In general, it's safe to say that the scent of shaving soaps is designed to enhance the shaving experience and not act as a personal fragrance. By itself, it won't be around for too long.
One thing that I have tried to look into is how soap loses its scent with time and exposure. This is why we (ShavingEssentials.Net) keep everything bagged and boxed until we ship.
Hey John. Crissman. I've got Tabac on the way... you say the smell of it lingers??
This would be an excellent shaving nerd topic. For example: I can hypothesize that milling soaps to fit into compact containers, as has been described in a sticky, can lead to a loss of fragrance through the (temporary) massive increase in surface area.
The immediate problem is how to measure scent outside of the laboratory.
I'll be sure and let you know John. I just realised that it's you that it's on the way from!
Thanks,
Gavin.
This is why I would like for the triple milled soap pucks to be shrink-wrapped - to lock in the scent.
This is a great topic of discussion that I could really get into. But I will not bore anyone unless prompted.