What soap/cream did you use today?

Cold River Schapenmelk Shave Soap

Coates Cream - Rose

This cream is an amazing performer. It lathers easily, and is slick and protective. The post shave feel is good, without drying.

The only thing I wasn't over the moon about is the scent. It is a synthetic rose smell,  which isnt quite in my wheelhouse.

Great assessment. I too don't care for the Rose scent. Performance is as good as it gets.

Thank you sir.

I was actually shocked. I have a few creams (real creams, not the super soft soap types) and they are all mediocre in performance. This one can absolutely hang with the best soaps and croaps.

I should have known this, I had the lime scent once upon a time. That was some time ago, when I was still early on. I don't think I had any real point of comparison. I also had some sort of reaction to it. It was a short lived use.

It's sad they are out of business, eventually the well will run dry for those who love the soaps. I, unfortunately, can't fall in that category. I absolutely have to have the scent play along or I will always pass when choosing what to use today. I'm picky that way.

Shaved with Royal Fougere in the soap form today. It's fun to mess around with both the soap and the cream in the same scent. This soap is made by Wet Shaving Products for Asylum. I noticed little difference between the cream and the soap. The soap scent seems to be a better rounded than the cream but they are so close as to be identical. Surprisingly the soap left tighter skin than the cream. Both post shaves were fine but the soap a bit less. Protection seemed identical.

Route 66 / Barber Shop hop

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Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet shaving soap (tallow). Perhaps it's just my imagination, but this seems to produce lather that is not quite as rich as that of the Lords or English Fern soaps.

Stirling - Nag Champa

Oud-Santal t. (Le Père Lucien) aloeswood & sandalwood

Though tallow is listed on the label, I don’t find any obvious evidence of it in the lather. There’s none of that gloss and deep cushion you find in heavy tallow soaps. In fact, this tub of Oud-Santal always makes the kind of light foamy mousse that would make a vegetarian smile. It works well and has a fine finish, but I can’t help but ask myself “Where’s the beef?”

Some of my older LPL soaps take a surprising amount of patience to get right. Today for instance, I lathered this tub of Oud-Santal (2017) three times, using a different brush with each attempt. (1) A damp badger gave me thin airy suds that showed the pink of my skin right through. (2) A wet synthetic brush gave me copious heaps of lather, but once again the bubbles were big and the whole mass was frothy. (3) Finally, a drenched and dripping boar yielded an amazing slick bucket of suds, finely grained and dense. Until lately, I thought LPL soaps were hydrophobic since they foam up so quickly, but this experiment has convinced me to turn on the fire hose, at least when I’m messing with my older tubs. Recent offerings, however, aren’t nearly so finicky. They lather up fine no matter the approach.

Proraso Green Menthol Shave Cream

Soap Commander / Honor

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