Nice ! Looking foward to your final verdict.
I'm waiting for a brush from him,while i was on his site i had noticed these, strong n scotish,himalayan heights looked interesting.
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Nice ! Looking foward to your final verdict.
I'm waiting for a brush from him,while i was on his site i had noticed these, strong n scotish,himalayan heights looked interesting.
Thanks!
Now I have more soaps and products to try out!
Do they have a website in English or do I need to learn "ze German?"
How do you see their website in English? Oops, Just saw that someone else asked the same question. :beer2:
Mike
Right button mouse key,then translate to english.
I am afraid that for the time being, you will have to learn zer German. Or use a translation service: Site, Shop. I asked, and they would ship to the US.
Maybe an update on the products' performance: The pre-shave soap is a must. Just get it. It is great stuff. Given the choice between the paste (aka cream) and the soap, I have no preference. The paste is very densely packed, and has a stronger scent. If you are looking for something a bit more subdued, get the soap. But they are good products. They are not Alvarez Goméz/Castle Forbes/Domenico Caraceni/XPEC good. But better than any other artisan products I have tried, except Baume.be, Esbjerg, and Savonnerie du bon Berger.
Robin, have you tried any of the Fitjar shaving soaps?
I agree with you with Forbes & Gomez soaps but I put the Fitjar up there with them too.
I will give these a try. Thanks.
jaycey, I have indeed. They would be on my list of products to recommend, too. In theory. In practice, they have become very hard to come by (like the defunct Caraceni, and, regrettably, XPEC). But they were very good.
However, Meißner Tremonia excel in scents and packaging. When you order, give Thomas Meißner my regards. He is extremely pleasant to deal with, and I wish them much luck and success.
Since things have changed a bit here since I was last active, and ad hominem attacks seem to have become quite popular, I can provide a picture of my bill (€247 if memory serves me right). I have no stocks in this company, I do not get freebies for pushing them, either. I tried them, and I like them.
If I saw right they only accept wire transfers. That to me is a killer.
Pretty typical of German business's I have dealt with, wire transfers.
I have a German friend here in the UK that sorts that out for me with his German bank account ;)
They do not. They accept PayPal.
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Bollocks, jaycey. As you can see in the picture above, they do accept PayPal. :)
Golly, I feel like a pusher already. Tell you what, if you want samples first, let me know. Their products will last for a very long time, and I do not mind losing a bit. Nelson, you want some? jaycey? Shipping is on me. Next in line gets another free sample. Dark Limes only, because I am giving the rest to friends (1) and family (2).
That's odd, when I checked the site I didn't see paypal. As a matter of fact for overseas you have to go through this long winded process of selection and then they send you an email which only mentions their bank and says nothing about paypal.
I know I shouldn't have taken Spanish as a foreign language.
Nobody expects a Spanish customer... In my opinion.
On a more serious note, I logged in with my local (ie German) credentials. It should not make a difference, but then again, who understands modern software. You can either persevere, or I can call them tomorrow and see if anything can be done about this. Probably, the easiest thing for them to do would be to find a US based retailer. In the meantime, get some Alvarez Goméz, or Esbjerg, if you have not done that already. Because they are outstanding products in their own right.
Just a quick update. Their stuff just got even better. Because the first publicly available batch was found to be difficult to lather, Meißner Tremonia quickly reacted. The results are below (the sample is Black Beer No 1, by the way).
I have not tried a more exciting product in years. For me, it beats Castle Forbes, which has been my benchmark since 2008.
Hi, Robin
Can You describe "Black Beer No.1" soap scent?
On G+ (I'm Pierpaolo on there ;)) you say just It is great, but on the web description is so generic.
Maybe you can help ...
Hello, Pierpaolo,
I know who you are. ;) It is a citric scent (more Litsea cubeba than lime) that has nothing to do with the scent of Schwarbier. They just use it for its skin appeal.
I hope that helps.
I have it and it's a really unique scent and hard to describe. It has some citrus but it has kind of a beer tone to it. It's not for everybody.
