What Are Your Soap Buying Habits?

Bouki,

Since you've done the research, I have to ask...

You said you went on a Bayrum spree of sorts... Did you come across Ogallala and how did it compare, scentwise, to others?

mrdoug: Very few wet shaving suppliers will ship products containing alcohol to Hawaii, so unfortunately I haven't been able to try Ogallala yet. I'd also like to sample Captain's Choice and Kramperts, but they too are limited by postal restrictions. It's sort of ironic that every grocery store, drug store, and country shack between here and Honolulu is well stocked with rum, vodka, and other boozes, but I can't get a 4 ounce bottle of aftershave. Maybe when I visit the mainland this summer I'll arrange to have some bottles sent to me there.

In the meantime I'm enjoying bay rums by Barberry Coast and St Johns, who managed somehow to get their juice through the US mail. How they did this remains a mystery, but I suspect postal permits are available to large firms that deal mostly with fragrances. Truth be told, I've had very few problems with having colognes and perfumes shipped by air. It's just the aftershaves that seem to be afraid of flying.

All types of spirts such as vodka, gin, whiskey, etc are shipped on container ships. This also includes flammable liquids and anything else that is flammable. Smaller items such as aftershave and colognes which are shipped by USPS, UPS, FEDEX, DHL and others have enormous restrictions. Many mail order houses here in the States either will not or can not ship these products to Europe. About 6 years ago I purchased a razor from GEO. F. Trumper in London. I asked if they would send me some of their cologne samples you know the little tiny glass sample bottles that hold about 3 drops. I paid FEDEX for 2 day shipping and not only did it take over 3 weeks to get the package. Trumper had to enclose 19 pages of documents because they inclosed 10 of the sample bottles. If I were to empty them into a shot glass you could barely see the liquid. Nineteen pages of documents and they had to be licensed.

When you say typefaces do you mean typefaces such as Helvetica, Courier, Garth, Times New Roman etc?

Yup! I used to be a printer. Collecting and learning about typefaces was an interesting, useful sideline. Are you curious about them, too?

Do you know what Compugraphic Corporation was?

Sure! I used one of their machines back in the 80s. In fact, it was the first digital typesetting system I messed with. Since it fit on a couple desktops, we could do a lot of our type in-house instead of having to send out for it and then do the paste up ourselves. It's what started my interest in type.

Did you work for them?

Yup! I used to be a printer. Collecting and learning about typefaces was an interesting, useful sideline. Are you curious about them, too?

Do you know what Compugraphic Corporation was?

Sure! I used one of their machines back in the 80s. In fact, it was the first digital typesetting system I messed with. Since it fit on a couple desktops, we could do a lot of our type in-house instead of having to send out for it and then do the paste up ourselves. It's what started my interest in type.

Did you work for them?

Check you're PM.