Art of Shaving Sandalwood is my favorite. Love the scent, the texture, and the fancy Italian black case it comes in. However you are paying more for it over other brands.
If it could only be one, than I would choose the tallow AOS sandalwood because of the combination of scent and performance. If it was just performance, Arko and Tabac are tops. Currently my usual routine is making Uber lather with Barbasol, glycerin, and rotation of many soaps ( which I choose by pointing at and saying iny miny mony moe )
Hold on to your $65.00 Joe at IB announced a new version of XXX comming out that was ADP. I am thinking it could be the XX formula with the XXX/ADP scent and that will be a steal if they keep the scent as strong.