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I must confess to reading SOTD regularly... every day. As well as ogling the pretty pictures and lusting after a vintage razor or several, what I really pay attention to is the soap or cream that people use. Especially when cross referring to the Acquisitions thread. It's got me thinking about the different philosophies we all seem to have about using soaps. I haven't noticed that any of us are of the functional, spartan mindset of using one soap and one soap only (although this may be a desired 'endgame' for some). On the other side of the coin, I can't think of anyone who has as many open soaps as weeks there are in a year. At the same time, some members prefer to have only a small selection of soaps open at any one time whereas others have no qualms with having a multitude of open soaps on the go.
I myself have presided over a proliferation of product over a period of months - both in rotation (open) and in stock (unopened). (Sorry, got carried away with alliteration!). I've gone from 1 soap to 11 (not including duplicates/replacements) with plans for 3 more - but only 6 open. I have some bizarre aversion to opening too many that strikes me as perfectly rational. To some that'll be modest whereas to others it'll be OTT. What do you do then? Basically, to what extent has SCAD/SSAD got a grip on you and how's it playing it? Do you have a preference for soaps or creams? Are you a hoarder or a Spartan? Do you have a strict rotation (i.e. Tabac on Monday, Cella on Tuesday etc) or do you pick whatever jumps out at you from the cupboard as you wet the brush? What other soap habits do you have?
For what it's worth:
I myself have presided over a proliferation of product over a period of months - both in rotation (open) and in stock (unopened). (Sorry, got carried away with alliteration!). I've gone from 1 soap to 11 (not including duplicates/replacements) with plans for 3 more - but only 6 open. I have some bizarre aversion to opening too many that strikes me as perfectly rational. To some that'll be modest whereas to others it'll be OTT. What do you do then? Basically, to what extent has SCAD/SSAD got a grip on you and how's it playing it? Do you have a preference for soaps or creams? Are you a hoarder or a Spartan? Do you have a strict rotation (i.e. Tabac on Monday, Cella on Tuesday etc) or do you pick whatever jumps out at you from the cupboard as you wet the brush? What other soap habits do you have?
For what it's worth:
- In use: Cella; La Toja soap stick; Mitchell's Wool Fat; Proraso green soap; Proraso white soap; Speick cream
- In stock: Geo F Trumper Coconut Oil cream; Institut Karité soap; Lea soap stick; Palmolive soap stick; Speick soap stick
- In the pipeline: Martin de Candre; Valobra stick; Vitos Extra Super Coconut