Martin de Candre Original Shaving Soap in Wooden Bowl 200g
This shaving soap is L’Original by Martin de Candre, it is a hard, air dried soap that is superbly scented with Rosemary, Lavender and Mint. It comes well presented in a beechwood bowl meaning you can lather up straight from here – no need to spend money on a lathering bowl.
The soap comes exactly as you see in the photographs, overfilled and gift wrapped in fancy paper. The utterly majestic scent of the soap oozes through the paper wrapping teasing you to use it right away. Expect 6-8 months daily use from this monster size soap.
Martin de Candre is a small, artisan soap maker based in L’Ancienne, rural France. Using natural, vegetable oils and essential oils for scent. Martin de Candre Shaving Soaps are thought by many to be the very best in the world, I can appreciate why they say this. It’s not always the case that the more you spend the better the quality is but it is certainly the case with Martin de Candre L’Original Shaving Soap.
The scent and the lather are stronger and richer than other brands and the lather seems to stay in the brush a lot better than other soaps, you will also notice that the soap retains heat leading to a better shave.