The Obie Memorial First Tier Soaps and Creams Thread.

[cudarunner]

Quebec City gents, never been, and the box was so fragrant I wanted to climb in it. Best smelling packing peanuts ever!
I'm keeping two of them, the other three heading to homes to the west and south of me..

How's your French? I believe you'll need it!

[MikeB52]

I know enough French to order two beers, a pack of smokes, and get slapped by the waitress, hehehe.
And oh, just had to share a couple pics of my rental!!


Things got balls boys.

[sharptonn]

Make you throw rocks at your old shit, eh? Eh?

[HopChugger]

Maybe this has been discussed in this very long thread somewhere else, but I was noticing in Obie's original, very solid list of 1st Tier soaps, there seems to be very little tallow involved. There's a little in here (C&S and D.R. H) but not much. Here's the original list...

Martin de Candre soap, Castle Forbes cream, Xpec cream, Le Pere Lucien soap, Czech & Speake's Oxford & Cambridge soap, Esbjerg cream, Baum.Be. cream, D.R. Harris soaps, Alvarez Gomez cream, Penhaligon's cream, Klar Seifen soap, PannaCrema Nuavia Blu.

I think this is interesting because after paring down my enormous soap collection into my best performers, there's not much tallow to be found either.

To be fair, I recently got a tallow soap from Regiment that is great and another from The Holy Black, so I'm in no way anti-tallow. Just an observation.

[Augustagj]

The only Tallow based soap I ever had was Orange Chill by Sterling Soap Company. I thought it performed very well. When I moved to seven total soaps / creams, it did not make the cut however.

[Phrank]

Maybe this has been discussed in this very long thread somewhere else, but I was noticing in Obie's original, very solid list of 1st Tier soaps, there seems to be very little tallow involved. There's a little in here (C&S and D.R. H) but not much. Here's the original list...

Martin de Candre soap, Castle Forbes cream, Xpec cream, Le Pere Lucien soap, Czech & Speake's Oxford & Cambridge soap, Esbjerg cream, Baum.Be. cream, D.R. Harris soaps, Alvarez Gomez cream, Penhaligon's cream, Klar Seifen soap, PannaCrema Nuavia Blu.

I think this is interesting because after paring down my enormous soap collection into my best performers, there's not much tallow to be found either.

To be fair, I recently got a tallow soap from Regiment that is great and another from The Holy Black, so I'm in no way anti-tallow. Just an observation.

I actually prefer tallow based soaps, I find they perform better usually...this list, somewhat amended is probably my top 5:

Martin de Candre soap, Castle Forbes cream, Czech & Speake's O&C / 88 soap, D.R. Harris hard soaps, Penhaligon's hard soaps, Klar Seifen soap, PannaCrema Nuavia's, and I'm a reconvert to MWF.

[Steve56]

Maybe this has been discussed in this very long thread somewhere else, but I was noticing in Obie's original, very solid list of 1st Tier soaps, there seems to be very little tallow involved. There's a little in here (C&S and D.R. H) but not much. Here's the original list...

Martin de Candre soap, Castle Forbes cream, Xpec cream, Le Pere Lucien soap, Czech & Speake's Oxford & Cambridge soap, Esbjerg cream, Baum.Be. cream, D.R. Harris soaps, Alvarez Gomez cream, Penhaligon's cream, Klar Seifen soap, PannaCrema Nuavia Blu.

I think this is interesting because after paring down my enormous soap collection into my best performers, there's not much tallow to be found either.

To be fair, I recently got a tallow soap from Regiment that is great and another from The Holy Black, so I'm in no way anti-tallow. Just an observation.

I have had exactly the same thought Hopchugger, other than Valobra tallow, L&L (scents aren't there yet), and Boellis, my best list is nearly all non-tallow. In no order, I Coloniali soap and cream, Atkinson's for Gentlemen (same as I Coloniali cream), PdP, MdC, Castle Forbes, ABC cream and soap, AdP, XPEC, and I suspect SMN except that I am not a menthol eucalyptus fellow.

Cheers, Steve

[ZipZop]

I actually prefer tallow based soaps, I find they perform better usually...this list, somewhat amended is probably my top 5:

Martin de Candre soap, Castle Forbes cream, Czech & Speake's O&C / 88 soap, D.R. Harris hard soaps, Penhaligon's hard soaps, Klar Seifen soap, PannaCrema Nuavia's, and I'm a reconvert to MWF.

Aloha!

I agree. I am more of a fan of Tallow soaps than I am of Glycerin. There are quite a few good artisan Tallow soaps I've enjoyed. Currently on a Stirling soap kick. I also enjoy their matching aftershaves. The Grapefruit Menthol that I got a few weeks ago has been amazing.

I'm ordering their Iced Pineapple with menthol soon. This is a seasonal soap an in short supply. Have to get it while it's available. Plus, as a part-time Hawaiian, there is probably a state law that I have to use Pineapple soap.

-Zip

[Augustagj]

I really like Santa Maria Novella.

[evnpar]

I really like Santa Maria Novella.

The newest version of SMN (V.3), is one of my Tier 3 soaps. I find it to be extremely slick and perfect for straight razor shaving, and has a terrific post shave feel. On the other hand, I couldn't lather V.2 for the life of me, no matter what technique I used.