Your favorite underpriced soap

EU Palmolive sticks when they were a steal at about a buck.
Also the Figaro crema di barba that cost a whopping 1.10euro at the stores in Italy (same producer as the Razorock
classic line and in the same 5oz tub)

Greyzer said:

I bought a stick of La Toja for 1 euro.

That's pretty hard to beat. Came in a nice container too.

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Yeah where? In Barcelona it's €2.99.

Another vote for Monsavon. I picked up a tub when I was in France last month and loved it, especially at less than 2 euro. I also bought some Palmolive sticks for similar price but haven't tried them yet.

I mixed Arko with some Derby lemon a few times, man that was an awesome smell!

jesseix said:

Also the Figaro crema di barba that cost a whopping 1.10euro at the stores in Italy (same producer as the Razorock
classic line and in the same 5oz tub)

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OK, that would be a pretty screaming deal! I'd say that one even beats the arko/williams over all.

zed117 said:

Razorock, great scent and performance and priced really low.

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totally agree with this

Stirling

the_edski said:

Even if it does, you'll still want to use it because of the lather. If the smell absolutely offends you, leave it unwrapped in your garage for a month, presto-chango, the smell is gone.

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One thing I learned is that grating Arko makes it loose its wonderful aroma quickly.

In hindsight it isn't necessary to grate a stick of Arko to get it into a push-up container, but not realizing quite how soft it is the first time I grated a stick to reform it. Once I had about a 200-fold increase in surface area - while it was sitting in the Tupperware waiting for me - the aroma dissipated very rapidly.

If you really can't abide by it just grate a stick and leave that in your garage overnight. No need to wait a month.

Martinsville Soapworks Green Tweed

1. Arko
2. Cella (definitely by the kilo)

I think most, who like Arko, find that it's a veritable steal at it's current price though, I wonder, if it's price were double if I'd have picked it up in the first place (considering all the comments on scent).

Or, perhaps, due to it's price and ready availability via Amazon is driving people to become MORE vocal both positive and negative.

Tie between Arko and Palmolive. Similarly great performance with different scents.

Latoja stick, Stirling, and Razorock. All great performers at low prices.
I'd also add Pre de Provence. Top notch soap that has to be one of the cheapest 'per use' soaps. Almost seems like the soap regenerates itself

Shave_Rat said:

OK, that would be a pretty screaming deal! I'd say that one even beats the arko/williams over all.

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Yeah I wish I had bought more, I figured I didn't need more than one of them but in retrospect I should have brought a few back to send out as pif's

Arko for me, too. A wonderful performer that never disappoints and is perfect for travel either in stick form or in the tub.

Cella 1kg brick. Very good slickness, very stable lather, smells nice and one of the most gentle soaps I've tried. Doesn't take much product to produce lather(unlike Stirling). I can't say Arko because it irritates my skin a bit.

Palmolive EU Stick.
As a long time user of the Australian stick, this one leaves it for dead. Just love the lather it develops!

Arko

Palmolive Shaving Stick - better than Arko to my mind. Arko can leave my face feeling tight. Palmolive leaves it feeling soft and smooth. Brilliant lather perhaps a bit better than Arko very cheap and lasts well. You can pick it up on ebay at a good price it's worth you while doing price comparisons as sometimes "free" shipping bumps the price of the product up substantially. If you're visiting the UK you can pick it up dirt cheap on the high street. Try supermarkets and the boots chain of pharmacies.

The Spanish La Toja shaving stick is next up it's very reasonably priced but not as cheap as Palmolive. It's well worth your while clicking around on ebay to compare prices. This the one I use daily . Superb lather nice fresh somewhat woodsy/piney scent - that stays with you for a while. Same scent as their excellent aftershave and soaps so you can co-ordinate.

Erasmic bowl soap. Very good performing soap and doesn't smell like a toilet. I'd happily pay twice its asking price in the U.K.