Gentlemen,

In my youth, I used Williams soap a few times. I loved the fragrance: clean and soapy, like stepping into a barbershop. Whether the soap was any good or not was not that much of a consideration; I was too uneducated in the proper shaving world. I used other soaps, too, one of which must have been Van der Hagen.

Looking back on those days, with today's vast supply of fine shave soaps and creams available, the only thing I miss about the Williams is the fragrance. I love that fragrance — as I do the old time barbershops.