If you could only keep 4 shaving soaps or creams

[Lee Van Cleft]

1) TOOBS…..Mr Taylor’s cream
2) arko! …..stick
3) SV Opuntia….hard soap
4) La Toja…..stick
Hampshire Wool Fat is my favourite though but definitely too artisanal

 

[Bsamps]

Way too many to choose but, my four would be…
Tabac
Stirling Arkadia
Proraso Blue
TOBS Coconut

 

[Tomo]

Santa Maria Novella
Acqua di Parma
Martin de Candre Vetyver
DR Harris Arlington

 

[dmshaver]

My top 4:

Ethos Mandarino Fumo
Ethos Colonia
MdC Fougere
MdC Agrume

 

[JohnG]

1. Proraso Green
2. Nivea Sensitive
3. Cella Red
4. Speick cream

There can only be one?

Proraso Green.

 

[Iridian]

Cella and a gel... a huge bottle of what is basically glycerine and blue food color, seems to be immensely popular in Turkish barber shops. Sold under dozens of brand names.

 

[WhiskerLess]

1. Proraso Green
2. TOBS Sandalwood
3. TOBS Eton College
4. TOBS Jermyn Street

 

[ZeelandsRoem]

1. Santa Maria Novella
2. D.R. Harris Marlborough
3. D.R. Harris Lavender
4. SV Argania

 

[Edgelord]

I would update mine…

Cyril R. Salter sandalwood
Stirling sandalwood
TOBS sandalwood
Proraso sandalwood

 

[tube_guy]

Tabac soap with tallow.
Any Stirling beef tallow soap.
ARKO!
Palmolive classic shave cream.

 

[BobbyB]

My four:
1. Original Williams Mug shaving soap
2. Original Old Spice Cream
3. Any Noble Otter soap (my current favorite)
4. Stirling's Barbershop.

 

[DEgeezer]

Santa Maria Del Flore
Proraso green (tube)
Tabac
Cella bio

 

[rasoirdangereux]

I don't actually need 4 soaps. Arko(or More for you) and Tabac is all I use thesedays.

 

[tehnothing]

A few of mine are discontinued. Also borderline artisan. I rarely use anything else.
Czech & Speake Oxford & Cambridge in the old Valobra base. Failing that the also discontinued artisan Fine classic tallow Lavender Pour Homme. Martin de Candre Vetyver. They call that artisanal, but, it is pretty mainstream soap. Proraso Green or Red. Probably Green because I would miss it more if I could only pick one of them. Finally another borderline artisan Saponoficio Varesino Desert Vetiver. There just aren’t any mass market soaps or creams I will use so go play what if by yourselves. I have enough of my favorites to last me a couple years at least.

 

[SalS]

Jack Black Beard Lube
Jack Black Supreme Creme

Just two

 

[Jmp63]

As of right now:
Stirling Executive Man
Canada Shave Soap
B&M Waves
Haslinger Schafmilch

We’ll see how that changes after I finally try a few more, really want to try Ethos Succès and SV Opuntia.

 

[rsp1202]

MdC Nature and Canada remain my top soaps. They're interchangeable far as I'm concerned.
Kaliflower Organics Citrus Cedar is right there with them. I'm not a cedar fan but this one's mild and lathers great.
I'm on the fence with Southern Witchcrafts Incorporeal. It doesn't pop for me but is still a good soap.
TBD: Not a soap, the Omega Via Barberia Herbae hard cream. On hand, I haven't gotten to it yet.