Originally Posted by
SemperFi
My tins of Jabonman/Eufros tallow formulated soaps, along with accompanying balms, arrived from Spain late last week.
I ordered Manuel's Fougère, Ylang Ylang, Dama de Noche, and Rosa Bourbon, and for the past few days, I’ve put them through their paces…wow, they are spectacular!
All 4 soap’s performance is killer: They lather well and build into nice, thick suds, their lubrication (i.e., glide/slickness) is outstanding with both a straight and easily with a DE, their post shave qualities are great (very moisturizing), and the scents are excellent. Dama de Noche is on the more flowery/sweet side, but that’s not a deal breaker for me during this time of year.
As others have posted, Rosa Bourbon is a sublime rose scent—one of the best I’ve experienced. Later this week I’ll tradeoff between Rosa Bourbon and C&S No. 88 (they’ll be fun to compare). While the soap is more expensive, if one enjoys rose scents, Rosa Bourbon definitely worth a go!
When lathering the soaps, going slow and incrementally adding small amounts water yielded the best lather results for me. I did a quick experiment with adding the about the same amounts of water: quick and incremental. While the volume of water was about the same, adding it quickly didn’t produce nearly the nice, thick lather that slower, incremental additions produced.
The balms are also excellent—the scents closely match the soaps. Not much is needed, they absorbed easily (didn’t get the tacky/stickiness that some balms leave behind), and they all were very skin nourishing.
And doing business with Manuel is outstanding: He’s a nice person, replies quickly to email, and is fast with shipping. He’s a 5-star, class act and outstanding artisan!
Beyond what I purchased, I definitely will add more Eufros to my rotation—Manuel’s soaps hit all the right marks in my book!