Stirling Soap Company

Stirling Soap Company is an American wet shaving and fragrance brand founded in January 2012 by husband-and-wife team Roderick and Amanda Lovan in Booneville, Arkansas. The founders, both military veterans, started the company with a focus on affordable, traditional-style shaving soaps and later expanded into aftershaves and full-strength eau de toilette fragrances. Production is based in the United States and the catalog has grown to dozens of scents offered across soap, splash, balm and cologne formats.

The brand is best known in the shaving community for its tallow-based soaps, strong scent load, and extensive lineup of fragrances that range from barbershop and fougere styles to gourmand, citrus, aquatic and oud compositions. Many of its scents are clearly labeled as interpretations of established designer and niche perfumes such as Drakkar Noir, Old Spice, Polo Green and Creed Aventus, while others are original creations developed specifically for the brand. Lines like Executive Man, Stirling Gentleman, Barbershop, Sandpiper, Ramblin Man and Stirling Spice are frequently mentioned by reviewers and hobbyists as standouts within the range.

Stirling Soap Company positions its fragrances at accessible prices compared with mainstream designer brands while maintaining strong performance in soaps and aftershaves, and variable but often solid longevity in its eau de toilette offerings. Its direct engagement with the wet shaving community and willingness to produce bold, sometimes challenging scents such as heavy oakmoss fougeres or menthol-heavy "Glacial" variants have helped it build a loyal following among enthusiasts.