Review (3/5): Good, but not magical
Well they say “expectations are the source of all unhappiness”, and maybe that’s the problem. I was expecting this soap to be significantly better than the glycerin-based soaps I’ve been using (which cost a third of what this does), and it just... isn’t. It does a good job, and it lasts a long time, but I didn’t notice any improvement in lubricity or lather richness over my previous soaps.
And the scent was inoffensive, but underwhelming.
As for long-lasting, see the attached picture for what the soap looks like after two months of daily use. It (quite literally) barely made a dent in it. So that’s a plus in the “value” department.
One other issue that may or may not be the soap’s fault: the steel travel tin I was using it in had been used for months with other soaps, and no problems. With this soap, it rusted to uselessness in two months. (The inside, around and under the soap, was completely oxidized and flaking off.) That was curious to me, but I don’t have enough data to say it was definitely caused by the soap.
In summary, it’s a decent soap. Kind of expensive, but I don’t mind paying for quality. But somehow, I was expecting something like mythical powers out of a lanolin soap, and they’re just not there.