Mûir(e) Wood Shaving Soap

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The Scent

John Muir, for whom the famed national park "Muir Woods" is named, was a driven man. He loved nature so much that he crusaded for decades to preserve it, founding the Sierra Club and establishing national parks at Yosemite and the Sequoia National Forest, which inspired the conservation of other natural wonders all over the United States. He was so outspoken and persuasive that no less than Ansel Adams, perhaps the greatest nature photographer of the 20th Century, regarded him as a direct influence and inspiration for his work.

In keeping with Muir's love of the forests, we've attempted to capture the crepuscular gloom of the woods at dusk, all purples and greens and blues. Blackberry seemed a perfect choice to blend with the jammy resin of balsam fir, while oakmoss and vetiver lace the undergrowth, imparting earthy mossiness and wood. The scent of damp air, so common in the Pacific Northwest where Muir made his home, wends its way through the fragrance, leaving a hauntingly gossamer shimmer in its wake. Not so much as photorealistic fragrance as an inspired color impression, suffused with the indigo of the dusky woods, Mûir(e) Wood is a tribute to one of our great forefathers in a strikingly unconventional manner, a memorial to a man who went to live in Nature and only came back to tell us of the wonders he had seen. La mûre may be French for blackberry, but the man himself is the inspiration. His contemplative approach to the world, so reminiscent of our own wet shaving rituals, is best expressed in words to others:

"To sit in solitude, to think in solitude with only the music of the stream and the cedar to break the flow of silence, there lies the value of wilderness." - John Muir

The Soap
Wet your shaving brush well, then swirl it around the jar for roughly thirty seconds or until a rich, creamy lather is formed. Continue building the lather by adding water and swirling your brush either on your face or in a lathering bowl. Shave, rinse, and spend your day feeling great.
Ingredients
Aqua, Potassium Stearate, Glycerin, Potassium Tallowate, Potassium Kokum Butterate, Sodium Stearate, Polyacrylamidomethylpropane Sulfonic Acid, Cocos nucifera Fruit Juice (Coconut Milk), Potassium Ricinoleate, Sodium Tallowate, Sodium Lactate, Butyrospermum parkii (Shea) Butter, Tetrasodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate, Fragrance, Xanthan Gum, Theobroma grandiflorum (Cupuacu) Butter, Sodium Kokum Butterate, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Potassium Cocoate, Saccharide Isomerate, Sodium Ricinoleate, Goat Milk Powder, Persea gratissima (Avocado) Oil, Sodium Cocoate, Althaea officinalis (Marshmallow Root) Extract, Ulmus rubra (Slippery Elm) Extract

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Robert Larkham
One of my favorites

I bought this after someone on the facebook page Shave Dad recommended it. I’m glad I did. It is one of my top two scents right now in my shave den.

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Zach
An Escape

To get it out of the way first, the base quality of (and a shave with) B&M soaps is unmatched.

On to the scent. I recommend getting a sample first, but the minute I did I immediately bought a tub before even using.

The blackberry top note is fruity without being sweet or overbearing. It’s lovely.

And after that, the layers come in. This soap is the smell of earth, and rain, and if you close your eyes it can transport you to the deepest part of a forest.

It does not smell like a manufactured scent trying to replicate the woods. It is primeval and like a memory of a place or time that was captured in this soap. It instantly takes me to places I’ve been - whether it’s a jungle or a Northern forest

It may not be for everyone, but I would recommend this without question to anyone. It is so unique and welcoming and true; and a shaving experience with it is truly transportive.

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Daniel

Fantastic Lather and excellent residual slickness. Love the Balckberry top note scent with the subtle woodsy scent in the background definitely a winer

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daniel

Fantastic Lather and excellent residual slickness. Love the Balckberry top note scent with the subtle woodsy scent in the background definitely a winer

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Roman
Incredible scent of Domestos

Just got this soap and AS. Boy what a good copy of Domestos scent. You repeated it to the smallest details. I think the slogan for this scent should be : “Smell like a clean white friend”. Nice work Barrister!!!