Thread: cheap tabac

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.

Originally Posted by Gunner777

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.

Thanks G I'll add it to the list.

speaking of proraso I tried o.c. bigelow and was wondering if anyone else had the same tingling feeling while applying it? I just got it and have only used it once, I faced lathered and while doing this noticed a slight tingling. I didn't know whether this was some sort of "invigorating action" or allergic reaction!

It was a nice shave it took forever though since I kept waiting for the mild tingling to progress into an intense burning. Never happened in the end no redness no hives so I'm guessing it was suppose to do that but there was nothing in the ingredients that looked like it would have this effect. They should really state things like that on the label

[QUOTE=mbwhoosh;421350]Thanks G I'll add it to the list.

speaking of proraso I tried o.c. bigelow and was wondering if anyone else had the same tingling feeling while applying it? I just got it and have only used it once, I faced lathered and while doing this noticed a slight tingling. I didn't know whether this was some sort of "invigorating action" or allergic reaction!
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I was most likely the menthol

Thanks Doc,

I thought menthol had a numbing and then cooling affect when you rinsed, which it did but the tingling was extra and unexpected. As long as I'm not alone in having this happen to him I'll be able to enjoy my next shave without worry.

Originally Posted by mbwhoosh

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

Sorry man, the ONLY place I know to get it is www.superlather.com, unless you have friends in Germany!

Originally Posted by JimR

Sorry man, the ONLY place I know to get it is www.superlather.com, unless you have friends in Germany!

Curses! Lets see, now where did that thread about superlather go? I think I left off w/ him damning his suppliers and considering throwing in the towel

Friends in germany hmmm well assuming they forgot about "the incident" that might work

Originally Posted by JimR

Sorry man, the ONLY place I know to get it is www.superlather.com, unless you have friends in Germany!

Superlather is still out, as of today, unfortunately. Before Superlather had it, the only place to get it was The Dutch Shaving Shop in the Netherlands, owned by a great guy named Paul Kox. He carries just about everything imaginable for shaving, and is actually a functioning barber shop. Guys drop by and get a shave when they're in town. I want to go there! Anyway, shipping certainly is a factor, but you can, as far as I know, still get the Irisch Moos Soap and Shaving Cream online from this source. Before Mark at Superlather started selling it, everybody at SMF and B&B who really wanted IM products were getting it from Paul Kox. The Shaving Cream is very good, as is the soap. In order to buy it from The Dutch Shaving Shop, you should send Paul an email through the website, telling him what you want. He'll email you back, give you a paypal address so you can pay, and then he sends it.