A recent comment asking about the longevity of seldom-used shaving soaps (whose life on the shelf stretches first into years and then into decades) reminded me of this excellent and very fragrant Lenthéric shaving soap, which (I’m told) may well have been made by Valobra. It dates, I’m sure from the late 1970s, possibly early 1980s — so about 40 years old. And it’s fine. The plastic lid is fairly tight fitting. My Yardley soap from the same era has a loose fitting wooden lid that sits atop a wooden tub, and its fragrance is not so strong that of the Lenthéric, but of course I don’t know how they compared when new.
And the lather was not only fragrant and of wonderful consistency — a very high-quality soap that seemed to enjoy the Maggard mini synthetic brush. With the only other Above the Tie razor I own, the wonderful S1 (here mounted on a UFO handle), I did 3 passes and obtained a perfectly smooth result, ready for a splash of Wild Coast Perfumery’s Eau de Lavande.
Fine start to the day.