"Artisan" Fragrances/EdTs - What's the Consensus?

I'll have to check out Herberia soap  I do use bath soap on occasion.  hawnsny recommendations of favourites scents?  He seems to have many on the menu.

Using the Bay Rum recently but I really haven't found any that I didn't like.

This is my experience with Hibernia http://www.hibernia.ca Its an offshore Canada oil production facility that I worked on while employed by then Mobil Oil. I worked on the marketing and transportation file and it was a blast - great people, great work.

I'll have to check out Herberia soap I do use bath soap on occasion. hawns any recommendations of favourites scents? He seems to have many on the menu.

As for the article posted by GroomingDept I find that interesting and I agree that I for one find the offerings of the big houses to be vey similar and not really to my liking. Sure there are some that I like but on the whole, not that many and the prices are insane. I think that small artisans like Chatillon Lux are the way of the future in this space. People like Shawn can be creative and innovative and he can take chances that the big guys won't. Is there a single Chatillon Lux product that anyone can honestly say smells like some other existing fragrance out there? I say no, they're unique at least in my experience.

The real sign of the rise of the small artisans will be when the big guys start buying up the small artisans either to just shut them down or to acquire their geniuses and product list. Are you ready to fend off those ridiculously huge purchase offers Shawn?

Well, bay rum, obviously It's a pretty good one. I also like the Patchouli Orange, as well as Shaw's Garden (even though they are worlds apart scent-wise, the actual, real-life Shaw's Garden inspired Yuzu/Rose/Patchouli, and the Herbaria scent is nice, as well...spicy and somewhat fougère-esque).

Also, while I won't be selling, my ego would love to see those offers roll in. Tell them to get in touch :p

This is my experience with Hibernia  http://www.hibernia.ca  Its an offshore Canada oil production facility that I worked on while employed by then Mobil Oil.  I worked on the marketing and transportation file and it was a blast - great people, great work.  

I'll have to check out Herberia soap  I do use bath soap on occasion.  hawnsny recommendations of favourites scents?  He seems to have many on the menu.

As for the article posted by GroomingDept I find that interesting and I agree that I for one find the offerings of the big houses to be vey similar and not really to my liking.  Sure there are some that I like but on the whole, not that many and the prices are insane.  I think that small artisans like Chatillon Lux are the way of the future in this space.  People like Shawn can be creative and innovative and he can take chances that the big guys won't.  Is there a single Chatillon Lux product that anyone can honestly say smells like some other existing fragrance out there?  I say no, they're unique at least in my experience.

The real sign of the rise of the small artisans will be when the big guys start buying up the small artisans either to just shut them down or to acquire their geniuses and product list.  Are you ready to fend off those ridiculously huge purchase offers Shawn?

Well, bay rum, obviously It's a pretty good one. I also like the Patchouli Orange, as well as Shaw's Garden (even though they are worlds apart scent-wise, the actual, real-life Shaw's Garden inspired Yuzu/Rose/Patchouli, and the Herbaria scent is nice, as well...spicy and somewhat fougère-esque).

Also, while I won't be selling, my ego would love to see those offers roll in. Tell them to get in touch :p

Yes Shawn, I can see you now sitting across the table from a perfumery mogul who looks strikingly like Jacobim Magatu. He's sliding over slips of paper with increasingly large numbers on them while throwing hot cafe lattes on his assistants.

Thanks for the soap tips too.

I'll have to check out Herberia soap  I do use bath soap on occasion.  hawnsny recommendations of favourites scents?  He seems to have many on the menu.

Using the Bay Rum recently but I really haven't found any that I didn't like.

Well, you can't go wrong with bay rum in my opinion

I'll have to check out Herberia soap  I do use bath soap on occasion.  hawnsny recommendations of favourites scents?  He seems to have many on the menu.

Using the Bay Rum recently but I really haven't found any that I didn't like.

I ordered some soap from Herbaria, looking forward to it

So just to preface: I am making this thread out of pure curiosity. There is no malice intended at all even though my wording may suggest it.

So a year plus ago there were no wet shaving "artisan" fragrances on the market. It seems there was a big rush among them to transfer their most loved scents to fragrance form (and they all developed EdTs, which I guess people refer them as).

