Ha, nice analogy. I agree with Stirling too; the scent of Executive Man catches my nose several times after I've used it for my shave.
Soap scent after the shave, a pointless quality?
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Ha, nice analogy. I agree with Stirling too; the scent of Executive Man catches my nose several times after I've used it for my shave.
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How would you rate the strength of Stirling Executive Man? I just got a part of soap and the scent is rather weak. According to everyone, it should smell like Creed Aventus. I can barely smell the Aventus, I only feel the soap base/tallow/whatever it is - smells soapy not fragrance like.
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Yes, pointless. As long as it lasts throughout the shave, you're good.
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I accept that the scent doesn't linger in most cases. I just enjoy it whilst it lasts.
With some artisan soaps, there's an indirect quality indicator - an artisan producer who spends time getting the scents just right may correlate with an attitude of care & attention to detail that carries through to performance.
As much as we choose to deny it, we're likely to be influenced by the user experience of a product as much as its performance. The quality of the packaging, the effort put into the labels, etc, subtly add to the experience we have of a product. In turn, this affects our perceptions of performance. Scents are part of this "experience".
With some artisan soaps, there's an indirect quality indicator - an artisan producer who spends time getting the scents just right may correlate with an attitude of care & attention to detail that carries through to performance.
As much as we choose to deny it, we're likely to be influenced by the user experience of a product as much as its performance. The quality of the packaging, the effort put into the labels, etc, subtly add to the experience we have of a product. In turn, this affects our perceptions of performance. Scents are part of this "experience".
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It's the No.1 seller for Stirling. I had a sample but cannot remember post-shave strength.
It did smell good however. The problem with soaps that linger post shave is that you are limited in your AS selection as a result. After all, you can't wear Brut AS if you used Stirling Spice soap unless you planned on spending the day in a convertible.
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It's the No.1 seller for Stirling. I had a sample but cannot remember post-shave strength.
Yes I know. That's exactly why I am asking, seems kind of odd the best selling soap doesn't smell good or that light as mine does.
I will probably order a sample too see is the problem in my piece of soap or is that the actual scent.
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If you want to try a soap that ticks all the boxes, my personal recommendation would be Panna Crema Nuavia (Blu). I've not found a more pleasant aroma in a soap, and the pre- and post-shave conditioning is second to none.
My bad, I have Sharp Dressed Man which you might know is the Green Irish Tweed clone. I'll confess I haven't tested Creed GIT, but Stirling's offering is a close to Davidoff Coolwater which I know is a close scent to GIT.
Scent strength is 8-9/10 but there is also a strong tallow soap smell that is 4/10 on the same scale.
FYI I have the tin version of Stirling, not the green tub.
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A little off topic, but vintage Davidoff Cool Water is beautiful. The reformulated swill peddled by Coty is garbage in comparison. Hint: reform. Davidoff has Roman font letters in the brand name and vintage has the slanted cursive ones.
