My face felt frozen as hell after I used the Glacial Spearmint soap, balm, and the Alcolado Glacial splash. No idea what'll be in tomorrow's setup!
SOTD Stirling SEptember Schick Repeating Razor C1 Personna Stirling 24MM synthetic Stirling Mountain Man soap and AS
Vanilla and caramel-just the way I would have described the splash.But I still have lots of soap to go to carry me through the winter(along with my others).
I went to look over the scent descriptions and saw Christmas Eve soap. Was this one out before? It is listed as Winter season. Christmas Eve - With a base blend of pine, fir, evergreen, and mistletoe, and top notes of warm vanilla, cranberry, and seasonal spices, this scent is sure to put you in the Christmas spirit. (Fragrance Oil - Availability: Winter) Is sounds awesome. This will be on MY Christmas list!
I thought this issue might be worth a discussion here at The Stirling Exchange. Occasional reviews for Doc Ezlovan's products discuss other products as well, when the idea should be "What do you think of THIS product?" In addition, you'll find sentences that begin with "Like all other Stirling products, this was great(or words to that effect)". If I'm interested in what users have been writing about Sharp Dressed Man soap or A.S., it doesn't help me to read that SDM is just as good as all the others. I know, I know.....it's a free country, but I do think that it's best to stick to the product you're reviewing..
This will be like a record for me. No Stirling shave for two days straight. At least I'm using the wonderful mentholated pre-shave soap. For my showers I'm still using only Stirling bath soaps.
Anybody else get the feeling almost as if you are cheating on Stirling when you use another company. I have some Barrister and Mann on the way im excited about lol. Im a pretty brand loyal person for most of my hobbies though
I have to admit that I really enjoyed using a non-Stirling soap this morning. (TSD Iced Subzero) Tomorrow however it's going to be Electric Sheep.
I'm lucky, Barbershop is one of my wife's favourites. I agree with the subtle differences between soap and splash, although the powdery notes do come out more on the dry down in the AS. I apologize for trying to sound like I actually know what I'm talking about in describing a scent...
SOTD Stirling SEptember Schick Injector L1 Personna(2) Stirling Boar Stirling Iced Pineapple soap and AS My last shave of Stirling SEptember and I decided to go back to the setup that gave me one of the smoothest shaves of the month. Once again the shave was spectacular! My face became "comfortably numb" with the Iced Pineapple and the L1 loaded up with the Personna was smooth as silk! Another positive is that my Stirling Board did not shed a single bristle last night, so hopefully its shedding has come to an end. Have a great weekend my friends!
Go easy on us, Paul. It's just a gab fest, that's all. From post number one: "....but I thought maybe we should have one, dedicated thread where we can just talk all things Stirling...." We're over three thousand posts. Since there are only fifty or so scents, and twenty-ish of us regulars, if we stuck to straight up reviews we'd have ended the thread a couple of thousand posts ago.
So I did a little looking. On all of the larger shaving forums, on two continents no less, The Stirling Exchange is by far the largest and most continuous active thread on Stirling products. On TSD, it is easily the biggest product line oriented thread here. The SOTD types have accrued more posts over the years, but The Exchange is the biggest of any user group types. We rock.
Sounds like Rod @ezlovan needs evangelists on other forums. I'd bet there are more Stirling fanboys per capita on TSD than anywhere else. Also, FWIW I'm participating in a huge soap sample Pass Around on B&B, and the Stirling samples have very weak scents and are not good representations of what has become one of my favorite soap brands. It might be worth reaching out to dfoulk over there for a reboot.
Some of the other forums (like the one you mention) would never allow a thread like this unless Rod was willing to pay the nearly extortionist vendor fees. Threads like that have a way of vanishing in the night without a trace. I think there is probably every bit as big of a fan/customer base on Wicked Edge, but the Reddit format isn't really set up for a dedicated thread. I think the issue with the samples, and especially the ones donated to passarounds, is that people have them laying around in the cupboard for a long time before they decide a passaround would be a good use, and their packaging isn't conducive to that. I know I have done that. I get a sample, and most of the time I already have the scent, or have tried it in the past, so it sits there until I tuck them in with a BST package, or PIF them to a newbie. They probably aren't at their strongest by then.
Oh, I didn't mean to focus my comments on TSD Stoylin users alone. I was referring mainly to the reviewers on Rod's website who do what I've been talkinabout, with no regard as to what shaving sites they are members of. Certainly no harm meant, but I'll take the 2:00 minor foul for the face-off violation.
Ozark is definitely one of my favorite soaps. A bath soap favorite too. Now if we could only get it in mutton.......
