What soap/cream did you use today?

Oleo Soapworks Windy City Barbershop

Penhaligon's English Fern shaving soap (tallow)

AOS Snadalwood

Noble Otter - Lonestar

Luvin this one!

Cade v. (L'Occitane en Provence) ★★★★☆ woody pepper

Any troubles I may have had with this dense soap can be attributed to how slowly it dissolves. Making a good lather with a puck of Cade isn't so much about adding more water as it is about determined agitation. It takes a long time to fill a brush properly, and once you've got it full, it takes a while to build a slick and lasting lather. When it comes together, though, you have a nice bowl of suds that usually give a fine shave.

Cade oil (Juniperus oxycedrus L.) has been strictly limited by IFRA (the International Fragrance Association, which governs the use of natural oils and aromachemicals in fragrance). In fact, they prohibit cade unless "it meets certain purity criteria or if it used in conjunction with other materials." What this means is there's precious little cade oil in Cade soap. Instead, we get bergamot, pepper, and sandalwood with a faint whisper of cedar. It's smooth and soothing and not too far from Eau de L'Occitan pour homme, sans the lavender. If you really want to smell cade in all its creosotic glory, plant your nose in a tub of Tallow + Steel's dark, sooty Morocco.

Fine L'Orange Noir Shave Soap

B&M Latha Taiga

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Floris Verbena shaving soap (tallow)

Australian Private Reserve Ozymandias