Worst scent in shaving soap?

**Larsson_Power** · 04-14-2012, 04:15 AM

MWF smells like milk..........not so nice.

Vitos, Cella & Barbe Rosse a some kind of almond, don't like that smell very much..

**EdwinJ** · 05-23-2012, 03:29 PM

Mine was Weleda, actually a shaving cream; that was disgusting! The refreshing breeze of a crowded middle school locker room.

I did not care much for Tabac and even less for Sir Irisch Moos, though they produce perfect lather both.

Arko is surely a bit different on the olfactory level, themed "grandma doing laundry in the 1940's". But not bad to me, just funny. And its lather is superb -- a legend actually. Instant Santa Clause.

What lead me here was a search for "i coloniali". I received it yesterday and -- meeh. Bad performance, and does not smell too great. A good 30$ blown.

**Cochese2323** · 05-23-2012, 03:43 PM

Probably get burned for this, but it was Cella for me. Never even test lathered it, just traded it away. Akro was pretty nasty for me too.

**petr** · 05-23-2012, 06:31 PM

arko and tabac

**lt114** · 05-23-2012, 07:54 PM

The worst for me is also Arko.
I love the smell of Tabac. It was my first shaving soap, and I fell in love with it from the first time I used it. I will probably always have a place for it in my den.

**sp514** · 05-23-2012, 07:56 PM

I'd have to say AOS Sandalwood. I know it has a lot of fans but I didn't like it at all.

**Cochese2323** · 05-23-2012, 08:05 PM

Originally Posted by sp514

I'd have to say AOS Sandalwood. I know it has a lot of fans but I didn't like it at all.

I agree with you, although it isn't the worst. But te performance is really good.

**bonzos_beard** · 05-23-2012, 08:07 PM

arko

**gus1942** · 05-23-2012, 08:09 PM

Originally Posted by petr

arko and tabac

And I love em

**gus1942** · 05-23-2012, 08:10 PM

Originally Posted by oc_in_fw

You know why he is scared? Because he knows the greatness of Arko is going to annihilate that bad 70's porn star mustache he is sporting.

Thats great

**VerbaVolant** · 05-23-2012, 08:27 PM

La Toja

I had my first shave with La Toja this morning and I admit, the scent is fading with use. Its performance is top notch.
When I got it I almost wrote to the vendor. I will keep it and use it.

Did I tell you I got three sticks?

**brucered** · 05-23-2012, 08:43 PM

arko, handmade soap company, macca root are 3 that stick out in my mind.

**jtb** · 05-23-2012, 09:14 PM

Originally Posted by Mendel

Tabac, IMHO, smells like peppercorn. ARKO sticks smells like men's urinal pucks.

Ding ding ding ding... Your hit the nail on the head with arko.

**gus1942** · 05-24-2012, 06:55 AM

Originally Posted by jtb

Ding ding ding ding... Your hit the nail on the head with arko.

Add La Toja stick and you have my 3 favorites.

**Toddy** · 05-24-2012, 09:52 AM

I must disagree - I like the scent and performance of the I Coloniali.

As the old saying goes, one man's meat is another's poison

**kingfisher** · 05-24-2012, 11:13 AM

Originally Posted by sp514

I'd have to say AOS Sandalwood. I know it has a lot of fans but I didn't like it at all.

Yeah, the smell of AOS Sandalwood is repulsive to me. The first time I sniffed it in the store my head actually recoiled away from it and I had a scowl on my face.

**EdwinJ** · 05-24-2012, 01:31 PM

Originally Posted by Toddy

I must disagree - I like the scent and performance of the I Coloniali.

As the old saying goes, one man's meat is another's poison

Perfectly correct. Also relating to

Originally Posted by sp514

I'd have to say AOS Sandalwood. I know it has a lot of fans but I didn't like it at all.

which made me twitch at first -- not the AOS Sandalwood!

That one I absolutely love -- that's just how different perception can be.

Which makes this forum interesting: imagine we all would be completely alike! That would actually be quite boring.

**elsmooth** · 05-24-2012, 02:42 PM

Great thread...really seems like Tabac, Williams and Arko are leading the pack.

I'm fairly blessed...I have a good size collection (though most are RazoRock), and I really don't have any bona fide duds (IMO). I'm looking at my inventory spreadsheet...and I'd say my least favorite in the collection is VDH. Not bad, just not great (flat compared to the rest).

I'll have to take another whiff when I get home, but I don't think I was too excited about Institut Karite when I got it in the mail (haven't shave with it yet).

**Toddy** · 05-24-2012, 03:28 PM

VDH Deluxe, Select and Glycerin don't really smell of anything in particular other than a generic soap smell.

**Arcadies** · 05-24-2012, 03:51 PM

QCS Vetiver...well, I can't single out QCS as it's the only Vetiver cream/soap I have tried and their other creams have been stellar, apparently I'm just not a fan of Vetiver. It had notes that were very appealing to me, but it had an overpowering cigarette smoke stink and made me physically nauseous. The odd thing is I was a smoker for 19 years and quit about 1.5 years ago, now it makes me sick...go figure.