You are forced to thin your soap herd to 3...which ones?

Mystic Waters Lilac
Stirling Glacier
Pre de Provence

But only because I have 4 soaps in the house and a slew of samples that I have note tried yet. I confess I have not tried MWF or Dr Harris.

Cella

Tabac

Barrister & Mann

Two classics and one incredible artisan soap.

MWF
Erasmic bowl
TOBS Lavender

L'Occitane Cade
Proraso green
C&e sandalwood (old recipe)

Cella
Proraso green
VdH

Cella
Tabac
Valobra fougere

MdC
Mike's
Stirling

2012

brucered said:

MdC Scented
QCS (pick a scent)
RazoRock 888

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2013

brucered said:

MdC
Mystic Water
DR Harris

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OK, let's update my list for 2014.

In this order:
Haslinger Schafmilch
Pre de Provence
RazoRock P.160

You know the funny thing is I've already pretty much done just this. Used to have dozens of soaps, but now I've already gotten rid of so many and settled on a top two.

1. Arko
2. Tabac

The third? That's still up for grabs between the last few remaining soaps in my box. It's going to be a fight-out between Haslinger, Godrej Round, Stirling, and Speick Cream.

MWF
Cella
MdC (Any one of them)

Frank

mftoms59 said:

1. Tabac- My first soap 36 years ago, it's like part of the Family
2. Klar Seifen Lotus/Ginger- Love the scent, Slick Lather
2. Panna Creama Mediteraneo- Initial lather was very slick, good scent & price

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A couple of changes:
1. Tabac- Love the stick, great container & performance2. Valobra Brick- Slick lather, moisturizes well, good price for 5ozs
2. Palmolive- inexpensive stick, lathers easy, slick lather & fresh soap scent.
3. QCS Tub Celestial Woods- Though not a hard soap, I get slick moisturizing lather & I love the Woody/Pine scent.

Catie's Bubble LPV
Razorock XXX
HTGAM Synergy 2.0 CAD

1st MWF
2nd D.R. Harris Windsor
3rd Tabac

I have been following this post for a long while, but I was reluctant to join in because the best soap, on my face anyway, was in constant evolution. I am now ready to commit. By the way, I was always a tallow kind-of-guy until Maggard knocked the snob out of me.

Barrister and Mann
Cold River Soap Works Select
Maggard

Mikes coconut
I coloniali
Speick

1. MWF
2. Cade
3. Tabac

Tabac stick
MWF/Kent
Wilkinson Sword stick

I Coloniali
Valobra Fougère
Le Pere Lucien

Mikes Orange, Black Pepper and Cedarwood
Barrister and Mann Cheshire
RazoRock Don Marco

gwav64 said:

Let's just assume by either natural or man-made mandates, you must reduce your shaving soap herd down to 3 soaps only for life...which ones make the cut? And why?

For me, it's:

MWF: love the scent, lather, and how it makes my face feel after the shave.

Arko stick: like the scent, quick lather, and how my face feels after the shave.

LaToja stick: love, love, love the scent!

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Cella, Prairie Creations (rose scent), Arko. Cella is probably the best I have ever used, but I need a change of pace from the scent. The Prairie Creations is an artisan soap, and I like the fact that it is American, the scent is fantastic, and is the soapmaker's interpretation of vintage Williams. Arko is an honest clean scent and it works great.

Can't argue with your impression of the LaToja soap. MWF smells great as well, but a little too hard to lather for me. It's hard to pick just three because there are so many great ones out there, not to mention creams.