Greetings, campers. Many have said that Tabac's scent is love it or hate it. I'm one of those folks who's simply not fond of Tabac -- to me it's got that entirely wrong, astringent Grandma's perfume drawer after a nasty night at the bar bouquet. Or maybe it's tallow that you object to. In any event, I'd like to know -- what soaps/scents do you enjoy? Cheers, - Richard
Hmmm...good question. I can't really help with that; but, if you'll just send the offending puck my way...
Well, TSD makes a great Pinaud type scent. TGQ makes a great lavender, as well as leatherneck, scent. These are my three favorite scents for shaving soaps/creams. If it's cologne, Caswell-Massey's Number Six or Truefitt&Hill's Spanish Leather. But I confess I also like Tabac's colonge.
I thought the scent of Tabac was vile - eau de Bug Spray. Here is a list of soaps I love: GFT Rose Harris Arlington L'Occitane Cade QED Vetiver QED Special 218 Speick Palmolive My issue with Tabac is not the tallow - I have used a few tallow-based soaps, and have loved several (Speick, Palmolive, Arlington, I had some nice vintage Yardley, and I now also have Ralph Lauren Safari which has tallow).
We appear to have something in common -- I have both TGQ's leatherneck and lavender, as well as Cavendish Black. The latter I find a bit harsh, which is okay, 'cause Mrs. Expat thinks it's too sweet smelling. But leatherneck and lavender are indeed delightful. And TGQ's lather is outstanding.
Perhaps it is the tobacco and/or leather notes that you have the aversion to? I know for me that I don't tolerate those particular notes well either (e.g., Tabac, Knize Ten, C&E Sienna).
Not a big fan of the Tabac scent here. At first I didn't mind it, but after using it several times I just found myself getting tired of it. These days I'm mostly using: DR Harris Marlborough Trumpers Violet
With soaps and creams my priority is how effective they are for shaving; scent is a distant second. For example: My favorite soap is DR Harris Almond. The scent does nothing for me, but I love the way it performs. I just recently purchased the Tabac soap and while the scent is a little too perfumey for me, I can live with it because the performance is excellent. Anyway, once the shave is over the face is rinsed off and the aftershave is splashed on -- and that’s the end of the soap fragrance for me. Cologne is a different story: if I’m gong to put something on that has a lingering scent, it had better be something I like.
Dislike the scent of Tabac? - Change it! For those of you who dislike the scent of Tabac (I happen to like it), but would like to keep or even improve its other properties: Adding a squirt of Dr. Bronner's liquid soap in a scent of your liking and a squirt of glycerin to your lather bowl alters the original scent significantly and gives you a fantastic "Ueberlather Plus"!
I don't like tobacco or leather scents. Tabac makes great lather but I can't get over the smell. I like Trumper Rose, MWF, Harris Almond, and a bunch of QED, Mama Bear, and TSD scents.
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