Looking for Input - Buying 2 or 3 New Soaps
Looking for Input - Buying 2 or 3 New Soaps
Gents,
Realizing that I am opening a door that will lead us down a path where some of us may not want to go -- but I admit that AD has set in lately. I am down to only a few soaps - with plenty of MWF still to spare, I am looking at expanding my line a bit, and am going to order up 3 new soaps in the next week or two.
So -- I am looking for suggestions - if you were buying 3 new soaps, what would they be and why? Budget or high-end suggestions are welcome (e.g. I have been thinking of Irisch Moos lateley, as well as GFT Rose).
Here is what I currently have in my soap stock - so we don't get duplication of what I already have on hand:
MWF
C&E Sienna
Palmolive classic stick
D.R. Harris Lavendar stick
D.R. Harris Arlington stick
Proraso green tub
Enjoy responding, I am looking forward to your replies.
Realizing that I am opening a door that will lead us down a path where some of us may not want to go -- but I admit that AD has set in lately. I am down to only a few soaps - with plenty of MWF still to spare, I am looking at expanding my line a bit, and am going to order up 3 new soaps in the next week or two.
So -- I am looking for suggestions - if you were buying 3 new soaps, what would they be and why? Budget or high-end suggestions are welcome (e.g. I have been thinking of Irisch Moos lateley, as well as GFT Rose).
Here is what I currently have in my soap stock - so we don't get duplication of what I already have on hand:
MWF
C&E Sienna
Palmolive classic stick
D.R. Harris Lavendar stick
D.R. Harris Arlington stick
Proraso green tub
Enjoy responding, I am looking forward to your replies.
Wendell-
My recommendation is for Queen Charlotte Soaps.
Excellent scent, fine lather, reasonable price.
http://www.queencharlottesoaps.com/ind ... x&cPath=15
Tallow and Palm oil.
Good luck,
MaxP
My recommendation is for Queen Charlotte Soaps.
Excellent scent, fine lather, reasonable price.
http://www.queencharlottesoaps.com/ind ... x&cPath=15
Tallow and Palm oil.
Good luck,
MaxP
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Wendell, I'm one vote for the Italian soft soaps.
If you check my rankings of them in the review section you'll see that I consider P.160 to be the cream of the crop. They are all really good (Cella, Valobra, Vitos Red, P.160) but P.160 just has more of the good stuff for the skin and it doesn't skimp on performance.
Yes, it has tallow, specifically tallow. Not Sodium Tallowate, but tallow.
If you don't want to buy a kilo I'm pretty certain Italian Barber has 125g containers.
But Vitos and Valobra are really excellent SIS also. (If you don't want to buy a kilo)
If you buy a kilo and don't like it, I doubt you'll have a problem selling it.
Heck, if you can't sell it or don't care to break it up to sell it, I'll buy it from you for what you paid (less shipping) but shipping on my dime to me. I'm that confident that if you like tallow you'll like it. You need to like marzipan too.
I just realized that while tallow is on the ingredient list, it would probably saponify with the KOH to form Ktallowate.
Edit: You were looking for 2-3. If you don't consider me suggesting ALL of the SISs as suggestions (I really only stressed P.160) then I have a few more.
Valobra stick. I mill a few sticks into a bowl, add a teaspoon of water and mash it in ther to make a form fitting puck. The performance is superb. The scent is soap. Of course it can also be used as a stick. I looked at an unopened stick of Valobra and I couldn't decipher the ingredients, but it sure feels like a tallow soap to me. The scent is pure soap to my nose.
The 3rd is Speick. I use it as a stick, and again, mill it into a bowl, but I know there is a cream available if you don't want to mill the sticks. My nose is scent sensitive, and while this has quite a strong scent, I find it pleasant.
If you check my rankings of them in the review section you'll see that I consider P.160 to be the cream of the crop. They are all really good (Cella, Valobra, Vitos Red, P.160) but P.160 just has more of the good stuff for the skin and it doesn't skimp on performance.
Yes, it has tallow, specifically tallow. Not Sodium Tallowate, but tallow.
If you don't want to buy a kilo I'm pretty certain Italian Barber has 125g containers.
But Vitos and Valobra are really excellent SIS also. (If you don't want to buy a kilo)
If you buy a kilo and don't like it, I doubt you'll have a problem selling it.
Heck, if you can't sell it or don't care to break it up to sell it, I'll buy it from you for what you paid (less shipping) but shipping on my dime to me. I'm that confident that if you like tallow you'll like it. You need to like marzipan too.
I just realized that while tallow is on the ingredient list, it would probably saponify with the KOH to form Ktallowate.
Edit: You were looking for 2-3. If you don't consider me suggesting ALL of the SISs as suggestions (I really only stressed P.160) then I have a few more.
Valobra stick. I mill a few sticks into a bowl, add a teaspoon of water and mash it in ther to make a form fitting puck. The performance is superb. The scent is soap. Of course it can also be used as a stick. I looked at an unopened stick of Valobra and I couldn't decipher the ingredients, but it sure feels like a tallow soap to me. The scent is pure soap to my nose.
The 3rd is Speick. I use it as a stick, and again, mill it into a bowl, but I know there is a cream available if you don't want to mill the sticks. My nose is scent sensitive, and while this has quite a strong scent, I find it pleasant.
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I was just on the Fendrihan site and they have the Cella, Tabac, and Irisch Moos -- unfortunately they are out of stock on the Speick at the moment. I must admit I keep on thinking I need a tub of GFT or TOBS, just because.
How would one describe Tabac's scent? I haven't tried it before, and understand that the scent is quite polarizing.
Anyone with experience in Edwin Jagger soaps? The sea buckthorn scent has me quite curious. I had a tube of their sandalwood cream and thought it was excellent. The soap intrigues me.
How would one describe Tabac's scent? I haven't tried it before, and understand that the scent is quite polarizing.
Anyone with experience in Edwin Jagger soaps? The sea buckthorn scent has me quite curious. I had a tube of their sandalwood cream and thought it was excellent. The soap intrigues me.
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Yes, Italian Barber has a quantity of it left. The price is climbing as the supply gets less, but it's still not too bad @ $50/kilo. A kilo is a lot of shaving.drmoss_ca wrote:Is there any P.160 left? Agree with Tabac and Speick, and I do think, despite what some say, that Klar Kabinett is in the same class.
Chris
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Max,MaxP wrote:Wendell-
My recommendation is for Queen Charlotte Soaps.
Excellent scent, fine lather, reasonable price.
http://www.queencharlottesoaps.com/ind ... x&cPath=15
Tallow and Palm oil.
Good luck,
MaxP
QSS looks very interesting. Any recommendations as to scent for the soaps?
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