VDH new line coming in March

[pizzaguy]

VDH on Amazon is showing new soaps for March , Just thought I would share -- Happened to be looking for their Glycerin soap and saw the new stuff

[RayH]

Here's a link. http://www.amazon.com/Van-Hagen-Luxury-Scented-4-5-Ounce/dp/B004L4AMIG/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=beauty&qid=1297915670&sr=8-8

The windmill on the box and soap remind me of the Muhle windmill. Wonder if there is a connection?

[pizzaguy]

It does

[salazch12]

ooo ooo ooo, me want, me want, me want!!!! :001_tt1::001_tt1::001_tt1::001_tt1::001_tt1:

[akokandy]

Over 10% glycerin; contains shea, mango and cocoa butters; sounds like a good soap for winters.

[Laney1566]

Seems Promising

[Walt Whitman]

I wonder if this will find its way to the usual stores that VDH inhabits.

[mike72]

That looks pretty sharp now they need to up their game on their soap. I know its not all that bad but they still could...a little.

[Skinbubble]

I really like the VDH glycerin, so I will be ordering this next month once my monthly shaving allowance is renewed.:thumbup:

[michiganlover]

There is an totally unscented version coming out as well:

http://www.amazon.com/Van-Hagen-Luxury-Unscented-4-5-Ounce/dp/B004L48O36/ref=sr_1_1?s=beauty&ie=UTF8&qid=1297954666&sr=1-1

[MrGuy]

Looks interesting. I went ahead and pre-ordered the scented and unscented soaps. I also stumbled across a VDH "luxury" badger brush, sporting the Muhle-ish windmill. For $15 bucks, I added it as well. Now I just have to wait until the end of March:glare:

[michiganlover]

Looks interesting. I went ahead and pre-ordered the scented and unscented soaps. I also stumbled across a VDH "luxury" badger brush, sporting the Muhle-ish windmill. For $15 bucks, I added it as well. Now I just have to wait until the end of March:glare:


There is the Luxury Badger Brush:

http://www.amazon.com/Van-Hagen-Luxury-Badger-3-Ounce/dp/B004L4AMIQ/ref=sr_1_cc_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1297955967&sr=1-3-catcorr

and also a complete Luxury kit of Mug, Brush, Soap, and Stand:

http://www.amazon.com/Van-Hagen-Luxury-Shave-1-5-Pound/dp/B004L4EING/ref=sr_1_cc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1297955967&sr=1-1-catcorr

[livingontheedge]

and also a complete Luxury kit of Mug, Brush, Soap, and Stand:

http://www.amazon.com/Van-Hagen-Luxury-Shave-1-5-Pound/dp/B004L4EING/ref=sr_1_cc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1297955967&sr=1-1-catcorr

That is a good price, I've seen apothecary mugs selling for more than the whole set. I wonder how the brush is?

[atison]

If it is the same brush that they send out if you write them about your boar brush shedding (too lazy to bring up the old posts), then I suggest passing on it. That thing was crazy floppy (and I use a vulfix).

[poppi]

I was curious about this newly listed product and the "Muhle" looking windmill so I emailed VDH and here's the reply:

Hi Michael,

The new soap is part of an upscale line being launched. Amazon will be the first to carry the product. The new line has a badger brush, acrylic shave brush and razor stand (razor not included), a ceramic apothecary shave bowl (new soap fits perfectly!) and two new shave soaps. The shave soaps are 3.5 oz vs the current 2.5 oz and are similar in formulation BUT they have a higher percentage of the ingredients that set our product apart from the others - ie. glycerin, shea/mango/cocoa butter. Both bars have over 10% glycerin! The two bars are almost identical in formulation (same goodie package), the scented bar being opaque white and the unscented being transparent. The scented bar has a very nice fresh-citrusy-woody note. It is of cologne quality. We manufacture all of our soaps in Liberty Hill, Texas.

Hope this helps! Thanks for writing.

Marty van der Hagen


Should prove interesting. Think I'll have to get the whole thing, i.e. mug/brush/soap, and see what they got.

