I'm looking for a good shave soap or cream scent for the summertime. For me, that means less musk, patchouli or spice. FYI I'd consider TOBS Sandalwood to be a one of these muskier scents I'm trying to avoid. Suggestions, please.

The TSD Store has a huge selection of citrus scents.

My top two would be Stirling Sharp Dressed Man and PAA The Beach. I think fougeres make nice summer scents as well.

+1 for Stirling Sharp Dressed Man just got it today (the new 5.8 oz green tub) it rocks!!!

I got a sample of the Stirling Glacial Lemon Chill. EXCELLENT! A wonderful lathering soap. A WOW burst of menthol cooling. And a great citrus scent that was incredibly refreshing. I also got the Stirling MITA which is another I plan to use throughout the summer. A nice lime/Margarita smell with just a little wow burst of menthol cooling. Both excellent scents and excellent soaps.

Oh and they were great to ship a free sample of their coniferous soap. Amazing smell, but may not be the kind of thing you want for the summer. While camping, definitely. Winter time before hanging out in front of a fire, most definitely! Just loved getting the extra surprise though.

PAA - The Beach
Stirling - Island Man or MITA
TSD - Iced Energy or Subzero

TSD Barber Shoppe is a fine warm weather choice!

i would go with any brand of Energy scent or a Fougere. they make me think of spring and summer but there are so many great choices that its hard to narrow it down.

I would suggest either a crisp barbershop style scent or something citrusy. In the summer I prefer:

Proraso White
Proraso Green
TOBS Eton College
TOBS St. Jaymes
Tabac never goes out of style

Aftershaves would be:
The Veg for warm days
Clubman Special Reserve for rainy days

That Stirling Lemon Glacial smells just like a Riccola cough drop tastes.

Stirling Coconut.
TSD Energy
TSD ISZ
Stirling MITA
Stirling Glacial Lemon Chill
Reef Point Sublime
I suppose I could go on and on and on....

I tend towards my homemade unscented shave soap this time of year. Also i go with some very light AS scents.

Thanks, all. I just ordered some sample pucks from Stirling. We'll see who the big winner is.

I just got Island Man for Stirling in the mail yesterday. WOW!!! can't wait to try it out as it is a great summer scent.

I agree with Stirling MITA. Arko is s good year round scent, if you like it.

Stirling gin and tonic

I have 2:
1. Geo. F. Trumper's Coconut cream
2.TOBS Grapefruit cream

The coconut reminds me of being on the water in the summer, and the grapefruit reminds me of having breakfast on a nice summer morning by the pool. Perfect!

This is my next sample from Stirling to try, so I am really hoping you are right about it being a good summer soap! Especially since it is already over 100 here!!!

I have:

Vulfix luxury sicilian Lime
Iced TSD Lemongrass
TOBS Grapefruit
Stirling grapegruit
Seifenglatt Neroli
Klar kabinet Rose

I would call these summer scents =D

My two summer favorites are:
QCS Iced Key Lime & Cubano Breeze.