3-5 Soaps

[Lamented]

Looking for your favorite 3-5 soaps.

 

[Blademonkey]

OSP...Bay rum
P&B ...Spitfire
Maurer & Wirtz...Tabac
Shulton...Old spice....discontinued.
Mitchell's...Wool fat

Could list more but only asked for 3-5

 

[Finton Stack]

No particular order
NSS ...Arabian Nights
Sudsy Soapery ...Lavender and Peppermint
P&B ... Citra Royale
OSP ...Bay Rum
D.R.Harris ...Arlington

 

[globalm]

Based on performance with scent in second place:

Martin de Candre
NSS 'Traditional' Down Home Summer
Theophile Berton 1867
Savon des Volcanes - Menthe et lait d'annesse
Comptoir des Savonniers d'Antibes


Based on scent but having good performance

NSS 'Traditional' Down Home Summer
Savon des Volcanes - Mandarine et Cedre
Le Pere Lucien - Cedre et Patchouli
Meissner Tremonia - Indian Flavour
Sir Irisch Moos

There are many more which I love too!

 

[DamianJ]

I've not tried many but my favourites are

Phoenix and Beau
Wickham 1912

Caties Bubbles
Stirling
Soap Commander get honourable mentions too.

 

[skyracer]

Pannacrema Namaste
Haslinger Schafmilch
Cold River Soap Works Puro Fresco
Boellis Panama 1924
Mike's Natural Soaps Lily of the Valley

 

[MarkB]

P&B Albion
P&B Spitfire
P&B Sanskrit
OSP Spice Road

 

[Whosthedaddy]

Gibbs Sport shave stick (1970s)
PAA Cavendish
Calani Oriental Plum
Boellis 1924 Chianti
LPL Rose De Pushkar

 

[Missoni]

Currently on a great journey with soaps; have not quite narrowed it down to five favourites yet, but I would rank the soaps I have used as follows:

Tier -1- Tabac, Haslinger, Provence Santé, I Coloniali (Mango Oil), Institut Karité

-2- Antiga Barbearia, D R Harris, NSS Signature (Morrocan Sands), Lea, La Toja, Arko, Speik

-3- Prorasso (Green), Palmolive, Musgo Real, Cella

So far I have only relegated two soaps to shower duty - MWF and Colonel Conk.

 

[Jel999]

MWF
Barrister & Mann Beaudelaire
Reef Point Admiralty
P&B Sanskrit
Stirling Piacenza

 

[Drewbie]

This is a tricky topic when we have so many great British artisans producing soaps where the scent is the main variable! have to have a think...

 

[Daniel]

Haslinger - any
Cella
MWF/Kent

 

[FrankieG]

• Anything made by Valobra, in particular Valobra Stick, Czech & Speake Oxford & Cambridge, Art Of Shaving Sandalwood (discontinued tallow soap)
• Cella

That's it!

 

[JohnnyO]

Now that Prof Blighty is not available ;
1 Phoenix & Beau Unscented.
2 Wickhams Southsea Spray.
3 Shetland Soap Co Filske Brute.
4 Any Mama Bear.

JohnnyO. o/

 

[Bandito]

1. Lea Classic
2. NSS Ice & Slice
3. Proraso (white)
4. I Coloniali mango (sadly this causes me some irritation)
5. Saponificio Varesino 70th Anniversary

 

[Supermangs]

Haslinger
Macca Root
Lea shaving stick

Honorable but boring mention to TOBS sandalwood.

I am very keen to try OSP though, P&B Spitfire, and this Wickhams (sp?) stuff. Recent jettisons include that Blue's Goat Soap (not a bad leather, smelt like chemicals). This month's comeback kids include Proraso creams, especially the green. I had written them off, but a general improvement in my shaving ability and lathering skills means that these workmanlike options deserve a place in the shaving world, if not at the top of the ladder (think Stoke City).