AOS Vintage Sandalwood Shave Soap
Surprisingly, a friend gifted me a lightly used puck of this old legendary soap supposedly made by
Valobra. It shaves superbly and ironically just like
Valobra hard soap. Nothing new here. The scent however is not true sandalwood to my nose, but rather it is a spot on clone of
Caractere by Daniel Hechter For Men EdT/AS. That's not a bad thing as it is a great, but heady fragrance.
https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Daniel-Hechter/Caractere-4916.html
Interesting comment, I think I have 7 or 8 sandalwood soaps and they are all different in scent. I read somewhere that the only soap(s) with a true sandalwood scents are PAA and Catie's Bubbles which is just less strong but I still like it a lot.
TOBS is not a true sandalwood but there is some sandalwood scent in it.... I think the same happens with AOS, it definitely has sandalwood scent in it, however, I don't pick any leather scent to connect it to Caractere.
Anyway, I wasn't sure what soap to use for this morning but after reading your post..... AOS Sandalwood it is