The Stirling Exchange

Discussion in 'Shave Soaps' started by PickledNorthern, Nov 5, 2016.

  1. blondblue

    blondblue Well-Known Member

    Next week figures to be a busy one for me with Stoylin products. Time to break out the Barbershop soap(not EVERY day, but it'll get good usage).
     
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  2. PLAla

    PLAla Bit Shy of a Full Puck

    Great photo!!
     
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  3. PLAla

    PLAla Bit Shy of a Full Puck

    I am wondering if Glacial Spearmint aftershave would be a good match with Soap Commander Vision soap? @PickledNorthern - have you used both of those scents? I know you've used Vision but what about Glacial Spearmint?

    I once smelled some Glacial Wintergreen and was blown back! It was menthol with a pack of Certs!
     
  4. PickledNorthern

    PickledNorthern Fabulous, the unicorn

    The mint in the Vision is way more of a feel than a smell. But the feels of the two certainly go together, and the scents are definitely complimentary, if not matching.
     
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  5. Yehuda D

    Yehuda D Israeli Ambassador to TSD

    Barbershop for me tomorrow because I feel like I've neglected it. A little Brut aftershave and I should be good to go. The wife is not keen on the scent but I am! ;)
     
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  6. blondblue

    blondblue Well-Known Member

    I wonder if she likes the ones you DON'T like. You two must be in concert on SOME.
     
  7. Yehuda D

    Yehuda D Israeli Ambassador to TSD

    If I don't like it I don't use it!

    I have several which we both love such as:

    Razorock One X soap and aftershave (she bought them for me)
    Soap Smooth Frozen Cranberry soap (she bought it for me)
    Reef Point Fougere Santal aftershave (she bought it for me)
    Sharp Dressed Man soap (after a week she finally admits that she loves it)

    Anything straight-out bay rum, barbershop, and other old-school scents just don't swing for her. But: They do for me and she knows it and understands. :)
     
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  8. blondblue

    blondblue Well-Known Member

    Well, naturally she would like the ones she got for you :) I'd like to be a fly on your wall after Week 1 of the SDM: "Oh all right honey, I love it. Happy now???"
     
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  9. blondblue

    blondblue Well-Known Member

    In an earlier post, I wrote that I was thinking about rotating Clubman Original with Clubman Special Reserve when Barbershop soap is the next soap in the rotation. That time is now..well, begins this week(Wednesday).
     
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  10. Yehuda D

    Yehuda D Israeli Ambassador to TSD

    With her it doesn't work that way. She'll tell me straight up "Oh geez, I hate it" or "Ah, I love it!" Either way she'll kiss me after a shave! ;) lollllll
     
  11. Gnomeo0228

    Gnomeo0228 Well-Known Member

    Went full tilt today! Needed my Stirling fix so went with Executive Man. Dang, I love this scent! [​IMG]

    Sent from my SM-G928T using Tapatalk
     
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  12. Yehuda D

    Yehuda D Israeli Ambassador to TSD

    I really enjoyed the Barbershop soap this morning. What I would do to get the matching balm and aftershave!
     
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  13. blondblue

    blondblue Well-Known Member

    Xecutive Man is on my nomination list for a soap&A.S. set in 2019.
     
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  14. Latherin’ Luddite

    Latherin’ Luddite Well-Known Member

    Arkadia and Piacenza should be on the list too IMO.
     
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  15. blondblue

    blondblue Well-Known Member

    I've given Piacenza some thought-seem some good reviews on it.
     
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  16. blondblue

    blondblue Well-Known Member

    I'm proud to announce that some reviews are trickling in on the new Stoylin website. Course I'm probably not the first one to make this discovery! (Chuk yuk yuk)
     
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  17. PickledNorthern

    PickledNorthern Fabulous, the unicorn

    It is very good. Light clean citrus, cologne. Light enough to be a workplace type of scent also. I don’t mean light in scent strength, but light as in fresh. Soapy clean good.
     
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  18. blondblue

    blondblue Well-Known Member

    I'm opposed to this "workplace scent" issue. I was in a job where two ladies wore perfumes that were real nice to "whiff". I didn't complain. Is the issue about allergies to certain scents?
     
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  19. PLAla

    PLAla Bit Shy of a Full Puck

    Yep, there's something about Piacenza and a soapy, citrusy scent that's really nice. I really enjoy it. "Soapy clean good" is an excellent description!
     
  20. PickledNorthern

    PickledNorthern Fabulous, the unicorn

    I am a construction superintendent, so I sort of juggle between field and office. Guys who wear too much “foo foo stink” on a job site, as one of my foremen calls it, come off weird. I never want to be “That Guy” in the Office, so I am very careful about what I wear to work. Piacenza works. Orange-y soap.
     
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