@Robin
Thanks for help.
Now I can undertand, It's very difficult to "read" these scents ... quite unique.
That's what I call a huge bunch of samples!!! :beer1: :beer1: :beer1:
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Sorry for link to Italian forum, but my first tests on MT soaps samples is too long and not so easy to translate with my poor English.
Hope GTrans will help.
BTW, as costumer, as collector, as pharmacist ... I'm very impressed!!!
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I would like to thank ischiapp for the thorough review. Here it is in English (sort of, via Google translation): review. Having tried a number of Meißner Tremonia's products, I would like to second what Pierpaolo said: These products are out of the ordinary. More than that, they give every soap, and most creams, I know a run for their money.
While many products these days are capable of producing adequate lather, not too many deliver skin care properties that are worth mentioning. Castle Forbes, Esbjerg, Alvarez Gomez, or Martin de Candre are notable exceptions. Meißner Termonia beat all of them in the skin care department in my opinion, and their overall performance is remarkable.
Add to that the fact that you are looking at a true artisan product, and you have a winner. Your mileage may, as always, vary, but I am hooked.
Can anybody give us an idea of how much they paid for shipping to the US?
Too much. Their products will become available through a well known and trustworthy vendor shortly, though, I was told.
Yes, too much. I had a pretty big order and I paid around 60 Euros shipping. However it arrived in just a few days DHL.
Any word yet who this USA vendor might be?
Hey Robin, is that third sample still going begging?
I'm sorry, but those were gone faster than you can say "sample". On the up side, they should become available in the US quite shortly. German and Italian forums like them a lot, and I am sure so will you guys.
In the meantime, I have sent all my other products (except Alvarez Gomez, Baume.be, Castle Forbes, Esbjerg, Green Mountain Soap, and Penhaligon's) into retirement. The Meißner Tremonia products really are that good.
Oh well, it is always worth asking. Thanks for the thorough review. I am planning on holding off on any new purchases until I run down the 100 tonnes of product I already have.
For the pendants among you 100 tonnes is hyperbole, but i do have a fair bit of soap and cream to work through.
Well, it won't be long, that much seems certain. And it will be well worth the wait, I can assure you of that. In the meantime, use up what you have.
And yes, stopping to buy new stuff is a useful idea. I recently found out that I had about 1.5kg in "oh, let's try this, because everyone says it's great stuff" products. And that is not mentioning the more pedestrian products I immediately threw away.
So, thank you for your kind words. As you may remember, I used to write a lot of such reviews. Unfortunately, they all went down the drain because the software update broke the reviews section (in general, not just here). I wonder if it would not make sense to use the Wiki (aka "library") for this purpose. Moderators and mentors should, between themselves, be able to write expert reviews. Because there are far more than enough consumer reviews around. The world needs more quality and less quantity. Preferably from people with a wide range of experience across all levels of quality. But that is, of course, neither here nor there. Just an idea.
Good news! I just received an email from them stating that their products will be available from SRD in early- to mid-April.
Robins review was excellent, and I am going to give these products a try.
Before reading this, just this morning I decided to do a soap organization and separate the what I tried and went, "meh", to the stuff I actually like to use. I've decided that I don't need to be beholden to a tub of soap, compelled to use it just because I purchased it, and stay with just the soaps I truly enjoy, and if I want to change things up, I know I'll have a very large box of soaps to pick from.
In terms of not buying anything new to try, won't be doing that, as I said when I started wet shaving, spending money on this is much better than booze, hookers, and smuggling and it seems the wife agrees!?!:)
I've been using the stuff for months now.
I originally had some from an "off" batch which I'm now using as shower soap but the newer batch is fine.
It's a really different soap. You can't compare it to anything else out there. It's about the only soap I know of that contains ingredients actually good for your skin as opposed to making your skin feel good. The scents are unique but not for everyone. Some are really on the sophisticated side. If you like the scents it could really be your go to soap.