stillshunter
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2015 Sabbatical Fail
Reviewed two scents in the Tim's range: Blue Suit and Breakfast of Champions (BoC) for the suds sampler 'challenge'. Big thanks to our resident Sudsman @SydBJW for these generous samples. From what I can tell the soaps are identical beyond the scent, so I've bundled them together, except for...
the scents between these two are very different. First whiff of the BoC gives me chocolate and coconut. But oddly not Golden Rough, because there's a hint of citrus at the back..maybe orange? It's very interesting as it sounds edible but doesn't smell it. Meanwhile, the Blue Suit is the scent of the classic office worker. No not photocopy paper and cake crumbs but more in the elevator with the young thrusters coming back from lunch. It's a classic fresh aquatic scent, not offensive but not me - interest in that scent waned when I stopped using Cool Water (back in the 90s). So from the two I personally prefer the BoC.
Now to the common - which is not a call on the lather as it is far from common. Though then again it seems typical for modern soaps to lather on sight. The Tim's really does explode. I found the structure is quite tight and quite tolerant of over-hydration. Should mention too that the scent of the Blue Suit seems quite linear, the scent remains unchanged through lathering, however the BoC evolves and I pick up more spice and earthiness. This is a very interesting scent indeed!
Putting the structure of the lather to one side, applied to the face this lather is the business. Offers excellent protection and decent glide. It could have more glide for the blade but then it had too much glide when I tried stretching the skin - even with alumed fingers. So I think I'm becoming a little glide-obsessed of late. The lather, like many other modern soaps could be more stable, it lasted longer than the likes of Catie's Bubbles, but its integrity waivered over time - it did tend towards dissipation and drying towards the end of the pass. Some reapplication was necessary; BTW this is not a deal breaker for me but I know it is for some, hence why I mention it.
Post-shave skin feel is very nice at first. Slick at first rinse but tends towards drying the skin as the water does.
So....
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- Good soap, a worthy one to keep but missing something"On balance I quite like the Tim's Soap. I had no expectations - as I'd not heard of the soap before it arrived TBH (then again with soaps I am getting like I did with Triple-J many years ago. I went from knowing all the tunes and the artists to...Tim who and Beaver what?). It has been the best performer of the suds sampler so far. If you twisted my arm I could easily own a puck of the BoC...without hesitation.
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... It wasn't the best at anything, but was up there in everything. Great all round performer, which I will certainly be looking to include in my stash (probably in one of their other scents though). 
