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  • PorkButtsNTaters666
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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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            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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        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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              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.