I sent away for a tub of this and received it in the mail yesterday (after ordering it on Thursday—quick service!). Naturally, I had to open it up and try it out right away. Let me tell you, for those of you who are hesitant to try anything with pine scent, this does NOT smell like pine cleaner. Instead, it has a woodsy, earthy scent that doesn't linger. It smells like a pine forest after a good rain. The lather itself is rich and creamy, and whips up quickly. Lots of slickness.
I agree about the great scent. I used Stirling Scots Pine Sheep bath soap most of the time with an occasional switch for variety.
It reminds me of a balsam thicket I used to walk through often, hunting deer. More than once I ended up with a branch load of snow down the back of my shirt, but that crisp scent comes back to me every time I open the tub. And the sheep base is the slickest soap in the den.
Agree, its a good one. I personally like Evergreen better but Scotts Pine has a very interesting scent profile.
I'm a fan too. I think it was the first thing I bought from Stirling. It's not something I want to go around smelling like all day. But for the duration of a shave it's awesome.
I have the AS also, and it is very true to the scent of the soap for just a few minutes, and then dries down to a simple clean soapy scent. Like Proraso green maybe. I should try it tonight, and I’ll get back to you.
I have a tub of Scots Pine Sheep right now. I really like it. If you decide you have a fever, and the only cure is more pine scent, (cowbell skit reference), then get "Stirling Coniferous".
Is it older? From the tin days, or a green tub? I ask for a couple reasons, mainly curiosity. The tub I have was one of the first green tub soaps I ever bought, so a couple of years or so? The scent is beginning to noticeably fade. The bottom of the tub just poked through tonight. I also noticed that some of the lighter scented soaps I had from the old tin and puck days were fading off after a few years. I have also found that soaps bought in samples and stored in their original biolefin wrapping, don’t hold their scent very well. Anyway, sorry for the hijack, just wondering aloud?
Inspired by @Michael_W , I went with the Scot’s tonight. The AS is a perfect pair to the soap right out of the bottle, but it does dry down to a fairly subtle, clean scent, that I would say is like mixing Proraso Green and Skin Bracer Wild Moss.
Green tub, bought about six months ago. I use it in rotation with the electric sheep and my frankensoap and frankencream. Stirling is a great performer and I will certainly buy from them again, but will look for a more pine-forward scent .
Not my favorite Stirling scent, but their sheep tallow outperforms their excellent Beef tallow. Always surprised by how great Scott's pine sheep is.
Stirling has sheep, Scott's pine sheep, Port au prince, Electric sheep and Glastonbury for mutton tallow. I use MWF too, only 2 I know of right now.
