Bay Rum t. (Barrister & Mann) orange bay
The thing I like most about Barrister & Mann's soaps is that they don't smell like soap. Take a sniff of some other soap cooker's products, and you can't miss the oily scent of the tallow, lanolin, and Shea butter, but Barrister & Mann has figured out how to turn their base into an olfactory white canvas upon which Will works his fragrance genius. Many bay rums open the door with a bright note of citrus, and this Bay Rum is no different. My first whiff picks up a generous helping of sweet orange, a bright versatile note that balances the deep resinous umph of the benzoin.
The thing I like most about Barrister & Mann's soaps is that they don't smell like soap. Take a sniff of some other soap cooker's products, and you can't miss the oily scent of the tallow, lanolin, and Shea butter, but Barrister & Mann has figured out how to turn their base into an olfactory white canvas upon which Will works his fragrance genius. Many bay rums open the door with a bright note of citrus, and this Bay Rum is no different. My first whiff picks up a generous helping of sweet orange, a bright versatile note that balances the deep resinous umph of the benzoin.
I read a post on another forum where the OP asked what our favorite Stirling scent was and some Cat flamed on how he didn’t like any of them because he didn’t like Stirling and found several soaps to be far superior. Why oh why! That’s not an answer to a question. All the gent accomplished was to look like a punk. I own most of the brands he touted but I also own many Stirling and don’t see his point. Might I suggest when a post asks your opinion on scent, you leave your opinion on the soap base rattling around in your head and not on the page. Decorum seems to be a lost skill these days. In deference to Stirling fantastic products I chose LIME. good old dependable Stirling.