Thread: Asheville NC meetup ; April 26-27th

I have been working my way through all the soap and cream samples and finally got around to the citronella candle i mean stirling soap's "electric sheep". I'm of the camp that finds this scent rather repulsive but as with anything, i'll give it a try - once.

First off, what a fantastic gooey lather! I heard he recommends lathering right on top of the puck so i did that for a bit and went to my normal palm lathering. Incredible slick-as-snot lather. I have other Stirling soaps but haven't touched them yet. I'm definitely putting them in the rotation now.

Secondly, the smell is much less pungent once its lathered up. Its almost a bit like a pine/woods scent. Regardless i could see this in my bag for camping - maybe it would work as a bug repellant?

Overall, probably not for me... but really not as bad as HidesToArt expresses in his portrait photo lol.

edit: just read his description/ingredients - sure enough, citronella and pine in there!

That was the look of "Wow" am I really smelling this aroma in a shaving soap. It is unique scent for the discerning man. My favorite is Black Ice.

I have several of the Stirling soaps and like them all. He has a winning blend in his soaps.

Wow! I used the Glacial Spearmint this morning that I got at the meet up and tears were in my eyes before I could even put the razor to my face. And, it got colder with each pass. I think I've tried all of Rod's mentholated soaps and my favorite was the glacial he had in his old formula but I believe this is much colder. You know its cold when you splash on some Osage Rub as after shave and you barley notice it.