Picked up one of these at the L'Occitane store.
I always thought they looked like cheap synthetics, but I have one of those as well and the Plisson has much finer hairs, softer tips, and more hair.
The handle is surprisingly weighty, more so than my Semogue SOC. Fit and finish are good. Handle has some kind of water resistant stain. It looks nice but I would prefer an acrylic handle.
I lathered up a number of soaps and creams. The Plisson loads up quickly, like the Muhle, but because of the density it's actually easier to load. It builds lather quickly as well, slight different because it's not as splayed out. The lather quickly goes from foam to incorporated and well mixed.
Because of the fine hairs and density, it actually holds water and heat, unlike the Muhle. It also holds more lather, kind of. The Muhle holds more toward the tips while the Plisson holds throughout the knot. Lather flow is still pretty good.
Softness is pretty much identical to the Muhle, far softer than natural brushes. It is less springy but because the knot is tighter and more dense it doesn't splay quite as easily. Of course my Muhle is 19mm. I recall my larger Muhle brushes were harder to splay and far more likely to flop around.
I'll keep updating as I use it. Here are some pictures comparing the Plisson with a Shea Moisture synthetic and Muhle STF v2 19mm:ImageUploadedByTapatalk1399686270.141218.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1399686281.661393.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1399686287.608808.jpg
I always thought they looked like cheap synthetics, but I have one of those as well and the Plisson has much finer hairs, softer tips, and more hair.
The handle is surprisingly weighty, more so than my Semogue SOC. Fit and finish are good. Handle has some kind of water resistant stain. It looks nice but I would prefer an acrylic handle.
I lathered up a number of soaps and creams. The Plisson loads up quickly, like the Muhle, but because of the density it's actually easier to load. It builds lather quickly as well, slight different because it's not as splayed out. The lather quickly goes from foam to incorporated and well mixed.
Because of the fine hairs and density, it actually holds water and heat, unlike the Muhle. It also holds more lather, kind of. The Muhle holds more toward the tips while the Plisson holds throughout the knot. Lather flow is still pretty good.
Softness is pretty much identical to the Muhle, far softer than natural brushes. It is less springy but because the knot is tighter and more dense it doesn't splay quite as easily. Of course my Muhle is 19mm. I recall my larger Muhle brushes were harder to splay and far more likely to flop around.
I'll keep updating as I use it. Here are some pictures comparing the Plisson with a Shea Moisture synthetic and Muhle STF v2 19mm:ImageUploadedByTapatalk1399686270.141218.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1399686281.661393.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1399686287.608808.jpg
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