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An excellent write up, Billy. Very interesting to get your take on the scents.I have done my Happy Sniffing...
- Lavandula Starts off with a Strong Orange high note and low Lavender note...It settles into a higher Lavender/Lower Orange note
- Citra Royale Starts of with a lovely lemon & lime note..Just want to eat it...Settles into a distinct Citrus Lime High note
- Albion Deep Grassy natural morning dew high note ...Settles into a hint of vanilla with musky earth middle note
- Sanskrit High Cedar wood with low citrus note....Settles into Lovely Musky Note with a high citrus note
- Boudicea High Peppermint Note ...Settles quite nicely and to very refreshing & cool Spearmint
- Solaris. Dark Musky Arabian or Oriental scent...Settles into a Lighter Musky scent....A Mans scent for sure...
2. Was my favourite for a shaving soap....Refreshing
5. Also a great scent for a shaving soap...Refreshing
1. Could go with this in a shaving soap.....Refreshing
4. Nice & balanced and good to go in a shaving soap ...Refreshing
3. For me...A bit rich for a shaving soap...More like a perfume for me..
6. Again a bit complex and rich for a shaving soap....But hell I would wear it as a mans perfume...Lovely...
To sum up then..2, 5, 1 & 4 are refreshing and very balanced.....3 & 6 were quite earthy & musky and quite strong...Lovely scents but maybe too much for a shaving soap for me anyway...Subtle is not here...
I hope this is laid out Ok...
Billy
No expert on scents Sir...These things are all personal of course but the more subtle the scent the less chance of any irritation in a soap in my experience...The Artisan Soap makers know that that some punters chase scents...So they give them a Huge Dose and the problems that can go along with it...Hey irritation sells and the makers coin it in...Nothing new of course the Ancient Egyptians & Folks in Victorian England right through to today just love to kill themselves with expensive grooming products.... Its an interesting one...An excellent write up, Billy. Very interesting to get your take on the scents.
@fly3k thank you also.
Thanks @SeanC how would you order them in preference, please?I don't profess to be an expert on scents, but here goes:
1. Can definitely smell a lavender / citrus mix. Works well and I would use a soap scented with it.
2. Reminds me of lime cordial. A touch of menthol would improve IMHO
3. Reminds me of a liqueur whose name is long forgotten. Not my favourite
4. Fresh top notes, but a woody base. Again I think this would work well in a soap.
5. Reasonable, but appears a little one dimensional IMHO
6. A complex and interesting scent. I like it a lot
I'll send another batch tomorrowMine is still AWOL im afraid.
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