Thread: Cella revisited

Originally Posted by MJC

They are not the same.
YMMV - but for me the Brick is mo better...

Agree; the list of ingredients may be the same, but the soaps are not the same.
Also agree that the brick is the better soap.

Anyone wanna go halvies then.

I may have asked this in another thread about Cella before but does it actually have almond oil in it? Can anyone post a pic of the ingredients it would be much appreciated!

Definitely smells like it. I am not a fan of eating anything with almond in it but the scent is very nice and not too overpowering.

Well,

After 30 months or so, I am just coming to the end of a 1Kg block of Cella. I found it to be a great soap, I liked the smell and the performance was great.

I kept a small amount in a ceramic pot for daily use, the remainder was in a Ziploc bag in the fridge, there were no storage problems. I did find however that the Cella in the pot would smell a bit fatty/tallow if I didn't use it for a while. This was not an unpleasant smell, just noticeably different than when it first came out of the Ziploc bag (then it would smell like fresh marzipan).

The dilemma is, do I buy another 1 Kg block ? I feel that whilst I would like to continue using it, there's so many other soaps that I have yet to try. I think I will leave the replacement for a while, tyhen when I get nostalgic for it, perhaps just buy a small tub of it.

Pulled out the red tub of Cella this evening. It had been a while, but it makes a good lather, well priced, and I'm pleased to be reminded it needs a place in my rotation along with Mitchell's Wool Fat. Still looking for something else to add to it...

This fellow sells tubs of the brick. He also posts here, TucoRamirez IIRC. So if you want the brick but not so much of it, problem solved.

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Cheers, Steve