Yes, he does. I had a sample of Xecutive Man, thus I'm sure the real thing would provide a better result. Certainly, I've read some very positive reviews on the website. Mtn. was also one of my samples. Worth consideration, that's a fact. And man, you quoted me left and right!! (But I like it).
SOTD September 12, 2018 A Stirling SEptember Prep: Cold water and Stirling mentholated pre-shave soap Blade: Personna Razor: Personna injector Brush: Surrey restored badger Soap: Stirling Green Post: Witch hazel, Country Club for Men Modern Fougere aftershave First use of Stirling Green. Nice scent! This is about half of a sample that @PickledNorthern sent me a while back. Just now getting around to trying it out. High quality as expected with a Stirling product. No complaints! Have a great day.
September 12th Razor: ATT S1 Blade: Bolzano Superinox (2) Brush: Switchback/TGN Finest Pre-shave: Stirling Mentholated Soap: Stirling Satsuma Stirling Orange Chill witch hazel AS: Stirling Satsuma A Stirling shave to start the day! Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk
I'd like to make a correction from an earlier post-in that Maggard Meetup interview with Doc Ezlovan, the Maggard Man was the one who embarrassed me with "Luvin"(not LO-VAN), not Doc Ezlovan himself.
SOTD Stirling SEptember 12th Ever-Ready 1914 CVS CS SE blade(4) Stirling Vanilla Sandalwood Hardright Anchorset (24mm, Frigate Class) Nivea Sensitive ASB Man this Vanilla Sandalwood smells great!
Eventually, I'll need a Sandalwood A.S. to work in with the large amount of Sandalwood soap I still have from WSP.(Their A.S. will be running out on me long before the soap does, probably before this year ends, in fact. With the TSD Shop closing before the year ends, I think I'll get an A.S. with Sandalwood scent.
Today for Stirling SEptember I felt like Mountain Man. Very enjoyable shave. Good luck tomorrow Paul!
SOTD September 13, 2018 A Stirling SEptember Prep: Cold water and Stirling mentholated pre-shave soap Blade: GEM PTFE Razor: GEM G-Bar Brush: Satin Tip 'The Purest' synthetic Soap: Stirling Piacenza Post: Witch hazel, Stirling Piacenza aftershave I really enjoy Piacenza. Clean scent that dries down to a soapy smell on me. Quite enjoyable. Lather quality was exceptional as usual. Can never go wrong with Stirling. Have a great day!
Stirling September continues! September 13th Razor: ATT S1 Blade: Bolzano Superinox (3) Brush: Switchback/TGN Finest Pre-shave: Stirling Mentholated Soap: Stirling Port Au Prince Stirling Orange Chill witch hazel AS: Stirling Pharaohs Dreamsicle Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk
That’s been my shave for the last four days straight. One of those days Was a morning shave immediately before going to work. A wet shaving coworker asked me what I was wearing, and looked puzzled when I told him Mountain Man. I explained who Creed was and then he got it. I apologized for the recently applied fragrance (vs the night before) but I could tell he was impressed with the scent. MORE importantly, my wife likes it.
An awesome shave that froze me to smithereens with the Glacial MITA. The Glacial Unscented balm felt heavenly afterwards!
About a month or so ago my Amy (Amy Warner here on TSD) received our first Stirling order, which almost immediately prompted another lol. We both tried the shave soaps and splashes. Scents being subjective and the great performance of both products known only too well here, all we can really add is WOW, and that we both heartily recommend them to men and women. There's PLENTY of Stirling products for the ladies in all of their categories. If I ever let Amy run out of MITA soap or splash, I'd better be ready to spend that night on the couch with our cats! Its a good thing Stirling shipping and customer service is as top notch as it is! We also tried other products. Our impressions of those include: Mentha Scrub bar soap: Both of us love this stuff. For a scrub, it still lathers extremely well. Though it has the scrub properties, other ingredients don't let it dry out your skin after use. Its got the whole "exfoliate, clean, moisturize, rinse clean" thing down pat. You won't have any problem identifying the menthol feel and fragrance...its definitely not shy! But again, it rinses so clean and leaves your skin moisturized, so the menthol is as enjoyable as it should be to menthol lovers! (We both keep our bar soaps from being sprayed or resting in water so as to make them last longer. I only used this Stirling soap from start to finish. Amy uses hers alongside others, so she still has quite a bit left. In comparison to, say, C.O. Bigelow's menthol scrub bar from B&BW, it didn't last as long. I think my particular bar had some "pockets" that contributed to it deterioratig quicker than the harder, denser C.O. Bigelow). But the Stirling Mentha Scrub Bar performance, after feel, value, fragrance and menthol make the Stirling a superior bar. This will be a staple sop in our shower for sure. I have no idea why, but Amy is a nut for lip balms. I'm sure she has LBAD! She even frequently has so many brands and types that she has to use ones that she can't stand so as not to waste them lol. So we ordered three "flavors" of