Lets talk about Soap

So as a man, its easy to get into the routine that bar soap is bar soap and be content with whatever is on the shelf at the grocery store.

I switched over the Dove Men+Care about a year ago and while I was very happy with it,  it really only addressed skin cleanliness and not conditioning.  In that time I have been experimenting with random soap I've come across that have had sandlewood or sea salt.  And they did a fantastic job conditioning the skin but were short on the hygiene and cleanliness.

A week ago I picked up a Zirh body bar (can be found at Sephora).  I was initially hesitant as it does have a strong scent (the girlfriend thought it was odorless and I was crazy).  I was also hesitant at the price as its a $15 bar.

So its been a week (photo reflecting that week of use).  It appears I am going to get a solid 3-4 weeks of use out of it.  I do feel it does a fantastic job hygiene/cleanliness wise and it has been some of the best moisturizing my skin has had....  I guess I didn't realize just how dry my skin had been.

But back to scent:  you shower, you towel off, you sniff your skin and its quite neutral just a very light citric twist.  Strangely the citric twist only seems to grow as the day goes by.  If you don't wear scents/colognes,  its going to be very subtle and pleasant.  If you wear colognes you picked up at macy's like aqua di gio, you probably won't even notice the difference.  Now if you are into some more niche stuff, it really is a buzz kill and destroys longevity.  Yesterday's Tom Ford Tuscan Leather only held to my skin for 4 hours where normally it will stick for 16 and had a sickly twist.  Today's ELDO's Fat Electrician simply was not the experience it normally is and the vetiver just fell flat.  I am going to cycle through my cologne stock, and my continued use of the Zirh soap will depend entirely on if there is a batch of my scent collection that works with the soap.