Most of the time, I’m perfectly happy living in a house with three girls. Our house is generally pretty well decorated, things are organized (well at least in shared spaces – bedrooms are a different animal), and there’s usually a pleasant smell floating around. But there’s a difference between the house smelling good and me smelling good.
Mister1920 makes old-school, cold-process bar soap with a pretty simple goal: make a bar of soap that actually smells like something and doesn’t have all the synthetic gunk that mass-produced options utilize.
And, as someone who spends a decent amount of time sweating, showering and generally trying to remove the evidence of a run from my body, I’m always willing to try something new.
The men’s collection has quite a few options, including Bourbon Barrel, Cool Water, Wanted Outlaw, Black Soap, Mountain Spice, Pine Forest and Sandalwood Vanilla. The bars are 5 ounces and are made without plastic bottles, using traditional cold-process methods.
I tried a few different scents, and the biggest thing I noticed was that they don’t all fall into the same “manly soap” category. Bourbon Barrel has the warm, woody thing going on, Mountain Spice is obviously more outdoorsy, and Wanted Outlaw is more rugged and manly with its leather and spice.
If that ain’t your thing, there are some more “woman-forward” options as well. Personally, I don’t think this has to fall across gender lines as each seems like a solid option for anyone.
The bars also produce a nice lather and have that old-school feel that you just don’t get from squeezing some body wash out of a plastic bottle. Mister1920 also sells a Soap Sock if you want a little more grip and exfoliation while you’re washing.
At around $9 a bar, these aren’t the cheapest soaps you’ll find at the store, but they are a different experience than grabbing whatever happens to be on sale in the body wash aisle.
