Formula T Shaving Soap - Shea Butter & Tallow - 4 Fl oz in Jar

Barbershop - Our inspiration was an Italian barbershop. We’ve blended all the signature scents of a barbershop into this intriguing fragrance. Pairs perfectly with the matching shaving soap & aftershave. We started with a base of powdery musk, added some bergamot, orange zest, oakmoss, patchouli, and finished it with a hint of geranium.

Bay Rum - A true classic. We based our bay rum off of a two-century-old recipe we found. Combining all the true classic bay rum scents, we went truly old school with this blend. Using only essential oils, this is what bay rum is supposed to smell like. Notes of: West Indies bay leaf, rum, lime, cinnamon, & allspice.

Black Amber Vanille - This scent reminds me of reading a classic leather-bound book in a finely furnished study while sipping a fine glass of scotch. Classic, yet modern. We started with some rich, decadent French Vanilla. Then combined it with a rustic amber and rounded out with black Myrrh and a splash of Egyptian Musk.

Gaelic Tweed - A true classic. Gaelic Tweed has an invigorating freshness and pure masculinity. This is our interpretation of Creed's Green Irish Tweed. The fragrance is a masterful blend of lemon verbena top notes, an iris & violet leaf heart with a sandalwood & ambergris base.

Mahogany - It's a little sweet, a little spicy, and a lot of sexy. Sensual, woody, and spicy is how one customer's wife described it. "It reminds me of walking through a forest." is how another customer put it. "A perfect blend of sweet, spicy, & woody". I started with a base note of mahogany and then accented it with bergamot, vanilla, cedar and allspice notes. Then I threw in some cedar, vanilla, & patchouli to round it out.

Ol' Kentucky - Its rich, creamy, & subtle scent is crafted with bourbon at its core. We started the blend with top notes of bourbon and base notes of oak, sandalwood, & a hint of patchouli and powder. The official drink of the Kentucky Derby; this fragrance epitomizes the spirit of Ol’ Kentucky.

Olympus - Named after the home of the Greek gods and inspired by Creed’s Aventus, this is the scent fit for a king or emperor. It is creamy & smoky and crisp & fruity; provocative and masculine. The initial blast of fresh fruit will hit you sharply. The apple will give way to freshly cut pineapple. Then the smokiness will come out wrapping you in a woody, creamy cloak reminiscent of sandalwood.

Sandalwood - A much truer sandalwood fragrance. Instead of offering you a floral sandalwood, we kept true to the woody and sensual smell of sandalwood. While we couldn’t use 100% sandalwood essential oil, we did use a hint of it and backed it up with patchouli, cedar, & amyris.

Tobacco - It does NOT smell like cigarettes. This is a “green” tobacco scent. It’s a fresh & clean smell. It’s modern & upbeat. It works perfectly as an everyday scent to wear to work, the bar, the golf club, etc.

Cured tobacco leaf & flower are the stars of this blend. We started with notes of cured tobacco for the base, and added top notes of bay leaf, and fir to create an intoxicating blend of tobacco and bay leaf. It just smells great; which is why it’s my second most popular scent behind barbershop.

I crafted my Rustic & Formula T lines with one overarching goal in mind: ease of use. I made them so they’d lather up just as easily in hard water as they do in distilled water. No bowl necessary.

While you can lather it up any way you prefer, as there is no one right way, I prefer lathering them up right in the tin. After wetting the brush (I prefer a minute soak), I just go at it (swirling the brush on the soap until a thick lather is built), and then apply it to my face.

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The story of Formula T began with my obsession with tallow soaps. While I had a brief sojourn when I discovered that Martin de Candre actually made an amazing vegan formula, tallow shaving soap has always been my first love. And so, after perfecting my Rustic Shave Soap formula, I set out to make the best damned tallow based shave soap possible. And Formula T was born.

I was inspired by the great American soap makers of the 19^th and 20^th century. They used tallow. The most widely regarded soaps from Britain and Europe also contained tallow. In fact, some people still believe that shave soap isn’t good shave soap unless it is made with tallow.

Inspired by Mitchell’s Wool Fat & Tabac, I set out to make something so great it is able to withstand the test of time. So, taking all the working knowledge and science I learned from creating the Rustic line, I started experimenting. Unlike my R&D with the Rustic line, I pretty much nailed it on the first formulation. After a few tweaks, I sent it off for outside beta testing.

The feedback was stellar! Everyone loved it. And the rest, as they say, is history.

With few exceptions, we want you to be 100% satisfied with your purchase. So we offer a 30 day, no questions asked, return policy. Past this time period, we stand by our products with a 1 year warranty. See the Returns & Warranty Policy for complete details.

But please order a sample first to make sure you like the scent as we do not refund shipping costs.

Unless it's metal, plastic, or glass, we made it by hand, in house. No automation. Just human hands every step of the way.

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