[mandoman]

I must try it :thumbup1:

[73mountaineer]

That brush looks incredibly similar, nearly identical in fact, to the C&E-branded EJ Pure Badger that sells for $35 from C&E.

http://www.crabtree-evelyn.com/eng/products/bath-body/mens-grooming/shaving-brushes-kits/ebony_pure_badger_shave_brush?130296

The packaging looks pretty similar to the boxes from Jagger as well. I am going to go out on a limb here and bet that the new VDH badger is an EJ. If so, for $15 it is a very good buy:thumbup1:

[masonjarjar]

I wonder if it's based on a cologne (like the other soaps are Grey Flannel-like)?

Citrus Woodsy? Wow that could be about 100 different colognes.

What's the most popular Citrus Woodsy cologne?

And I have one of those mugs (a white one from Burt's Bees). They are GREAT for melting in a couple pucks of VDH.. Room for the soap and enough room to build the lather right there..

[RayH]

That brush looks incredibly similar, nearly identical in fact, to the C&E-branded EJ Pure Badger that sells for $35 from C&E.
There are enough similarities between the EJ and VDH brushes that you are probably right. I will definately be ordering both soap and brush soon enough.

[masonjarjar]

I have to wonder if Marty van Der Hagen reads this site. I would think he would be amused by the VDH recipe thread.. someone should invite him here..

[masonjarjar]

There are enough similarities between the EJ and VDH brushes that you are probably right. I will definately be ordering both soon enough.

Didn't C&E stop carrying that brush?

[CraigarTA]

I think I know what to blow some money on come March 1 :thumbup1::tongue_sm

[Darjeeling Express]

Its in the cart.

[zamanakhan]

i think i'll be buying the set as well, although i have no use for an extra brush... and i dont mug or bowl lather... but i'd like to have a set :) i like their pink soap too lathers awesome and i like the smell as well.

[redrako]

I wonder if there's a correlation between the advent of the new VDH line and the reports yesterday of CVS starter kits being marked down in the clearance section.

[kingfisher]

Whenever you get this stuff, we'll need a full report about how much different it is from current formulation VDH; not just the scent, but the lather characteristics, performance, etc., etc. It'd be good to have some VDH Deluxe on hand so they can be compared back-to-back and directly.

[lowhawk]

Here's a link. http://www.amazon.com/Van-Hagen-Luxury-Scented-4-5-Ounce/dp/B004L4AMIG/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=beauty&qid=1297915670&sr=8-8

The windmill on the box and soap remind me of the Muhle windmill. Wonder if there is a connection?

Yeah, I'm also wondering what that's about. Almost identical. Keeping the radar out on this one...

[RayH]

I just did the pre-order on the set for $25, soap, brush, mug and stand (with free shipping). Now the wait sets in.
At the C&E website the brush is still being shown and sold for $35.
http://www.crabtree-evelyn.com/eng/products/gift-ideas/may-we-recommend/the-men-in-your-life/ebony_pure_badger_shave_brush?130296
So $15 for the VDH is a better deal.

[michiganlover]

I plan on ordering the complete $25 kit, and 3 of the scented pucks next payday. :thumbup:

[73mountaineer]

I think that set looks like a phenomenal bargain, and I think it is great that VDH is developing a higher-end line in addition to their usual products. I too wonder about the new logo, colors, etc. That logo is close enough to Muhle's to make me scratch my head. Coupled with my strong suspicion that the brush is a Jagger (itself a Muhle Pinsel brand) Pure Badger, I wonder if there is something bigger here than just a few new products. Hmmm, the plot thickens... :001_cool:

Could be nothing, but speculating is fun! :laugh:

[Gibson]

man this comes out in march and I will be leaving the country at the end of this month for 6 months guess i will have to try it when i come back.
Let us know how it is

[Go West Young Man]

I don't know why, but the name "Marty van der Hagen" makes me laugh.

[Kevan]

This is an encouraging move by VDH. Hopefully this means semi-premium shave soaps will return to drug and grocery stores.

