

Introduction



Optimum Lather Table

PR Performance Ranking PD Purchase Date (YYYY-MM-DD) SCM Soap/Cream Mass (g) WM Water Mass (g) TM Total Mass (g) = SCM + WM WSCR Water-to-Soap/Cream Ratio = WM / SCM SCIT Soap/Cream-Incorporation Time (s) LBT Lather-Building Time (s) SCP Soap/Cream Price (USD)

PR Soap/Cream PD SCM WM TM WSCR SCIT LBT SCP 1 Nanny's Silly Soap (NSS) Original Shaving Soap 2017-04-23 1.20 9.60 10.80 8 30 45 0.15 2 Declaration Grooming (DG) Shaving Soap, Premium Bison Tallow Base 2017-08-11 0.81 8.91 9.72 11 20 60 0.15 3 Proraso Single Blade (PSB) Shaving Cream 2018-01-12 0.95 7.60 8.55 8 3 60 0.07 4 Barrister and Mann (B&M) Shaving Soap 2017-10-19 0.71 8.52 9.23 12 25 30 0.12 5 Oleo Soapworks Shaving Soap, Canard Base / West Coast Shaving (WCS) Duck Fat Shave Soap 2018-11-23 0.75 9.00 9.75 12 40 60 0.12 6 Cold River Soap Works (CRSW) SELECT Shaving Soap 2017-12-15 0.86 9.46 10.32 11 6 60 0.15 7 Stirling Soap Co. Shave Soap 2017-08-14 0.53 9.01 9.54 17 20 30 0.04 8 Saponificio Varesino (SV) Shaving Soap 2017-12-01 0.64 8.32 8.96 13 90 90 0.15 9 Barrister's Reserve Shaving Soap 2017-06 0.96 11.52 12.48 12 45 60 0.15 10 Proraso Red Shaving Soap 2017-11-27 0.82 8.20 9.02 10 5 75 0.06 11 Martin de Candre (MdC) Shaving Soap 2018-05-31 0.70 7.70 8.40 11 45 60 0.16 12 Mike's Natural Shaving Soap 2017-09 0.75 9.00 9.75 12 60 60 0.07 13 Arko Shaving Soap 2018-04-04 0.51 7.14 7.65 14 75 75 0.02 14 Barrister and Mann (B&M) Latha Shaving Soap (Discontinued) 2018-01-30 0.75 9.75 10.50 13 10 30 0.07 15 Floris Shaving Cream 2018-02 0.98 6.86 7.84 7 1 60 0.29 16 The Art of Shaving (AOS) Shaving Cream 2018-01-03 1.00 7.00 8.00 7 3 45 0.19 17 Mystic Water (MW) Shaving Soap 2018-01-27 0.70 9.10 9.80 13 30 30 0.07 18 The Sudsy Soapery Shave Soap, Vegan Base 2018-02-05 0.46 8.28 8.74 18 10 60 0.05



Oleo Soapworks Shaving Soap, Canard Base / West Coast Shaving (WCS) Duck Fat Shave Soap

Top label (stained), side label with ingredient list, and close-up of soap in small jar​

Top label, ingredient list on side label, and close-up of soap in small jar​