Pre: Murdock Avalon pre-shave oil
Soap: Saponificio Varesino - 70th Anniversary Edition
Brush: Whipped Dog 24mm synthetic
Bowl: Woodhead Pedestal
Razor: Schick Injector Dial Adj @7 + Schick Twin(1)
Post: WH, Floid Black AS, Limes Skin Food
Trying out this 70th Anniversary soap for the first time. Lather is definitely an improvement and takes it to a good quality lather level, although being a bit negative here, it is just on par with many other good quality laters I've had. For example, it still didn't match Tabac.
Scent; oh, this old chestnut. Again I'm wondering "where is it"? I'm thinking that SV is suffering from the Emperor's New Clothes syndrome and I feel like that little boy pointing at the soap and crying "But it isn't wearing any scent at all!". I mean I can just about smell a scent but I couldn't tell you what it is - maybe my nose holes are just not sensitive. I see SV 70th on many SOTDs and FaceBook etc. and many raves about its performance and scent but I don't get it.
The packaging also doesn't do anything for me. It looks like a pretty tin but, like the wooden tub, is impractical. It won't stack very well, probably easy to damage and dedicated to the one soap type. As a novelty it's fine but I think I'd get bored with it very soon.
Back to the shave. No issues with the lather; pleasant and comfortable but nothing to stand out from the (quality) crowd. Post shave feel left my skin feeling taut and dried up much like the Fern scent version. I'll use this soap again tomorrow before giving my final SV verdict.
BTW: Shouldn't we be discussing next week's scent in the original "Soap A Week Club (SAW)....voting for next week's soap" thread?