The ball is in your court now, Old Spice. You've revamped the brand to so it's all about nostalgia and "being a man," so it's time to bring back the shave soap. If you can sell "Deck Scrubbers" you can sell shaving sets with a boar brush and plastic mug.

C'mon guys. You've got Isaiah Mustafa. He can make anything seem cool. You can do it.... :laugh:

[coyotewhisper]

Thanks for the information.

[aamtz87]

one quick look at the van der hagan website explained the the windmill, its has to do with the old family farm in Holland. But then i also read that they are suppliers to many companies overseas and in the US. Which leads me to believe that they could be secret behind some of our favorite soapmakers.

[BlackBard]

Just when I thought I had my SAD under control....

This is even harder for me since I do not like the existing VDH line.

[tom66]

march madness! VDH style! i'm in!

[salazch12]

There is the Luxury Badger Brush:

http://www.amazon.com/Van-Hagen-Luxury-Badger-3-Ounce/dp/B004L4AMIQ/ref=sr_1_cc_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1297955967&sr=1-3-catcorr

and also a complete Luxury kit of Mug, Brush, Soap, and Stand:

http://www.amazon.com/Van-Hagen-Luxury-Shave-1-5-Pound/dp/B004L4EING/ref=sr_1_cc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1297955967&sr=1-1-catcorr

The soap in the kit says premium, but the new line of soaps are luxury. Same soap?

[DougK]

Since I'm steadily reducing my stock of shaving supplies to zero and I'm on my last puck of soap and shave stick, not counting the two "just in case" pucks of Williams, this is perfect timing. Heck, who am I kidding, I'd buy it just for the mug.

[LinuxMintyFresh]

So are they killiing the original line or just adding a luxury line?

[salazch12]

So are they killiing the original line or just adding a luxury line?

ewww.... I hope they keep both.

[mandoman]

just orderd the complete Luxury kit of Mug, Brush, Soap, and Stand :001_smile

[The Pontificator]

I have to wonder if Marty van Der Hagen reads this site.

I'm sure he's been here a time or two. :001_smile

Although VDH Enterprises makes more than just shaving soap I'm sure the company was not happy about losing shelf facings in Wal-Mart. Hopefully we'll start seeing some more stuff in the future.

The deluxe kit looks very nice. At $25+free shipping it's practically a steal.

[gearchow]

I don't know why, but the name "Marty van der Hagen" makes me laugh.

now you made me laugh.

-jim

[redrako]

So are they killiing the original line or just adding a luxury line?

Perish the thought. VDH Deluxe is my go to cheap soap. I love Tabac and some MamaBears soaps, but VDH is my melt it into sticks, don't sweat it if I leave it at the gym, workhorse soap.

[Deltaboy]

Great a new VDH Soap to add to my collection!

[Skinbubble]

My local Fred Meyers is selling the VDH glycerine 3/$5 right now. I wonder if they are selling off current stock to make way for the new stuff?

[Laney1566]

The brush looks like a tweezerman to me.

[DavidB]

Amazon has a pic of the new VDH scented soap. Looks like a step up for VDH. I can hardly wait!

Dave

[RockyNomad]

I'm sure he's been here a time or two. :001_smile

Although VDH Enterprises makes more than just shaving soap I'm sure the company was not happy about losing shelf facings in Wal-Mart. Hopefully we'll start seeing some more stuff in the future.

The deluxe kit looks very nice. At $25+free shipping it's practically a steal.

My local Wal-Mart is business as usual with the VDH products.

[SilverKarn]

My local Wal-Mart is business as usual with the VDH products.

Mine only carries the Deluxe soap, but its been carrying the soap forever. They did drop Williams though

[Captain Pete]

I'm a big fan of their Deluxe, especially for the price. Can't wait to try this.

[dalew]

I really like the VDH glycerin, so I will be ordering this next month once my monthly shaving allowance is renewed.:thumbup:

I like it also. It is real slick with plenty of lubrication.

[gixxer]

For the price for the brush and soap it is at least worth a try. Worse comes to worse if the soap is not any better then I have more soap for lathering the back of my neck when cutting my hair.

