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    Just tried the Vetyver myself for the first time tonight.
    Tom, I will send you a nice sample with your package in Jan. let you decide for yourself.
    I like the scent. It has a subtle, as yet unplacable scent. The one phrank described as a stale smoke. I'm not sure ,to me it's stale smoke, but that's the lead scent in it..will have to try a few more goes and see if I can describe it better.
    Certainly a great lather for three passes tonight, and I'm going to keep sniffing the bowl till I can describe what it reminds me of.
    Nice glass bowl as well. I heard they had switched to plastic, but not on this one.
    Ordered the misses a basket of soaps and sponges to ease my guilt this close to Christmas as well ,lol. It smells amazing! And They threw in a fougere soap sample.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MikeB52 View Post
    The one phrank described as a stale smoke. I'm not sure ,to me it's stale smoke, but that's the lead scent in it..will have to try a few more goes and see if I can describe it better.
    Hell ! My whole house and everything I've got smells like that, and it ain't costing me a dime !!! ................
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    Well second shave with the Rose, and wow, this stuff is really, really nice.

    As far as I'm concerned, the Rose just surpassed the Fougere, and is making a run on the Original.

    The Rose scent is deep, wide ranging, earthy yet without the "dirt" smell, if that makes sense, and it has that subtly deep Rose blossom scent, slightly thick with just a hint of the sweetness to provide a high note. It's a complex soap, and they really got this one right, it's a clear winner and one that I hope they don't discontinue.

    As always, my opinion only.....

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    Well the rose was one I thought I may not like. Sounds as if that is the one to get!
    Maybe next year....Not like I am running out of original anytime soon!
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    thanks Andrew now I have to get more MDC the rose sounds like what I would like, wish they had it in the brain bowl,,, maybe I,ll get the brain bowl in the original and the rose. seeing as I use MDC almost every day I,ll get to use it Tc
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    Quote Originally Posted by tcrideshd View Post
    thanks Andrew now I have to get more MDC the rose sounds like what I would like, wish they had it in the brain bowl,,, maybe I,ll get the brain bowl in the original and the rose. seeing as I use MDC almost every day I,ll get to use it Tc
    So...It is a brain bowl?
    I rather like the ice cream bowl?

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    So, since I like the smell of Route du Vetiver, I had to send for the limited edition of MdC' s vetyver. FWIW this is my opinion.
    The container I got is constructed out of a very high grade plastic. At first I thought is was glass but snapping my finger against it revealed to me the plastic nature of this new container.
    Vetiver is not a smell that appeals to everyone. And to each of us it will appear different.
    Vetiver by MdC is a very light and woody odor. There is a hint of grass and leaves and earth. It is not a girly smell, it is a red blooded man's odor. Some may not like it, I do.
    The soap is a typically top class MdC creation. I face lathered with a M&F (thanks Jimmy) brush, just wet the tips and did a two pass shave. Came out most pleasant. Even did a great job on my neck leaving no fuzz.
    When I put the top back on the container you'd swear the soap had never been touched.
    This is not a soap for those whom are indifferent to the smell of vetiver. If you are not sure, don't bother. But if you are, this is heavenly.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sharptonn View Post
    So...It is a brain bowl?
    I rather like the ice cream bowl?
    no the rose only comes in the jar, that's what I got. with some more original, and some soap for the wife,, ok so now I,m set for a while I still got almost 2 full jars from the last order,,,, thanks Phrank!! Tc
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