I am a big ARKO fan & yes I like the scent. I also like La Toja, Palmolive, Speick, Tabac, Wilkinson stick, Boots Sticks.
One soap I cannot say enough about is Kells original its made with Aloe Vera & Hemp oil and the lather is slick, thick and goopy. The skin care is up their with Wool Fat.
The hallowed Wool Fat; Like Antdad I have some fairly hard water. So hard in fact it has to be chewed before it can be swallowed...That a side as I have tried distilled & other bottled waters as well as 5 different boar brushes , one mixed & two badger, silvertip & 2 band, it does not seem to make any difference to the lather. This soap will never be an ARKO or Tabac and it does take a bit more effort to get the best out of it, but, I have never had a bad shave with MWF. The scent is excellent. I have accepted the fact about the lather & it will have a place in my rotation.
Prairie Creations Tallow & lanolin soap. This stuff is way different to MWF. It lathers like Tabac - almost as easily - and has the skin care of the lanolin.
Soaps on my to try list ; Henks, Soapal's
since I wrote this i have had some good success with Wool Fat. I submerge the cake while I am in the shower. The brush is soaked at the same time in a mug. I drain the soap dish & allow the brush to drain only - so it is what i would call VERY WET - way wetter than with any other soap. I then twirl on the puck for ~30seconds & there are airy suds all over the joint. But, in the brush is the lovely slick & glinting lather.
I am not claimg that this is the way to lather Wool Fat, it works for this kid.