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WCS Oriental duck fat

XPEC Unscented shaving cream (first version) with a few drops of Bulgarian Rose EdP

Wickham 1912 Club Cola

Shannon's - Woodland Frost

Juniper t. (Cold River Soap Works) ★★★★★ juniper, vetiver

This could just as easily have been named Vetiver. Though it opens with some strong terpenic notes, it's really the vetiver that lingers. It's good vetiver, too, not very smokey, just clean, tart, and light.

Curious to learn more about the types of vetiver oil available to soap cookers, I ordered samples from three different countries. The first came from Haiti. It smelled sweet like toasted nuts, and it reminded me of Mike's Vetiver. The second hailed from the island of Java in Indonesia. This oil was a reeker. Thick, pungent, and full of smoke, the Javan oil was very close to the robust aroma of Salter's French Vetiver cream. And finally, I got a phial of double distilled vetiver oil. This was a blend of two oils, one from Haiti and the other from Madagascar. The oils had been combined and then put through the process of steam distillation twice to squeeze out the tarry notes and bitterness. What resulted was a clean, light, and tart vetiver oil without any of the Javan smoke or the Haitian nuttiness. It reminded me of the woody vetiver I'm smelling in CRSW's excellent Juniper. India is also a major producer of vetiver oil; I haven't, however, found a sample yet. But my own vetiver bush, still hanging on in the back yard, will soon be old enough to root up and enjoy.

Pacific Shaving Stick Shave Soap

Noble Otter / Bare

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B&M Lavanille

Stirling Soap Co. Arkadia