Thread: Damn Cork Sniffin'...

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

A one time in the past I seem to remember something some business type wrote about how to extract the max out of someones wallet and calling it imported was one of the real buzzwords. Actually unless you go with a crafts-person who makes soap for instance I don't know of any commercial outfits making real quality shave soap or cream in the U.S.

I'm sure if there was Obie would have told us about it.

My dear thebigspendur:

How right you are. I have yet to find a commercially made shave soap in the U.S. that I would consider of high quality. Sure, several mediocre soaps have been around for a long time, but we don't have much to brag about.

From what I can see, some artisan soaps are the best hope. There, too, I am careful to say "some" artisan soaps, since I have come across many at art fairs, specialty stores and flea markets that have been poor in lather, among other elements.

Regards,

Obie

Hey guys, little update after my friends come back from romania.. They broguht me some romanian market only palmolive with aloe vera, palmolive cool (same as palmolive italian menthol) something called Maxim and something called Denim. I am intrigued, and not one of the cost more thasn 2 euros

ok so, here's everything it was possible to buy in edinburgh with a few bits brought over from europe by my mate. None of these cost more than 2 pounds (in fact the palmolive shave stick which is tallow based cost 75p!!)



The first one i tried was the palmolive cool, and just wow. more tingley than the ingrams outright blast, but you know given these are 2 quid, and trumpers etc start at £15, there really isn't £13 of difference.. in fact some of them perfrom equally well.

Left to right , row by row we have

Boots the chemists shave soap, Palmolive classic (uk and europe), Erasmic shave soap (cream also available here), Ingrams menthol cream, Maxim menthol and aloe vera cream (romania), Denim (romania, still have to try), Palmolive (romania, slightly different fornulation apparently, Not the aloe one i thought it was but that's on its way) Palmolive cool (romanian market, menthol), and Palmolive shave stick (tallow for 75p)