The Obie Memorial First Tier Soaps and Creams Thread.

[mlucassr]

What about Saponificio Varesino 70th Anniversary
Great soap Top Tier

[Obie]

What about Saponificio Varesino 70th Anniversary
Great soap Top Tier

I like Saponificio Varesino, the entire line. I love the fragrance and the lather. The glide is good, too. Yet, I find something missing in the cushion. Not only that, but the face feel after the shave. Something is not happening with this soap — for me. That's why I have placed the entire line in the Second Tier. On the other hand, don't forget, this is only my opinion, the way I feel about these soaps and creams. You may think otherwise, and that's fine. No argument there.

[mlucassr]

I can go for that maybe a tweener, sometime I love it other it's ok, I do like Razorock a little more

[DetailMan]

I could never make L'occitane Cade soap work beyond adequate until I tried lathering it with a horsehair brush. I received it, with the cool stainless bowl, as a gift. Not a top tier for me but, it's fairly good considering the reasonable price of replacement pucks. I do enjoy it's light scent. I didn't finish the puck I had, so I'm using the lovely bowl as a sample soap container for now.

[Daro]

I like Saponificio Varesino, the entire line. I love the fragrance and the lather. The glide is good, too. Yet, I find something missing in the cushion. Not only that, but the face feel after the shave. Something is not happening with this soap — for me. That's why I have placed the entire line in the Second Tier.

I ordered this soap at the same time as Le Pere Lucien soap and was surprised that it was overshadowed by Le Pere Lucien soap. It is nice with great packaging, but expected more based on the feedback from others. Obie, your list will dictate which soaps I buy next. I often read rave reviews about a soap and am disappointed when I try it. No disrespect to anyone's view but unless someone has tried a fair number of soaps, they may have a different perspective. As a result I have wasted money on T3 soaps and some of your T2's that don't work for me. Possibly that can be the next tip of the month, be selective of the the soaps out there and order some from Obie's T1 list when you first start out 😀. I think your list should be a sticky.
Obie not sure if you have tried any of the Gentlemans's Tonic creams but this is another soap that would be in the T1-2 range for me

[Obie]

Daro,

Le Pere Lucien is a remarkable soap. Of course, it will overshadow Saponificio Varesino. Le Pere Lucien, which share similarities with Martin de Candre, works for me in every possible way. There are some new scents. I'm particularly interested in trying the Lavender/Vetyver version. I have been using the original scent from the start a couple years ago. The Gentleman's Tonic Creams I have not tried.

[DetailMan]

Ok, where does Boellis Panama 1924 shave soap shake out in all this? I've been pondering the coffret version 'cause I'm a sucker for pretty packaging.

[OCDshaver]

I like Saponificio Varesino, the entire line. I love the fragrance and the lather. The glide is good, too. Yet, I find something missing in the cushion. Not only that, but the face feel after the shave. Something is not happening with this soap — for me. That's why I have placed the entire line in the Second Tier. On the other hand, don't forget, this is only my opinion, the way I feel about these soaps and creams. You may think otherwise, and that's fine. No argument there.

I have to agree with you here. I picked up a puck of this and it lathered great, smelled good enough. But the rinse left me thinking it wasn't so great. Not bad, but with a full inventory of soaps that are working great, why bother?

[mlucassr]

I love LPL, and MDC as well
Great T1 soaps, Saponificio Varesino is pretty good, I some dudes that swear by it, I actually gave mine to one those cats glad to someone else agrees.

[mainaman]

I love LPL, and MDC as well
Great T1 soaps, Saponificio Varesino is pretty good, I some dudes that swear by it, I actually gave mine to one those cats glad to someone else agrees.

LPL never worked for me, SV is works for me especially their last formulation. For me SV is a bit finicky with the water ratio and thus not top tier soap from that perspective.