Stirling. Sangria, Cinnamon, and Pineapple Orange were a part of our first order. I'm just going to randomly pick the scents in our next order. Their lip balms don't have that greasy, annoying feel of the ointment ones, don't feel like you've coated your lips with candle wax and most definitely don't have the odd, off putting fragrance that so many brands do. This is daily use stuff...if you need lip balm for any type of harsh climate or conditions, you might have to look at something more specialized. That being said, Stirling lip balms don't seem to "rinse off" very shortly after application either. With maintenance applications, you're not reaching into your pocket (or purse) every ten minutes if you're spending time outdoors. It does its job, does it well and I haven't had wind or sun burned lips since using it, in spite of spending lot of summer days outside. And, of course, it's a Stirling product, so the fragrance of their lip balm is a fun and pleasant as you would imagine. The scents (flavors?) are a huge, fair way to recommend these instead of just plain goofy smells you find on store shelves. Yep, I use lip balms quite a bit, but its hard for me to find something not kiddy or chemical smelling that I want that close to my nose. The tube type package is oval, and the cap actually stays snapped on in spite of the fact that I carry mine in my pocket with change, keys, a pocket knife etc. I know nothing about shampoo soap bars. It don't know what ingredients one should/shouldn't have, expectations from shampoo in that form, etc. Still, we guess that they wouldn't be different than from shampoo in other forms. Amy has used some other brands, though she hasn't used them extensively or even thought much about them. I have not personally tried the Iced Pineapple shampoo bar she wanted from Stirling, though I have smelled it. I have a feeling most of like the scents of anything Stirling, when our second order arrived, we were smelling the ENVELOPE lol. So it came as a surprise to us when we smelled this shampoo bar...the fragrance was, ummmmm, well, subtle at best. Since Stirling products are only subtly fragranced when they're supposed to be, we weren't/aren't sure what to make of that. We agreed that the overall fragrance we recognized is Pineapple, but it's not PINEAPPLE like we would describe other products if they were the same scent. Normal for a shampoo bar? Surely someone here knows the answer. Amy has used her bar 3 or 4 times, so we're hardly into the idea that we know what shampoo bars do. When I asked her how she liked its performance though, the response was a simple "meh". For some reason, she hasn't been able to get her bar to produce much in the way of lather, and she says that she's disappointed in the way her hair feels after rinsing. Each time she's used it, she had to follow up with something else. Since this "review" is only based on 4 or 5 uses of a product we're not much familiar with, it wouldn't be fair to call this a negative one. I'm simply recording the results we've experienced so far, and I wanted to make it's limited trial usage clear. I'm hoping others here at TSD can chime in with their experiences. We also ordered and have both tried both Stirling Body Butter and Body Lotion. Ahhhhh...now we're back to the same fragrance experience we love from Stirling products! Nothing shy or subtle here...just good doses of their scent magic! The fragrance of the butters and lotions we have are long lasting and typical Stirling fun. Amy is and always will be a B&BW lotion fan. So I was prepared for her to be less than enthusiastic about results from anyone else. Yep.....when I'm wrong, I'm waaay wrong. (I know because I'm wrong a LOT). Performance from both of these products is wonderful. I'm a bigger fan of the butters, Amy preferring the lotion. It's just an application thing I guess. For us, these moisturizers absorb easily and quite quickly . There's no residual greasiness or stickiness for either of us. The beneficial moisturizing lasts a long time, too. It works well for both of us at bedtime, and skin still looks good and feels good in the morning. We both use it at other times, of course. Again, Amy picked MITA s her lotion scent after reading so much about it here on TSD. She's a huge fan of that scent now in the lotion as well. I'm not saying a Stirling Lotion would ever replace her B&BW ones but I'm certain there will be at least one in her collection. To us, reordering more Stirling Body Butter or Body Lotion is a no-brainer. Value, skin feel, and those Stirling fragrances make for a great lotion experience! Sorry for running so long...but I wanted to give some Stirling products that aren't shave soaps or splashes some attention. I know I've seen others here on TSD talk about them too, so we thought we'd share our experiences (not really a "review").
Wow, awesome write up! Loved reading your comments. I love the lotions and body butters too. The residual slickness of the butter (not greasiness) is great for massage and night time applications. For shampoo bars, maybe you should try orange chill. My 21 yo son loves the feeling and says that his hair is softer now. Happy shaving all! PS: Like your new avatar as well.
