Needing a new new soap. I love the old time barber shop scent but looking to,well, explore i should say, so any ideas or recommendations would be much appreciated.
You have a lot of options, and you'll find many different opinions here. For starters, what scents do you like?
Can't go wrong with Stirling. This is my go-to. Their samples are the huge and are closer to what it's like to load your brush from a tub. Others give you small containers for samples. I would also recommend Zingari Man. Ariana and Evans and Barrister and Mann are good one's too.
Here’s some of my favorite shave soaps and their scents. Wickham Magnum - citrus and musk Wet The Face Pipe Smoke - pipe tobacco PAA Tombstone - gunpowder leat
Hi....I was attracted to Tombstone until I read Smitty's description the scent of "opiates" in there. Someone later, in an attempt to calm me down, said it's hard to smell it, as it is well-mixed with the good stuff. What do you say about this????
CBL makes some great performing soaps for the $$. They offer some barbershop scents in their line up too.
I recommend The Soap Opera Himalaya Shave Soap. Very good and reasonably priced. Sego Lily Shaving Soap is another great soap. This post tells how you can order it until they get their online store back up.
Lost my sense of smell to COVID-19 last week. Hope it comes back. My nephew lost it for a month. That said, I’m doing well so far. it’s hard to go wrong with a barbershop type of soap. My favorites are barrister and man, but I have bought many bars from Sterling. These last a long time so I haven’t gotten around to many of the others, but you have so many good options. Good luck. The fun will be in the searching.
Do you like menthol? How much menthol do you like? Do you believe a 1-10 scale for menthol may not go high enough? https://chiseledface.com/products/tallow-shave-soap-cryogen-ultra-mentholated-by-chiseled-face
In terms of pure performance, no one beats Saponifico Verisino. I personally don't care for most of their scents, but they are unmatched in longevity, ease of lathering, and skin care. A close runner-up is Barrister & Mann. They tend to go for the classic vintage scent profiles, and also make a decent performing soap. Saponifico soaps will outlast B&M soaps by a factor of 3 or 4 times as long, if not longer.