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Clay Face
Honolulu, Hawaii
Signature Mysore Sandalwood v. (Nanny's Silly Soap) mild, authentic Mysore sandalwood
Nanny’s Signature series contains 35% Shea butter, so the finish, along with the rest of the shave, is superb. But that’s not why I reach for this soap. I grab it because it’s one of the few places on earth where I can still smell genuine Mysore sandalwood. That sweet, nutty, buttermilky note makes Mysore sandal unique and so highly prized it’s almost extinct. Well, not exactly. Sandal still grows in Mysore, but right now it’s too young to harvest. All the old wood was chopped down and turned into fragrance oil or tobacco flavoring several decades ago. It will take today’s saplings some thirty to fifty years to mature into ripe, oil bearing trees. I don’t think I’ll still be shaving then, so for now I’ll have to make do with a deep huff and a some happy shaves from Nanny’s sweet soap.
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Nanny’s Signature series contains 35% Shea butter, so the finish, along with the rest of the shave, is superb. But that’s not why I reach for this soap. I grab it because it’s one of the few places on earth where I can still smell genuine Mysore sandalwood. That sweet, nutty, buttermilky note makes Mysore sandal unique and so highly prized it’s almost extinct. Well, not exactly. Sandal still grows in Mysore, but right now it’s too young to harvest. All the old wood was chopped down and turned into fragrance oil or tobacco flavoring several decades ago. It will take today’s saplings some thirty to fifty years to mature into ripe, oil bearing trees. I don’t think I’ll still be shaving then, so for now I’ll have to make do with a deep huff and a some happy shaves from Nanny’s sweet soap.
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Clay Face
Honolulu, Hawaii
Natural Bay Rum v. (Meißner Tremonia) Jamaica rum, West Indies bay, a whiff of clove
Many of MT’s soaps contain macadamia nut oil. It’s very rich and very stable, making it an ideal ingredient for soapmaking. Like eucalyptus, the macadamia tree originally came from Australia. To me the word macadamia sounds exotic, and for years I thought it was borrowed from an aboriginal or a Polynesian language. In fact, the macadamia tree is named after John Macadam, a Scottish-Australian teacher and politician. Macadam grew up in Glasgow, where he studied chemistry and medicine. In 1855 he left Scotland and sailed for Melbourne, Australia. There he taught and served as health officer of the city and later held several position in the government. Because of Macadam’s popularity, his friend and botanist, Dr Ferdinand Mueller, named the macadamia tree after him. Since then macadamia nut oil has found its way into a variety of cosmetics from shampoos to sunscreens, while here in the Hawaiian islands, where most of the world’s macadamia nuts are grown, we're happy to just eat them fried, toasted, or smothered in chocolate. It's good to know, though, that they make a pretty wonderful shave soap, too.
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Many of MT’s soaps contain macadamia nut oil. It’s very rich and very stable, making it an ideal ingredient for soapmaking. Like eucalyptus, the macadamia tree originally came from Australia. To me the word macadamia sounds exotic, and for years I thought it was borrowed from an aboriginal or a Polynesian language. In fact, the macadamia tree is named after John Macadam, a Scottish-Australian teacher and politician. Macadam grew up in Glasgow, where he studied chemistry and medicine. In 1855 he left Scotland and sailed for Melbourne, Australia. There he taught and served as health officer of the city and later held several position in the government. Because of Macadam’s popularity, his friend and botanist, Dr Ferdinand Mueller, named the macadamia tree after him. Since then macadamia nut oil has found its way into a variety of cosmetics from shampoos to sunscreens, while here in the Hawaiian islands, where most of the world’s macadamia nuts are grown, we're happy to just eat them fried, toasted, or smothered in chocolate. It's good to know, though, that they make a pretty wonderful shave soap, too.
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