Thread: What TOBS Cream to buy?

So come on!.. Tell me your favourites! Im looking to buy a couple..

right now my head is going with two of these:

Lavender
Mr Taylors
Lemon and Lime
Rose
Eton College

What ones you thin i should go for?..

Cheers guys
JB

All good, but I like Rose best.

Only have the Eton College but it smells amazing!

To paraphrase the question: what scent do I buy. The TOBS is wonderful stuff. It'll perform really well. I recommend it for new shavers. The downside of not having products you can see and feel (smell) from our increasingly web-based market becomes apparent here.

I recently tried one (I Coloniali) where the performace was okay, the scent wasn't a fav for me, but I don't care much about the scent. When done, the Mrs. declares the scent is horrible, and she'll buy the replacement of my choice if I'll throw the stuff out. (could this be my opportunity to finally try MDC?!)

I normally don't respond to questions that involve scent, 'cause my sense of smell isn't the greatest, and I'm tunnel-visioned on the lather performance. Where the issue is scent, it might not hurt to run the final candidates by the Mrs or gf. If I loved the lather, I'd keep it regardless of the Mrs' preference, but there are better suds for me. FWIW, I listen to Obie's take on performance of lather products, but here, you're really asking only about scent.

I really like Tobs Avacado. It has a very light, fresh, fragrance. I'd say if you like T&H 1805, you'll like Avacado. I also use Tobs Rose....

Although it is not on the OP's list, I really like their Sandalwood. It's easy to lather and smells nice, but I will say that it smells more like cinnamon than Sandalwood, at least to my nose. A good morning scent at least

Originally Posted by Ryan82

Although it is not on the OP's list, I really like their Sandalwood. It's easy to lather and smells nice, but I will say that it smells more like cinnamon than Sandalwood, at least to my nose. A good morning scent at least

+eleventy to the sandalwood. It's the only TOBS I own but I thoroughly enjoy it. Lather easily and has a nice scent. Kind of sweet but not overpowering. Goes really well with ogalolla bay rum + sandalwood as but also goes well with their rum + sage & cedar.

I've tried the Sandalwood and Avocado (both very nice), but my favorit by a mile is the Jermyn St for Sensative Skin. The smell is much stronger than the others, but it is complex and addictive.

Just picked up a tub of the Jermyn St today - it does smell fantastic. Not shaved with it yet, but it might be a contender to knock the Eton College off my top spot - we shall see...

JB, scents are a personal choice, and that what I like you might not. If I were to choose from the list you note, however, I would take the rose and the lavender. The rose is exquisite and the lavender not far behind.