OLIVER ROCKET Pine Tar Soap - Men's Face and Body Soap with Pine Tar Extract and Charcoal - Homemade in USA with Coconut Oil and Olive Oil (3 Bar Set)

I knew that pine tar is great for starting a fire, treating a wound, killing germs and put into ointments, so I thought I would try it in a soap. Knowing how sticky pine tar is I was not sure what to expect in a soap. After all, I usually use soap to remove pine tar. What a surprise, this soap is awesome. Showering with it makes your bathroom smell like a warm pine forest in the rain. Close your eyes and imagine you are skipping naked in the rain in the north woods.... Okay maybe not, but it smells amazing and manly. The soap bars a huge, twice the size of a standard bar. The soap is really sudsy. It also rinses off great and leaves you soft and clean without feeling like your were using lotion ( I hate lotions). Amazingly it also easily removes my antiperspirant, on the first wash! Even the harsh commercial soaps take multiple passes to do this. I have only one wish, the smell of pine does not linger on your skin, for some tis may be a good thing, I wish it stayed on me a bit linger. Non the less, this soap is awesome and a great price! I have used many different brands of "natural" soaps, this soap has them all beat hand down.To sum up: smells great, has a great lather, cleans well, rinses off great.

I love this pine tar soap! In case you're wondering, yes, this is the real deal. You can tell immediately upon opening the package that this soap has natural ingredients and no fake, overproduced smells. I happen to be very sensitive to overly perfumed soaps, even if the ingredients are natural. This Oliver Rocket soap has no strong or cloying smell, just the beautiful, soft, woodsy scent of pine and olive oil.I've always been partial to olive oil soaps, but it can be hard to find truly good, effective ones with natural ingredients. I had frankly given up on finding an "ideal" soap. My face has always been quite oily, and I've always had to soap up, rinse, and repeat -- one lathering, scrubbing, and rinsing wouldn't cut it. With this Oliver Rocket soap, I was truly shocked to find that after a single soaping up and rinsing, my face felt perfectly clean! Just to see if doing so would dry out my skin, I then soaped up and rinsed a second time. My face still felt clean, of course, but there was no sense of my skin becoming dry because of it. And interestingly, before washing the next morning, my skin felt far less greasy than usual. For me, it doesn't get better than that!But wait -- that's not all! One added fringe benefit I wasn't expecting is that the soap has imparted a quite subtle but beautiful scent that now permeates my bathroom. I happen to love it!All that said, here's one caveat: As the manufacturer clearly states, the soap goes into solution (and lathers up beautifully) upon contact with water. That means it's important not to place the soap anywhere where water will run or splash over it a lot when you're not using it; otherwise, it will dissolve fairly quickly. I have yet to see how long one bar will last if I follow this precaution, but I'm hopeful, though this soap is definitely not inexpensive. The pine tar soap works so well that I would hate to have to give it up because of cost.Anyway, if you like the scent of pine and prefer natural ingredients, by all means buy this soap! :-)

This is great artisan soap at a great price. You will love the scent and the clean feeling you get from this soap. Buy now, with confidence, and spare yourself further reading. :) I tried the "yeti" guys and liked their soaps, too, but here is why I tried Oliver Rocket and why I am now a repeat buyer. Simply put, Oliver Rocket is every bit as refreshing and clean-feeling. The difference, to me, is the shape of the soap cake. The other guys package their soap in a cake that is approximately 4" x 4" x 5/8". By the time you are halfway through their bar, it is cracking into pieces. Of course, you can manage those pieces to avoid waste, but rubbing a handful of soap chunks on my body isn't nearly as functional (nor luxurious) as an intact bar. Same with soaping up a washcloth or scrub brush. And let's face it... you're not going to bother picking up the smaller of those pieces. Down the drain. Take a look at the pic of the Oliver Rocket bars above. Hefty. Same old boring? Maybe, but they maintain their shape right down to the sliver that you STILL don't want to discard and that's "bang for the buck". Am I cheap? Maybe, but we're talking artisan soap here, not a case of Irish Spring, else why bother with a review? Give Oliver Rocket a try. Top quality stuff. These guys deserve a look. Like me, you'll be back. Enjoy.

I’ve purchased this product 11 times - so now been through 33 total bars. I will continue to purchase as I do really enjoy the soap and the price point, but there are noticeable changes in the last two batches i’ve received.First, the packaging and shape has changed. I actually prefer the new brick shape to the old square shape. Easier to hold and a more familiar feel which I really like. The packaging used to be very nice, a double paper wrap with the logo on each bar. Now its just kind of shrink wrapped. I don’t care at all for my own use, in fact the plastic probably keeps it fresher. However, I’ve given as a gift in the past and felt good about it. Probably wouldn’t gift it anymore just due to poor presentation.Second, and more importantly, the scent in early batches was awesome - strong pine tar scent that smelled great in shower but didn’t linger afterwards. My last two orders have basically been scent free. I’ll give it a few more tries as potentially i’m just getting poor batches, but if it continues, will look to try another brand as the scent is what has kept me coming back some many times.