What soap should I add for summer?

I am currently using three soaps;
Tabac
Mitchell's Wool Fat
AOS Sandalwood (tallow made by Valobra)

Love what I have but want to increase my variety of classic soaps and fragrances.
I've been looking at two soaps for summer:
D. R. Harris Arlington
Pré de Provence

What are your thoughts?
One better for summer than the other?
One more different than the soaps I have?
One is a poor latherer?
One has a poor fragrance?

Not a life or death decision, in three months I'll probably get the other one as well.
Before I kill my SAD I hope 8-10 great hard soaps will be in my den!

Thanks,
Curt

I love Harris and Arlington isa great summer scent.

I haven't used Pdp. But when I saw your post subject I was clicking to recommend Arlington, and it winds up being one of your options. Sounds perfect to me.

Agree 100%

djh said:

I love Harris and Arlington isa great summer scent.

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Proraso?

You could also go for a nice menthol soap. I find a cold water shave with Proraso Green is quite nice during the heat of July and August. I also tend to favor citrus scents such as grapefruit or limes. TOBS Grapefruit or Avocado are nice creams. Godrej Deluxe Lime has lanolin if you are still looking for some skin moisturizing properties in the summer as well and is a great value to boot.

Barrister and Mann's Lime, Lavender and Cedarwood comes highly recommended, and I have got myself some for over the summer months

Both those soaps are great choices. I would give the nod to Arlington because of the fresh citrus and fern scent. The PdP reminds me more of Spring due to the floral scent. Another good option in the summer is Proraso Green due to the menthol.

I've not shaved with PdP, but I love my Arlington. It is a very refreshing scent, so I'm looking forward to it over the Summer.

All that said, I'll echo the nods to B&M Lime, Lavender, and Cedarwood, as well as for a mentholated soap or cream. I've used Catie's Bubbles Herbe Glace and Queen Charlotte's Iced Key Lime and they both have a wonderful feel. I've heard nothing but good about Stirling's mentholated soaps (and I know, first hand, that his mentholated AS splashes are fantastic).

Maggard's Limes and Bergamot. Great performance, excellent post-shave feel, good value.

Lann Rasuir said:

Barrister and Mann's Lime, Lavender and Cedarwood comes highly recommended, and I have got myself some for over the summer months

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+1 however this is not a hard soap. DRH Arlington is a great choice too; PdP is a solid soap, and the scent is very "herby" if you like that sort of thing (think rosemary, sage). Mystic Waters' "Irish Traveller" is a great performer with a pretty faithful recreation of Creed's Green Irish Tweed for a scent (again, not a hard soap). My last recommendation is for a hard soap: Saponifico Varesino's Felce Aromatica. Its an artisan-made hard soap with a fantastic bright, green fragrance. If you are dead set on a hard soap I would recommend Felce Aromatica (or any Saponifico Varesino, for that matter) over any other hard soap - D.R. Harris included.

I would hold out for the rumoured Mickey Lee SoapWorks Grapefruit and Menthol, cannot wait!

seeing what you have, I would add a top tier soap, i.e Xpec, ABC , ADP, or MdC , YOLO

I would also take a look at Soap Commander Motivation. It's a vegan based soap, cucumber and bamboo scented. Very airy and refreshing.

Maggard's Limes and Bergamot, Czech and Speake Oxford and Cambridge (lavender mint), Simpsons vanilla rose (though it is a cream), MdC fougere or original.

Cheers, Steve

Trumper's GFT.

Lots of great summer soaps out there. Here are some of my suggestions:

Haslinger Coconut
RazoRock Lime
DR Harris Windsor

I was going to suggest Cade or Arlington, so....
The soap I am using now is Valobra Menthol. I like it now that the weather has really warmed up here. The mild cooling is nice for summertime.

I also suggest Proraso.