So, soap. No, I’m not talking about an Emacs package (though, of course, it exists) or some fancy IT tool, but actual soap - the kind you use in the shower.

I’ve been on a search for a good soap for years. I’ve found a couple that I like more and a few like less, but so far I don’t have one. Maybe it’s because different soaps are good for different things: in my case, I use one soap for my face and scalp (I’m a bald dude) and another for everything else.

I prefer gentler soaps that smell “manly.” I usually stay away from all the man-woman branding stuff as much as I can, but generally speaking, I prefer the “manly” scents over the feminine ones. If I had to point toward a scent I like, I’d point to lavender (which I also like in my Earl Grey, which makes it in a London Fog latte, one of my favorites, but I digress).

My current go-to is Everyone (for everybody) soap, but it’s mostly autopilot. At the moment I’m actually using some of the generic Dove men’s soaps, before I try something else. My neighborhood pharmacy carries a few different brands, so I have more experimentation to do.

I mentioned earlier that I use a different soap for my face and scalp, and for that, I usually use CeraVe stuff. At some point in the past, I got their face lotion, liked it, and stayed with it - and from there I continued with their soaps. I’ve read in a couple of places that shampoos are good for the scalp (that’s what they’re meant for), and I use them now and then, but nothing really sticks.

Another word about body soaps: I’m not sure if I prefer liquid in one of those plastic bottles or a bar. The liquid is convenient, but I have to keep getting more. A bar is usually more concentrated (and can have a stronger scent), and I like that I can keep it in one hand, or just scrape some against a body brush for rough skin, like on the feet - but then you have one hand, and besides it always slides away and fall as if it has it obays its own gravity rules. Weird.

So that’s where I am with soap. What about you? Would you mind sharing?