This morning, before the heavens opened and the rain cometh in Sydney, I received my Jabonman/Eufros order.
My initial reaction to the scents has not been especially positive. But as well all know, scent is subjective, and intensely personal.
With the Lime Spices all I get is on the nose is menthol - perhaps with a lather the rest of it may open up, but buggered if I can smell anything else from the can. And I hate menthol. Whoops.
With the Brisa de Oriente I smell vanilla with a hint of cinnamon. Which for me is a "meh".
The Gea smells exactly like Jean Paul Gaultier aftershave to me. Exactly. I didn't like it then, and I don't like it now. Reminds me of the 1990's, Muscle Mary's, Gucci's and day clubs. Shudder. Not a welcome revisitation by my olfactory cortex.
It is likely I will move these 3 on unused, as they don't appeal very much, and I am rather in love with my Martin de Candre Foutere, with the Otoko in rotation.
Of note also included were 3 samplers - dama de noche, ylang ylang and tierra humida.
I like the dama de noche - quite a pleasant flower scent. Inoffensive.
The tierra humida is... ...pungent. Wet earth indeed. Jury is out - not sure I want to shave with something that reminds me of mouldy ground: no doubt about one's sexual orientation with this scent. Very butch.
The Ylang Ylang is, to my nose, just plain wrong: it reminds me of my grand mother - that old lady powder smell. Again not one for me.
CAVEAT: my description is of course just what I smell and what comes instantly to mind; someone else may smell something entirely different, or at least interpret the scent entirely differently. I don't claim any skill in this arena, and often don't "get" the layers within scents - and wines for that matter. Still I knows what I likes, and what I don't, almost immediately.
Or put another way - just because something isn't for me, please don't anyone else be put off these soaps. They are top notch.
I had a shave this morning with this sampler:
The lather, cushion and glide was excellent - very smooth shave. In use the equal of the Martin de Candre. My face feels very calm. Scent was ok for me - as I say, quiet flowery, but pleasant.
The overall quality of the product is excellent, first rate in my limited experience, even if the scents I bought to try are not to my taste.
