Both of my MDC packages arrived. One for my wife, and one for me. They actually arrived a while ago, but I was out of town. The reason for the steep shipping costs is that MDC uses express shipping to the US. If you get into getting the shaving soap, you might as well look through the variety of 100g and 250g natural soaps that they have.

In both of my packages, they tossed in a little freebie, nothing big, but in my shaving soap box, they dumped a small very aromatic and masculine smelling soap. My 3 year-old daughter calls it the "stinky soap" and demands to use it when she washes her hands. I like the smell of it quite a bit, it's a "wake you up" fragrance.

In the box that I got for my wife (a bigger purchase) there were two separate 15 ml bottles of either fragrance or essential oil. Good timing, though, because I have two 1 pound bars of melt and pour scent-free soap coming, I can just melt them and add the fragrance and cut them to smaller bars.

I haven't used the shave soap yet, I also got la toja cream last week and have been fiddling with it...I wish we could get the price on it that people get in europe (I've seen it for less than 5 bucks after conversion to dollars). I should get a chance to use it tomorrow (the MDC shave soap), it has a nice smell - unique but pleasant.