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Shannon’s Soaps (for Timeless Razor) Etherea
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[Same comment as on the SOTD thread:] Shannon’s Soaps had a new fan the moment I first tried their products. This soap that’s made for Timeless Razor only reinforces prior experiences. A top-tier soap for me, this one has an invigorating citrus opening with some green or even slightly earthy undertones.
Whenever I go to shave, I assume there’s someone else on the planet shaving, so I say “I’m gonna go shave, too.”
– Mitch Hedberg
– Mitch Hedberg
Clay Face
Honolulu, Hawaii
Havane v. (Le Père Lucien) timid tobacco
Pogonotomie, the French vendor that sells this soap, describes Havane as a “warm and woody fragrance with notes of sweet cigars and rum; an invitation to stroll the streets of Havana.” Sounds inviting and stirs up old recollections. Decades ago I worked in downtown Durham, North Carolina. At that time Durham billed itself the City of Medicine, but truth be told it was built entirely on tobacco. The streets near my office were lined with massive brick warehouses filled to the rafters with tobacco. In summer especially the whole city center seemed to ooze the sweet syrupy smell of curing Brightleaf. I hoped that today’s soap, Havane, would capture a bit of that olfactory memory. Alas, it doesn’t. I don’t smell tobacco, fresh or cured. I don’t pick up the promissed cigars or sweet rum or even much warm wood. Havane is very mild, bordering on feeble. In fact, when I first opened it, I thought I must have got an unscented tub by mistake. A couple latherings have brought up the fragrance, but it’s still just a faint whisper to those recollections of hot summer days in Durham.
The lather, on the other hand, is magnificent. Havane makes one of the thickest emulsions I’ve ever used. At the same time it’s remarkably slick. And the cushion, unlike earlier versions of the LPL soap base, is as deep and day is long. There’s no Shea butter in the mix, but I got a clean, perfectly plump finish right from the minute I put my razor down.
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Pogonotomie, the French vendor that sells this soap, describes Havane as a “warm and woody fragrance with notes of sweet cigars and rum; an invitation to stroll the streets of Havana.” Sounds inviting and stirs up old recollections. Decades ago I worked in downtown Durham, North Carolina. At that time Durham billed itself the City of Medicine, but truth be told it was built entirely on tobacco. The streets near my office were lined with massive brick warehouses filled to the rafters with tobacco. In summer especially the whole city center seemed to ooze the sweet syrupy smell of curing Brightleaf. I hoped that today’s soap, Havane, would capture a bit of that olfactory memory. Alas, it doesn’t. I don’t smell tobacco, fresh or cured. I don’t pick up the promissed cigars or sweet rum or even much warm wood. Havane is very mild, bordering on feeble. In fact, when I first opened it, I thought I must have got an unscented tub by mistake. A couple latherings have brought up the fragrance, but it’s still just a faint whisper to those recollections of hot summer days in Durham.
The lather, on the other hand, is magnificent. Havane makes one of the thickest emulsions I’ve ever used. At the same time it’s remarkably slick. And the cushion, unlike earlier versions of the LPL soap base, is as deep and day is long. There’s no Shea butter in the mix, but I got a clean, perfectly plump finish right from the minute I put my razor down.
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