Fresh, Sweet and Woodsy Soap Suggestions

So while I enjoy the occasional spicy and masculine soaps from time to time, I found myself and more importantly the wife, enjoy fresh, sweet and woody type scents.

Which soaps would you fine gentleman recommend that would suit this preference? I would love a soap that can offer all 3 attributes im looking for or any combination of the 3. Im really not interested in anything too linear and one dimensional or anything mentholated, medicinal or overly smokey.

-AOS sandalwood is pretty awesome
-Try a QCS sampler. Matthew makes lotsa woodsy EO type scents and is a great soap as well-Basilica, Celestial Woods, Provence and maybe Esquire come to mind
-Proraso Red Sandalwood-kinda has a peanut butter smell though
-DRH Marlborough-I just got the A.S., if the soap smells the same that might fulfill your description

I want to add another favorite I forgot to mention-Pré de Provence too-smells sweet and fresh but sagey as well. Great latherer with Shea Butter. Also generous sized puck in it's own tin very hard soap will probably last forever.

Ditto on Mikes Barbershop as well-I don't get woody though, just sweet and fresh. My favorite of Mike's soaps.

TOBS sandalwood would be my suggestion based on my personal and limited experience.

Marlborough is nice but it may be a bit smoky.

How about Cade?

C&E Sienna or Gentlemans Refinery The Standard would be my 2cents on the matter
oops GR is cream only

+1 on the QCS sampler idea. Lots of woodsy scents - Celestial Woods, Basilica, Vetiver, Provence, and his Mysore Sandalwood. I'm also a fan of his Hamami; more fresh and sweet than woodsy, though.

Another scent that I think meets your criteria is Spencer & Devon Sagebrush. It has become my favorite in both performance and scent.

I think Mike's Naturals barbershop scent fits that scent combo quite well

Fresh and sweet can be satisfied by choosing either Provence Sante Green Tea or RazoRock Boston Tea Party.

There's no "woody" at all in either, but they are both fresh and sweet. The PSGT is one of the best scents in shaving (IMO), but the RazoRock (for me) makes a slightly better lather. Either one is pretty darn good.

I tried a sampler of Mystic Waters Cedar & Sage this morning. This also sounds like it meets your description. http://www.mystic4men.com

I recommend QCS Provence, to my nose it has an undertone of woodsy, with a light citrus scent on top. I find I like it a little better than Cade, which gives me a great woodsy scent. The other plus over Cade is that QCS leaves my face feeling buttery smooth. I sometimes don't use any aftershave, today for example I used Provence with just a cold water splash to wash the soap off.

insomniac said:

Marlborough is nice but it may be a bit smoky.

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Yes!I actually tried Marlborough and DEFINTELY found it to be too smokey for me. By the looks of it, it seems like Arlington may have suited my prefences a bit more...

OldGreyGuy said:

I tried a sampler of Mystic Waters Cedar & Sage this morning. This also sounds like it meets your description. http://www.mystic4men.com

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This looks promising. thank you.

I want to say Ogallala Bay Rum & Cedarwood as it qualifies the sweet & woodsy notes. However, I didn't get the best lather with them so take my recommendation with a grain of salt.

L'Occittane Cade if you want more wood, Mike's Natural Soaps Orange, Cedarwood and Pepper if you want more fresh, sweet orange

Mystic waters cedar&sage, lavender, and they have 2 different sandalwood scents too. All awesome

Mystic Water Sandalwood Rose is a great one.

And one of my favorite smells (on the edge of being too sweet, though) is Mama Bear's Sandalwood Vanilla.

QCS Celestial Woods
Mike's Peppermint and Rosemary (odd suggestion I know, but it is clean, fresh, and woody from the rosemary)
Mystic Water Cedar & Sage is a "dark" scent IMO but might be what you are looking for. Very woody.
Mike's Pine & Cedar

Bath House Spanish Fig & Nutmeg is one of my favorite soaps, subtly sweet. My wife always snuggles a bit closer when I use it.

Bravado13 said:

So while I enjoy the occasional spicy and masculine soaps from time to time, I found myself and more importantly the wife, enjoy fresh, sweet and woody type scents.

Which soaps would you fine gentleman recommend that would suit this preference? I would love a soap that can offer all 3 attributes im looking for or any combination of the 3. Im really not interested in anything too linear and one dimensional or anything mentholated, medicinal or overly smokey.

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Woody's 3 in 1 All Purpose Bar soap. The package says you can wash your hair, body and shave with it. It has the Fresh, sweet and woodsey scent you describe.

+1 for Woody's, great soap for backpacking as well.