Tallow based soaps

[Randy]

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’

Phoenix & Beau very first batch had some funky underlying smell (Sanskrit). But not exactly beef, something else, weird scent.

 

[chazt]

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??

Were the soaps you used scented or unscented?

 

[Epikouros]

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’

Was just starting to think that it was only me hahahahha Thanks for sharing your experience.

 

[Epikouros]

Were the soaps you used scented or unscented?

Both are scented. Cella is almond scented (and I really like it) and Faena is Greek Skinos (another fantastic scent). Still though when applying the lather on the face, I kept getting that beefy smell... So very disappointing.

 

[Burgundy]

The likes of Cella are simple formulations of few ingredients. If ingredients like tallow and shea butter are not sufficiently refined, the base will have an obvious scent. These are then typically masked by adding fragrance.

There will also be more complex formulations that use deodorisers to neutralise the base smell. For example, B&M has ingredients like ricinoleates that serve this purpose.

At the end of the spectrum, you get foams and gels in pressurised cans where $millions of R&D are spent so that their parts are manufactured without much funk to them and any off-scents (like Triethanolamine) masked by fragrances that are carefully engineered to seem ‘hygienic’.

For another illustration, MdC’s Nature is unscented but not scentless. Like so many things in life, raw materials are closer to nature but lack the refinement of processing. Choose your compromise.

 

[Bob65]

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..

I don't know Faena and can't comment on it.
I do know Cella, however. I've read some comments saying the soap had gone rancid. But never after a short time; if anything, the opposite: after a very long time and perhaps with an unorthodox preservation method.