Ooops, a slip of the click

I received a package from Top of The Chain of some soap I ordered last week.  I wanted to get the latest Wholly Kaw Siero, Denarius (which is on a shipping delay right now at the border) and figured I'd get some of the other sieros that I already have as gifts for my son and my brother.  I also thought I'd pick up a tub of  Zingari Man to see what it was that put off the Shaving Tulsan so much.  Well guess I wasn't paying attention at check out because I have two tubs of Zingari Man The Nomad which is Sweet Bay, Lime and Rum scented.  The profile says this:

For the well-kept wanderer, this shave soap goes where you go. Take in the scents of  Sweetbay, lime and rum.  This is a fresher take on the traditional bay rum.  Instead of heavy spice, we kept it a bit lighter with a more forward citrus pop.  This is a sexy and masculine blend.

Well for a so called fresher take on a traditional bay rum its about as run of the mill been done a hundred times take on bay rum as there is on the market - I've got at least a half a dozen identical bay rum scent profiles in my basement box, brand new and unlathered -I'm a bay rum lover and I don't even like that particular blend and I wish soap makers would stop using it.  Nothing says I have to have a bay rum in my lineup but don't really care enough about it to actually put in even a minimal effort to make sure that I'm not doing the same crap that every other like minded soap maker is doing.  Come on, do better than that.

Now I have two tubs of this stuff and I'm not going to even lather it to see if Zingari Man soap base is any good.  I'm not going to return it either because even though I know Carmine would take it back, its my dumb mistake and I accept that.  I'll give the stuff away to someone I know hasn't smelled that scent to the point of distraction.  Now I know what the Shaving Tulsan was on about.  

Ha Marko. Send it my way!

I would love one Marko if you want to send it.

Tough break, I feel you on the scents for awhile the same citrus scent kept hitting my den. Carm is awesome though and would take it back or allow you a credit towards something else. I’m sure someone will be happy to have a top shelf soap especially if they are a beginner.


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I'd be willing to trade a soap for a tub as I have a few unused soaps I was going to put up on BST. Orrrrr if your feeling extra generous would gladly relieve you of that extra tub ;-)

I actually did the same exact thing on a Maggards purchase and gave the tub to a friend. Can't remember what soap it was though

I agree, I’ve had this happen to me. I think the problem is that a lot of soap makers buy their fragrance oils from the same fragrance companies mostly because they can buy in small quantities so this will happen. I’ve looked up how to make bay rum and it takes a good couple of months to infuse all the ingredients. Then after you have the base made you can either use it as it is or experiment adding other fragrance oils or Essential oils. That’s why I prefer to make my own scents from scratch rather than buy pre mixed fragrance oils. It’s a lot more work and certainly more expensive but I feel better about the products I’m putting out to market knowing they don’t smell like anyone else’s.

Just my 2 cents on the subject.

I have three of the Zingari Man scents, but I did NOT select the bay rum scent. My favorite scent is Magician, a combination of orange blossom and fern.

The performance of Zingari Man Sego base is amazing.  The post-shave is as good as any out there. Just because you do not like Heather's take on bay rum, do yourself a favor and try one of her others scents.

Ha Marko. Send it my way!

I'll send one to you once the border closure is lifted - pm your info

I'd be willing to trade a soap for a tub as I have a few unused soaps I was going to put up on BST. Orrrrr if your feeling extra generous would gladly relieve you of that extra tub ;-)

I actually did the same exact thing on a Maggards purchase and gave the tub to a friend. Can't remember what soap it was though

I'm giving one to DanLaw because he was first to chime in and the second one I'm going to send to andrewjs18 for this years Movember give away.

 Sorry Oasisdave  and Gbsher

Thank you! If people would feel better about it, I can include it in one of the upcoming razor passarounds so all can benefit from your generosity. Let me know your thoughts