Barrister and Mann Red Letter Day Shaving Soap (4oz)

While Barrister and Mann have always taken pride in creating novel (and, admittedly, sometimes bizarre) fragrances, they do try to take the requests and suggestions of their customers into consideration as well. In late 2022, they decided to take this one step further by soliciting note suggestions and votes for what people would like to smell in a new fragrance; the aim was to determine if it would be possible to create a soap scent entirely by democratic process. Recently, they followed up on the project with another survey for a pared-down list of the most popular suggestions. From that information, they've created a celebration of their clients, a marquee representation of what people like (or don't like) in shaving. Introducing Red Letter Day...

Intended as a celebration of their tenth anniversary on March 18th, Red Letter Day is comprised entirely of notes that scored 30% or more on their survey (nothing hit 40%), principally vanilla, bergamot, cedar, sandalwood, leather, and cedar. It's far from the rooty, dusty cedar that we have employed elsewhere, and the woody character of Red Letter Day is crisp and clean, with a touch of creaminess from the sandalwood laid over the base vanilla character. The tangy zest of bergamot and a touch of bitter leather round out the design, a striking contrast to the rest of Red Letter Day's softly sweet, woody design. They weren't sure that this was going to work, but the outcome of the project has exceeded all expectations. We hope you're as delighted with Red Letter Day as we are, and we hope you'll join us in celebrating ten years of Barrister and Mann!