Thread: Savon le Père Lucien (Le Père Lucien Soap)

I read the review on "Rasage traditionnel" all 22 pages of it, sounds like this could be a very good shaving soap. The reviews sound very good and the soap has a very light fragrance witch i like a lot. The presentation is superb and the price is right, i almost use Martin De Candre exclusively and sounds like this one is a good contender.
Thanks for posting, be interesting to see some reviews on here about it.

Thanks for that great review. it looks like a really good soap.

Thanks for the heads up on this!

Where is this range available from?

Oh great, another French soap that I'm going to have to get
Stop making such good soaps - you're killing me!

Ordered and eagerly waiting to try this latest soap.

ok so i used this soap. the scent is somewhat similar to the original martin de candre scent. the coloring is an off white similar to mdc. the lathering is really easy and pleasant. the firmness of this soap is different than martin de candre....MDC is a bit harder and this lucien soap is more croap-like. the steel tin seems nice but the lid is a bit tough to put on and off....not a big deal but i have to get my nails under the lid to almost pry it open. i suppose this would be good for travel since the lid stays on easily without becoming ajar. overall i think this is a nice item to add to one's den. the label is nice but i think a waterproof label would be a bit nicer...i just try to keep the lid away from water. i am not sure if i would replace my mdc with this soap...but i wouldnt blame you if you did.

First use of this soap for me this morning, and I too had extreme difficulty removing the lid. For whatever reason I was expecting something stronger in the scent department. From the tin itself I would class this soap as virtually unscented, however, once lathered up there is a faint herbal scent which I find quite pleasing. I bought mine from Barbiere di Figaro. A spanish friend has told me that he has bought two, one from BdF, the other direct. The direct one has a much stronger scent apparently. Whether this is purely down to batch variability, I do not know.
I have bought MdC in the past, twice, and on both counts sold them soon thereafter. Reason? Whilst there is no disputing MdC lathers incredibly easily, I have always found it lacking in post shave quality, leaving my skin feeling dry. Le Pere Lucien is just as easy to lather as MdC but also scores well for me on the after feel. I would pick this soap over MdC any day of the week (YMMV).

Originally Posted by jmsodpc

ok so i used this soap. the scent is somewhat similar to the original martin de candre scent. the coloring is an off white similar to mdc. the lathering is really easy and pleasant. the firmness of this soap is different than martin de candre....MDC is a bit harder and this lucien soap is more croap-like. the steel tin seems nice but the lid is a bit tough to put on and off....not a big deal but i have to get my nails under the lid to almost pry it open. i suppose this would be good for travel since the lid stays on easily without becoming ajar. overall i think this is a nice item to add to one's den. the label is nice but i think a waterproof label would be a bit nicer...i just try to keep the lid away from water. i am not sure if i would replace my mdc with this soap...but i wouldnt blame you if you did.

First try with this soap, LPL Le Savon du Barbier 200gr tin, and would have to agree jmsodpc. I think it is in the same class as MdC but a better value price wise. I am not to sure how much better, if any, LPL is compared to the RR King of the Castle lime hard soap I have been using the past week. The MdC, LPL and RR King of the Castle lime hard soap are all good soaps so for me it boils down to price, scent aside. You can't go far wrong with any of them.

Bob