Morado

A 2024 thread hunting for the brand's strongest-scented soaps is where Morado's one consistent limitation surfaces. Asked to rank his own collection by scent strength, one collector puts Morado last, behind Opuntia, Argania, Cubebe and the 70th; another places it roughly level with Cubebe and clearly below Argania, which he also prefers outright. The thread is not a knock on the soap so much as a caution about expectations — one poster, weighing Morado against Argania, says that if he could keep only one it would still be Morado.

Among 14 verified reviews (4.93/5 average), buyers repeatedly call the scent "indescribable" and elegant, suited to both warm and cold weather; one reviewer used to softer soaps found it surprisingly easy to lather despite expecting otherwise.

In a thread comparing favorites across the brand's catalog, one commenter who hasn't yet tried 70th Anniversary names Morado their favorite Varesino scent, and estimates a single 150g puck lasting roughly 150 shaves — part of a broader argument in the thread that the brand's steep prices are offset by exceptional longevity.

In the thread announcing the new soap, one early buyer reports "super great performance" with a "thick pillowy lather that was slick and protective," the scent landing as "a mellow version of Acqua di Gio with some powder notes"; another calls it simply "absolutely beautiful," enough to knock Felce Aromatica and Opuntia off the top of their personal ranking.

The most precise scent read in the launch thread comes from a poster who pins it as an homage to Boellis Panama — Jean Paul Gaultier's Le Male is his shorthand for it, "but with more talc and more refined" — while reporting the usual excellent Varesino lather and performance. He rates it above RazoRock's Mudder Focker, which chases the same reference, and liked it enough to plan on buying the matching Eau de Parfum.

A more measured hands-on review finds the scent "relatively mild and not very persistent" — citrus and wood to the reviewer's nose, "barber shop!" to his wife's — with a lather that's thirstier than other Varesino soaps but, once dialed in, delivers what he calls his best performance yet from the brand's Beta 4.3 base, with excellent post-shave moisturization.

Verified buyers (4.67/5 across 6 reviews) single out the semi-fluid texture as a favorite among aftershaves they own, describing a citrus-vanilla scent with a hint of tobacco and menthol that leaves skin soft and supple.

A round-up of community first impressions collected by Sharpologist includes one buyer who tried the soap and aftershave together, summing both up in a single line: "The soap and aftershave smell fantastic and the performance is top notch."

The aftershave has its own entry on the site but has yet to attract enough activity for an aggregate score. The one logged impression scores the scent 8 out of 10 while rating longevity 5 and sillage 3 — a set of numbers that matches the wider read on this line, a fragrance liked for its character rather than its carrying power. The reviewer describes it as subtly fresh and herbal, and says that paired with the matching soap it makes for a thoroughly enjoyable shave.

Rated 8.1 out of 10 across 8 ratings, with several reviewers landing on the same reference point independently: one calls it a "more mature and masculine" take on Jean Paul Gaultier's Le Male, another notes a "strong resemblance" to it "but rounder and more masculine," while a third instead reads it as an aquatic pink grapefruit over a soft, woody vanilla base.

User ratings here are the strongest of any Varesino fragrance found so far, if only just: 4.50 out of 5 across 6 votes, four of them a straight "love it" plus one "like it" and one "ok," with no dislikes or hates on the board. The margin is worth keeping in perspective — Cubebe sits a hundredth of a point behind on more than twice the number of votes.