Originally Posted by
Phrank
The New City, which when you open the container, smells ghastly, like raspberries and something dark and scary, but once lathered, wow! The Irving Park was within the envelope of what you'd expect a soap to be, but the New City just shatters expectations of what a shaving soap can be. The raspberry settles right down, and provides a bottom end, the leather and black suede (Oud AFAIC) are very present, and again, the saffron, Amber and especially the Frankincense make appearances to the nose as you shave. I was surprised at the end of the shave, after expecting not to like this one based on opening the container, I actually liked it MORE than the Irving Park...so can't wait to try Northerly Island.