great oud power, slick/rich/easy, costly to run
tremendously fragrant and extremely thick/rich/stable tallow-based croap.  I consumed 3.05g of the soap in one session using a large 25mm Rein Dachs Silbespitz brush, for net cost 2.64% of net product for 1 lathering!  If lather can get much more costly per use, I doubt I've met it, and I've got a hard milled Creed Vetiver soap.  Hopefully less extravagant brushes do not burn through 3.05g/use and I'll try to curtail the burn rate...[UPDATE 02.05.2019; have used 4x w/ 'Reine Borste' (= small German 19.5mm boar brush) aiming for frugality.  Consumed in 4 sessions 1.09 grams (= $0.23 based on price paid), 1.51g (= $0.32), 1.80g (= $0.38), & 2.50g (= $0.53)...over five uses 8.7% of the net product was used, or roughly 57 sessions in the tub...wow!]<br /><br />The oud fragrance has depth and amplitude and is for my nose to the muskier side of the oud spectrum; there's some black pepper and patchouli with strong arriving tones of oud, sandalwood, and amber.<br /><br />This soap makes it a cinch to get rich stable lather.  Wetness is very good indeed; not world-beating, but still excellent.  Volume's not on par with some old English creams (especially the Vulfix) but those are loaded with the 'bad stuff' to make them do that trick, this stuff eschews stabilizers/parabens.  Also this WK does have lanolin, which usually sets me alight, and I could feel no signature lanolin tinge...poison's all about the dosage and all of that.<br /><br />Slickness cannot compete Bourbonnaise but it is still quite slick indeed and slicker than pretty much any shaving cream with water.  And of course it is easy to use, so that's a huge plus.<br /><br />Cushioning is spectacular.<br /><br />Soap's absolutely loaded in heavy fats to produce richness and post-shave euphoria, and it delivers.  It does not make moisture that I feel 'within rather than upon me' as the Ziegen Bart, but the ease of use and high fragrance quotient will make up for that for many if not most.  Due to all the heavy fats it is simply not possible to have a poor face feel unless you've an allergic issue (fragrance oils, donkey milk, etc).<br /><br />A happy coda; over an hour later, the powerful oud scent of the shaving soap can still be detected by my nose!
Rating: 4 stars