Grandpa's Pine Tar Soap Medium Size - 3.25 oz

I tried this soap after having it recommended to me by some friends on the internet as an alternative to modern soaps filled with harsh chemicals and xenoestrogens. I've used this soap for over a month now and I'm very pleased with the results.To start of with, the soap comes in a simple cardboard box. No messy plastic packaging, just the box and the bar of soap inside. On the front is the logo with Grandpa's face on it, on the back is the history and story of the soap, and on the left side is a simple easy to understand list of ingredients. No mile long list of chemicals here. Through the box, you can smell the powerful, clean scent of pine tar. I currently have several bars of this soap in my towel closet and it has the added bonus of acting as a natural air freshener. Every time I open the door, I'm greeted by this smell. I very pleased by this powerful, masculine scent, which I've come to like much better than the standard fruity and floral scents of other soaps. The soap leaves a slight scent of pine tar on your skin, this wears off after an hour, two at most. The woody scent smells like barbecue, this combined with the rich brown color sometimes makes me hungry when I look at it.The soap lathers white, just like the box states. With just a bit of water and some rubbing, you get plenty of suds to wash yourself with, no sodium lauryl sulfate needed. The stamp on the soap wears off within 2 or 3 showers and the bar shrinks noticeably quickly. I highly recommend getting a soap holster and sticking it as far from the shower head as possible, this will minimize any accidental soap loss and it will keep the soap from leaving residue on the tub or shower stall. This soap works well as a shaving agent, and I'm now using it for all my shaving. The only problem I've had with this is a slimy residue left on my face, but I think that this may be from not continuously lathering it. The soap leaves my skin feeling taut and smooth after washing with it, afterwards it still as soft as it ever wash when I used other brands of soap. The back of the package states that this soap is not tested on animals. Well, I decided to do some animal testing of my own. My dog has a habit of rolling in the grass and I have a suspicion that the spots she rolls in are spots that animals have peed in. I washed her with the soap she had no problem with it. It left her fur fluffy and soft and she is rolling around slightly less than she was. I think that this is because the pine tar scent is more natural and not as overpowering to her nose than other soaps.This soap is not cheap, 4 dollars a bar or slightly less is about the best is price you're going get for this. Before I wrote this, I specifically counted the number of days I could make a bar last. The most I've gotten was about 2 1/2 weeks out of this in a combination with a soap holster, though a small person might get 3 with careful use. I am very satisfied by the soap itself, and I'm very pleased to be using old school, simple, made in America soap.

Excellent moisturizer, effective, long lasting and good size. It smells smoky but otherwise works great.

I bought this soap for its natural cleaning benefits, and wow, it delivers. My skin has never felt cleaner or more refreshed. This stuff cuts through dirt and oil like a lumberjack through a sapling. It’s perfect after a long day of work or sweating it out in the yard.That said, let’s talk about the scent. The moment I opened the Amazon package, I genuinely thought something was burning. I could smell the soap through the packaging, cellophane, cardboard, everything. It smells exactly like a smoldering campfire… because that’s what 100% pine tar smells like. So don’t be surprised. It’s bold and smoky.Honestly, the scent grew on me. It’s rugged and unapologetically natural. If you’re looking for that squeaky-clean feel with a side of “I just survived the wilderness,” this soap’s your guy. Just don’t expect subtlety, this stuff makes an entrance.

The actual soap is great. It does a great job in the cleaning function, but man that smell is terrible. I bought this to replace some of the commercial gold bar soap, help with healing my psoriasis, and have been happy with the cleaning ability, but that pine tar smell, it stinks. I am going to use it since I bought it but won't buy this scent again.Cost was good. Moisture level is pretty dry. Longevity is unknown at this time.

Purchased for my husband. He loves it makes his skin feel smooth and not as dry even though he works outside all day. Smells like a campfire. Highly recommended. Will certainly purchase again. Tried this because of another more expensive pine tar soap that included charcoal which made a horrid mess. This is 1000 times better!

Haha this stuff smells so weird but it works!

This soap is fantastic. I love the smell, how well it cleanses and the disinfectant properties of pine tar oil.

I don’t want to leave a negative review because the quality of the soap seems great, but my house smells like a campfire. If that’s what you want your body to smell like, this is the product for you-just not for me.