Gentlemen,
I notice that after a relatively short time I tire of artisan soap fragrances. What really smelled good to me at the beginning no longer does. Nothing has changed in the soap's content, since it has not been that long, really. Yet, the fragrance grows old. Noticeably so, I might add.
A good example is Oleo Soapworks' Irving Park. I loved the fragrances at the beginning, which was not long ago, but this morning while lathering, I wished I were lathering with another soap. I have felt the same way after a relatively short time with every other artisan soap I have used. Although the lather, cushion and glide are unchanged, the fragrance yawns. Something goes out of it for me.
That is not the case with the great classics. I loved Tabac's fragrance from the first day I lathered with it — and still do. The same with Mitchell's Wool Fat. The D.R. Harris range — some their fragrances I like more than others, but overall none tires me. The same thing with Czech & Speak; Baum.Be; Klar Seifen; Provence Sante Verlaine, and so on. And of course, the great ones: Castle Forbes and Martin de Candre. I never tire of these fragrances.
I can't put my finger on. Well, it could be only me, I don't know. Yet I am curious to know if you gentlemen have the same experience. I don't mean to detract from overall quality of these fine artisan soaps and creams. It's only the fragrance that drifts away from me.