#14,991

Clay Face
Honolulu, Hawaii
Latha (Barrister & Mann) ★★★☆☆ lavender, oakmoss, heliotrope

This is the original scent of the now defunct Latha line of soaps. There's one dose left in my sample tublet, but I can't bring myself to finish it off. The scent just doesn't work for me. The heliotrope is so sweet the puck smells like bubblegum. When you make up some suds, the oakmoss surfaces, but it's not strong enough to balance the cloying sweetness of the flowers. If only the moss were a little bolder, we could have had something like a floral chypre.

The lather was very good, though, and I'm sorry to see this excellent and still affordable line of soap discontinued.

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#14,992
RR SMdF soap

This really makes a nice slick lather. Plenty of cushion. The soap looks almost crystalline before you get after it with the brush. And the scent - oh my - very similar to the SMN Tobacco Tuscano cream. I have uber lathered these 2 previously. Really overkill though. This soap gets it done. Rare for me at least to think or say - but this soap can be good all year. .... Maybe a stretch in the dead of winter, but I live in Dallas. [Image: cd43768b7ac52965fbe5f54b07fb811c.jpg]

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#14,993

expert shaver
PSL
Williams Mug Shave Soap

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#14,994

Super Moderator
WCS - Gatsby

I'm finding that much like PAA soaps, Gatsby doesn't take long to load. Unfortunately for me, I forgot about that and loaded for a good 20 seconds this morning. The next 10 minutes were spent face-lathering Smile

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#14,995

Member
New York
(02-06-2019, 02:20 PM)HoosierShave Wrote: WCS - Gatsby

I'm finding that much like PAA soaps, Gatsby doesn't take long to load. Unfortunately for me, I forgot about that and loaded for a good 20 seconds this morning. The next 10 minutes were spent face-lathering Smile
What a scent, too!

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#14,996

Posting Freak
Captain's choice 45th parallel [Image: dabca6a0c4408b6ce52c54657541a0a3.jpg]

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#14,997

Member
Los Angeles
(02-06-2019, 12:43 AM)Nero Wrote:
(02-03-2019, 04:03 PM)Tidepool Wrote: [Image: DSbW78Z.jpg]
Always wondered if this is the (exact) same scent as RR Don Marco... Any ideas?

Sorry I have never tried RR Don Marco.

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#14,998
Stirling Baker Street

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#14,999

Vintage Shaver
Seattle, WA
Harrods by Floris shaving soap (tallow)
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(02-06-2019, 05:09 PM)Tidepool Wrote:
(02-06-2019, 12:43 AM)Nero Wrote:
(02-03-2019, 04:03 PM)Tidepool Wrote: [Image: DSbW78Z.jpg]
Always wondered if this is the (exact) same scent as RR Don Marco... Any ideas?

Sorry I have never tried RR Don Marco.
No worry, thanks anyway!

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