Thread: The German Soaps

I only have TABAC and SPEICK, so please add reviews to this if you have Gold-Dachs, Irische Moos, etc.

TABAC



Ah, the special one. Easy to lather, thick creamy (almost shaving cream thick) lather, slick, great close shave, nice and protective. Cool retro ceramic bowl. Maybe face doesn't feel like it does after IK, but certainly good on face. Scent - well, I dig it. Not everyone does. I call it a "sleazy seventies night club scent", though I was too young to really know what seventies nightclubs smelled like - but it kind of invokes for me John Travolta and Farah Fawcett Majors or Cheryl Tiegs in a good sweat after disco dancing. I think some people have skin sensitivity to TABAC but everyone else seems to love it. A real bar setter. Tallow based if you care.

My only regret is no one markets the stick over here, so it's like $35 with shipping.

SPEICK SHAVING STICK



I heard good things about the speick stick, and it's pretty cheap so I got it. I don't get it. The lather is very dry for me. Performance mediocre. Scent mediocre - not as strong as the cream. Lather mediocre. It's an ok tallow based soap, but just ok, and there are so many great sticks and soaps that I'd never bother with this again. If you want a great cheap tallow stick, get valobra or one of the others like La Toja (which I haven't tried but I bet it's better than this). If someone else is finding nirvana with this stick, please chime in and share your secret with me.

Stuff I'd like to try when my wife isn't looking:

1. Irische Moos (tabac with a different scent?)
2. Tabac stick
3. Gold Dachs
4. Revivage (a form of Gold Dachs I think)

A review of German soaps? That's easy. They work well in an unexciting way, come in unttractive but highly functional packages, and smell like unwashed old men (or, in the case of Irish Moos, of unwashed old men in rotting moss). Just lovely.

Stay tuned for more BeBerlin soap reviews. Next in line: Die Seifen des perfiden Albion.

Originally Posted by loueedacat

I call it a "sleazy seventies night club scent"

+1.

Well, if your doing a review , do it in the reviews forum.

I have used an Austrian Soap. Does that count?

Haslinger. Herbal based soaps. I find them to be quite nice with very light pleasant scents.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

I have used an Austrian Soap. Does that count?

According to the Germans, that counts.

Let's see a review!

Originally Posted by loueedacat

According to the Germans, that counts.

Let's see a review!

If I do one can I win the razor?

I like certain German soaps, like Tabac, Speick, Muehle-Pinsel, and Golddachs Spezial very much.

Jeff

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

If I do one can I win the razor?

ummmm......which razor?

Gold-Dachs Spezial is one of my favorites. Only problem is it isn't as hard as the english soaps, so it doesn't last as long. I only get about 10-12 weeks out of a puck, vs 9-12 months out of an english soap (though they're also twice the size, that's still...).

Originally Posted by mparker762

Gold-Dachs Spezial is one of my favorites. Only problem is it isn't as hard as the english soaps, so it doesn't last as long. I only get about 10-12 weeks out of a puck, vs 9-12 months out of an english soap (though they're also twice the size, that's still...).

what do you like about it? scent? creamier lather?