Looking for a woodsy scented cream

hello all,

I'm new to wet shaving and I love it! I am looking for a real woodsy/whiskey scented cream.... ya know something manly scented! Please recommend/point me in the correct direction.

Castle Forbes Cedar/Sandalwood smells like the lumber aisle at a hardware store. That's about as woodsy as it gets, though I find that it lacks warmth.

I have some of the Castle Forbes C/S but I haven't tried it, or taken a whiff, yet. I don't know of a cream that smells like whiskey but Shaving Yeti makes a soap called Dr. Yeti's Magic Elixer and that has bourbon in it. I have lathered that and like it; inexpensive too. The trick is finding it in stock!

St James of London Cedarwood & clarysage is one of my favorite woody scents. The Cedarwood is very prominent and its manly and sticks around. It's also really slick and luxurious. My second fav. I would recommend their sandalwood but it is more like a cologne and has a sweeter scent.

Queen Charlotte Celestial Woods or Mysore Sandalwood. Both smell wonderful and they're top notch performers.

xillion said:

Queen Charlotte Celestial Woods or Mysore Sandalwood Both smell wonderful and they're top notch performers.

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Heck I just remembered I have some Celestial Woods cream that I've never tried!

Musgo Real Oak Moss cream has a woodsy oak moss/leaves/hay scent. Raw but fresh. Very masculine.

Eleven Pass said:

Musgo Real Oak Moss cream has a woodsy oak moss/leaves/hay scent. Raw but fresh. Very masculine.

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I've been using this for a couple weeks now and really like it.

Some great woodsy cedar creams are available...
DR Harris Windsor, Acca Kappa cedar, as mentioned St James cedar clary sage.

Proraso Sandalwood is a woodsy scent, very strong, good performance, and inexpensive

Thanks all. im going to go do some shopping and try to fins samplers that have these in them

Gig103 said:

Proraso Sandalwood is a woodsy scent, very strong, good performance, and inexpensive

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I have some on order along with the soap. I didn't realize it was woodsy, but IMHO is the best sandalwood scent I have experienced.

sarimento1 said:

Some great woodsy cedar creams are available...
DR Harris Windsor, Acca Kappa cedar, as mentioned St James cedar clary sage.

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I'm gradually working my way through all the D.R. Harris scents. I should probably hit Maggard's or Garry's and get samples of all of those.

Musikmann said:

I'm gradually working my way through all the D.R. Harris scents. I should probably hit Maggard's or Garry's and get samples of all of those.

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I've now tried six of them, and they are all fantastic. Highly recommended!

Though Windsor is not a woodsy scent at all. It is citrusy. The woody scents would be Marlborough and Sandalwood.

Driftwood from here made me a very nice Neroli Musk that kind of reminds me of how the trails in the woods smell sort of. Very nice soap as well, like a pleasant smelling Proraso. I'm sure he'd be willing to batch up some more?

Stirling Ozark Mountain is woodsy, earthy, and a bit smokey. Well worth trying a sample.

I also like the Musgo Real Oak Moss. I got my sample from Maggard's and really liked it so I went back and got the cologne too.

Proraso Red.

Ogallala Bay Rum, Sage & Cedar (shaving stick, not a cream I suppose)

Forum users here have their differences on sandalwoods, at times, though I personally prefer TOBS & Picadilly when it comes to them. I wouldn't consider sandalwood to be "woodsy" though.

TropicalHotDogNight said:

I've now tried six of them, and they are all fantastic. Highly recommended!

Though Windsor is not a woodsy scent at all. It is citrusy. The woody scents would be Marlborough and Sandalwood.

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this may be totally true, but just to my nose, windsor has a distinct cedar note.