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Woods of Windsor shaving soap (tallow). It's another of the underappreciated ones, making great lather.
John
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(03-20-2019, 04:27 PM)Lipripper660 Wrote:Lip-i felt compelled to chime in. Agree whole heartedly with your words on Stirling and old spice. Classic fragrance - and i think Stirling parallels it better than anyone else. Their afs is great - and I prefer their version to the modern old spice. Slick and creamy soap - affordable and they hit the mark with matching their fragrances with some solid designer fragrances. I really like their adp dupe [piacenza]. Their GIT dupe and virgin island water dupes are solid too. I use their unscented soap as the performance is great. I haven't tried their balms but will do so.
I really like the old scents and Old Spice leads the pack. The modern Old Spice just doesn't do it for me thus the hideous spyglass bottle of Shultons Old Spice in the photo. The soap is Stirlings Stirling Spice which comes close enough to the original scent.not as refined but it gives a base on which to lay the old juice. Stirling is an interesting study. Lathers great. Top shelf slickness. Enough scents that anyone can find a few they like. Budget priced. And slugs as well as the much more expensive soaps. Does not get the forum attention it so richly deserves.
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Abricot v. (Le Père Lucien) green apricots
There are lots of reasons to love LPL soaps: they offer simple, fresh scents that remind of the French countryside; they rinse away clean and still leave a great finish; and they give a terrific close shave that lasts all day.
This third point used to be a bit of a sticker for me, though. That closeness came at the cost of cushion. My old hide had trouble when I used LPL more than two days in a row. Normally I favor a hefty Rockwell razor that's great for plowing through thick tallow lathers. But for something as light as LPL's suds, I'm finding more comfort (and just as much closeness) with a RazoRock Baby Smooth. This aluminum razor is so light and nimble it reminds me of a swallow darting over a spring pond. It floats over fine gossamer foams without snagging or digging in, and that's good news since I've just ordered three more LPL soaps.
There are lots of reasons to love LPL soaps: they offer simple, fresh scents that remind of the French countryside; they rinse away clean and still leave a great finish; and they give a terrific close shave that lasts all day.
This third point used to be a bit of a sticker for me, though. That closeness came at the cost of cushion. My old hide had trouble when I used LPL more than two days in a row. Normally I favor a hefty Rockwell razor that's great for plowing through thick tallow lathers. But for something as light as LPL's suds, I'm finding more comfort (and just as much closeness) with a RazoRock Baby Smooth. This aluminum razor is so light and nimble it reminds me of a swallow darting over a spring pond. It floats over fine gossamer foams without snagging or digging in, and that's good news since I've just ordered three more LPL soaps.
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