Timmermann 1869 Shaving Soap & Aftershave | Wholly Kaw

Timmermann is a three-soap fragrance collection — Green Label, Red Label, and Classic — reformulated by Wholly Kaw from Pasteur Pharmacy's 1869 archive recipes. Each scent is built in our Siero shave base (tallow, donkey milk, water buffalo milk whey) and supported by a full post-shave lineup: splash, balm, toner, and matching fragrance.

The 1869 archive

Pasteur Pharmacy, one of New York City's oldest apothecaries, acquired the dormant Timmermann brand and the handwritten formulation book from its repositories — recipes that had served discerning shavers in Manhattan for over a century. Pasteur partnered with Wholly Kaw to bring those formulations to modern artisan standards: the original aromatic structure preserved, the soap chemistry rebuilt around donkey milk, water buffalo whey, hops extract, and lanolin in our Siero base.

That partnership is the reason this lineup exists only here and through authorized retailers. The brief was simple — keep the 1869 character, give it a 2020s shave.

Choose your scent

All three soaps share the same base, ingredients deck, and 4 oz (114 g) pour in a 6 oz jar at $29.99. They differ only in fragrance.

Variant	Scent character	Top notes
Green Label 1869	Tobacco-led, aromatic, complex floral-amber	Tobacco, oud, vanilla, amber, basil, geranium, peach, nutmeg, jasmine, rose, patchouli, musk
Red Label 1869	Bold spirituous, sweet-spicy, evening-wear	Rum, vanilla, tobacco, cinnamon, woody, powdery
Classic 1869	Oud-forward, woody-resinous, refined	Oud, cashmeran, cedarwood, musk, patchouli, vanilla, labdanum, elemi, ginger, olibanum

Build the routine

Each scent has a complete post-shave family. Mix-and-match within a scent for the classic three-step (soap → splash → balm) or layer with the matching fragrance for all-day projection.

What's in the soap

All three Timmermann shaving soaps are formulated in the Siero base, our enriched tallow base built around three milks:

Tallow — the structural lather backbone
Donkey milk — across the entire Wholly Kaw line
Water buffalo milk + water buffalo milk whey — unique to Siero
Hops extract, lanolin, kokum butter, cocoa butter, hydrolyzed linseed — for cushion, glide, and post-shave skin feel

No parabens, no sulfates, no dyes. 4 oz (114 g) of soap in a 6 oz jar. Shave it down to the bottom — a single jar typically delivers 60+ shaves.

Frequently asked

Are Green, Red, and Classic the same soap with different fragrance?
Yes. Identical Siero base, identical ingredient deck, identical 4 oz pour and $29.99 price. The only variable is the fragrance brief reconstructed from the 1869 archive.

Which scent should I start with?
Green Label if you like complex aromatic florals over a tobacco-amber base — it's the most nuanced of the three. Red Label if you want bold, sweet, evening-wear projection. Classic if you prefer oud-led woods without floral counterpoint.

How does Timmermann differ from other Wholly Kaw soaps?
The Siero base is one of four Wholly Kaw bases — Tallow, Bufala, Siero, and Crème Fraîche. Siero is the only base with water buffalo milk whey, which produces a denser, creamier lather than our standard tallow base.

Where else can I buy Timmermann?
The soaps are also stocked by authorized retailers including Pasteur Pharmacy in New York (Pasteur is the brand-holder for the 1869 archive) and Murphy & McNeil. Buying from whollykaw.com ships directly from the formulator.

Can I get a sample before committing?
We don't currently offer Timmermann samples, but the after-shave splash ($21.99) is the lowest-commitment way to test the scent before buying the soap.

Try the lineup

Below is the full 15-SKU Timmermann collection. Use the filter to narrow by product type (soap, splash, balm, toner, fragrance) or browse by scent — Green, Red, or Classic.