Saponificio Varesino

Founded in 1945 by Dante Bardelli in Brebbia, near Italy’s Lake Maggiore, Saponificio Varesino began as a small postwar soapworks rooted in traditional Italian craftsmanship. Over the decades, the family-run house evolved into one of wet shaving’s most respected names, known for triple-milled soaps, refined fragrances, and a serious commitment to lather performance. What makes Saponificio Varesino special is the way it blends old-world soapmaking discipline with a distinctly elegant, modern Italian sensibility. It feels less like a nostalgic throwback and more like tradition sharpened, polished, and elevated for the contemporary wet shaver.

Saponoficio Varesinowas established in 1945 by Dante Bardelli in the small town of Brebbia (Varese) near the shores of Lago Maggiore in Italy. It is considered a premium brand among shave soaps and reknowned for its luxurious soap base and sophisticated fragrances...

Soap base

Beta 4.3 · Vegan

The Beta 4.3 soap base is prized among wet shavers for its luxurious lather and excellent post-shave feel. All of Saponoficio Varesino's (SV) soaps are triple milled and use the original process of mixing Meditteranean sea water with Olive Oil and plant extracts which are heated and mixed over several days then poured into a mold and left to set for up to a month. The Beta 4.3 creates a very dense lather classifid by ShaveSplash as Creamy, which due to its strong structure also has some properties of a Structured lather. Stability is extremely high and slickness is excellent. Key skin foods include Shea Butter, Glycerin, Castor Oil, Sunflower Seed Oil and Almond Oil.

Soap base

Soaps 7

Aftershaves 7

EDP/EDT 1

Brushes 1

Razors 1

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