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I was just wondering if someone had a list of all the british soap companies on the market. Trying to stay local. Thank you
I didn't realise we made so many soaps here in the UK, spoilt for choice and all on our doorstep! P.Phoenix and Beau
Wickhams 1912
Cyril R Salter
Castle Forbes
Mitchell's Wool Fat
The Executive Shaving Company
The Traditional Shaving Company
Edwin Jagger
Arran
Signature Soaps
Truefitt & Hill
Geo F Trumper
TOBS
D R Harris
Creightons
OSP (no longer made but still available in places)
London Oatcake
Alexander Simpson
Gentlemens Face Care Club
Nanny's Silly Soap
A number of other artisan soap makers also make a shaving soap but these can vary wildly in quality.
I was surprised myself when writing them outI didn't realise we made so many soaps here in the UK, spoilt for choice and all on our doorstep! P.
I always assumed Floris was French for some reason. Every day is an education here!Floris?
While I would agree that someof the UK's 'Big Brands' are disappointing, the same cannot be said for small-business, artisanal soaps, many of which are in world top 10% performers. I agree that the top 1% can be found mainly in Italy and France but I can't agree that the comparison would show that UK soaps 'just suck'.The only British soap that has performed reasonably well (and I've tried the most) was the Mitchell's Wool Fat.
All the CFs, Taylor's, T&Hs etc have fantastic scents - really some of the very best out there. But performance wise they just suck compared to any French, German and Italian counterparts.
Maybe you have a tougher skin than mine and it'll be just fine for you though. For me it wasn't.
Quite possibly, but since quality tends to fluctuate with those and they aren't really mass produced I wasn't referring to them for a reliable comparison. E.g. one of the Nanny's soaps I've tried was absolutely superb, however others weren't at all (again, this was 5 years ago, things could've changed).While I would agree that someof the UK's 'Big Brands' are disappointing, the same cannot be said for small-business, artisanal soaps, many of which are in world top 10% performers. I agree that the top 1% can be found mainly in Italy and France but I can't agree that the comparison would show that UK soaps 'just suck'.
I guess Spanish or perhaps Portuguese, to begin with. Great shop and products. Good website and an interesting history section in it:-Floris websiteI was surprised myself when writing them out
I always assumed Floris was French for some reason. Every day is an education here!