This is another Italian soap maker that doesn't seem to have many reviews on the internet. Like the Extro thread, I though it useful to start something that can be used as an easy reference. I have 6 Saponificio Bignoli (SB) soaps to try:
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- Mora e Muschio - Blackberry and Moss
- Sandalo Indiano - Indian Sandalwood
- Aghi di Pino - Pine Needles
- Agrumi del Mediterraneo - Mediterranean Fruits
- Antica Ricetta - Ancient Recipe (the only tallow soap among this batch)
- Arancia Solido - Orange (triple milled)
" incoherent and provide barely enough useful information to inform your decision".
You have won the advertising award for this year or so due to the fact that this award is,
Incoherent and provides barely enough of any information to inform my decision.
Ps, I like your reviews.
That's a really good point and something I forgot to mention.Thanks for a nice review.
I have three of these (Lavender, Agrumi and Violetta) and can confirm it is a very good soap.
My personal complaint is that this (soft) version is kind of 'sticky', i.e. it is soft but not that soft so as to dilute or get agitated by water easily. Therefore one needs to preferably press and disperse it inside a shaving bowl with grooves (for example) or alternatively put a dollop inside the heart of the shaving brush and then press the bristles so that the soap actually gets 'thinner' and ready to work as should in the lathering process.
If one puts it in between the brush bristles or in the shaving bowl (or even directly into the face) and without any other action tries to do bowl or face lathering, this particular soft yet kind of dense/stiff in consistency soap will not automatically get agitated; the danger here is that on the face there may be dense spots of soap left, and if these are unattended this may cause the razor to get stuck during any stroke of the first pass.
That kind of 'dense' consistency / texture of this soft soap resembles the consistency / texture of RazoRock's 'The Dead Sea' and 'Santa Maria del Fiore' soaps.
The newest, stocked by Connaught, more hard in texture SB Solido soaps I have not tried yet.
Nice review. Got to say, I don't rate them personally... Tried the Agrumi and disliked both scent and lather. I find the market overly saturated with Italian croaps, all using similar formulas, providing similar mediocre lathers and usually poor scents (to my fussy nose!) I could forgive them if they were £6 per tub, Goodfellas Smile are the only brand who seem to know their own value.
That said, I've become a jaded git so YMMV
Fine first review Chris. I'd be intrigued to how the tallow one performs in comparison to the other ones and if it has the tallow funk when the lather's on your face.
- Antica Ricetta - Ancient Recipe (the only tallow soap among this batch)
- Arancia Solido - Orange (triple milled)
First soap up is Mora e Muschio which will be used for tomorrow's shave
I could forgive them if they were £6 per tub, Goodfellas Smile are the only brand who seem to know their own value.
I did ponder this Shubs. I bought the Lime WTP from Italian Barber a few weeks ago and I'm intending to use it straight after the SB Solido for comparison (and avoided buying the orange WTP for duplication). The ingredients in the WTP are in a slightly different order to the Solido but I think you're right about them being made by SB. If I find the performance is the same, it will mean the the SB variant is considerably over priced compared to RR and TGS.Fine first review Chris. I'd be intrigued to how the tallow one performs in comparison to the other ones and if it has the tallow funk when the lather's on your face.
The Solido ones, like the Orange one above is the same soap as Razorock WTP Orange one, as shown in this thread and also the Goodfellas Smile hard pucks, use the same base as the Solido Base
Eg
Saponificio Bignoli “Aranciaâ€:
Ingredients: Potassium Palmate, Sodium Palmate, Potassium Stearate, Potassium Palm Kernelate, Sodium Stearate, Potassium Cocoate, Sodium Palm Kernelate, Glycerin, Aqua, Parfum (Fragrance), Palm Kernel Acid, Glyceryl Caprylate Caprate, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Lanolin, Pentasodium Pentatate, Tetrasodium Etidronate, Limonene, Linalool, Citral, Geraniol.
Goodfellas - Lemon
ingredients: Potassium Palmate, Sodium Palmate, Potassium Stearate, Potassium Palm Kernelate, Sodium Stearate, Potassium Cocoate, Sodium Palm Kernelate, Glycerin, Aqua, Parfum (Fragrance), Palm Kernel Acid, Glyceryl Caprylate Caprate, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Lanolin, Pentasodium Pentatate Etidronate, Alpha-Isomethyl ionone, Citral, Limonene, Linalool
The latter are a bit smaller 60g, opposed to 100g but are around £6 or so.
I did ponder this Shubs. I bought the Lime WTP from Italian Barber a few weeks ago and I'm intending to use it straight after the SB Solido for comparison (and avoided buying the orange WTP for duplication). The ingredients in the WTP are in a slightly different order to the Solido but I think you're right about them being made by SB. If I find the performance is the same, it will mean the the SB variant is considerably over priced compared to RR and TGS.
On to the soap. Today I used the Sandalo Indiano which translates to Indianapolis Flipflop which makes no sense given it smells of Indian Sandalwood.
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25/10/20
Razor: '67 Gillette Slim Adjustable #5
Blade: GSB (4)
Brush: AP Shave SynBad 24mm
Soap: SB Antica Ricetta
Pre: Proraso Azur Lime
ASL: Signature Soaps Hibernia
ASB: LEA
Today was the turn of the tallow SB variant. The smell from the tin is bitter orange and this scent remained during the shave although some of the lavender started to come through. I'm convinced there was a light note of tallow among it as well. It's potentially more pronounced to me as I'm used to the veggie variants. This is the official scent profile:
Head notes: orange, bergamot
Heart notes: bitter orange, orange blossom
Base notes: lavender, thyme, natural Marseille soap
The soap is of a similar consistency to the veggie base but has a shinier look to it - I'm assuming due to the fat.
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Interestingly, I found that this soap underperformed when compared to the two I've already used. It wasn't a bad performance but I wasn't wowed like I was with the other two. Slickness was fine and the post shave was ok. I'd reach for the veggie base over this one though.
Now, it's probably worth noting that the GSB was on its 4th outing. This is normally fine for me but perhaps the deteriorating blade could have been slightly detrimental to this shave.
The shave was finished with a good splash of Signature Soaps Hibernia which brought some sweeter citrus notes to help close the shave out.
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