If you're asking performance wise, Coates. All the Coates are among the best creams I've ever used and Castle Forbes and Xpec are in that group. Scent wise, old C&E Mysore Sandalwood.
I got a tub of Proraso red on the way. Should have it tomorrow. Can't wait to try it out. Was a steal at $6.50 free shipping. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I've only tried Stirling Sandlewood. It lathers great, but to me it smells like dirt from my backyard..... and it burns the hell outta my face.
If you like sandalwood, Royal Shave has their own soap called 30° degrees. It is my favorite sandalwood soap, they have it made in Germany, and it has a very mild citrus note. Performance is incredible and it does not burn your face. I have experienced that as well with other sandalwood soap and creams and I am not a sandalwood fan, but their 30° degree soap has made me like the sandalwood scent
Yeah, I'm really not sure if I like sandlewood or not because I only have one to go off of which I do not like. I'm tempted to try another since a lot of people seem to like sandlewood soaps, but my sole experience has turned me off. Thanks for the recommendation. The hint of citrus seems like exactly my thing. I'll look into it for sure.
The citrus really helped the sandalwood. I too am not a sandalwood fan, but this is one of my favorite soaps, and If you don't like it, you can send it back to them, but they will probably tell you to keep it and pick another. They have a generous return policy to make you happy and they do have incredible customer service. They have it on special a lot, and is inexpensive compared to similar brands
The Proraso Red came in. Great soap for the price. Loaded it up on a squeezed out boar brush. Nice thick face lather. Slick shave. No burn from the alum block. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
FWIW, I'm a fan of both Stirling soaps and sandalwood, but the Stirling sandalwood is absolutely not good, IMHO. Don't judge sandalwood by it, because your description of it is about the same as mine. Proraso Red, TOBS Sandalwood, and many others mentioned here are night and day with it.
Ahhhh thanks for this!!! I've pretty much waiting for someone to come out and say exactly that!!! All of the other stirling soaps are incredible though. Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk
So far, Proraso Red, because that is the only one I have tried. I ended up trading it because my skin was somewhat sensitive to it.
The first nice shave cream I ever bought was Taylor's, and I loved it, but not so much anymore. It is too perfumy smelling to me. The best I have tried and still my favorite is Caswell Massey Sandalwood. It smells similar to Proraso Red, but a little stronger. Plus with the Caswell Massey Sandalwood, you can also get sandalwood after shave balm and sandalwood spray cologne that goes along with the sandalwood shave cream. It's one of my favorite scents.
Only Sandalwood cream I have now is AOS but one that I really liked a lot was DdC in Sandalwood but dont think Krissy (Prairie Creations) is operational anymore due to illness.
Proraso is my favorite scent but I don't care all that much for soap/cream. I actually enjoy Stirling's take on it. TOBs really has almost no sandalwood scent to it. Even their own scent description calls it a classic fougere. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
I know that sounded silly, but I've seen outdoorsy AS fragrances described as possessing the smell of "clean" or "fresh" dirt.
