Years ago, I had a gent that made handmade hard puck shaving soaps but I believe he's now passed away. There is no trace of him any longer.
anyway...He made a cherry/vanilla/tobacco scent that reminded me of my grandfather when I was a very young boy. Since I'm down to my last few shaves with the original soap (I've used it very sparingly)...I've never been able to find one that is similar again. I was hoping that someday my grandchildren might equate a scent in their lives with me...and hopefully, have fond memories like I had with my grandpa. My grands call me Pappy.
I ordered some new hard puck shaving soaps (wild cherry/blue sugar scents) that is a goat's milk/honey shave soap and the lather is very nice, scent is very pleasant but the company that produced it didn't have any "tobacco" scented soaps....so I reached out to the seller. I asked they would be interested in making a new scent and they agreed. I did my best to describe the scent, received samples but they really were not close. (not a huge surprise)....I then sent a small sample of my remaining soap so they could duplicate it....to my surprise...they sent me samples back and they were able to come really close.
So...I went on to ebay today to see if it was available for sale yet...and it is. It's a soap by a CA company called bubblesandsudz and it is listed as "Pappy's Pipe" at my request....Wendy was wonderful to work with.
Quite happy with this little adventure. I guess it pays to ask sometimes.
I've just placed my first order....many more will likely follow.
redhawk