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[Sam]

Has a tub of T&H Rose for a little less than $21, but shipping is $8.50 to Memphis. I might add some Bronnley lemon-shaped soaps, but are they tallow? Gordon recommends Bronnley usually, and if adding the soaps does not add much to shipping, well, I might spring for all this.

[druphus]

I think you owe it to yourself!

[rsp1202]

Sam, the Bronnley lemon:
Sodium Palmate, Sodium Palm Kernelate, Aqua (water), Parfum (fragrance), Glycerin, Soduim Chloride, Geraniol, Amyl Cinnammal, Titanium Dioxide, Butyrospermum, Parkii (Shea) Butter, Olea Europea (Olive) Oil, Sodium Hydroxide, Tetrasodium EDTA, Terasodium Etidronate, Limonene, Linalool, CI 11680.

Sorry.

[bernards66]

Sam, As you can see, Bronnley, like damn near everyone else, has gone to a palm oil base. Their soaps were superb, and no doubt are still finely made, but....well....you know....palm oil just ain't the same. Those soaps always had a wonderful fresh zesty lemon scent though.
Regards,
Gordon

[Nitrox]

palm oil just ain't the same

I know the feeling Gordon. I have tried many, many soaps and my favourites still remain the tallow based ones. Thankfully I have a good stash of some quality tallow soaps that will get me by for a while.

[bernards66]

Bruno, You're fortunate ( and far sighted....or was it just AD? ). I loaded up last year on the old Vinolia, and wish I'd bought even more while I could have. I'm not sure what I'm going to do when it runs out. Even really high quality palm oil based soaps just don't seem to agree with my skin, so it's more than an aesthetic thing with me. But the low end tallow based soaps that ARE still around don't work so hot either, so I'm between a rock and a hard place.
Regards,
Gordon

[Nitrox]

Gordon, I have to honestly say that the new reformulated C&E soaps have impressed me very much. They are of course palm based and I can not believe the lather they produce and how well they perform in terms of cushion and slickness.
I still have some sticks of Palmolive, Erasmic, Valobra, and Arko which are tallow based and they perform pretty well for me. Other tallow ones include some AOS soaps, MWF (of course), some Tabac, along with some Harris soaps too. This is all I can remember off the top of my head without going to dig through the stashes.
I guess it was a bit of farsightedness along with the dreaded AD disorder that some of us have.

[DEF]

Gordon, I have to honestly say that the new reformulated C&E soaps have impressed me very much. They are of course palm based and I can not believe the lather they produce and how well they perform in terms of cushion and slickness.

Bruno, I have to agree about the performance of C&E. The old C&E Sienna was my first shaving soap -- the one that got me into old-school shaving back in 2006. Recently, just for old times' sake, I bought one of the new ones and was very impressed with the quality of the lather. The scent is stronger than I prefer, but the performance reminds me of Trumpers.

[bernards66]

Bruno, Shaving soaps don't concern me. I use cream more often, and anyway, the current Trumper soaps work very well for me ( as do the new Penhaligon's but I won't pay what they ask ). No, it's BATH soaps that are the problem. Not only do the newer palm oil versions not lather as luxuriously, but my skin isn't happy with them. But inexpensive tallow soaps don't really do the trick either, so I'm kind of stuck. I don't like the Valobra soaps and the SMN ones are just too expensive.
Regards,
Gordon

[SurfFisherman]

Hi Gordon-

Not sure if you've ever tried it, but Yardley USA makes an extra gentle version of their bath soap called Baby Gentle:

http://www.yardleylondon.com/product_in ... ucts_id=86

Maybe this more gentle formula would work for you? From what I can remember, it has a noticable baby powder scent, which may be a deal-breaker for some.