As I used this for the first time, it reminded me of a long forgotten soap. After contemplating for a long while, and the help of the interweb, it dawned on me. It reminded me vaguely of an LE soap I used years ago, that of Green Mountain soap co called Nick's Red Jacket. I got my hands on it during the then highly anticipated Scent Off of 2013. (remember that?) The GM LE soap had good peppermint notes mixed in with a complimentary scent of Fir. The GM soap was the only soap I can remember using, up until now, that of appreciable peppermint properties.
But the SS Pink Peppermint is pure peppermint. And it is wonderful. There is really something to be said about soapers that can build a soap around a single dominant scent and knock it out of the park. This soap, like its maker, excels in its simplicity.
It is pure peppermint. Not only does it have one over riding scent of peppermint, it has a very pleasant and enduring cooling quality, that does not rely on menthol to provide this.
The performance is every bit like its cousin of Twice Mint. Aside from the scent, performance is near identical.
What I found odd, on first impression is the weight of the tub. While the tub is filled and level to the top, it is only a 4 oz soap, as compared to the standard SS weight of 5.5 oz per tub. I think this adds weight (pun intended) to the fact that this is in fact a super-creamed soap. With volume being the same, there is a weight difference. But it is an LE soap so this does not insult me one bit.
I dont know how many
Sudsysoapery made of these but it is surely a keeper. Yes, it is a vegan soap, but as with all SS soaps, it punches well above its vegan weight class, on par with the heavy super-fatters of Mike's and Stirling. While I wont say never, I have to say you wont see this soap pop up very often on any BSTs. I for one will never let go of mine