What aftershave do you use with Barbershop soap? I found it to blend in real well with Clubman. Ditto, by the way, with my other barbershop soap-Grandpa's Barbershop by Central Texas Soaps.
I don’t actually use anything for aftershave. My skin can’t handle alcohol splashes, so I just use some witch hazel followed by Cetaphil facial moisturizer. The off putting scent was during the shave. It was very strange, and unlike anything I’ve experienced with a shaving soap before. I’m very hopeful that it was an anomaly, as the smell off the puck is absolutely incredible!
I finally got around to ordering glacial obsidian and glacial wintergreen. I was worried I'd waited too long and missed out forever. I had more or less forgotten until I happened to stow a case of wintergreen Altoids at work. That facefull of strong wintergreen scent instantly reminded me. I did miss out on a couple of bath soaps I was interested in though. Oh well.
My experience with barbershop was that the smell was quite consistent, a powdery, slightly vanilla smell. The only problem I have w/ barbershop is a minor burning sensation, and only occasionally.
I’m really hoping that next time I try Barbershop it will be as you say - a powdery vanilla smell. That is the smell I get off the puck, and I can’t stop sniffing the puck! I’ve got a couple of other samples to try, but then I’ll be giving Barbershop another shot... here’s hoping that it was an anomaly! Thanks for your feedback, it’s very encouraging. I was really looking forward to shaving with Barbershop, and I was very disappointed when it wasn’t a great experience.
Doc Ezlovan flipped in a Barbershop hand soap along with my two bath soaps. I'm actually going to try a first-using a bath soap in the shower as a full body wash. I just hope I can get enough lather onto my loofah.
This past summer my wife and I went on a mission to smell Creed Aventus. It wasn't something that was available anywhere near us, but I was determined to smell this holy grail scent that so many shaving companies have sought to duplicate. We ended up finding Aventus in a high end department store, and the lady at the counter gave us a card with some Aventus sprayed on it - mission accomplished! Then the lady at the counter said, "if you enjoy Aventus, you have to try these two also!" And proceeded to hand us cards spritzed with Silver Mountain Water and Green Irish Tweed. Needless to say, all of the scents were fantastic, and we celebrated our success in hunting down Creed Aventus... Well, this summer we have had to cancel our holiday plans, so in honour of last summer's holiday cologne hunt I decided to do a weekend of Creed themed shaves! Here's the recap: Two nights ago I shaved with Executive Man (Aventus) for the first time, and my first thought was "there will definitely be a full tub of this in my future!" The scent immediately transported me back to holidays, and the shave was just outstanding... Last night I shaved with Mountain Man (Silver Mountain Water) for the first time, and again I was stunned. I immediately added a tub of Mountain Man to the Stirling order that was quickly forming in my mind. The scent on this soap is equally amazing and the shave quality was Stirling through and through. Tonight was Sharp Dressed Man (Green Irish Tweed), and I have to say that I would be hard pressed to pick a favorite out of these three scents - these are easily three of the nicest scents that I've ever shaved with, bar none! Unfortunately I did have a touch of a reaction to Sharp Dressed Man by the third pass, but I could definitely use this soap in rotation. And thus, my Creed weekend has come to an end. A weekend of good memories and epic shaves. Although I've only been shaving with Stirling soaps for a week and a half now, I can confidently say that Rod has gained another loyal customer. Cheers.
Awesome report on the need for Creed I liked them all as well, but Executive Man was hands-down my favorite of the three. Great stuff!
Ah yes, the "necessity for Creedessity"(did I just write that??). As we know, Xecutive Man is Doc Ezlovan's best seller.
Yeah, if I HAD to pick a favorite it would probably be Executive Man, but it’s so close! Yeah, the fact that Executive Man is his best seller was part of the reason that I chased Aventus down in the first place... I can see why it is #1! I plan to leave reviews, but I’d like to get a few more shaves under my belt with each scent before I do that.
That's wise. I'm behind on my reviews for a couple shave soaps and an A.S. Here's something funny-I thought I didn't do a review for Sandpiper shave soap, so I got to the page, and in fact, I HAD done one!
Leroy, at the 3:00 mark of your Varen video, I thought you were going to walk right through my computer and into my apartment. . A little adjusting needed, perhaps?
