My First Soaps

Dansco said:
Is it wrong that I'm looking forward to trying the cheap one more than the expensive one? ;)
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If you would have asked me two years ago, I would have said no. Today I'm saying yes, it's wrong. We're all looking for bargains, but I wet shave because I find it interesting and I enjoy myself while doing it. That enjoyment will come from different products used too, and there are a lot of great soaps out there. I regret going on Proraso/Arko/Palmolive/Williams road when I first started out. I ended up with a bunch of soaps that I've thrown away once I've found soaps that were performing much better and had awesome scents too. And yea, I might be like "well, an Arko stick it's only 2 euros, but I've got loads of different cheap soaps that I didn't end up using. That money would have bought me a lot of better soaps that I would have enjoyed using.

It's hard to truly go expensive if you think about it. With a few exceptions, like Acqua di Parma or a few other extremely high priced soaps, most of them are kinda fairly priced. You might pay 20 euros for a Saponificio Varesino soap, but that puck will probably last you more than 100 shaves. Allowing yourself a 0,2 euros luxury each day it's not so crazy if you ask me, just because the quality is there on so many soaps and you really get what you've paid for.

Anyhow, your picks are not really cheap. DR Harris it's pretty overpriced if you ask me, while Tabac it's one of those soaps that are priced just right.
 
GiantDaddy said:
I really want to try Tabac!...
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It's a great soap, BUT the old ladies parlor scent ain't for everyone as it's potent, long lasting & linear. A safer bet is to buy one of the soaps by Fine Accoutrements which is made by the same maker according to those in the know and have a wider variety of better scents:


https://www.fineaccoutrements.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=CSS


P.S. I have both and there is zero difference in performance between the two, i.e., they are the same soap.
 
Bogeyman said:
It's a great soap, BUT the old ladies parlor scent ain't for everyone as it's potent, long lasting & linear. A safer bet is to buy one of the soaps by Fine Accoutrements which is made by the same maker according to those in the know and have a wider variety of better scents:


https://www.fineaccoutrements.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=CSS


P.S. I have both and there is zero difference in performance between the two, i.e., they are the same soap.
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Thanks for sharing. My two fave soaps are Saponificio Varesino and Tabac. Tabac currently edges in front. I'd love to have different fragrances, because Tabac performance is amazing.


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Arlington is one of my all time favorites!

I absolutely adore the scent of Tabac but can't use it as it gives me a day long migraine :(

I even tried to dilute the scent by mixing it with MWF and even though the scent strength halved, the headaches still occurred so i gave my jar to my father.
 
SmurfK said:
If you would have asked me two years ago, I would have said no. Today I'm saying yes, it's wrong. We're all looking for bargains, but I wet shave because I find it interesting and I enjoy myself while doing it. That enjoyment will come from different products used too, and there are a lot of great soaps out there. I regret going on Proraso/Arko/Palmolive/Williams road when I first started out. I ended up with a bunch of soaps that I've thrown away once I've found soaps that were performing much better and had awesome scents too. And yea, I might be like "well, an Arko stick it's only 2 euros, but I've got loads of different cheap soaps that I didn't end up using. That money would have bought me a lot of better soaps that I would have enjoyed using.

It's hard to truly go expensive if you think about it. With a few exceptions, like Acqua di Parma or a few other extremely high priced soaps, most of them are kinda fairly priced. You might pay 20 euros for a Saponificio Varesino soap, but that puck will probably last you more than 100 shaves. Allowing yourself a 0,2 euros luxury each day it's not so crazy if you ask me, just because the quality is there on so many soaps and you really get what you've paid for.

Anyhow, your picks are not really cheap. DR Harris it's pretty overpriced if you ask me, while Tabac it's one of those soaps that are priced just right.
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Me, I,m going in the opposite direction. Started with the expensive soaps and am now leaning toward creams, especially the cheap ones. Palmolive, Omega, LEA and La Toya perform as good or better as the costly soaps and seem to provide the same shaving enjoyment. Not chucking my Valobra, MdC or Spitfire anytime soon, though.
 
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