Thread: B & M’s Hallows

I’ve never used a Barrister & Mann product before, but their marketing is off the hook. Here is how they describe thier inspiration for a soap! A soap!!

Taking inspiration from the swamps and churchyards of the city, we combine vetiver, oakmoss, black pepper, cocoa, labdanum, and cedar to produce a deep, cold scent suited to the chilly, bitter days of late October. Gloomy, rich, and perversely elegant, Hallows is a reminder of why men once feared the dark.

- https://www.barristerandmann.com/col...-fragrance-oil

Well, it’s not officially fall yet, but it feels fall(ish) enough to me to give the old Hallows a run. Stand by...

So I decided that today my Feather AC would get the call. I haven’t used it in a while and I know two things about Feather: first, on a new blade, it’ll mow through anything. And second, on a new blade, only the best soaps will hide the burn when I run the Alum over it! How would B&M fair? I was dying to find out.

A nice warm shower later, I lathered her up!



Nothing spectacular, but certainly not bad! I threw some on my face and had at it.

Scent: well they say they are emulating the swamps, and though I wouldn’t go that far, it wasn’t spectacular. I can’t quite figure out what I was smelling. Because it’s a fall scent, I want to say pumpkin was one scent, but I could be imagining it. I don’t know. The scent is subtle(ish) though. And though I can’t place it, and it’s not “my” thing, it’s not offensive.

Viscosity: so B&M get a lot of praise for having a really creamy lather, but I didn’t get that here. I’m not sure if this is a tallow soap or not, but it didn’t “act” like one for me. It was ok, but I was really expecting more.

When I rubbed the Alum across my face post shave, though the shave itself was more than comfortable, I got some sting. It’s hard to calm the Feathers first shave... but it can be done. This was in the middle.

So I guess you’re seeing I was rather uninspired. Sigh. I might have been hoping for too much, but then there’s enough left that I might discover after a couple of shaves a new side to it.

I will say this, the aftershave was insane lovely. You got a smashing lot of chocolate to start, then it died into that pumpkin swamp thing. Moreover, my skin feels lovely! Now I’ve just come off of using the Osma soap for a week which is a seriously conditioning soap, so this could be “left over,” but I don’t think so.

I’m looking forward to trying it again.

Thanks for the reviews, David-I like your dog!

Thanks buddy. She’s ridiculous in that she thinks everything is food lol!

She is a real dog. I have3 who stop whatever they are doing as soon as I go into the kitchen.

6 hours later and my face still feels great! Maybe there is more to this stuff than I originally gave it credit.