What soap/cream did you use today?

Stirling Plumeria

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Sandalwood t. (Cold River Soap Work) ★★★★☆ Australian sandalwood

Australian sandalwood (S. spicatum) has pretty much replaced Indian sandalwood (S. album) in cosmetics and fragrances. This is because the best Indian sandalwood, from Mysore, was over harvested several years ago and now its rich oil has become scarce. Since it takes twenty years for a sandal tree to reach maturity, it will be some time before we smell real Mysore sandal oil again in our soaps and perfumes. In the meantime we'll have to make do with the Australian variety, which smells nice, but lacks the depth and milky notes of the best Indian oils. Curiously, most of the world's sandalwood oil, both the Indian and the Australian, has been used to flavor chewing tobacco.

Stirling Soap Company Frankincense & Myrrh

Another enjoyable Stirling soap. Curiously, I imagine that there is a trace of cardamom scent in this soap. My better half has informed me that such is not the case, so it must be a scent association I’m making. Wouldn’t be the first time.

A brief note on Stirling in general, along with my SOTD photo: https://damnfineshave.com/thread-sotd-6-...#pid244465

Williams Mug Shave Soap

B&M - Promises

It's been a while since I reached for Tabac and every time I do Im Reminded of just how good this soap is. Loading is easy off this hard puck. Lather is high structure and really feels luxuriously fluffy. I hear some state that the slickness is lacking. Well folks, it AINT! I see this happen lots with hard pucks that lather big. A longer load will usually improve slickness and this is a soap that appears ready to go before there is enough soap in the brush. Scent strength is 8/10 and lasts. Scent seems to be polar on this one but for the life of me I implore if you don't like the scent of Tabac get to a doctor and get it fixed. This is an awesome fougere leaning on the floral side but man does this smell like a MAN! Timeless, efficacious, masculine. I noted in the pic that tabac states "since 1959" which is just about everything in the photo. The Fat Boy is a 1960. The brush most likely is not quite that old but might be. It's a Peerless I picked up in TX and stuffed a maggard badger/boar mixed 24mm knot in.

I Coloniali shaving cream

I do like this soap and will miss it when mines gone.