I recently received a tub of unscented MdC as a gift from a good friend and fellow forum member and thought that I'd test it out against some Wickham Super Smooth (apologies if my photos are not up to my normal standard - my DSLR was not available today so I had to use my phone instead).
I chose the unscented version of the Super Smooth for the comparison test as I hadn't used it prior to today and thought that it would be good to try it out against another unscented soap and also help answer a question Darron raised in another thread.
The unscented Super Smooth has hardly any scent at all unlike the MdC which has a faint and pleasing Rosemary and Lavender scent.
I can best describe the unscented Super Smooth as having a very faint moisturising cream smell to it which very quickly dissipates when lathered.
Like the MdC it has very few ingredients listed on the label:
For the test I used my Simpsons PJ2 Super Badger brush and bowl lathered using a Steve Woodhead Pedestal Bowl.
Here's some pictures of the MdC and Super Smooth after a few brush loading swirls:
And some pictures of the two fully lathered:
The MdC created a very nice thick and dense lather whilst the Super Smooth produced almost twice as much lather as the MdC - this was as much of the Super Smooth lather as I could load onto the PJ2 and a fair bit of lather was left in the bowl.
I found the MdC to give greater cushioning during the shave and it left my skin feeling very moisturised post-shave.
This is not to say that the Super Smooth is any slouch in this area though. It gives excellent cushioning and slickness and does provide a good level of post-shave moisturising.
Overall, the MdC felt the nicer soap of the two but only by the narrowest of margins. There is a very big price difference between the two soaps though and on a value-for-money basis the Super Smooth is the clear winner.
Would I buy the Super Smooth again when this tub runs out (which I suspect will be a very long time into the future as so little product is used per shave)?
The answer is a resounding yes - Super Smooth is a great product which, in my view, deserves a place in my soap collection and is up there with the best English, French, German and Italian soaps on the market.
![21F47A83-6587-437D-9195-F5D7A186E706_zps4e304225.jpg](http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/tt180/ajc347/21F47A83-6587-437D-9195-F5D7A186E706_zps4e304225.jpg)
I chose the unscented version of the Super Smooth for the comparison test as I hadn't used it prior to today and thought that it would be good to try it out against another unscented soap and also help answer a question Darron raised in another thread.
![0070E5A6-D010-4F6F-9F96-72D4989B94F3_zps95e995b0.jpg](http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/tt180/ajc347/0070E5A6-D010-4F6F-9F96-72D4989B94F3_zps95e995b0.jpg)
The unscented Super Smooth has hardly any scent at all unlike the MdC which has a faint and pleasing Rosemary and Lavender scent.
I can best describe the unscented Super Smooth as having a very faint moisturising cream smell to it which very quickly dissipates when lathered.
Like the MdC it has very few ingredients listed on the label:
![DCBD2A0E-ADD5-421D-8C0A-BDD43ACB3326_zps658fda91.jpg](http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/tt180/ajc347/DCBD2A0E-ADD5-421D-8C0A-BDD43ACB3326_zps658fda91.jpg)
For the test I used my Simpsons PJ2 Super Badger brush and bowl lathered using a Steve Woodhead Pedestal Bowl.
Here's some pictures of the MdC and Super Smooth after a few brush loading swirls:
![73565C5D-EE0D-4B81-B66F-12F583337226_zpsb073bd96.jpg](http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/tt180/ajc347/73565C5D-EE0D-4B81-B66F-12F583337226_zpsb073bd96.jpg)
![6AAC8429-355D-403C-AE04-61503CE16D8D_zpsc2af65e7.jpg](http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/tt180/ajc347/6AAC8429-355D-403C-AE04-61503CE16D8D_zpsc2af65e7.jpg)
And some pictures of the two fully lathered:
![E03B31E3-5DF1-4019-AA69-AC3CFCBE7D96_zpsae8d67ae.jpg](http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/tt180/ajc347/E03B31E3-5DF1-4019-AA69-AC3CFCBE7D96_zpsae8d67ae.jpg)
![089A8E6A-B797-4D02-BD60-C77422FDE712_zps64c33f4f.jpg](http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/tt180/ajc347/089A8E6A-B797-4D02-BD60-C77422FDE712_zps64c33f4f.jpg)
The MdC created a very nice thick and dense lather whilst the Super Smooth produced almost twice as much lather as the MdC - this was as much of the Super Smooth lather as I could load onto the PJ2 and a fair bit of lather was left in the bowl.
I found the MdC to give greater cushioning during the shave and it left my skin feeling very moisturised post-shave.
This is not to say that the Super Smooth is any slouch in this area though. It gives excellent cushioning and slickness and does provide a good level of post-shave moisturising.
Overall, the MdC felt the nicer soap of the two but only by the narrowest of margins. There is a very big price difference between the two soaps though and on a value-for-money basis the Super Smooth is the clear winner.
Would I buy the Super Smooth again when this tub runs out (which I suspect will be a very long time into the future as so little product is used per shave)?
The answer is a resounding yes - Super Smooth is a great product which, in my view, deserves a place in my soap collection and is up there with the best English, French, German and Italian soaps on the market.