THERE IS NO REAL REASON FOR THIS SOAP, THE VALUE PROPOSITION IS TERRIBLE

Tabac Original
Luxury soap

THOROUGH CLEANSING - SMOOTH SKIN CARE - WITH THE SCENT OF THE ORIGINAL
100G BAR SOAP
5.8OUT OF 10
IF IT'S ON OFFER
*MLM006*
LINE No. 006 · AMAZON

BEST IN THE SHOWER USE IT IN A BAG

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Soap that comes in a one time use plastic soap dish
THE VERDICT
“The bar that misses on almost all areas - it is very average and very expensive”

Buy 2-5 bars of anything else for the same price

Trash: Bin it
Trash · Bin it
RANK9th OF 11 IN SOAPS
THIS BAR DOES6 WASHES
COST / WASH£1.86
TIERC

TYPICAL VALUES

MEASUREPER BAR
PRICE£11.14
WEIGHT100g
£ / GRAM£0.111
LASTED6 WASHES
THE SHAPE OF IT
LATHER · 6.0 SCENT · 6.7 VALUE · 1.7 LASTS · 8.0 SKIN · 6.0
Five lines, one fingerprint.
AXIS BREAKDOWN
LATHER
6.0
SCENT
6.7
VALUE
1.7
LASTS
8.0
SKIN
6.0
DNA FINGERPRINT
BAGGED
One stripe per sub-score, height = score. Same scores yield the same fingerprint.
BAGGED, SCORE INFERRED
AXIS BY AXIS
01 · LATHER
6.0

It's fine at lather - it creates good lather, robust and covers, dwells alright and seems to clean well.

02 · SCENT
6.7

It smells fine - works fine for men or women, very average.

03 · VALUE
1.7

It misses the value entirely - And, a small soap in a plastic pot does not feeli like a premium product even if it has a nice font on it - especially when the plastic pot is not reuseable with any other soaps, not even reuseable with the same brand as if you buy another one (I hope you don't) you get another plastic pot with it.

04 · LASTS
8.0

Mine is lasting well but is not finished still, when it's finished I will wrap up the experiment for real data on washes

05 · SKIN
6.0

Another average performance for skin.

TESTING METHOD
This bar has been in a soft bag it's whole life and I travel with it. It is a decent washing experience and it travels well.
VS OTHER SOAPS
Tabac Original Luxury soap
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£11.14
5.8
Dalan Turkish olive oil soap
£1.93
9.6
Fresh and Fly Men's Soap Bar for Face, Body, Hair (300g mega bar)
£12.90
9.2
Pears Amber Moisturising Soap Bar
£1.21
8.6
Pears Pure and Gentle
£1.61
8.5
Oliva olive oil soap (600g mega bar)
£7.77
7.2
Garli Orhan Pure olive oil soap
£1.67
6.2
Little Soap Company Olive Oil Soap
£2.80
6.1
Palmolive Naturals
£1.50
5.8
Imperial Leather Original Soap
£0.93
5.6
Wright's Traditional Coal Tar Soap
£1.60
4.8
THE FULL VERDICT

This is the first "luxury" or premium bar I have really tried. It comes in a "re-usable" soap box, however, it's a small bar and a non standard shape so really you can't use this with any other bar - this scores badly for using less plastic as I'm counting this as a single use plastic. Already off to a bad start! I have been writing this review over a few months as I've been using the soap a bit, and I want to get it published as I don't think that I will get it finished for a long time. Today as I'm compiling info on this soap getting ready to publish I see that it has crept up to over £11 (!!!!!) - this soap is not worth that much, not even nearly. The soap is ok - it does create a nice robust lather, it does smell alright - my wife says this one smells like talc - I dont think it does I think it has a slightly more elevate smell than just talc, but not much. The bar isn't particularly anything - it's small, it's expensive, it lathers ok and it smells ok. The skin is left feeling fine. Really you can get exactly the same experience buying a multipack of Dove from the supermarket - and have lots and lots more washes and bars. Imagine how many bars of Dove you would have if you spent £11 on Dove. Please do not spend £11 on this bar of soap.

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