OK
@filobiblic was right. Last night i separated all the samples, they are very strong scents - and being transported together in small box for 2.5 weeks + the point i received them on a 38deg day in Adelaide was probably not helping the situation.
The "Texas on Fire" scent is strong and overpowered many others, to be honest it’s not the most pleasant scent either.
So this morning i loaded up and as i always do i overloaded the brush. I needed to load for probably double the amount of time i usually do, it’s a slow loader. Then moving in to the face lather, initially the lather was dissipating on my face until i could work the lather up to what im used to. I could lather it up to a awesome lather but again it also takes a bit more time than im used to.
The shave is slick, perhaps "not" as slick as other artisan soaps I had used. Strange as i thought this soap was known for its superior slickness?
The post shave is great, the scent is stronger than many others and it definitely is not a ; how do i say this... the scents are not a sophisticated classy scent, but it is not anywhere near as bad as originally thought. It’s also the first soap i have used that i can smell over my AS balms.
So finishing sentence would be its a good soap. But if this is comparable to Mikes, i will be disappointed when my Mikes order comes in as i have really high hopes of that being the best of the best.