The Best Bay Rum Shaving Soap

Bay rum shaving soap is a traditional shaving cream that is made with bay leaves, rum, and spices. It has a warm, masculine scent that is perfect for the winter months. A scent with history, beginning with the discovery of bay leaves leading to the invention of Bay Rum.

The History of the Bay Rum scent

Nowadays we are a clean lot, yet roll back 200 years and personal hygiene was much to be desired! Sailors would be away at sea for months at a time, now you can imagine the aroma..... By chance early sailors found that using the leaves of Bay trees found in the West Indies acted as a natural deodorant when rubbed onto the skin. 

We all know that sailors love a tipple, with rum being a firm favourite! They soon discovered that if they soaked the Bay leaves in rum, the result extracted the oils more efficiently and added a new aroma - thus the Bay Rum scent was born! 

What is a Bay Rum scent?

Bay Rum shaving soap is traditionally sweet and spicy with notes of wood. Exotic Caribbean spices, Jamaican rum and West Indies Bay Leaf form the base for most Bay Rum scents today. It is timeless, a scent that never goes out of style.

More recently, artisans may add citrus notes such as lime or bergamot for that extra zing or cloves and cinnamon for depth and warmth.

Benefits of a Bay Rum Shaving Soap

Bay rum shaving soap has several benefits, including: 

• It provides a close, comfortable shave. 
• It leaves skin feeling soft and smooth. 
• It has a pleasant, manly scent. 
• It is affordable and easy to find. 

Top 5 Bay Rum Shaving Soaps

At Agent Shave we have picked our favourite artisan Bay Rum Shaving Soaps for your wet shave.

Zingari Man - Nomad Shaving Soap

Artisan made in the USA and guaranteed to impress, Zingari Man The Nomad Shaving Soap is one for those who reject convention! Zingari have taken the deep and spicy bay rum scent that is adored by many, adding a pop of citrus to lighten the scent.

Fine Accoutrements - Bay Rum Shaving Soap

Warm and spicy, Fine Bay Rum shaving soap has authentic Dominican Bay Leaf extract that provides a richness with subtle and sweet balsamic notes. Strong clove with a touch of citrus freshness - Fine have really developed a formula that epitomises Bay Rum!

Fine Accoutrements shaving soaps are artisan made in Italy with a formula that is rich in animal fats, vegetable oils and butters to nourish and protect the skin from razor irritation while shaving.

RazoRock - Black Bay Shaving Soap

Not a fan of American style bay rum? RazoRock Black Bay Shaving Soap is one of those scents where the more you use it, the more you can't be without it! Using natural bay laurel, RazoRock Black Bay is a sweet scent with just a touch of spice in the backdrop.

Artisan made in Italy, this RazoRock shaving soap has a twist! Vegetable charcoal has been added to the formula making the soap an intense green colour! 

Phoenix and Beau -  Imperial Rum Shaving Soap

Phoenix and Beau Imperial Rum Shaving Soap has a rich and layered profile. Opening with a citrus hit of sweet orange and lime before moving to warm and spicy West Indian Bay. Hints of vanilla, allspice, cinammon, pepper merge with sweet Ylang Ylang - warming, relaxing and grounding!

Handmade in small batches in the UK, Phoenix and Beau tallow shaving soap produces a rich and voluminous lather that is a joy to use.

Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements -  Atomic Age Bay Rum Shaving Soap

Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements Atomic Age Bay Rum Shaving Soap is masculine, timeless, sophisticated without being pretentious - it could be the last Bay Rum you ever buy! With the mission to create the best Bay Rum, Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements certainly set the standard high. What is different about this bay rum? The twist? No clove! Some people react to clove on freshly shaven skin so for that reason Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements decided there was no reason to have clove in this shaving soap.

Shop Bay Rum shaving soap at Agent Shave with free UK delivery on all orders over £50.