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Bay Rum Shaving Soap (Excelsior Base)
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Way back in the glory days of salty sea dogs, sailors used rum tinctures of West Indie bay and spices as disinfectants, fragrances, deodorants, and aftershaves. Over time, many famous fragrance and shaving houses adopted the custom and offered their own versions of the classic scent, which proved to be extremely popular with barbers as well.
Barrister and Mann® is proud to offer our own version of a classic Bay Rum. Dispensing with the modern custom of using large amounts of clove, we instead blend real black strap rum with West Indie bay, sweet orange, cinnamon, and benzoin (a vanilla-like resin). Our Bay Rum is a warm, masculine classic, a piece of history, and a favorite for winter, but is well-suited for any time of year.
Net wt. 4 oz, Made in the USA
Description
Way back in the glory days of salty sea dogs, sailors used rum tinctures of West Indie bay and spices as disinfectants, fragrances, deodorants, and aftershaves. Over time, many famous fragrance and shaving houses adopted the custom and offered their own versions of the classic scent, which proved to be extremely popular with barbers as well.
Barrister and Mann® is proud to offer our own version of a classic Bay Rum. Dispensing with the modern custom of using large amounts of clove, we instead blend real black strap rum with West Indie bay, sweet orange, cinnamon, and benzoin (a vanilla-like resin). Our Bay Rum is a warm, masculine classic, a piece of history, and a favorite for winter, but is well-suited for any time of year.
Net wt. 4 oz, Made in the USA
Directions for Use
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United StatesUnfortunately most of those reviews do not clearly explain how the scent is. Here an accurate description: mostly clove (the claim is bay), ok maybe bay, pinch of cinnamon and that is it. not much. very strong and flat. if u like the clove buds smell (smell like xmas) ok, otherwise look elsewhere. no need of commenting other than the smell. I do review on other sites as well since I buy alot of different brands and most of the times those reviews are not accurate at all
United StatesI just finished a tub of the Bay Rum in the previous iteration and for the life of me, I can't think of what it was called. Today was my first shave with the Bay Rum Excelsior base and two things immediately come to mind. 1) Scent profile is less traditional Bay Rum. Check out the ingredient list. There is ZERO Pimenta racemosa, which, of course is the West Indies ingredient that makes Bay Rum...well, Bay Rum. 2) And, if that's not enough, the scent strength is about 50% of what the old formula was. Now, is it good soap? Yes, it's good soap, but what a disappointment. After being my absolute FAVORITE Bay Rum shave soap, the Excelsior version is now just...meh. Bummer. Cannot for the life of me understand why a company would screw up a good thing?
Hi Joseph! I'm sorry to hear that you didn't enjoy this jar. However, if I can make two notes: 1) While we no longer list it on the ingredient label for spacing reasons, there is very much still pimenta racemosa oil used in the fragrance, as well as orange oil, benzoin, rum, and a synthetic cinnamon accord. 2) We actually INCREASED the strength of the fragrance for the transition to Excelsior, so I'm not sure why it would smell less strongly to your nose. However, it's definitely stronger than previous iterations. Either way, glad to hear that it shaves well. Thanks again!
United StatesThis is great stuff. Easy to lather, great shave, and the absolute best Bay Rum scent I’ve tried. I won’t be without again. Randy
United StatesI never had a Bay Rum Product and this did not disappoint. The scent is not overly strong but a nice spice scent that passed my "cup (hands) to the nose test". The missus liked the smell , so that's a good thing! The lather is excelsior, whats more to say but an excellent shave. Go for it!
United StatesThe scent fades quicker than some of their other soaps, but it still provides a pleasant shave.
