White Company - New Soap

[Sabre]

Although I don't tend to use them, I do have the habit of picking up new British soaps - Portland, Nougat, Molton Brown.
They don't tend to be expensive.

The White Company have a shaving soap
Called Aspen currently reduced to £16.80 from £28.00. It reminds me of the Arran Aromatics soaps

http://www.thewhitecompany.com/uk/Aspen-Shave-Soap-and-Bowl/p/ASDSS

 

[pjgh]

I've just bagged one myself @Sabre and ... yes, the formulation is pretty much spot-on Arran Aromatics (branding prior to Sense of Scotland) and Woods of Windsor. Distinct similarities with C&E, Pen's & Trumpers soaps, too so guess it's a Floris/Broad Oak derivative.

 

[Roy]

Must look at this as there's a store where I live.
Shaving soap seems new to the company. Yorkshire soap has just started selling shave cream and very good it is too. Maybe there's a new demand for decent Shaving soap.

 

[Roy]

I've just bagged one myself @Sabre and ... yes, the formulation is pretty much spot-on Arran Aromatics (branding prior to Sense of Scotland) and Woods of Windsor. Distinct similarities with C&E, Pen's & Trumpers soaps, too so guess it's a Floris/Broad Oak derivative.

Is it any good?

 

[pjgh]

Yet to arrive @Roy but I do have other soaps with this very formulation (or rather listing and order of ingredients) and they're very good in my books. I like British triple-milled a lot.

 

[pjgh]

Must look at this as there's a store where I live.
Shaving soap seems new to the company. Yorkshire soap has just started selling shave cream and very good it is too. Maybe there's a new demand for decent Shaving soap.

I am pretty sure it's discontinued now. I got mine from eBay.

I used it first time this evening and found it absolutely lovely - performance is akin to any of the London houses before the bad formulations early to mid-2010s.

 

[pjgh]

Is it any good?

Yet to arrive @Roy but I do have other soaps with this very formulation (or rather listing and order of ingredients) and they're very good in my books. I like British triple-milled a lot.

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