Tallow based soaps

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Epikouros

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Hi all.
I am very new to wet shaving and still experimenting. One thing I have noticed is that any tallow-based soap I have chosen (and I have tried a few by now both cheap and relatively pricey), I get a beef-like smell in the application of the foam.
Is this something that you have experienced as well? Anything you could recommend ?
I would really like to continue using tallow-based soaps as they give an amazing shaving experience but the smell is a deterring factor to me.
 
p.b

p.b

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Yeah- I’ve noticed a certain scent from some tallow soaps.
You could try PAA CK-6 formula soap which is excellent and tallow-free or maybe Barrister & Mann and choose one of the stronger scents.
 
Bob65

Bob65

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Epikouros said:
Hi all.
I am very new to wet shaving and still experimenting. One thing I have noticed is that any tallow-based soap I have chosen (and I have tried a few by now both cheap and relatively pricey), I get a beef-like smell in the application of the foam.
Is this something that you have experienced as well? Anything you could recommend ?
I would really like to continue using tallow-based soaps as they give an amazing shaving experience but the smell is a deterring factor to me.
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As you've already been asked, it would be interesting to know which tallow-based soaps you've used.
In the tallow soaps I've used and am using (and I've used many from many brands), I've never encountered the problem you mention.
To be honest, I've never tried the unscented version, but it honestly seems very strange to me that a manufacturer would market a soap that smells bad...
Aside from the poorly executed/unwelcome fragrances, of course.
 
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stoneandstrop

Senior Member
Unless it is beef scented soap then no, never heard of such a thing.
I use tallow soap all the time and only the scent, be it mild or heavier there is no beef smell.
 
N_Architect

N_Architect

Travel, See, Feel, Explore
Never encountered such a smell from tallow-based soaps in the last 17 years of my wet shaving journey - and I've tried the significant majority of the soaps out there (incl. many vintage ones, with artisan shaving soaps post-2016 excluded).
 
purerockfury

purerockfury

Veteran
my sniffer used to be very sensitive to smells... unscented things have a smell to me... have anyone that can sniff your soaps to see if they get the beef smell? i've only been traditional shaving about 8 moons(20 years) and never got a beef smell from anything but beef...
 
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Epikouros

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hahah ok you guys have a great sense of humor and you really made me lol.
I've tried Cella, Faena so far and I got out of both of them a beefy-animal kind of scent. Don't get me wrong, I am not talking about a strong scent, just a mild undertone, still though, I can smell it.
Maybe I was that unlucky and in both cases got a "bad" batch??
 
Randy

Randy

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Epikouros said:
hahah ok you guys have a great sense of humor and you really made me lol.
I've tried Cella, Faena so far and I got out of both of them a beefy-animal kind of scent. Don't get me wrong, I am not talking about a strong scent, just a mild undertone, still though, I can smell it.
Maybe I was that unlucky and in both cases got a "bad" batch??
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Faena is notorious for smelling beef...
Cella also goes rancid shortly after use.

Except for Declaration Grooming (older formula), I never had a tallow based soap smelling beef.

I have 3-4 artisan soaps in the den though, so don't take my word.

I mostly use Proraso..
 
p.b

p.b

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Epikouros said:
I thought about that but I've tried two different tallow-based soaps and I am getting the exactly same undertone and that is why I was dissapointed with tallow-based soaps.
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I agree - I’ve noted an underlying funk to a few tallow soaps. Try B&M soaps, I’ve not noticed any funk with the omnibus base at all and I also seem sensitive to that ‘note’
 
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