Adopted Acres Pumpkin Sandalwood Noir: shave soap & aftershave

Scent Description

Pumpkin Sandalwood Noir offers an unconventional interpretation of the classic autumn motifs of pumpkins and Halloween. While pumpkin appears among the listed notes, it remains largely understated; instead, the composition is driven by layered smoky facets including smoked cedar, embers, oud, and leather. Amber, toasted vanilla, and sandalwood contribute a penetrating, creamy sweetness reminiscent of English toffee, yet the customary Bay Rum spice and other warm seasonal accents are absent, replaced with a more offbeat elixir of incense and oud. Even the clove recedes into a haze of smoke. Conceived as a spooky-sweet treat, it fades to the damp, smokey hush of an autumn campfire gone dark.

Scent Notes

Top Notes: Spiced Pumpkin, Vanilla, Clove
Heart Notes: Sandalwood, Amber
Base Notes: Smoked Cedar, Oud, Leather, Embers

About Adopted Acres

Adopted Acres was founded in 2024 by Doug & Cara Layne in Asheville Ohio, where Doug uses tallow from the family farm where they have over 1,000 acres and an Angus beef cattle herd to make his soap. Doug is a wet shaving fanatic who dreamed of making his own soaps and splashes. The fragrances are all original and in addition to Cara the couple's five children help run the show.

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Adopted Acres Pumpkin Sandalwood Noir soap

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Scent Strength: 7/10
Longevity: 6/10
Scent Family: Oriental
Subtype: Woody Oriental
Suitability: Daytime, Home
Inspiration: Unique
Country of Origin: USA
Menthol: Non-menthol
Companion Products: Splash
Type: Croap

Base Description

The Grand Champion base is clearly designed with the intention of boosting cushion and density with the addition of acrylamidopropanesulfonic acid, a poymer additive used to reinforce lather structure, and two thickeners, hydroxyethylcellulose andhydroxypropyl methylcellulose. Yogurt power is also added to enhance creaminess to the already fat-heavy backbone of beef tallow, stearic acid and lard. The result is a lather which has the consistency of marshmallow sauce, almost a super-cream, but whose copius hydration keeps it in the yogurty category.

Lather Properties

Cushion: 7/10
Density: 9/10
Slickness: 7/10
Stability: 8/10
Lather Type: Yogurty
Base Type: Tallow
Base Name: Grand Champion
Skin Food: Aloe, Avocado Oil, Olive Oil, Stearic Acid, Glycerin, Bentonite Clay, Silk Amino Acids

Notes

Top Notes: Spiced Pumpkin, Vanilla, Clove
Heart Notes: Sandalwood, Amber
Base Notes: Smoked Cedar, Oud, Leather, Embers

Ingredients

Beef Tallow, Stearic Acid, Lard, Aloe Barbadensis

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Adopted Acres Pumpkin Sandalwood Noir aftershave

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Type: Splash
Scent Strength: 7/10
Longevity: 7/10
Inspiration: Unique
Suitability: Daytime, Home
Scent Family: Oriental
Subtype: Woody Oriental
Mentholation: Available
Country: USA
Price: $$
Companion Products: Shave Soap
Skin Food: Aloe, Glycerin, Vitamin E, Witch Hazel