texture and performance – the ingredients are never listed – contains glycerin with a dab of shea butter. The addition of white coloring gives it an inviting milky hue, and the embossing is a tidy touch. The label, too, features an interesting design and typefaces. But it’s poorly printed on craft paper that doesn’t resist water, and much of the type is too small to be read.
My greatest disappointment, though, is with the scent, or rather, the lack of it. After one use, it’s flown the coop. When I first cracked open the tub, I got some nice citrus, wood, and amber, but that evaporated after a minute, leaving me with a bland lump of soap that smells like a tea bag that's been left in the sun, for a decade. I thought I could revive fragrance with some spirited lathering, but, alas, to no avail. One gets the impression that this soap was melted, poured, given a quick spritz of diluted cologne, and then sent out into the world without its trousers on.
Please don’t confuse this soap with Wickham’s 1912 line of excellent products, which are made from scratch and are robustly scented.
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Las Vegas, NV, USA
(11-20-2016, 09:10 PM)Bouki Wrote: My greatest disappointment, though, is with the scent, or rather, the lack of it. After one use, it’s flown the coop. When I first cracked open the tub, I got some nice citrus, wood, and amber, but that evaporated after a minute, leaving me with a bland lump of soap that smells like a tea bag that's been left in the sun, for a decade. I thought I could revive fragrance with some spirited lathering, but, alas, to no avail. One gets the impression that this soap was melted, poured, given a quick spritz of diluted cologne, and then sent out into the world without its trousers on.
While the quality of the soap is obviously disappointing, the quality of this paragraph makes it a true gem among soap reviews. Thanks for the amusement!
Whenever I go to shave, I assume there’s someone else on the planet shaving, so I say “I’m gonna go shave, too.”
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