I came upon this soap while googling for shaving soaps available in India. A quick check with Badgerandblade confirmed that a few members had indeed tried it and had recommended it in general. The soap was being offered at Trigodon's website as also Flipkart (India's equivalent of Amazon). Strangely, Trigodon's website mentions the ingredients as consisting of "considerable amount of coconut oil, shea butter and glycerin," but no mention is made about the kind of fragrance. While the Flipkart listing of the same soap indicates that the fragrance contains "Lime, Laraha, Vanilla ". Anyways, this was the first time I had come across an artisinal soap "Made in India", so I quickly ordered one of their "Turquoise Dream".
The soap itself took more than a week to arrive ! And along with it came an unsigned note from Trigodon saying "we have replaced the packaging for all our soaps to what we think is a much more pleasing and charming design. Please note that this contains 5 more grams of soap than our earlier box" !
The soap smelled pleasant with a straightforward lemony/citrusy fragrance. I was anxious to try the soap and immediately lathered up. The ornate steel container is really large and lathering is easy with full splay of the brush. I gave it two passes with the Henckels 17. The lather was consistent and cushion was ok for the first pass but the second was a bit thinner and left the skin a tad drier than desired. Apparently the shea butter was not upto the task.
Overall, I was kinda disappointed in the soap. Sure it does its job but then so does the Godrej shaving round that comes for INR 20 (~30 cents). With a price tag of INR 720 all paid (equivalent to ~$11 approx), I would expect a soap to give me more than an ok shave. The fragrance department was a big letdown for me. Given the premium price tag, I was expecting a complex fragrance. However, pleasant as it was, the soap had a plain 'lemony' smell, with very little, if any, of the other fragrances (including Vanilla as claimed in in the list of ingredients) that I could detect. I strongly suspect I got the Trigodon Calm Seas instead of Turquoise Dream which I had ordered. The container swapping seems to corroborate. But really, the fragrance should have been more complex than being overwhelmingly "citrusy".
One can get far better options internationally in the $11 territory with marginal increase in shipping overheads, if importing into India. Sometimes even less. Back home the Biotique Bio Palmyra is a much much superior option for like INR ~200 ($3).
Probably the best thing about the soap is the container it comes in ! I was looking for a container for my "Blenheim Bouquet" refill and this might just serve the purpose as long as it doesnt rust.
Overall Rating - 3/5
The soap itself took more than a week to arrive ! And along with it came an unsigned note from Trigodon saying "we have replaced the packaging for all our soaps to what we think is a much more pleasing and charming design. Please note that this contains 5 more grams of soap than our earlier box" !
The soap smelled pleasant with a straightforward lemony/citrusy fragrance. I was anxious to try the soap and immediately lathered up. The ornate steel container is really large and lathering is easy with full splay of the brush. I gave it two passes with the Henckels 17. The lather was consistent and cushion was ok for the first pass but the second was a bit thinner and left the skin a tad drier than desired. Apparently the shea butter was not upto the task.
Overall, I was kinda disappointed in the soap. Sure it does its job but then so does the Godrej shaving round that comes for INR 20 (~30 cents). With a price tag of INR 720 all paid (equivalent to ~$11 approx), I would expect a soap to give me more than an ok shave. The fragrance department was a big letdown for me. Given the premium price tag, I was expecting a complex fragrance. However, pleasant as it was, the soap had a plain 'lemony' smell, with very little, if any, of the other fragrances (including Vanilla as claimed in in the list of ingredients) that I could detect. I strongly suspect I got the Trigodon Calm Seas instead of Turquoise Dream which I had ordered. The container swapping seems to corroborate. But really, the fragrance should have been more complex than being overwhelmingly "citrusy".
One can get far better options internationally in the $11 territory with marginal increase in shipping overheads, if importing into India. Sometimes even less. Back home the Biotique Bio Palmyra is a much much superior option for like INR ~200 ($3).
Probably the best thing about the soap is the container it comes in ! I was looking for a container for my "Blenheim Bouquet" refill and this might just serve the purpose as long as it doesnt rust.
Overall Rating - 3/5
