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02-12-2013, 10:00 PM #1"Hey! Captain Kirk is the man...!"
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Scent of Mitchell's Wool Fat
Quick question:
I am looking to buy my next soap. Have heard great things about Mitchell's Wool Fat. But what is the scent? Am I right to assume it is unscented do to the fact that nothing says what the scent is?
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02-12-2013, 10:10 PM #2Senior Member
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Hmmmm
Thats a hard question to answer. Think of going over to your grandparents house as a kid. You need to be at least 45+ for this to work mind you. Its that old school soap smell.
Kind of like they either didnt know how or didnt care to make the soap smell anything other then old world soap smell.
But its not unplesent its nostalgic I love that soap.
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02-12-2013, 10:12 PM #3Senior Member
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No you are not right to assume it is unscented. The good news is that it has, to me anyway, a very mild soapy scent that does not last long.
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What Tarkus said is pretty spot on. I posted a few threads below about my first experience with MWF. I LOVE it for everything a shaving soap is supposed to do (rich, thick lather, cushion and glide, skin conditioning), but yeah, just a real light vaguely 'powder-room' scent. I'm thinking of getting some menthol and a few essential oils and experimenting with different lather recipes. I really love a heavily-scented and/or menthol soap.
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02-12-2013, 10:57 PM #5Not with my razor 🚫
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I'm another fan of MWF. The scent is very mild and unlike any other soap or cream I've used. It's almost a mild talc smell and pleasant enough that sometimes when I walk by it I'll pull the lid off just to get a whiff of it. It's certainly one of my favorites.
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02-12-2013, 11:17 PM #6The Assyrian
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Mitchell's Wool Fat has a clean, soapy fragrance that is far from overpowering. It's just the right amount of fragrance, and I find it quite pleasant.
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I would say it smells like Ivory soap. Performance is stellar tho.
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02-13-2013, 06:24 AM #8"Hey! Captain Kirk is the man...!"
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Awesome! Thanks! Last question: is it a hard or soft soap?
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I agree that it's a 'soapy' kind of smell, but there are hints of fern and pine-like notes in there. Some people can pick them up, others can't - and it also depends on how "fresh" the puck that you pick up is.
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Hard for sure.
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