[Cheesehead Transplant]

This is very, very tempting. Must...resist...SAD. I have plenty of shaving mugs. But, oh, how I always wanted an apothocary mug. I also like VDH, and I am very curious about the new scent. I must resist. I must resist. I must resist. Mmmmm. I will think about this over a martini.

[salazch12]

What exactly makes it an apothicary mug? The design?

[delisle]

What exactly makes it an apothicary mug? The design?

And the handle design as well, I am pretty sure. I keep a VDH/Williams blend in my rotation.

[Zarba]

VDH on Amazon is showing new soaps for March , Just thought I would share -- Happened to be looking for their Glycerin soap and saw the new stuff
There's a great link on Mantic59's blog about this.

www.mantic59.blogspot.com

[mikeon]

Is there a complete ingredients list of the new soaps?

[Tekka]

As long as its not too expensive I might try it.

[Dave Deluxe]

Hope they sell it in local retail locations too. It would be great to have another affordable soap, that isn't subject to outragous shipping costs.

By the way will this new product superceed the regular VDH that we are used to, or be sold along side it? Does anyone know?

DD

[michiganlover]

By the way will this new product superceed the regular VDH that we are used to, or be sold along side it? Does anyone know?

DD

Mantic asked the company about this very thing, and they claim that both products lines are going to continue to be made:



van der Hagen Enterprises would like to announce the launch of a new line of upscale shave products. We have had numerous requests from our customers over the years to create a higher end line featuring a badger brush, brush stand and a mug with a fitted soap. The new line will be available on Amazon.com starting March 24th and is being added to Walgreens.com very soon (not sure of the exact date yet). We are planning to show the line to various retail chains over the next year and will keep you updated on our progress.


Our “value line” will not change and will still be sold in the current chains that carry it now. In fact, we are continuing to expand the number of stores that carry this line rapidly.


Following are the items that are included in the new Luxury Line and a brief description:

Badger Brush – 100% badger bristle in a monogrammed smooth black handle with a silver ring.

Apothecary Mug – a monogrammed black ceramic apothecary style shaving mug with a knob handle.

Shave Stand – acrylic shave stand that holds our badger brush and has a slot in which to stand a razor (razors not supplied).

Scented Shave Soap – similar to our current shave soaps in formulation except that it has a higher percentage of the “goodie package” - glycerin, shea butter, mango butter and cocoa butter. Both bars (scented/unscented) have over 10% glycerin.The bar is also 40% larger at 3.5 oz and fits perfectly in the apothecary mug. The scented bar is opaque white and has a very nice fresh-citrusy-woody note (kind of hard to describe). The fragrance is cologne quality.


Unscented Shave Soap – this bar is nearly identical to the scented bar and has the same “goodie package”. It is transparent and fragrance free.


Whether the customer is purchasing our “value” line or our Luxury line, our goal is to provide the best overall value on the market for traditional wet shave products.

Thank You,


The van der Hagen family

[AlanL]

one quick look at the van der hagan website explained the the windmill, its has to do with the old family farm in Holland. But then i also read that they are suppliers to many companies overseas and in the US. Which leads me to believe that they could be secret behind some of our favorite soapmakers.
Maybe.

"Mühle" is simply the German word for "mill."

[Deltaboy]

I have been playing too much on the Bay and Amazon so I will wait until April and order a bulk order of VDH deluxe and some of their new stuff if the reviews are good.

[RayH]

Just received my VDH Luxury Set today 03/25/11. I received an email from Amazon yesterday telling me it was just shipped. Wow!! One day delivery. Wasn't expecting that. As for the set. Lovely. The brush looks great. The stand for the brush and razor while plastic is better than the ones from Omega and other places. The apothocary mug is black and stylish and the soap barely fits in it. Got one puck with the set. Too late to shave tonight (10:06 PM or 2206 for those of on military time) but I will be using it in the morning. No pictures as I'm not good with that kind of stuff. Really have to learn so I can post sometime. This set is a steal for $25. VDH is really trying here. If you don't have one get one.

