Thread: Sandalwood soaps

When I first got my very first straight razor I also got a sample of Edwin Jagger's sandalwood shave cream and wow what a smell!!! I almost took her out for dinner!
A pitty the cream wasn't that good.

Anyway, now I'm looking for a soap (don't care much for creams) with a sandalwood scent, any suggestions that are quite easy to find? And I prefer the ones that comes with its own container, like the wooden ones.

There is:
EJ's sandalwood soap but I've heard it ain't too good.
Crabtree & Evelyns sandalwood soap, in a wooden bowl and fairly cheap, but I read somewhere in this forum that C&E isn't very good either..anyone who agrees or disagrees?

Any other suggestions?

There can only be 1 sandalwood soap...

QED sandalwood.

I'm sure others will chime in too.

Originally Posted by Maximilian

There can only be 1 sandalwood soap...

QED sandalwood.

I'm sure others will chime in too.

What does QED stand for..never heard about it

This is QED's website: http://www.qedusa.com. Charles, the owner of QED, makes his own products under the name QEDMan usually. His shaving soaps are a glycerin base with an exceptional amount of essential oils in them -- makes them quite fragrant, and makes fans out of man wetshavers. His website can be hard to navigate, but everyone seems to do OK with calling him.

Sandalwood is one of the scents that has many variations. Prett much every manufacturer has their take on what it does/should smell like -- many are a blended scent. QED is supposed to use only genuine sandalwood Essential Oil (EO). Hence, Max's statement above. Though I haven't tried it myself yet. Many report that Art of Shaving (AoS) has a very good sandalwood shaving soap that includes real sandalwood EO too.

I have Taylor of Old Bond Street "Herbal Sandalwood" shaving soap. While it's nice, it is definitely an interpretation/blend. I also like the sandalwood soap from Tryphon.

The Gentlemens Quarter! Colleen's are great.

Originally Posted by xChris

This is QED's website: http://www.qedusa.com. Charles, the owner of QED, makes his own products under the name QEDMan usually. His shaving soaps are a glycerin base with an exceptional amount of essential oils in them -- makes them quite fragrant, and makes fans out of man wetshavers. His website can be hard to navigate, but everyone seems to do OK with calling him.

Sandalwood is one of the scents that has many variations. Prett much every manufacturer has their take on what it does/should smell like -- many are a blended scent. QED is supposed to use only genuine sandalwood Essential Oil (EO). Hence, Max's statement above. Though I haven't tried it myself yet. Many report that Art of Shaving (AoS) has a very good sandalwood shaving soap that includes real sandalwood EO too.

I have Taylor of Old Bond Street "Herbal Sandalwood" shaving soap. While it's nice, it is definitely an interpretation/blend. I also like the sandalwood soap from Tryphon.

Well, I didnt find a single soap on that site, only creams..and all the essential oil products are discontinued.

Originally Posted by Rawaz

Well, I didnt find a single soap on that site, only creams..and all the essential oil products are discontinued.

It's under "Other Products" at the bottom of main page, then under the subtitle "QED Man [USA]"

QED is a mathmatic term and stands for 'quite easily done' it is traditionally writtten after a notation of unraveling a formulae!

Firstly, the Crabtree and Evelyn Sandalwood soap is not only good value it is a very high quality soap that competes with the best. I'm surprised you have been told otherwise. Sometimes we can all get confused between price and quality.

Geo.F.Trumper makes a good one as does Art of Shaving.

The AOS product is exceptional and would be my personal choice because the scent is the closest to pure sandalwood. The other two I mention have a sweeter more synthetic scent.

The three products I mentioned are triple milled, make rich lathers and last for a two to three months of daily shaving.

All three I am sure will fully satisfy.

Originally Posted by Cloudwork

It's under "Other Products" at the bottom of main page, then under the subtitle "QED Man [USA]"

Now I found it thnx!!
But the sandalwood is out of stock