I tend to prefer tallow shaving soaps but there are a few non-tallow soaps that really shine for me. My favorites are:
I Coloniali Mango Oil Shave Soap
Klar Kabinett Soap
Pre de Provence Shave Soap
What non-tallow soaps make your list?
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I tend to prefer tallow shaving soaps but there are a few non-tallow soaps that really shine for me. My favorites are:
I Coloniali Mango Oil Shave Soap
Klar Kabinett Soap
Pre de Provence Shave Soap
What non-tallow soaps make your list?
Ogallala, Pre de Provence, Provence Sante, I Coloniali, Mama Bear's and VDH Delux. I find these soaps are easier on my face than any tallow based soap I've used, in particular the first 2. I don't know why but they are. If tallow, MWF and QCS.
Valobra Soft Soap, VdH Deluxe, et fini...
Most of the non-tallow soaps I've tried just don't seem to do it right for me. That being said, I haven't tried I Coloniali yet.
i love the french soaps.. pre de provence, provence sante, institut karite..
i've also recently started using ogallala.. not too keen on the scent.. but it lathers amazingly.
For me the only non tallow based soap that's on top of my favorite performing list is SRD's Bulgarian Rose.
Pre de Provence makes excellent bath soap. I take the bath soap and grate it into melted VDH and make a franken soap that is a killer shave soap. Non talllow based.
I just acquired some Valobra Soft and MdC. I have about 3 or so shaves with each and find them every bit as good as my tallow mainstays: Harris Marlborough/Arlington, Cella, and P160.
Code
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I will have to try MdC...it is definitely on my list. :cool:
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I am very pleased with MdC. I have been reading about other people's experiences with it and decided to take the financial plunge.
I have no regrets. For me...absolutely worth it. And...to set the hook deeper...they sent a sample square of bath soap and shampoo with the shave soap. My bathroom is very scent conflicted right now.
Bottom line...quality stuff.
Code
For me the absolute is Martin de Candre. Perfect in every way. Great and fast lather. It must be noted that the cost of shipping is a bit high but the total cost of the large jar is $68.00 which is on par with other high end soaps and creams such as Aqua di Parma and a few others but the large jar also last a year.
Floris JF & Floris Elite.
I'd take them over most tallow based soaps.
+1 for Martin de Candre - the "top of the cream" (or should that saying be re-defined? :D) but also Creed - for me the Original Vetiver fragrance.
I also think Geo F Trumper's Rose is worth a mention. A very good lather from an entirely vegetable-based soap.
For me it would have to be
Colt .45 by mancave
VDH deluxe
Poraso
For me of the dozens I have tried, it is Institute Karite.
Martin de Candre, my absolute fav
Truefitt and Hill Luxury, great lavender scent and easy lather
martin de candre fougere,
pre de provence,
klar kabinett
all are fantastic!
Mama bears masonic lodge and SRD opus X and sandalwood
klar kabinett works fantastically....if you dont mind rose scented soaps and dont mind a 500 gram chunk of soap that lasts a long time.
Martin de Candre (fougère) - only non-tallow I've kept for more than 5-10 shaves (other than TGQ soap which I used to really enjoy too...). Of those I've tried, they're the only two that have impressed me enough to have ever held a long-standing place in my rotation.