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right, I was BIG fan of Henk's no. 4 - a super soft silly putty soap with lots of lubricating clay. Lovely stuff. The only problem was that my wife didn't like the smell . . . .
So now here's our mad Dutch scientist's next offering: no. 5. A "sandalwood cream with tallow and clay"
Let's break that description down. Is it really sandalwood? No. But is *is* a very nice sweet woody fragrance (think roasted / toasted nuts; very autumn / winter). Mrs Rev likes it; enough said.
Tallow. Yup, old fashioned animal fat. Gives oodles of rich creamy lather and is the core key ingredient of such favourites as Tabac, Palmolive and MWF. Does the job wonderfully here as well.
Clay. Wtf? CLAY?! Yup. Think slick and slippery, think *that* scene in 'Ghost" where they throw the phallic lump on the potters' wheel. It lubricates, making repeated ATG passes a doddle.
Finally, in conclusion some summing up. This stuff is GOOD. Very, very good. I've tried lots of home-made artisan soaps (Nanny's/soapalchemist; Honey Bee; Suzi's; Olivia's; Soap Shed; Mama Bear et al) and this is, for me, the best of them.
BUT . . . I did like the consistency of the last formula (no. 4). I am a soap man, rather than a cream user, and I loved the very silly squidgy lump that was no. 4. (My kids loved it, too, unfortunately.)
If Henk could make this smell in that consistency, colour it brown and sell it as "Professor Henk's Shaving Fudge" it would be ideal and I would buy the biggest lump he could make.
So all in all: lovely stuff. Contact the man immediately and get yours this week.
So now here's our mad Dutch scientist's next offering: no. 5. A "sandalwood cream with tallow and clay"
Let's break that description down. Is it really sandalwood? No. But is *is* a very nice sweet woody fragrance (think roasted / toasted nuts; very autumn / winter). Mrs Rev likes it; enough said.
Tallow. Yup, old fashioned animal fat. Gives oodles of rich creamy lather and is the core key ingredient of such favourites as Tabac, Palmolive and MWF. Does the job wonderfully here as well.
Clay. Wtf? CLAY?! Yup. Think slick and slippery, think *that* scene in 'Ghost" where they throw the phallic lump on the potters' wheel. It lubricates, making repeated ATG passes a doddle.
Finally, in conclusion some summing up. This stuff is GOOD. Very, very good. I've tried lots of home-made artisan soaps (Nanny's/soapalchemist; Honey Bee; Suzi's; Olivia's; Soap Shed; Mama Bear et al) and this is, for me, the best of them.
BUT . . . I did like the consistency of the last formula (no. 4). I am a soap man, rather than a cream user, and I loved the very silly squidgy lump that was no. 4. (My kids loved it, too, unfortunately.)
If Henk could make this smell in that consistency, colour it brown and sell it as "Professor Henk's Shaving Fudge" it would be ideal and I would buy the biggest lump he could make.
So all in all: lovely stuff. Contact the man immediately and get yours this week.