Thread: Favorite Sandalwood cream & soap?

Like others have said the Proraso Red is nice. It has a lingering scent that is just right to me.

Favorite sandlewood cream is Castle Forbes.

My current favorite sandlewood is AoS and I have both soap puck and cream. Both have great sandlewood scent. I also have tried the Crabtree and Evelynn and I like the soap, but I just can't detect any sandlewood scent. Smells closer to MWF than sandlewood. Clean lanolin type smell and I like it, but not sandlewood. SRD has there own brand of sandlewood soap and the scent is very strong sandlewood, but while soap is not bad, it's not great either IMO. I have not tried proraso red or TOBS, but will put them on my list.

The SRD Sandalwood is a different animal. It is made with essential oil and not fragrance oils. To get the most out of it, you really need to load up your brush. Shake your brush after soaking, then whisk in the soap, touch of water and whisk again for a few seconds. Repeat this several times and then a touch more water and lather away. Big suds with a lot of cushion and glide when you load up the brush correctly.

Have fun.

I always thought the AOS sandalwood smelled great. But there was something in it that made my face light up like a break light in rush hour traffic. I had to stop using it. Since then I've settled on Proraso Red. In fact, today's shave was Proraso Red with Captains Choice Sandalwood aftershave. I've always liked DR Harris so I may give that a try too.

Haven't tried many but the SRD sandalwood is what I have. With my smeller I can't smell a thing but the lather it provides is outstanding. It takes me just a minute with my old brush and not much longer with the new one to create a lather that is smooth and easy on the face. The razor just glides over and through the beard with little effort. The sandalwood and the Sweet Patchouli from SRD so far are my favorite. For me the sandalwood doesn't leave any sent that would mix with the after shave I us or at least that's what the wife says.

Originally Posted by Optometrist

AoS Sandalwood is my all time favourite, followed by the new D.R. Harris.

Is the scent at all similar?

AOS Sandalwood has a most intoxicating scent. Good performer generally but seems to dry a bit fast for me.

honeybee Sue sandalwood soap
not too sweet, but good strong woodsy base notes
lingers nicely after the shave

Originally Posted by Phoenix51

AoS Sandalwood will get best of show. Proraso Red and TOBS Sandalwood are however VERY close contenders.

Have any of you fellas used Stirling (Sandalwood)? Wondering how it compares to Proraso or something in the same price bracket.