What soap/cream did you use today?

Eufros Sandalo

Today in my SOTD ... Golden Beards ... in Superlathering with ... The Real Shaving Co.

Haircut & Shave N075 Hybrid Al Hardcote Redux with Cutting Edge Soap and Varlet Ranger (being raffled for Coco's cancer treatments)

Declaration Grooming Trismegistus

Dolomiti v. (Saponificio Varesino) citrus, lavender, cedar

Each of Saponificio Varesino's soaps has a long list of ingredients. Unlike most soap cookers who make one or two bases and then add different fragrances to create 'new' soaps, Saponificio Varesino tinkers considerably with their basic recipe, combining all sorts of unusual ingredients to produce a unique base for each soap. The list of ingredients that go into each soap reads like an old fashioned pharmacopeia. I always come across something unexpected. For instance, today's soap, Dolomiti, includes andiroba oil. What's that? Andiroba oil is extracted from the nut of the Carapa Guianensis tree, a tropical giant that grows in Suriname and Guayana. Its oil is supposed to fight inflammation and promote the growth of new skin cells. Some claim that it also boosts collagen. Maybe that accounts for the plump finish I get after a shave with Dolomiti.

Homelikeshaving light shave soap

Razorock Mudder Focker

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Soap bases are really very good across the board so just about any choice works there.  Where the advances get my attention though are in scent.  If I don't see another Aventus dupe in my lifetime it will be too soon.  I am attracted to the more esoteric scents and the soapers who see the importance of developing something very attractive but still singularly different.  Texas on Fire is not a new scent by many years and as polarizing as it is nobody seems to want to try their hand at the genre, but from day one I loved this scent.  It decidedly does not smell like an Idaho forest fire nor does it smell like camping.  It's bold but not brash.  It's certainly masculine.  I don't know if Rod just lucked into this mix or if he struggled to get it right but I sure love this scent and Stirling’s performance is just fantastic.