Thread: cheap tabac

Tabac is one of the best. A must have in your shave den. It's one of the few soaps still using Tallow HELP Me out Joeman..It's great. I kinda like the smell, I don't think it's bad at all, but if you don't, that's cool too, You'll get used to it....

http://www.theshaveden.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4763

It's listed as Sodium Tallowate and Potassium Tallowate....

Tallow is good!

Originally Posted by Oglethorpe

With quotes?

Well, I thought so but actually I just read a thread on another board where you didn't need them so maybe just the word Free is ok...

Give it a shot and let me know!

Originally Posted by zib

Tabac is one of the best. A must have in your shave den. It's one of the few soaps still using Tallow HELP Me out Joeman..It's great. I kinda like the smell, I don't think it's bad at all, but if you don't, that's cool too, You'll get used to it....

Tabac - Ingredients - The Shave Den

It's listed as Sodium Tallowate and Potassium Tallowate....

Tallow is good!

You are spot on, #1 in my rotation. The Shulton's Old Spice of the 2000's

Originally Posted by JimR

I'm glad you like the blog! I used to suffer from SERIOUS SCAD and SSAD (they've toned down because I've tried pretty damn near everything I could get my hands on...Except Martin Candre and a couple of others that are way too expensive) so I scoured every place I could think of to find good deals; and I used to hang out at SMF a lot, those dudes are SERIOUSLY into some obscure soaps, so a little rubbed off on me. I've got nothing on some of those guys, though...talking about little barber shops in the back alleys of Rome where you can get shaves with their house soap made by blind nuns and stuff...

The Fragrancex thing is still amazing to me, how can they offer free shipping? Their emails keep saying "Only for Christmas!" or "Free shippig ending soon!" But it's been more than 9 months now...and I got another one yesterday.

Oh, and be sure to use the code JUST as I typed it..."FREE".

I tried the Candre, very expensive, not as good as it was hyped to be. Penhaligon's and Tabac blow it out of the water in my mind. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts Jim once you try it. I personally like Pre de Provence on the shea butter side better than MC.

Joe

I'm another in the camp saying that Tabac is a must-have in the shave den. Sure, a few members say it smells pretty gross, but I personally love the scent. No complaints here, so go for it.

Originally Posted by Joeman

I tried the Candre, very expensive, not as good as it was hyped to be. Penhaligon's and Tabac blow it out of the water in my mind. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts Jim once you try it. I personally like Pre de Provence on the shea butter side better than MC.

Joe

Hey Joe, with that recommendation I'll probably give it a pass. By any chance, have you tried L'amande? I'm trying to track it down, but it's pretty elusive.

Like you say, Penhaligon's and Tabac are outstanding performers (and, by extension, IM)...Would you believe I've never tried PdP?

And funny you should mentioned the Shulton's thing--as I understand it, Tabac was actually a German Knockoff of Old Spice, back in the day.

K so I got my Tabac today I ordered both the cream and soap. I gotta say I was really hesitant to open the box, I have a very sensitive sniffer.

I can't wear cologne or aftershave (though I'm trying witch hazel) because it gives me headaches. My idea of hell is walking down an infinite perfume isle were deamons with high pitched voices spray disgusting perfume at me ,causing me to gag and become so dizzy that I lose all sense of time and reality, just an ongoing swirl of misery and nausea.

plus I'm asthmatic so when people mentioned ciggarettes I thought about aborting the whole thing.

Boy am I glad I didn't! This stuff lathered amazingly I had been having trouble with my lather. I could make it decently (using vdh or c.o.bigelow) but it would take almost 3 minutes and I don't know about you guys but my wrist starts hurting after 40 sec. So it was almost a chore, and wetshaving should NEVER feel like a chore, but I could tell tabac would be different almost instantly.

Right out of the tube ( I decided to use the cream first will try the soap tommorrow) the first thing I noticed was that the cream had a thicker texture, almost like animal fat after being chilled. I liked the quality of the tube as well metal not plastic and thick so no worries of rupturing. Also the cap had a little cylinder inside so when you screw the cap back on the cylinder pushes the cream back inside the tube instead of filling up the cap or gushing out the sides when you tighten it very nice!

It took a little more water than I thought it would to get the lather going but wow the sudsy froth that I had made before couldn't compare to the coolwhip sitting in front of me now, and at half the time and effort.

Now the big question the scent. The first thing I did when I recieved the cream and soap was to smell them to see if I would be able to build a lather without projectile vomiting all over the place. From some of the reviews I had read I was expecting to smell tobacco and patulie(spelling?) oil.

I will say I do not care for the scent but it wasn't anywhere near what I thought it would be. I guess if I had to describe it it would a kinda classic barbershop scent. A whispy powder scent that fades quickly and is replaced by a robust tang that lasts just a few seconds too long and makes your nose crinkle. Not horrible just not a scent I would personnaly seek out. Luckily it almost dissapears when you build the lather and is way fainter(and better smelling) IMO than the witch hazel (dickensons) I may just have to give that high priced thayer's a chance.

I think floorpizza said it best "The scent is so bad it makes we want to gag. The lather is so good I use it anyway"

Amen brother!


I am fan, but only till I find something that lathers this good but without the odor. Heh and judging by the others who have tried it I have a very long journey ahead of me.


One last thing I was wondering has anyone tried making an uber lather with tabac and something else that has helped hide the smell?

NOTHING will hide the scent of tabac, which is a good thing. It's a classic man's scent, and one to wear with pride.

You might try Irisch Moos. Same lather, subtly different scent.

Originally Posted by JimR

You might try Irisch Moos. Same lather, subtly different scent.

Any super discount sites you wish to share w/ us Jim?

I'll tell you another one that is really good and that's Omega soft soap. It has a good amount of menthol and eucalyptus which feels great as you put it on. It's right up there with Tabac as far as lather and provides a nice smooth shave. It's made by Proraso and is pretty close to the same thing. It also comes in tube of cream.