I am looking for a Vetiver option in a soap or a cream. It has to smell wonderful and the performance has to be extremely good.
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I am looking for a Vetiver option in a soap or a cream. It has to smell wonderful and the performance has to be extremely good.
There is another thread going right now but I did not want to hijack it.
I always recommend Creed Original Vetiver for this sort of discussions. It is a superb performer and my choice for a 'Sunday' shaving soap which for me is special.
The scent is strong at first, but my puck is two+ years old and it still has a relatively good scent.
So I have to ask if it is soap... Is it tallow? Or does it lack tallow but still perform like MDC?
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Originally Posted by rum
Yep, a hard soap and it's "natural lanolin"-based, so all animal-sourced tallowy-goodness.Quote:
Originally Posted by krisbarger
I have never seen it at Neiman Marcus. Where do you source this beautiful tallow goodness ha haQuote:
Originally Posted by rum
Wish I could help, I have yet to experience a good Vetiver. The only one I have tried is Razorock "nervous wreck" and it reminded me of my great grandmother, not a very manly scent, at least to me. So I'm a little gun shy to try another....
There are a few options:
Cyril R Salter French Vetiver - Great performance and a nice earthy scent
Jabonman - Haitian Vetiver or Vetiver and citrus or Wet Earth - Wonderful vegetable soap that performs like tallow!
Al's Shaving "Bomb" in custom Vetiver - if you want a truly loud vetiver scent, tell him to make like Max likes...
Nieman Marcus will order it for you, or the Creed Boutique in NYC will ship.
My intro into Vetiver is from SRD. I enjoy the scent. It relaxes me during the shave. When it is gone I might try another ......maybe not.
Buy CREED Original Vetiver Soap on CREED BoutiqueQuote:
Originally Posted by Puff
I heard the guy that designs this soap likes to double up on the EO's which has made for some excellent results..........:rock:Quote:
Originally Posted by samda
Have fun
And, for a vetiver shaving soap, QED VetiverQuote:
Originally Posted by LegalBeagle
I own, and use, both products, and I recommend them without reservation.
The real question is: Which vetiver after-scents to use? My seasonal recommendations...
- Summer: Guerlain Vetiver
- Fall: L'Occitane Eau de Vetyver
- Winter: Maitre Perfeumer et Gantier Route du Vetiver
- Spring: Carolina Herrera Sensual Vetiver
Waiting for the bank to approve my home equity line a long time. Seems my reason for taking the line of credit, "to buy Creed stuff," wasn't too well received. However, I will feel much better knowing that I have 10 years to pay for the stuff.
Forgot to mention that I too bought L'Occitane Vetyver cologne a few months ago. Damn this stuff is good. It seems to be absolutely irresistible to any woman over 80. Yahoo..............Quote:
Originally Posted by MrWonderful
I have to give another vote for Straight Razor Designs (SRD) vetiver shaving soap. This is pure vetiver at it's best.
At the 2012 meet I fell in love with the SRD Vetiver this year its still amazing and has taken the place of vanilla bourbon as my go to soap.
Queen Charlotte Soaps Vetiver Shave Soap
QED Vetiver Essential Oil Shave Stick
I recommend SRD Vetiver which I recently tried. I've always liked the essential oil, I keep a bottle at home. The smell is very present, and lathers great. It's a keeper for me.
Using a sample of SRD Vetiver now. A great performer like all SRD soaps, but it has a black pepper (?) component to the scent that I'm on the fence about. It is better than the other vetiver soap I tried which smelled like wet dirt/celery. I can't remember which artisan soap that was. Vetiver is like bay rum. So many variations, I'm not sure what the true scent is.
FWIW: L'Occitane Vetyver is my only cologne.
if you really like the smell of a wet forest...mikes has a nice vetiver
+1 on the Mike's Natural Soap Vetiver. This is my favorite. Followed by Al's, then the 3 from jabonman. I didn't like the Queen Charlotte Soaps Vetiver, it has patchouli, or something equally stinky, in it. I gave it Max, he likes that stinky stuff.