What soap/cream did you use today?

Mystic Water - Lily of the valley

Mike's Lavandin & Eucalyptus - something about a sunny, but very cool (low 50's), late spring morning just screams for Lavandin & Eucalyptus

Soap Commander Courage

Eufros/Jabonman Sandalo shaving soap

I tried Tcheon Fung Sing soaps when I first got back into old school shaving but at the time decided they were too airy and lacked slickness. Thus, although I liked the scents and the pricing through Razorock I bailed on the for several years. Awhile back,our very own Nero started telling us that these were good soaps and it just so happened he had some backups to sell and I bought. Well folks, my initial assessment was wrong. This soap has a top end of sweet tobacco flower and a base of incense. It's about 6/10 on strength and its gooood. Now the lather. This is a coconut soap and as such it's high structure. It's also not thirsty. I went at it with a wrung out brush and loaded plenty of product. I use the frothy bubbly stuff that is not lather to add to my face as a preshave and then build lather on my mug. Just a couple of additions of water and I was good to go. And you know what? Nero was correct. This soap is protective and slick. It feels good on the face. The scent is wonderful and overall it's a good soap. Post? Well, my experience with coconut soaps is a tight post shave and this was certainly that. But my post-shave routine is a pea sized dab of Shea butter warmed between my palms anyway so I really don't care all that much about post shave feel.

Mike's Lavandin & Eucalyptus - something about a sunny, but very cool (low 50's), late spring morning just screams for Lavandin & Eucalyptus

This one intrigues me. So the scent in my mind is lavender with the eucalyptus adding a spa-day, micro medicinal scent? Sounds wonderful and I will have to give it a go sometime.

I tried Tcheon Fung Sing soaps when I first got back into old school shaving but at the time decided they were too airy and lacked slickness. Thus, although I liked the scents and the pricing through Razorock I bailed on them for several years.  A while back, our very own Nero started telling us that these were good soaps and it just so happened he had some backups to sell and I bought.  Well folks, my initial assessment was wrong.  This soap has a top end of sweet tobacco flower and a base of incense.  It's about 6/10 on strength and its gooood.  Now the lather.  This is a coconut soap and as such it's high structure.  It's also not thirsty.  I went at it with a wrung out brush and loaded plenty of product.  I use the frothy bubbly stuff that is not lather to add to my face as a preshave and then build lather on my mug.  Just a couple of additions of water and I was good to go.  And you know what?  Nero was correct.  This soap is protective and slick.  It feels good on the face. The  scent is wonderful and overall it's a good soap.  Post?  Well, my experience with coconut soaps is a tight post shave and this was certainly that.  But my post-shave routine is a pea sized dab of Shea butter warmed between my palms anyway so I really don't care all that much about post shave feel.

Thanks for your note, Lipripper660! This is a soap I've really been curious about. It's dry finish is probably just what I'm looking for now that the humidity is back.

Cèdre-Patchouli v. (Le Père Lucien) cedar, patchouli

The dirty cedar is made all the more dank by earthy patchouli. I’m not sure why this should appeal to me, but I find it irresistible. Something about the balance of muddy wood and clean soap keeps this scent engaging. There’s another contrast that puzzles me. How does such a light, frothy lather make such a deep satisfying finish?