How about a top 3 thread...

I'll play.

1. Truefitt & Hill Ultimate Comfort. Slick, luxurious, easy to lather.

2. Acca Kappa 1869 cream. As above, with a fabulous almond/marzipan scent. Shame you can't get it in the UK any more.

3. Palmolive stick. I grate mine into a bowl - it's a reminder that a classic, dirt cheap soap can outperform something costing many times the price. And it's easy to find.

If I was allowed a fourth choice, I've recently bought some Truefitt & Hill Sandalwood cream, which I enjoy. Then there's the Body Shop Maca Root............
 
Yellow Jim said:
Pig Cat said:
A couple I had as samples that were excellent were Institut Karite and Gold Dachs.
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Two that I'd like to try at some point. I've been impressed with the French soaps so far so expect IK to be up there too. I tried to find some Gold Dachs when I was in Berlin last year but had no luck unfortunately. :(
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Dovo is the same as Gold Dachs:

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Also available from Paul with a tin. And here's a thread about it:

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Pig Cat said:
Yellow Jim said:
Pig Cat said:
A couple I had as samples that were excellent were Institut Karite and Gold Dachs.
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Two that I'd like to try at some point. I've been impressed with the French soaps so far so expect IK to be up there too. I tried to find some Gold Dachs when I was in Berlin last year but had no luck unfortunately. :(
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Dovo is the same as Gold Dachs:

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Also available from Paul with a tin. And here's a thread about it:

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=4318&p=56446&hilit=dachs#p56446
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Thanks for that. Quite expensive though for only 50 grams. I don't think I'm that curious.
 
At the moment....

1) Arko
2) C&S Oxford & Cambridge (Valobra)
3) Provence Santé

I think I may be an Arkoholic! I keep reaching for this wonderful, insanely cheap creation! :mrgreen:

Love Moos and Cella too, but haven't used them for a while. They may have to get back in there at some stage.

I've found all the above soaps outperform everything else I've tried (with my water) including the triple-milled English soaps.

John
 
OK I've had a little tot-up of the choices so far. This isn't at all scientific or statistically correct I'm sure, but top comes M de C followed closely by Provence Sante. Then Tabac, DR Harris, La Toja, MWF and Nanny's all close third.

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AdamSmith said:
1. Tabac. By far my favourite. At first I was...bemused by the scent, but have come to love it. Tabac lather is, imo, a notch up from anything else I'v tried

2. Valobra stick. Excellent, thick tallow-based lather. Love the vanilla/soap scent as well. Maybe not quite as slick as Tabac

3. DR Harris. Probably Arlington scent. Rivals Tabac for slickness and ease of lather. Faaar superior to the other London soaps, and the only one still containing tallow (other than the Italian made C&S). One of the only only UK products ive really loved (sadly). Can't really separate this and Valobra by too much,
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I've already found another soap that I have to get into this top 3 (Speik stick). The ebb and flow of AD's...

1. Tabac
2. Valobra & Speik, photo finish for second
 
jhclare said:
At the moment....

1) Arko
2) C&S Oxford & Cambridge (Valobra)
3) Provence Santé

I think I may be an Arkoholic! I keep reaching for this wonderful, insanely cheap creation! :mrgreen:

Love Moos and Cella too, but haven't used them for a while. They may have to get back in there at some stage.

I've found all the above soaps outperform everything else I've tried (with my water) including the triple-milled English soaps.

John
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ARKO lathers a bit like a vintage Tallow soap (serious). Abundant, thick cushiony lather. Good stuff. I think I struggled to get the lather quite as slippery as I like it, though. The scent is better than Palmolive, yes it is!
 
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