Catie's Bubble LPV = Iconolani Mango?

I recently had a tub of Iconolani Mango soap and sold it because I wasn't in love with the scent. A couple weeks after selling it I regretted it. That smell stuck with me and was very distinct. I considered trying to pick up another but just never got around to it.



I recently picked up some Catie's Bubbles Santal and my wife didn't like it so I basically switched it out (sold the santal) and picked up the La Piment de View (LPV). It arrived today and I did a test lather.

THERE WAS THAT EXACT SMELL! The same as Iconolani. I doubt in a blind sniff test I would be able to tell the difference. I love the performance of Catie's Bubbles so I was ecstatic to not only have the scent back that I found I really liked and from an artisan that I really liked.

I don't know if others have had this comparison or not but I was really surprised! Very gladly surprised! Anyone else notice this?

I believe that someone else has mentioned this before.

* SharpSpine is off to research some scent profiles.

YMMV and all that. I don't think they smell anything alike. But my nose is old and maybe it don't work as good as yours does.

From what most people say about I coloniali it seems to be a pipe smoke type scent, or at least smokey in some way. I definitely don't get that from Le Piment de la Vie. I can't seem to find a scent profile for the I coloniali shave soap but if anyone can share it here then I'll let you know how close they are.

I may not have the most distinguished nose but I gotta say this is very close. It's a good thing though. Iconolani is a favorite of many of our members. I'm not saying that CB tried to match this scent but maybe great minds think alike and came up with a very similar scent merely by coincidence. Sorry if others have mentioned this before, I didn't check

I'm super happy because I love supporting a smaller artisan and this is the best of both worlds!

It is a great scent. I enjoyed it this morning.

Congratulations on the new discovery! Enjoy the soap!

I can see where someone could get a similar scent out of those two. I can definitely tell detect a difference but I certainly understand where the OP is coming from.

I own both I Coloniali shaving products.

The cream in the silver tube smells like earthy smokey cedar wood
The soap smells of fresh mango fruit.

Both perform splendid.

I coloniali smells like pipe tobacco or incense to my nose

(04-28-2014, 02:30 PM)Lando Wrote: I coloniali smells like pipe tobacco or incense to my nose

The cream does, not the soap.

Are you talking about the cream in the silver tube ?

Edit
I had forgotten about it.
It really smells like a mix of mango, smoke and menthol. The soap that is.