Tabac Original Shaving Soap Bowl 125 g

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According to online posts, the formula changed because M&W’s tallow provider went out of business in late 2020. M&W’s media department did not respond to my questions about the formula change so I can’t confirm this but the information appears solid. For this article I spent a week shaving with each soap, using a Merkur 34C razor with Feather blades. To test the duration of the soaps’ fragrance, I applied Nivea’s Sensitive Soothing Post Shave Balm after most shaves. The Nivea balm isn’t completely scent-free but its fragrance is very mild. It is very protective when you shave, acting like a pre-shave oil while also being a good shaving soap on its own.

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Ease of lathering: I scored this a 5 with a badger brush and 3 with a synthetic for an average of 4. The results with the badger brush were impressive: easy to load with a fast buildup of copious amounts of lather. I had lather spilling over the Tabac bowl and my shaving bowl in less than a minute and the load held up for all three passes. As mentioned above, it's either a YMMV type of situation or star-aligned(or else...). The lather is not as good as the Synthetic but, it's closer to the Synthetic than the boar brush.TABAC ORIGINAL is a sophisticated composition fragranced with peppery-spicy notes and elegantly rounded off by exotic woods, musk, ambergris and a floral complex. An unmistakable fragrance with a discreet presence. It is much thinner, of course. However, it will still be more than enough for you to shave with a safety razor and be protected. How is the Texture? Made in Germany, Tabac Original shaving soap has been popular with wet shavers since the 1950s and is formulated to soften beard hair and facilitate an easy and close shave. Gently fragranced with the Tabac signature scent, a classic, masculine blend of floral notes, peppery-spicy accents and exotic woods. Presented in smart, branded bowl with lid. So, the tallow version seems more stable but to be honest, since the lather isn't staying on my skin without a shave for that long, it doesn't really affect the end-result.

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Because of the dense nature of the soap, I erred on the side of using more water than normal and giving it extra time to charge up. The fragrance is strong and slams you in the face as soon as you pull off the cap. It’s strong enough that you might consider using something else instead of the Tabac. I have read enough on this forum to be able to paint, what I consider, a pretty accurate picture of the new Tabac.I was so intrigued by the extreme comments about Tabac that I had to buy one for myself. One whiff and I recognized it immediately. That was my late grandfather’s scent! He must have liked it so much that he wore the cologne/after shave. Given that this makes my opinion even more subjective, I like it as an occasional soap. On the objective side, I have to say that Tabac is the single best lathering shave soap I have ever used – so much so that it is only one of two soaps out of plenty I’ve tried that I use in addition to many creams in my rotation (Mitchell’s Wool Fat being the other). So we’re down two great soaps from Italy ( Cella Almond& Cella Aloe) and another great shaving soap from England ( Stirling). What’s next? Tabac is a product name that most traditional wet shavers will recognize from its long presence in the market. According to Mäurer & Wirtz (M&W), the product’s Stohlberg, Germany-based manufacturer ( www.tabac.de/tabac-original), the Tabac line has been around since 1959. Mäurer & Wirtz used to offer an even better alternative: SIR Irisch Moos shaving soap had a slightly “greener” (as the name suggests) but much subtler fragrance and the same formidable performance features. However, the shaving soap was discontinued some years ago and the fragrance only survived as an after shave. I’d judge it as a male equivalent of what you might call an “elderly (not quite old) old lady perfume”. The rich lather and texture are very nice and soft, perfect for a safety razor and several days worth of growth.