Since there has been a good amount of time since everything has been released, I'm wondering what people's thoughts on scent and performance quality is. To me, for upwards of $50+ (in some cases), I'd rather purchase a complimentary scent from an established company. Or if I want to support a small operation, I'd buy an interesting scent from a niche house, rather than joe blow mixing chemicals and oils in his basement. It seems to me, wet shaving vendors selling fragrances is akin to the level of an amateur Etsy seller.

I am just the opposite. I have alot of aftershaves and some EDT's and they are all artisan. My experience has been great. My favorite is Chatillon Lux which I feel is head and shoulders above the rest. Stirling makes nice A/S's and so does Barrister & Mann though I feel they can be hit or miss. Others also make nice fragrances. I will not buy for the big boys as I do not feel that they are as tuned in to their consumers and I feel that they are way overpriced. For me, I love the artisans' work and love supporting their efforts. I do not feel that I'm short changing myself one bit, in fact I feel that I'm getting the best bang for my buck with the artisans. I would put much of their work and especially Chatillon Lux up against any of the big house products. Just my two cents worth.

I think EdT/EdP offerings from artisans are the current trend in the wet shaving market, and a natural progression. Scents have improved since the early days and there are some true artisans out there today. Fans are acquired and retained like never before. Personally, I own easily over a dozen artisan crafted EdT/EdP offerings, and I don't regret a single one. If you like a scent, why not get something that's stronger and will last all day?

And that's just it - and the end of the day - nobody's forcing anyone to buy these.

If you like the artisan, and more so the scent... Buy it.

So just to preface: I am making this thread out of pure curiosity. There is no malice intended at all even though my wording may suggest it.

So a year plus ago there were no wet shaving "artisan" fragrances on the market. It seems there was a big rush among them to transfer their most loved scents to fragrance form (and they all developed EdTs, which I guess people refer them as).

Since there has been a good amount of time since everything has been released, I'm wondering what people's thoughts on scent and performance quality is. To me, for upwards of $50+ (in some cases), I'd rather purchase a complimentary scent from an established company. Or if I want to support a small operation, I'd buy an interesting scent from a niche house, rather than joe blow mixing chemicals and oils in his basement. It seems to me, wet shaving vendors selling fragrances is akin to the level of an amateur Etsy seller.

I am just the opposite.  I have alot of aftershaves and some EDT's and they are all artisan.  My experience has been great.  My favorite is Chatillon Lux which I feel is head and shoulders above the rest.  Stirling makes nice A/S's and so does Barrister & Mann though I feel they can be hit or miss.  Others also make nice fragrances.  I will not buy for the big boys as I do not feel that they are as tuned in to their consumers and I feel that they are way overpriced.  For me, I love the artisans' work and love supporting their efforts.  I do not feel that I'm short changing myself one bit, in fact I feel that I'm getting the best bang for my buck with the artisans.  I would put much of their work and especially Chatillon Lux up against any of the big house products.  Just my two cents worth.

Couldn't have said it better myself,

So you just assume that artisanal shaving makers are untalented and uneducated?

The words artisinal and artisan have been very overused and misapplied. Anything so labeled is now generally suspect, often justifiably so. The same thing happened with the word "natural" several years ago. For example, the overpriced, mediocre pizza sold by a restaurant near me. They call it "artisan pizza" to make it sound exclusive and niche, and then jack the price up through the roof. That happens with a lot of other products, and the public has started to wise up. Unfortunately, the wheat is getting thrown out with the chaff.

I have taken educational courses and certification courses and my fragrances sell outside of the shaving world. Just because someone makes shaving supplies doesn't make them untalented or unable to properly understand the art of perfumery.

But not everybody is you. Some "artisan" products smell so bad that they qualify as chemical weapons, and are therefore banned under the Geneva Convention. Somebody deciding to make the fragrance equivalent of bathtub gin and calling it artisan won't make it smell any better. There are also some cottage industry perfumers who are quite good, with a small percentage being brilliant.

What does EdT mean?

Eastern daylight Time. It is also French for "I am too lazy to spell out eau de toilette".