What are the scent notes for Ouddiction? Any red flags amongst them (cinnamon, cloves...)? Have you tried using one of his old soaps again which you didn't react to in the past? As for Zingari Man, I find the Explorer to be pretty strong scented, noticeably stronger scented than her other soaps I've tried. So far no reaction to any of them though. However, I do get a slight tingling sensation when I use her unscented (non-Sego) balm right after a shave. It's not terribly bad, but I don't get that feeling with Stirling or Barrister and Mann balms. So I basically use her balm when my hands are dry or now and then on my face, but not straight after a shave anymore.Just had a shave with Ouddiction (Kaizen) and got the burning in the moustache area. I don’t know man, I don’t know that A&E is tolerated that well on my skin anymore. Likely the strong fragrance oils used. Great base and slickness, but I think my decision to maybe move on from A&E and use more lightly scented skin safer soaps like Zingari Man might be the right one.
This sort of thing is subjective btw. Some absolutely adore these soaps and this base.
In your case though it might be safer to either go unscented or even stick to European brands, since they have to be conform with EU regulations (if they're not cheating at least).
To be fair though, you tried 2 new scents. Maybe one of the scent notes/fragrance oils are giving you this tingling sensation and not the base itself. The only way to find out would be to use a scent in the old base which you didn't react to in the past and compare that to the same scent in the Kaizen base.I'm the same Chris, tried 2 kaizen base soaps and got burn/tingle. Much preferred the old base. Don't get any tingle from Zingari or SW.