What soap/cream did you use today?

Derby Shave Stick
PAA Shave Oil

Haslinger Tallow

Soap Commander / Honor

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Houbigant Fougère Royale shaving soap (vintage). It makes wonderful lather, and the fragrance is subtle but still present.

T&S Madagascar

Does this stuff lather?

Vetiver v. (Le Père Lucien) ★★★★★ vetiver & cedar

I'm continuing my LPL love-athon with a dip into their recent Vetiver. If there are two scents I really enjoy, they are vetiver and cedar. I can wear them all year round without growing tired of them. Any day one of them comes up in the rotation is a good day. To have both blended in one excellent soap is enough to give me shivers. Neither the vetiver nor the cedar here are burly, but they smell clean and are vivid enough to cheer the heart.

Bouki - your prose on these, and commitment to them has me intrigued. I have a Rose Pushkar puck that I really want to use on my Shetland Sheepdogs as a shampoo. The puck is about 4 years old.

So have they reformulated? Do I try again?

Like you, I appreciate vetiver, and woody oriental fragrances; so tell me, forge ahead?

TommyCarioca, I've got this weird love/like/abhor relationship with LPL. The scents (apart from Oud Neroli) are pleasant. Generally mild, they're simple, fresh, and genuine, and smell like something you would want to wear in public. I could use any of them for days on end without tiring. The lather, however, has been another story. At times it's given me the best shaves I've ever had, exceptionally close, very clean, with a plump finish. Other times I've been burned. Figuring out how to lather LPL for a consistently close and comfortable shave has been a challenge. I must like challenges, because I've stuck with these soaps for years, and recently I've ordered even more. They seem to just keep getting better and better and at the same time I'm compelled to improve my technique.

LPL Rose de Pushkar: if you've got one of the old pucks of Rose de Pushkar, then by all means give it to the dog. I count my first puck of RdP among the three worst soaps I've ever used. Nothing wrong with the scent, but the lather was abysmal. In fact, if you love your dog, just pitch it out. The beast deserves better.

That said, I'm almost certain that RdP has been reformulated recently. It's still very simple, but the list of ingredients has grown. Shea butter, for instance, has become standard, and the soap now makes a splendid, stable lather that, among vegan soaps, almost reaches the heights of Saponificio Varesino. It smells the same as the old RdP, but the suds are far superior.

LPL Vetiver: LPL's Vetiver is stronger than say Fine's Green Vetiver, and it's got a clear cedar sidekick. It's neither mossy like Mickey Lee's Reunion nor earthy like Declaration Grooming's Dirtyver nor ashen like Salter's French Vetiver. In fact, it reminds me mostly of Proraso's Vetiver & Cypress fragrance: light citrus, a lot of wood. So, it's not breaking any ground, but I like it, and since it fades quickly, you can dump any good aftershave or edt over it without confusion.

Should you forge ahead? Well, it might be best to test the waters first just to see if the soaps and scents are to your liking. I got samples of many LPL soaps through Shavedash.com. When I hit on a fragrance I liked, I ordered full tub from Maggards or Yourshaving.com. You can also get untubbed refills of some of the older scents directly from LPL. They're just a hunk of soap wrapped in paper that you can mash into your own broadmouthed container.

Excellent. Big thanks. Got to get back on the horse and try the vetiver. Sounds like they have adjusted. Thanks Bouki!

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MdC Vetiver
Good stuff. So easy to load and lather

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CBL Norse Spice
It's so nice!!!