My sample of Lime Shaving Soap from Mystic Water arrived on Friday and I have used it twice. My observations about the soap follow.The literature for the soap says it is made in the manner of Cella a soft Italian soap. And it is. The feel is very similar to Cella.First, although I generally use Uberlather when I test soap for the first few times I use the soap alone with no additives. I also use two different brushes: a fuller brush like the Duke 3 or B&B 2011 brush and a smaller brush: my Caswell-Massey board-badger combo brush, that many soaps dont agree with. I figure if the CW brush works with soap any other brush would work wonders. 
The lime soap has a subtle, pleasant aroma. You can smell the lime when you work the lather but it is not a strong, overpowering scent. I found the scent very pleasing. It reminded me of lime hard candy. However, I am a shaver who is more concerned about performance rather than scent (except for those very strong smelling soaps such as Tabac whose good performance is negated by the scent. Sorry Tabac fans! 
)I put the sample in an old plastic container that once contained TOBS Almond and added water to it for a few seconds. I drained the water and I then whipped it up. I found the soap to be a little different than most other soaps in that my lather the first time was a little thin and airy. The brush used was the B&B 2011 brush. It may be that the brush was too big for the small sample used. However, the shave was excellent. The razor used was a Red Tip with a Polsylver blade. The lather produces a very lubricated shave even though the lather was lighter than what I usually produce. The first picture below is what the lather looked like on the first shave.The shave was excellent. Very close, smooth, and comfortable. The razor glided through the beard without any effort.On the second shave I used the notorious CM brush. I have two of these brushes that were given to me as Christmas gifts many years ago. For some reason these brushes dont agree with some soaps. They work fine with creams but dont produce much lather in some soaps. The second picture is what the soap looked like with the CM brush. As you can see the lather was thicker and looked better. However, once again its performance was excellent. A four pass shave with a GEM 1912 with a PTFE coated blade was close and smooth.It's always nice when you see a new shaving product, this time a soap, come out and meet or exceed your expectations. This is one soap I will definitely buy. 
I have two more samples to try and will report on them in the coming weeks.
The lime soap has a subtle, pleasant aroma. You can smell the lime when you work the lather but it is not a strong, overpowering scent. I found the scent very pleasing. It reminded me of lime hard candy. However, I am a shaver who is more concerned about performance rather than scent (except for those very strong smelling soaps such as Tabac whose good performance is negated by the scent. Sorry Tabac fans! )I put the sample in an old plastic container that once contained TOBS Almond and added water to it for a few seconds. I drained the water and I then whipped it up. I found the soap to be a little different than most other soaps in that my lather the first time was a little thin and airy. The brush used was the B&B 2011 brush. It may be that the brush was too big for the small sample used. However, the shave was excellent. The razor used was a Red Tip with a Polsylver blade. The lather produces a very lubricated shave even though the lather was lighter than what I usually produce. The first picture below is what the lather looked like on the first shave.The shave was excellent. Very close, smooth, and comfortable. The razor glided through the beard without any effort.On the second shave I used the notorious CM brush. I have two of these brushes that were given to me as Christmas gifts many years ago. For some reason these brushes dont agree with some soaps. They work fine with creams but dont produce much lather in some soaps. The second picture is what the soap looked like with the CM brush. As you can see the lather was thicker and looked better. However, once again its performance was excellent. A four pass shave with a GEM 1912 with a PTFE coated blade was close and smooth.It's always nice when you see a new shaving product, this time a soap, come out and meet or exceed your expectations. This is one soap I will definitely buy. I have two more samples to try and will report on them in the coming weeks.
