Best sandalwood

I love TOBS sandalwood scent but want a better performer. Anyone have anything that gets near that scent but better performance, the proraso red scent was hardly sandalwood IMO.

Castle Forbes Lime shaving cream is a top performer and smells wonderful. I'm planning to try their Cedarwood & Sandalwood next. Maybe someone having experience with it will comment on its scent.

CS is very good scent, not my favorite but it's sandalwood. And you can't beat the performance of CS, it's top tier all the way. Tc

Vintage Art of Shaving Sandalwood soap is probably the best performer and an real Sandalwood scent. Pucks are often still found on eBay. The current AOS Sandalwood cream is also nice. Mystic Water has several nice Sandalwood soaps: Sandalwood, Sandalwood Rose (my favorite), and Vanilla Sandalwood.

My brother gave my and AOS cream at Christmas. The scent is great. But the performance is not the best. I get a nice lather but my face doesn't feel so great when the shave is over. Its not as protective as other creams/soaps. If it wasn't for the scent, I wouldn't bother. I like it more than TOB in terms of performance. The few TOB creams I've used did not impress me at all. Castle and Forbes is great but I don't get any sandalwood from it. Its all cedar to my nose. Proraso is a good choice. Its a good lather, fairly protective, and smells good. The scent is not as good as AOS but good.

Fine Accoutrements makes a sandalwood soap and aftershave. The AS has a nice sandalwood scent. I've not tried the soap but have read positive comments about Fine soaps here at SRP.

I think Captain's Choice makes a sandalwood cream and aftershave, too. The OP might be best served by ordering samples.

Castle Forbes Cedarwood & Sandalwood cream is at the front of a long line. :)

I really like the AoS sandalwood cream. Very nice scent a a very good performer. I also like the Castle Forbes Cedarwood and think it is slightly better performer, but I like the AoS scent better being a pure sandalwood scent.

Has anyone tried the captains choice sandalwood soap, I enjoy their aftershave.

I have the AOS sandalwood scented puck and I love the scent. I have not tried to many soaps so as far as performance I would say it is one of my better performing soaps. On a side note I just bought sandalwood scent body was and stick deodorant and its great stuff, it is Everyman Jack I believe Target sells it or its on line.

I love the TOBS sandalwood soap, and Proraso red.

Don't like the TOBS sandalwood as tho

AoS Sandalwood
Mystic Water Mysore Sandalwood
Mystic Water Sandalwood Rose

Hey RobinK. Thanks for saving me from an unfortunate experiment with CF Cedarwood & Sandalwood -- henceforth known as the rotting graveyard of corpses, including mold. I will try out Meißner Tremonia instead.

Stirling Soap Company has a Sandalwood and Vanilla Sandalwood, I haven't tried them but you can get a generous sample for about $4, and their soaps perform wonderfully. To me, Dr. Harris performs better than TOBS and they have both a sandalwood cream and soap. Haslinger has wonderful reviews and they have a sandalwood puck for only $8.50. I am also a big fan of Wet Shaving Products' soaps and they have a sandalwood soap. Happy testing!

I have a Stirling vanilla sandalwood aftershave, I have not tried on my face but the scent just from the bottle is so overpowering to vanella, it is a lot stronger than a vanilla ice cream, and I just can't perceive any sandalwood. I have been wondering about something, how the real Sandalwood smells like because since I have 4 Sandalwood shaving soap and they are all good performers, they are TOBS, Stirling Sandalwood, St JAMES of London and Proraso. The one scent I like the most is that of TOBS, the other 3 do not come even close, but they are very similar. On the performance side I like the st, James of London shaving cream above all.

I would plus one on the Castle Forbes their performance and scents are excellent. Also you might try Truefitt & Hill and Geo Trumper.

Huh. Some surprisingly harsh words for Castle Forbes Cedarwood and Sandalwood... undeserved, in my opinion.

As an "owner/operator", I would say that (to my nose) the cedar component overcomes that of the sandalwood; nevertheless, I happen to like the balance between them, both in the shaving cream and in the after-shave balm*. People often say that CF products are "pricey"; again, I disagree (perhaps in a different thread).

I do not, however, know of a good, "modern" sandalwood shaving soap, cream, or fragrance (men's, we assume); I continue to nurse a tub of QED Sandalwood shaving soap, and look forward to each time I use it (I wish I could say the same for my tub of Cyril R. Salter Indian Sandalwood, but I cannot).

I have a bit more than half a 3.4oz bottle of Floris Sandalwood (long-ago discontinued), which I use sparingly and not-nearly often enough. Floris has its Santal line of shaving products: shaving cream, after-shave balm, after-shave splash, and eau de toilette; I highly recommend them, all.

* I've read comments about the cedar aroma, comparing it to the cedar shavings often found in a hamster cage; perhaps, but so what? Higher-end steamer trunks, and women's closets, used to be lined with cedar... cigar boxes, too -- still are!

I use the captain Sandelwood. I have the A.S. and balm plus soap. Now i'll admit its the first Sandalwood ive tried but i like it.

I have a tub of TOBS sandalwood--neither my wife nor I think it really smells like sandalwood, but my wife does say it has a clean, manly scent to it, so that's good.

AOS Sandalwood is by far my favorite. I've also tried Stirling Vanilla Sandalwood and it's a lot vanilla and very little sandalwood--great performing soap, though.

Scents are just another personal thing where, as always, YMMV. It's a big reason I'm hesitant to try MdC since can't stand the smell of lavender and wouldn't risk experimenting with their other scents based on reviews here (combined with the high price).

I enjoy C & E sandalwood and the cream and soap both smell nice and work well for me. Their balm is also nice, IMO, and leaves a subtle lasting fragrance. The fact they have an outlet store on my doorstep also helps.