Tobacco Scented Shave Soaps

[TheChrisC]

I may well be a dullard but tobacco to me would be the scent of rolling tobacco ... no tobacco fragrances ever smell like this to me. Even better would be pipe tobacco. Am I missing something? Would Cavendish smell along these lines ... what with the label image including a venerable pipe?

That’s because a lot of tobacco scents are based around the sweeter smell of the tobacco leaf.

 

[pimple8]

Favorite Tobacco scent of mine is Mickey Lee Soapworks Grand Havana. Sadly no longer in production. I have never come across anything similar.
Some of the other Tobacco scents I like are PAA Astra Planeta and Moon Soaps Havana.

A&E Vanille de Tabac is a cologne scent for me, not really a Tobacco scent.

Anyway, you have to make a distinction between a tobacco flower and the scent of the tobacco leaf/cigar etc..
Cherry pipe tobacco is a different category as well.

 

[Shaverrific666]

Razorock Santa Maria del Fiore is a very nice "Tobacco" scented soap. It's more the Tobacco leaf scent with some Vanilla, Amber, Eucalyptus/Menthol.
A ringer for Santa Maria Novella Tobacco Toscana. Good stuff.

 

[Randomangle]

That’s because a lot of tobacco scents are based around the sweeter smell of the tobacco leaf.

Not Old Holborn then?

 

[DSR]

Has anyone tried Los Jabones de Joserra Rodrigo de Jerez soap?
Was wondering about the scent, and also the soap base/ performance...

 

[Shaverrific666]

Tabac had tabacco in the base as one of the notes or at least the original version did have..they updated it slightly in 2014.

Original: Alderhydes, Lavender,Neroli, Bergamot, Lemon
Orris root, Jasmine, Rose, Pine, Sandalwood, Carnation
TABACCO LEAF, Tonka Bean, Vanilla, Amber, Musk, Oakmoss

2014: Pepper, Petigrain,Lemon, Bergamot, Neroli
Lavender,Chamomile,Geranium. Oak absolute
Clove, Sandawood,Vetiver, Musk, Ambergris

To my nose the soap does have an accord that is very reminiscint of tobacco leaf.

 

[Dr Watson]

Often forgotten that is. Back in 2016 when I bought Tabac for the first time I got a pre-reformulation EdC and the scent was subtly different to the one sold now.

 

[chazt]

Asylum Shave Works Old Virginia. I’m nursing a puck, and have one backup.

 

[junipertar]

My opinions on the ones I've tried are:

Tabac: great performance, scent is too old school & carnation dominant, reminds me of Lucien Ferrero Par Amour Por Lui
WK Merchant Of Tobacco: cherry pipe tobacco a la Tom ford Tobacco Oud, but with less tobacco & more chocolate
PAA Cavendish: scent too sweet off the tub, cherry pipe tobacco a la Tom ford Tobacco Oud, sold without lathering
Eufros Tobacco: a very rich chocolate cake & tobacco leaf combo that is interestingly not too sweet, goes great with Slumberhouse Jeke
Stirling Agar: an underrated tobacco leaf & oud combo, one of the best dry tobacco leaf notes IMHO, brings back memories of trips I made to the cigarette factory my father used to work at, no cherries no candies pure masculine goodness

 

[1964geo]

I use WSP tobacco cream. It's based on the tobacco flower. Cream has good performance.

 

[UncleBob59]

I’ve discovered tobacco scented soaps about a year ago, and so far Signature by A&E/ The Club and Stirling Haverford are both favourites.
Had a sample of A&E Choco Cubano, interesting scent, but to my nose it was mostly gourmand, chocolate and very little (if any...) tobacco.
I really loved the scent of the Semois Valley Shave Soap sold by Karve Shaving Co (got a free sample with my Karve razor), a wonderful sweet and rich tobacco leaf, unfortunately the soap base/ performance wasn’t that great...

I was wondering about Eufros Tobacco, and Highland Springs Soap Company (HSSC) Havana Vieja.... if anyone has tried them, how do they compare to Signature or Haverford?

I have tried HSSC “Havana Vieja”. Absolutely love it. I measure out 1/2 tsp into a lathering bowl for a luxurious 3 pass shave. Whips up into a very nice lather.

 

[jeepie]

All of the soaps recommended seem to be tobacco leaf. Are there any soaps that smell of fresh pipe tobacco! I love that scent!

 

[Estariol]

Umm... All tobacco is made of leafs of different species of the tobacco plant, so that's what gives the difference in scents... Or am i wrong?

 

[jeepie]

Umm... All tobacco is made of leafs of different species of the tobacco plant, so that's what gives the difference in scents... Or am i wrong?

I am confused too. Seems like dried tobacco vs fresh flower or leaf. I love both. But the latter completely predominate so wondering if you can get a pipe tobacco type scent?

 

[chazt]

The ASW/WSP Old Virginia smells like what my nosebrain remembers as a freshly opened pack of Marlboros. Tbh, it’s probably closing in on twenty years since I’ve opened a package of Marlboros, but I’m pretty sure that’s the scent. Further, and fwiw, to my mind the Old Virginia soap smells nothing like the WSP Tobacco cream. Re: Tabac, I have a puck of the tallow version waiting to be opened. Must remember to break it out one of these days.