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- Tuesday May 24, 2016
I bought this from @beardybrewer a few weeks back (BTW, many thanks for throwing in the extra goodies, @beardybrewer . Very kind).
I just have to review it, because it is the weirdest shaving soap I have ever experienced.
It's deep fougere. Well, that's one way of describing it. Fougere has a range of descriptions, which tend to be about moss, ferns and forests. Here's the wiki description:
"top-notes are sweet, with the scent of lavender flowers; as the more volatile components evaporate, the scents of oakmoss, derived from a species of lichen and described as woody, sharp and slightly sweet, and coumarin, similar to the scent of new-mown hay, become noticeable. Aromatic fougère, a derivative of this class, contains additional notes of herbs, spice and/or wood.[2]"
But as the name suggests, PAA Dirt smells like dirt. No joke, open up the tin and it smells like dirt. Full on dirt smell. Not hints of dirt, or a bit like dirt. 100% dirt.
I found it disgusting. Really off putting. But, apparently the performance is good, and I had paid good money for it, so I gave it a whirl.
Here's the surprising thing. As I loaded the brush, lathered my face, and kept adding a little more water, the smell changed. Not rapidly, but slowly. By the time I was on my second pass, it smelt much more like a stroll in a forest. There's no sweetness whatsoever, but it became really quite pleasant, but incredibly different to how it smelt in the tin. Shaves very nicely as well.
To an extent, it's a party trick. of a soap. But it's amazing to experience.
I just have to review it, because it is the weirdest shaving soap I have ever experienced.
It's deep fougere. Well, that's one way of describing it. Fougere has a range of descriptions, which tend to be about moss, ferns and forests. Here's the wiki description:
"top-notes are sweet, with the scent of lavender flowers; as the more volatile components evaporate, the scents of oakmoss, derived from a species of lichen and described as woody, sharp and slightly sweet, and coumarin, similar to the scent of new-mown hay, become noticeable. Aromatic fougère, a derivative of this class, contains additional notes of herbs, spice and/or wood.[2]"
But as the name suggests, PAA Dirt smells like dirt. No joke, open up the tin and it smells like dirt. Full on dirt smell. Not hints of dirt, or a bit like dirt. 100% dirt.
I found it disgusting. Really off putting. But, apparently the performance is good, and I had paid good money for it, so I gave it a whirl.
Here's the surprising thing. As I loaded the brush, lathered my face, and kept adding a little more water, the smell changed. Not rapidly, but slowly. By the time I was on my second pass, it smelt much more like a stroll in a forest. There's no sweetness whatsoever, but it became really quite pleasant, but incredibly different to how it smelt in the tin. Shaves very nicely as well.
To an extent, it's a party trick. of a soap. But it's amazing to experience.