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  • djundjilaMA
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    1 year ago

    You used to love Ishtar, no?

    Is it just the lather, or do you also dislike the scent now?

    • PorkButtsNTaters666
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      1 year ago

      The scent is great, but it’s gotten very weak since I had to change the tub (there was some reaction of the tin tub with the soap). I don’t know whether the lather quality declined with the scent, but I don’t get the wow effect anymore 😞

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        1 year ago

        #sad

        Did the soap react with the original tin from AYLM?

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          1 year ago

          Yes, in both Ishtar and Marduk - and that’s why they changed most of their soaps to hard soap, with the rest going into glass containers (which are outrageously priced)

          #sadindeed

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            1 year ago

            Oh damn, you weren’t kidding about outrageous prices!

            RIP AYLM Thrill

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              RIP AYLM Thrill

              To be fair, they increased also the tub size (from 150 to 200ml) - but they matched the 33% increase in size with a 50% increase in price.

              As much as I want to like their Babylonian gate themed soaps (they released a new one, Urash, recently), between issues of evaporated scent, latherability and €€€, it’s become hard to be a AYLM fanboy

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                To be fair, they increased also the tub size (from 150 to 200ml) - but they matched the 33% increase in size with a 50% increase in price.

                Isn’t it more like a 100% increase? I have some memory of passing less than €30 for a tin a year or so so.

                it’s become hard to be a AYLM fanboy

                💯

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                  1 year ago

                  Isn’t it more like a 100% increase? I have some memory of passing less than €30 for a tin a year or so so.

                  That depends on the soap - Marduk & Ishtar were always more expensive, but not on that level (I believe I paid 35 for Ishtar and 38 for Marduk in the glorious days before inflation)

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            1 year ago

            Thanks, I had no idea and this is good to know. I’m lucky then that my Don Josè is still fine. Maybe I should play it safe and switch to bowl lathering it to avoid feeding the reaction with moisture.

            The hard soap is actually quite nice, I enjoy the Verbena Toscana one a lot.

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              1 year ago

              I only bowl lathered, and still got the reaction (I thought it was stronger with Marduk, but maybe only because it is white, and it is more visible.

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                1 year ago

                It’s probably the clay reacting with the aluminium. The older soaps don’t have clay iirc, so they wouldn’t have that issue.

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                  For Ishtar,. maybe, but there doesn’t seem to be clay in Marduk. And if it was an issue with clay, O don’t know why they would have changed most of their soaps to a hard soap recipe.

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                    1 year ago

                    there doesn’t seem to be clay in Marduk.

                    Oh, you’re right, my bad.

                    why they would have changed most of their soaps to a hard soap recipe.

                    I’m out of the loop and missed this info.