Thread: Let's talk luxury!

So we all have our go to rotation and favorite creams/soaps myself included. I personally tend to run razorock in multiple scents, lotoja, masons boutique, tobs and dr Harris to name a few. I know I have a problem, don't judge. Lol. I'm curious about what's everyone choosing for that rare special occasion shave. Or just that luxury shave. I have 3 choices that I use. Mdc original. Love the scent and post shave feel. Antica barberra colla. Just great performer. And one small little chunk left of original formula xpec. This rarely gets touched for obvious reasons. Xpec is not my fav scent but my god the performance rocks. So what's your luxury choice?

If it's a luxurious scent I am after I reach for Castle Forbes Lime Essential Oil shaving cream. It just smells soooo good and it performs up there with the best too.

Other than that if we are talking luxury I go for Penhaligon's soap. I don't do it often because it is quite pricey but it does seem to last a little longer than many of my other soaps.

I don't really have a luxury scent, but twice a year I work up a lather with my original Nomad soap puck. I was my first soap.

Creed Green Irish Tweed is a great scent and good performer. Something I use when I want a bit of luxury.

There is no special reserve for me. I have a lot of soaps and a lot of top shelf soaps, but they are whatever the day feels like soaps.

Yup, no special reserved for me either. I don't have a soap or cream that won't do the job or has a scent that gags me. So they all pretty much are interchangeable.

Bob

My favorite soap is vintage Geo F Trumper tallow based soap, I break it out for a few weeks a year. That is by far the best lathering soap I have ever tried and I have tried most (except for most modern artisans as there are too many to try and keep up with). My other favorite is Creed Original Vetiver, which isn't an outstanding performer, it is good though, but the scent is intoxicating.

Mwf or baum.be are probably my top two today.

Gentlemen,

I use a small rotation of quality soaps and creams regularly — Martin de Candre, Castle Forbes, Czech & Speake, D.R. Harris and Baum.Be — and without a specific design. The only exception is using Martin de Candre exclusively with my Wiborg brush. Occasionally I use products such as Mitchell's Wool Fat, Wickham 1912 Russian Leather, and so on, for a change of pace. Whatever strikes my fancy on a given morning.

I guess mine would be ToBS Lavender. I use it in regular rotation as well, but every time I do a full on steaming towel relaxing shave, that's the soap I end up grabbing.