Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread - December 06, 2023
djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 11 months ago#sad
Did the soap react with the original tin from AYLM?
Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread - December 06, 2023
djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 11 months ago#sad
Did the soap react with the original tin from AYLM?
PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social 11 months ago
Yes, in both Ishtar and Marduk - and that’s why they changed most of their soaps to hard soap, with the rest going into glass containers (which are outrageously priced)
#sadindeed
djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 11 months ago
Oh damn, you weren’t kidding about outrageous prices!
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RIP AYLM Thrill
PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social 11 months ago
To be fair, they increased also the tub size (from 150 to 200ml) - but they matched the 33% increase in size with a 50% increase in price.
As much as I want to like their Babylonian gate themed soaps (they released a new one, Urash, recently), between issues of evaporated scent, latherability and €€€, it’s become hard to be a AYLM fanboy
djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 11 months ago
Isn’t it more like a 100% increase? I have some memory of passing less than €30 for a tin a year or so so.
💯
djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 11 months ago
Thanks, I had no idea and this is good to know. I’m lucky then that my Don Josè is still fine. Maybe I should play it safe and switch to bowl lathering it to avoid feeding the reaction with moisture.
The hard soap is actually quite nice, I enjoy the Verbena Toscana one a lot.
PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social 11 months ago
I only bowl lathered, and still got the reaction (I thought it was stronger with Marduk, but maybe only because it is white, and it is more visible.
djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 11 months ago
It’s probably the clay reacting with the aluminium. The older soaps don’t have clay iirc, so they wouldn’t have that issue.