[The Count of Merkur Cristo]

Whenever you get this stuff, we'll need a full report about how much different it is from current formulation VDH; not just the scent, but the lather characteristics, performance, etc., etc. It'd be good to have some VDH Deluxe on hand so they can be compared back-to-back and directly.
kingfisher:
+ 1 and to all concerned...a Reveiw would be nice also from anyone who purchased this product. :yesnod:

Christopher http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh206/SerraTijn/smileys/smiley_shaving.gif

[RayH]

There will be reviews, don't worry.

[MrGuy]

Yep, based on my shipping info reviews should start around April 1... No, really. My ETA is March 31. A couple of test lathers that night and then a full shave in the morning, hopefully get the time to post some thoughts later in the evening on 4/1.

Just thought I'd add that the new brush is due in on March 29. It will pain me to wait, but I'm going to do all the breaking in with the new VDH soaps.

[salazch12]

This sucks!!! I don't want to wait. Why is it that Amazon can ship every single book in the twilight or harry potter series so it arrives on the release date, but they can't get the VDH kit to us on the release date!!!! Its a travesty and prejudice against manliness in favor of tween girls and wizard nerds!!!!! :angry:
:lol:

[Sapian]

This sucks!!! I don't want to wait. Why is it that Amazon can ship every single book in the twilight or harry potter series so it arrives on the release date, but they can't get the VDH kit to us on the release date!!!! Its a travesty and prejudice against manliness in favor of tween girls and wizard nerds!!!!! :angry:
:lol:

Yes, I agree. A travesty. Still no reason to make fun of wizard nerds. :wink:

[APC]

Yep, based on my shipping info reviews should start around April 1... No, really. My ETA is March 31. A couple of test lathers that night and then a full shave in the morning, hopefully get the time to post some thoughts later in the evening on 4/1.

Just thought I'd add that the new brush is due in on March 29. It will pain me to wait, but I'm going to do all the breaking in with the new VDH soaps.

I had preordered and it arrived on Friday, one day after the annouced release date. I used it yesterday with great results. I had posted it in the nearby New VDH thread. It was great!

[MrGuy]

I had preordered and it arrived on Friday, one day after the annouced release date. I used it yesterday with great results. I had posted it in the nearby New VDH thread. It was great!

Must have missed the thread. Glad to hear it's good stuff!

[Salty O'Rourke]

I ordered from Amazon today - looks like the price is inching up. I paid $27.06.

[Doug123]

I would think he would be amused by the VDH recipe thread....

What is the VDH recipe thread? I don't think I've seen it.

Just melting it down and adding AS?

[RockyNomad]

I ordered from Amazon today - looks like the price is inching up. I paid $27.06.

Looks like the 3 pack of unscented is up $1.60 as well.

[RSC]

I noticed this morning that the VDH Luxury soap is available on drugstore.com. They carry it as individual pucks.

[mretzloff]

What is the VDH recipe thread? I don't think I've seen it.

Just melting it down and adding AS?

Pretty much. Have a look here (http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=118150).

[wksimple]

Got my 3 pucks yesterday (3/26) and used it this morning. I don't want to come to any conclusions without trying it for at least a week, but I will make the following observations.

1. It fits perfectly in my 70's Old Spice mug. The puck is of a slightly larger diameter at the bottom, and the ribs in the mug hold it nice and snug.

2. It didn't seem to lather that much better than the Deluxe version, but it did so much easier! Less product and less time required to produce a thick, rich lather.

3. Scent is very slight. I have no idea what it reminds me of. I'll get back to you on that.

4. Slick. The lather definitely felt slicker than the Deluxe. The razor glides effortlessly. No skips, drags, irritation, nicks. Two passes with a Tech loaded with a Derby (my benchmark for testing) resulted in a better than DFS, but short of BBS.

I will continue to use the new VDH for a week and see if I come to any other conclusions. As of now, I like it!:thumbup1:

[Deltaboy]

Got a E-mail from Amazon it Shipped Saturday and should be here by this Sat.

[Doug123]

Pretty much. Have a look here (http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=118150).

Thanks!