Thread: Just tried Martin de Candre Soap for the 1st time..Wow!

Only comes scented or unscented. Only true seller is direct from France. Or check eBay once and a while.

Originally Posted by OCDshaver

A couple questions for those of you that have used this soap. First, is there any US retailers that sell it? I can only find one that was mentioned in a link above. The second question is if it comes in different scents. The link above was a lavender scent and I'm not normally a fan of lavender.

Originally Posted by jmsodpc

Only comes scented or unscented. Only true seller is direct from France. Or check eBay once and a while.

Thanks for the update.

After reading these posts I decided to give Martin de Candre soap a try. I have never used any soap with my wet shaving
always a cream junkie. I ordered a jar of the Candre from the website in the U.S. and the jar showed up today from France.
I am really looking forward to trying this and am hoping I like it because it is a big jar. Thanks to all for your input on this thread. : )

Originally Posted by lz6

After reading these posts I decided to give Martin de Candre soap a try. I have never used any soap with my wet shaving
always a cream junkie. I ordered a jar of the Candre from the website in the U.S. and the jar showed up today from France.
I am really looking forward to trying this and am hoping I like it because it is a big jar. Thanks to all for your input on this thread. : )

What are you waiting for? As that great philosopher Snuffy Smith of L'il Abner fame said, "Times a wastin'"

Gentlemen, I need to reiterate my thank you to all for this thread on Martin de Candre. I have shaved twice using this soap
and am a confirmed addict. Amazing stuff with a great scent.

Originally Posted by lz6

Gentlemen, I need to reiterate my thank you to all for this thread on Martin de Candre. I have shaved twice using this soap
and am a confirmed addict. Amazing stuff with a great scent.

I have some Penhaligon's and Castle and Forbes. How would you compare it to those? As good? Better? I'm fairly well stocked on creams/soaps at the moment so I'm looking for excuse not to consider it right now.

Castle Forbes has been my long time go to line for creams. After two uses of Martin de Candre I would say they are on a very similar footing, sufficient abundance of lather, pleasing aroma from both lines. Excellent shaving cushion. I won't venture a guess as to performace per oz of cream or soap. The MDC comes in a huge jar filled right to the rim. MDC will join my line up, no question.

Whew! I thought I was going to have to go in for another purchase!

What I found amazing was the amount of lather generated with six or seven twists of my Thater brush. There is enough to share with a couple of wet shavers, the left over you can squeeze off of the brush and use to wash your laundry. Well maybe I'm overstating....but the result, for me, is formidable. Good choice, Bob.

Semper Fi,

Tom

Originally Posted by lz6

I ordered a jar of the Candre from the website in the U.S. and the jar showed up today from France.

lz6 my friend, would you mind sharing that U.S. web site, the only one I ever find is the French one.

Howard