I did not realize the container would be tiny. Might have to scoop.
50g MDC is tiny
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Tiny, but filled to the absolute brim! 
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yes I didn’t do the math well. I got it for $28 and the big soap would have been $60. So I paid just under 50% for a quarter of the soap. I have 200g jar of the fougere, which I love, but I know it lasts forever so don’t know if o need another big tub.
Yes, tiny and you need to scoop, can't load a brush from the jar. But just as great as its big brothers and sisters ;-)
Rhody
I'm a Lumberjack.
I remember doing that analysis because MdC is at the top end of price point for me. I was tempted by the small size too. I went with the big size though. I don’t use a bowl and never buy samples. I feel like my overstocked “supply” room is bad enough with full size soaps that if I add another storage bin for sample sized containers I’ve crossed some imaginary line. lol.
I helps to be fully conversant with the metric system.
50 g equals approximately 1¾ oz.
If you think of it that way you wouldn't expect much, would you?
B.
They should price the smaller sizes to encourage people to try the soap. That way, they'd have more repeat customers. Doesn't make sense, IMHO.
Steve56
Ask me about shaving naked!
The close pricing between the 50g and 200g jars tells me that the cost of the jar is driving the price, not the soap. This is true of a lot of cheaper goods. And yes, all soap is cheap except relative to other soaps.
Which was the size of Williams pucks for many decades.
Pasteurs usually has a 25% sale at least once a year, and I've used it to buy these.
In my large soap rotation I like having the smaller tubs ( they fit perfectly in a drawer in my vanity ). I was willing to overpay in MdC's case. I'll be surprised if I finish both of the tubs I have any time soon.
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With how long the soap lasts, they should just sell smaller 60-75g pucks as the full sized and price it accordingly (more than the 200g per gram, but less than the current sample price per gram), to account for packaging etc.
It's the perfect sized soap to me, similar to Haslinger.
It's the perfect sized soap to me, similar to Haslinger.
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Agree, and they could simply wrap the smaller pucks in clear paper.
Steve56
Ask me about shaving naked!
I think that the soap is cured in the jars with the top off and the soap ‘piled up’ over the top of the jar. So they’d have to change their curing process for paper wrappers. Another consideration is that if the soaps are unsealed, the scents dissipate fairly quickly as you’ll know if you have a brain bowl or follow the MdC advice to leave the top off. So paper-wrapped MdC refills will have very little scent in a month or three. I have some original glass-jar that I’ve kept sealed and the scent is still excellent after 10 years.
Yes, you’re right…
.I forgot.
Fendrihan carry some 50 g pucks of their own brand shaving soaps; Mühle and Haslinger offers 65 and 60 g pucks respectively (60 g correspond to 2⅛ oz for those not versed in the world of metric measurements
).I can live with all of them but they are clearly not my preferred size.
I’d rather have twice that size or slightly bigger, like the MWF size.
B.
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This was not a knock on the company, more my lack of forethought about the size. Love their product and I think their fougere may be one of the best scents on shaving. I wish they had an edp of it.
