Eleven Shaving Clary Sage and Violet Artisan Shaving Soap with Tallow, 4oz - Julien Base

This is a great performing soap, with great cushion, decent slickness, and easy-building lather even in hard water. The only thing that makes me take a star is that the scent was just a little too strongly violet for me to absolutely love. The strong violet character definitely fits in the androgynous zone, with a floral scent that’s neither especially feminine nor masculine (the sage does peek through enough for some herbal balance). I will say it’s probably a great scent for springtime to put a bit of pep in your step, and the herbal tone comes out more fully after the shave. My quibble about the scent isn’t so strong though that this one won’t remain in my relatively small stable of great, useable soaps. Especially because this is not, to me, an overly pungent scent of the sort that would dominate your olfactory sense for the next 8 hrs.