your favorite Soap scents

Of late, my favorites include:  Los Jabones de Joserra Rodrigo de Jerez, MacDuffs Backcountry Bourbon, The Club Tibetan Temple, Stirling Baker Street, Wholly Kaw Rebelle and The Club Chasing The Dragon.

Longer term, other favorites include:  Declaration Grooming/Chatillon Lux Yuzu Rose Patchouli, B&M Le Grand Chypre, Gentleman's Nod No. 11 Vincent, Noble Otter The Noir et Vanille, Noble Otter Lonestar, Australian Private Reserve Ozymandias, Wholly Kaw King of Oud and B&M Beaudelaire.

Conspicuously absent from the lists given above are soaps from Grooming Dept. I have quite a few of those. I really like Mumtaz, Valencia, Otium and Lavender from the newest runs and Sandalwood Fig Musk and After the Fire from the older runs.

Hmmmm. Favorites right now:

AE/The Club Khalifa and Club Baccara
NO Barrbarr and Firefighter
Mammoth Hygge
ZM The Navigator
DG Opulence
MM BDLM 1

That’s a lot I just realized but they are all so good

I definitely agree with the quality over quantity sentiments when it comes to scents. I’ve been turned off some artisans by their complex scents.
Mike’s natural has the right approach for my taste. His Hungarian Lavender is the first artisan soap I bought, and still one of my very favorites - just one high quality EO.

MdC is does a good job too. La Pierre Lucien’s original is another fav, a great herbs de province take.

I think Ethos probably offers the best simple but elegant scents out there right now...including a number of one note scents...

I can probably do a handful right now that I can think of off the top of my head and add more later:

Mystic Waters Bay Rum (my favorite bay rum that I've ever tried)
Tallow and Steel Sicily
Phoenix/Fine CaD or American Blend
Zingari Man Explorer
Zingari Man Magician
Barrister and Mann Adagio (man do I wish this would return)
Barrister and Mann Cheshire
Barrister and Mann Oceana
Spearhead Seaforth Heather
Saponoficio Varesino Felce Aromatica
Tabac
Declaration Grooming Cuir et Spices

When I think of my favorite soap scents, these first come to mind (not in any particular order)...

Colonia by Asylum Shaveworks (SV)
Manna di Sicilia by SV
West Indies by Tallow + Steel
Glastonbury by Stirling
Varen by Stirling
Stirling Green by Stirling

(ok, the last three are loaded with oakmoss, and I am a sucker for oakmoss heavy soaps (or perfume)).

You already happen to know some of my favorites, Erchy, but here’s my current top 3 anyway:

• WhollyKaw Dance of Agrumes
• The Shaving Shop Club El Gaucho
• Barrister and Mann Beaudelaire

The fact that none of those are very new says a lot about the quality of the scents. Numerous others are really up there, but that’s why there’s also a top 10, a top 20…

From the standpoint of scent only...

MWF
La Toja
TOBS Sandalwood
Haslinger Aloe Vera

I can go ahead and update this after a recent purchase to include:
Murphy and McNeil BDLM1 and BDLM2. Just incredible scents.

Today I used Grooming Department L'Avventura.  At the top in my book, along with A&E SoCal Hipster, A&E Vacanza Romana, DRH Arlington, and T+S Indian Bay, it's in the top league of scents that I love using.