Thread: using glycerine shaving soap

Glycerin soaps are made by the cottage industry suppliers. They usually have the trade mark of great scent and glide but poor protection and a short life. The lather basically is not as good.

Triple milled soaps are from major soap suppliers with big factories. The soaps last longer, give better protection, that is a thicker lather but if you want a great scent, you usually have to pay for it.

The triple milled soaps are IMHO better, but they often don't match the quality of the scents in the home produced product.

The reason is simple. Making good soap is dangerous, because of the chemical process and would be and is difficult to do in a cottage industry. The good quality scents come from essential oils but these are expensive.
Major suppliers have big overheads and the way they skimp on their products is by using synthetic oils which are much cheaper than essential oils and don't give the same level of satisfaction.

It's a conundrum.