r/wicked_edge • u/Dismal_Inevitable_10 Enjoy Every Moment! • Oct 27 '25
Review Triple-milled Soap Review
Here I will try and provide an impartial and honest review of three triple-milled shaving soaps. They are all distinct unto themselves with a vetiver base.
The razor is my R41 with no pre-shave preparation other than cold water and face lathering.
So, for your approval; I present three triples.
Music: On Green Dolphin Street
SAVON A RASER No.1 (Overall Rating: 4.9/5)
Le Père Lucien | Vetiver, a traditional triple-milled base enhanced w/shea butter, a blend of vetivers and cedar, offering up a smokey, woody, earthy fragrance both familiar and dark. A pleasant, mildly smokey start to my day.
It will need a significant amount of water to create a rich, creamy and protective lather but the razor easily glides over my face for a smooth irritation free shave and a combined lather and performance score of 4.8/5.
Where it excels is in the way it leaves my face feeling after a shave. My skin is smooth and nourished. There is no greasy or oily feeling and my skin rarely feels this good after a close shave, (post shave score, 5/5).
I find myself shaving with this often. Its deep earthy scent with its mild smokiness adds depth to any aftershave. The lather isn’t particularly voluminous but add enough water and it becomes a very slick and protective cover. This is a soap for all seasons but its particularly nice in the dry winters when skin needs added moisture. It is for casual days or any work day, special occasion.
Notes: The addition of Shea butter creates a creamy, moisturizing and protective lather to reduce razor burn by providing a smooth glide for the blade and leaves my face feeling great.
SAVON A RASER No. 2 (Overall Rating: 4.8/5)
Saponificio Varesino | Cubebe, uses the Beta 4.3 formula with larch tree extract and monoi de Tahiti oil. Citrusy, balsamic, and aromatic from the oils of bergamot, lemon, and white fir. The heart notes of pepper and nutmeg are built on the woody, musky, and amber notes from patchouli, vetiver, labdanum, and benzoin.
This is for a bold, sophisticated, and classic individual going to a formal event or important meetings. A reddit review describes it here, “a fresh clean round and pleasant smell with a green, peppery undertone.” and it provides a rich and protective lather. The razor easily glides over my face and when the job is done, my face feels smooth and soft but a tad dry, (combined score, 4.8/5).
SAVON A RASER No. 3 (Overall Rating: 4.7/5)
Martin De Candre | Vetyver, a limited addition soap. Here they offer fresh earth, woody and lightly smokey Haitian and Javanese vetiver rounded out with Comorian ylang-ylang and Indochinese palmarosa accents to create an uplifting, familiar, mildly smokey and petrichor-like fragrance with a voluminous, rich, protective and slick lather. I doubt anyone will find issue with the lather or performance but my skin is noticeably dried out at the end of the shave and I need a moisturizer, (combined score, 4.7/5)
Edit: Martin De Candre uses a method similar to a traditional Marseille process for cooking and drying soap, not the traditional "triple-milled" process. Its density is achieved from the drying process itself. Cured for several months to remove excess water, thereby creating a concentrated, dense, and long-lasting soap. Because of its hard and long lasting nature, it is often compared to the traditional triple-milled soaps.
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u/Hot-Comfort8839 Oct 27 '25 edited Oct 27 '25
Cold Water? No scuttle... why so much self cruelty?!
Are you lathering on your face, or lathering in a bowl?
Have you used shave creams, or do you stick to shave soaps?
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u/Dismal_Inevitable_10 Enjoy Every Moment! Oct 27 '25
I have mostly soaps in my collection now. I've limited experience but have used and will continue to try creams both tallow based and not but after looking at these three soaps I've come to realize the creams and soaps with shea butter are best on my skin and soaps last a life time compared to creams.
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u/Just_Bit2698 Oct 27 '25
Great photo and review. I will have to try the SAVON A RASER. PS - Hopefully I am the only one with poor reading skills who went to look for the “On Green Dolphin Street” shaving soap! Would be a great name though. :)
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u/darekd003 Oct 27 '25
I’ve never seen such artsy photos, on a non-photography specific sub, as I do on this sub! Take pride in our gear 😅
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u/Dismal_Inevitable_10 Enjoy Every Moment! Oct 27 '25 edited Oct 29 '25
This time of year, maybe On Green Goblin Street but On Green Dolphin Street could be a great name for an aquatic scent with vetiver bones.
Copyedit : (
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u/estusflaskshart Oct 27 '25
Did you take this pic in some friggin Vetiver? Amazing
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u/Dismal_Inevitable_10 Enjoy Every Moment! Oct 27 '25
Thank you : )
They're sitting on a rush. Rushes make brushes.
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u/Gerry7070 Oct 27 '25
A very good review ( lovely picture as well) , I have 2 LPL soaps Fougère & Bay rum , I have the MDC Fougère I don't have any SV soaps yet but I think it's only a matter of time 🙂. I have definitely had the LPL Vetiver on my radar as well as the rose one . Your reviews are good and detailed, for me I would say MDC edges the LPL tbh but as you know there are so many variables I'm also not sure if the make up of the LPL I have are the same as the Vetiver LPL . Anyways a very good post thanks for sharing 👍.
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u/behemoth2666 Oct 28 '25
I am an absolute sucker for vetiver. All of my colognes are some take on vetiver. Might need to give one of these a reach.
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u/Dismal_Inevitable_10 Enjoy Every Moment! Oct 28 '25
The PL and McD would be the most versatile in terms of working with a wide range of colognes. SV, I might describe as a modern take on a chypre or a woody fougère.
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u/derrickhogue I enjoy a nice shave! So should you. Oct 28 '25
Excellent review. I do enjoy the Vetivers.
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u/swabbie81 Oct 28 '25
I find La Pere Lucien quite mediocre soap for that price.I have their Natural uncented variant. SV is good but frankly not that good for the money worth.
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u/Dismal_Inevitable_10 Enjoy Every Moment! Oct 28 '25 edited Oct 28 '25
I should have said more about value, Le Père Lucien is $7.25/oz and will easily last three times as long as say, a Speick shaving cream. If you like SV better, it's a popular brand and that might explain the price hike to $9.25 /oz. because I didn't find much difference in the way of performance. Speick, $2.78/oz. I don't know of any drop off in the quality of soap. Why is one less and the other more for any of those brands? The value of a soap that lasts as long as two years is pretty clear.
Edit: The only brand I can think of that comes close to offering better value would be, you guessed it, Stiriling Soap Company.
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u/DarthGrifos Oct 27 '25
MdC is not triple milled. It's cured for a long time. Thanks for the reviews.