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The Tweeds of March

gwsmallwood

gwsmallwood

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Come join me for The Tweeds of March. I'll be using a different Green Irish Tweed inspired soap for every shave this month. Let's celebrate the coming of spring in style! Come post all of your GIT SOTD photos here.
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Oh man I want the Williams challenge to be over so I can use other things. I have some CBL SIR Irish and a sample of Sir Irisch Moos aftershave to give a go.
 
OpusX said:
Oh man I want the Williams challenge to be over so I can use other things. I have some CBL SIR Irish and a sample of Sir Irisch Moos aftershave to give a go.
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Is the SIR Irish an Irish Moos or Green Irish Tweed homage? While both fougere scents, I didn't really find them all that similar.
 
gwsmallwood said:
Is the SIR Irish an Irish Moos or Green Irish Tweed homage? While both fougere scents, I didn't really find them all that similar.
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That's a good question, I had assumed them the "same". I will have to actually compare the two, and I would say I have no real reference for a "tweed scent" then (something new to look in to).
 
gwsmallwood said:
We could ask the man himself.

@CBLindsay is SIR Irish a GIT inspiration, Irish Springs, or other?

P.S. if it's GIT, when can I buy some?
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SIR Irish is actually more of a SIR Irisch Moos inspired scent, quite far from GIT. I do have access to a very good GIT clone oil but have stayed away from it because it is available from so many other places. To me, GIT is like Irish Spring on steroids...it's a LOT of scent in one place.

....Since you brought up SIR Irish. I still have plenty of my original fragrance blend on hand but I have decided to go back to the drawing board and see if I can make a better match to the original vintage scent.
 
CBLindsay said:
SIR Irish is actually more of a SIR Irisch Moos inspired scent, quite far from GIT. I do have access to a very good GIT clone oil but have stayed away from it because it is available from so many other places. To me, GIT is like Irish Spring on steroids...it's a LOT of scent in one place.

....Since you brought up SIR Irish. I still have plenty of my original fragrance blend on hand but I have decided to go back to the drawing board and see if I can make a better match to the original vintage scent.
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Thanks for the response. I wasn't a big fan of the Irisch Moos aftershave, but I do really enjoy all of the GIT scents.
 
CBLindsay said:
I do have access to a very good GIT clone oil but have stayed away from it because it is available from so many other places.
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This is making me wonder if you could take that as a base and then mix it up. like maybe add some leather and smoke/gunpowder. you could call that GIT Out West!
 
gwsmallwood said:
Come join me for The Tweeds of March. I'll be using a different Green Irish Tweed inspired soap for every shave this month. Let's celebrate the coming of spring in style! Come post all of your GIT SOTD photos here.
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I'm actually limited n my Green Irish Tweed stuff...but I think I have a couple. I'll play along when I can!
 
dangerousdon said:
I'm actually limited n my Green Irish Tweed stuff...but I think I have a couple. I'll play along when I can!
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I was just thinking along the same line Don... 'how much fun I'm missing'. Never tried a GIT soap. Might have to grab one, hopefully before the end of the fun. [emoji6]

I'm really ignorant as to what GIT is, but I know being picky in scents, I might go for a brand that lighter and sweeter in scent. Any suggestions @gwsmallwood ?
 
mrdoug said:
I was just thinking along the same line Don... 'how much fun I'm missing'. Never tried a GIT soap. Might have to grab one, hopefully before the end of the fun. [emoji6]

I'm really ignorant as to what GIT is, but I know being picky in scents, I might go for a brand that lighter and sweeter in scent. Any suggestions @gwsmallwood ?
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If you're considering one, my top list right now would be Stirling Sharp Dressed Man, WSP Gaelic Tweed, Murphy & McNeil Crann Bethadh, Catie's Bubbles Celtic Knot, and Wickham Shamrock Tweed. Or, PAA will probably be releasing their version on Friday if my guess is correct. I haven't tried that one yet, but will be picking it up this year.
 
gwsmallwood said:
If you're considering one, my top list right now would be Stirling Sharp Dressed Man, WSP Gaelic Tweed, Murphy & McNeil Crann Bethadh, Catie's Bubbles Celtic Knot, and Wickham Shamrock Tweed. Or, PAA will probably be releasing their version on Friday if my guess is correct. I haven't tried that one yet, but will be picking it up this year.
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Wow, that's quite a list. Which are on the lighter side for scents?
 
mrdoug said:
Wow, that's quite a list. Which are on the lighter side for scents?
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On the lighter scent strength. I might actually recommend Van Yulay Green Irish Tweed or Central Texas Soaps Irish Flats. The ones I mentioned above are all medium to strong. Van Yulay is a bit more true to the scent profile, but Irish Flats is still really nice, and I think it might edge out Van Yulay for performance.
 
The Tweeds of March shave 5 was not the best shave soap I've tried. Lather was airy and bubbly, no matter how much soap I tried to load. It felt like trying to shave with dish washing detergent. It was a little better when I took the brush out of the equation and hand lathered. Good thing I have about 20 other GIT soaps to choose from. This does make a great bath soap, though. Left my skin feeling nice and soft.

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  1. Razorock Irish Countryside
  2. Central Texas Soaps Irish Flats
  3. Murphy & McNeil Crann Bethadh
  4. Van Yulay Green Irish Tweed
  5. Saint Meinrad Archabbey Irish Tweed
 
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