Suggestions for a Sandlewood Cream

Hi guys, I like the scent of sandlewood and would like to purchase a cream. I have heard some sandlewood creams can smell kind of smokey which is what I don't want, have heard GFT is pretty nice but would like some more feedback. Any suggestions for the noob would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers,
Ivan

GFT is a very mild sandalwood smell. I prefer the smell of the TOBS sandalwood. Both excellent creams!

TOBS is great, RazorRock Third Eye is good, and Trumpers is good to me as well.

I have a tube of the no longer made Proraso Red which can be found online sometimes. Scent is best described as woodsy. Think of a fallen tree surrounded by wet leaves with mushrooms growing out of damp dark earth. That's what I see when I smell it.

Just shaved,but I think I'll whip up a bowl of it right now. Love that scent.

(05-21-2012, 04:35 PM)Dave Wrote: TOBS is great, RazorRock Third Eye is good, and Trumpers is good to me as well.

Is Third eye a sandalwood scent?

As far as Sandalwood I am a big AOS fan and I also like QCS Mysore cream which is kind of like a soap soap...

Yes it's a milder Sandalwood scent, but it smells really good to me.

(05-21-2012, 04:35 PM)Dave Wrote: TOBS is great, RazorRock Third Eye is good, and Trumpers is good to me as well.

Dave, how would you compare the Third Eye to the new Nonno Michelino?

The best sandalwood cream I have tried in Art of Shaving.However Im not a big sandalwood fan

(05-21-2012, 05:36 PM)Teiste Wrote: The best sandalwood cream I have tried in Art of Shaving.However Im not a big sandalwood fan

+1 on the AOS. However, I'm a fan of sandalwood.

(05-21-2012, 05:26 PM)SharpSpine Wrote:

(05-21-2012, 04:35 PM)Dave Wrote: TOBS is great, RazorRock Third Eye is good, and Trumpers is good to me as well.

Dave, how would you compare the Third Eye to the new Nonno Michelino?

All i have done is sniffed the new one. It has more of a sandalwood smell than Third Eye.

(05-21-2012, 05:38 PM)Krisbarger Wrote:

(05-21-2012, 05:36 PM)Teiste Wrote: The best sandalwood cream I have tried in Art of Shaving.However Im not a big sandalwood fan

I find the AoS has the best scent. More true to sandalwood, or so I think (I've never smelled real sandalwood and from what I hear, not many have).
+1 on the AOS. However, I'm a fan of sandalwood.

I like Cyril R. Slater's Indian Sandalwood cream. A very nice scent.

I recently tried Muehle (same as Edwin Jagger) Sandalwood. It was quite lovely.

I am not a sandalwood fan, it is not refreshing or clean scent. I like the scent of the cream/soap to be refreshing or at least clean/soapy. That is personal preference of course.
T&H sandalwood is way too overpowering for me. The new proraso red is better, it's an ok scent, I will use it more.

The best sandalwood I have put my nose on was Edwin Jagger sandalwood cream and soap, hands down. It has a nice clean smell with only a hint of sandalwood.

(05-21-2012, 05:36 PM)Teiste Wrote: The best sandalwood cream I have tried in Art of Shaving.However Im not a big sandalwood fan

+1. Best overall smell of Sandalwood I have come across. SWMBO ***LOVES*** the smell and that sure doesn't hurt.

Trumpers/C&E

Its too bad the C&E's in my area are all gone.

(05-21-2012, 05:40 PM)Dave Wrote:

(05-21-2012, 05:26 PM)SharpSpine Wrote:

(05-21-2012, 04:35 PM)Dave Wrote: TOBS is great, RazorRock Third Eye is good, and Trumpers is good to me as well.

Dave, how would you compare the Third Eye to the new Nonno Michelino?

All i have done is sniffed the new one. It has more of a sandalwood smell than Third Eye.

Good to read! Third Eye just didn't quite hit it right for me.

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(05-21-2012, 07:56 PM)jfmii Wrote: I like Cyril R. Slater's Indian Sandalwood cream. A very nice scent.

Seconded, a nice strong and lasting sandalwood scent.

I really like the sandalwood from EJ/Mühle. I prefer it to TOBS or Trumpers.

AOS and EJ had the best sandalwood scents, but the performance wasn't good enough for me. Salter had the best performance, but I didn't care for the spicy scent. Castle Forbes had more of a cedar/sawdust scent to it. Taylor had a very strong cologne scent and the performance was ok, but I got tired of it halfway through the tub. I also tried samples of Trumpers. I don't remember the sandalwood scent but I wasn't impressed with the performance of any of the samples.

I like the C&E Sandalwood, but it is the only Sandalwood I've tried!

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