Stuga Guides
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Stuga Guides
Field-tested guides to wet shaving, beard care, and perfume — written by the people who make the products.
Most "guides" you find online are recycled blog posts written by someone who's never actually used the product. These are different. We make the brushes, blend the perfumes, and shave with the soap. The guides reflect that — practical, specific, and honest about what works.
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Perfume Guide
7 Best Woody Perfumes — Australian Made
Sandalwood, oud, vetiver. Side-by-side comparison.
Shaving Guide
Safety Razor vs Cartridge — Honest Comparison
Real cost, real difference, no marketing fluff.
Perfume Guide
4 Best Jasmine Perfumes — Tea, Honey, Rose, Peony
From a working perfumer's bench.
Cluster 01
Wet Shaving
From your first safety-razor pass to looking after a badger brush for a decade. Start with the explainer if you're new; the specific guides drill deeper.
Start Here
Brushes, Soaps & Razors Explained
The wet shaving primer. What each piece of gear does, how to choose, and how everything fits together.
Read guide →Deep Reference
The Safety Razor Guide
Everything about the double-edge safety razor — technique, blade selection, cost, care, choosing your razor.
Read guide →New
Badger Brush Care Guide
Daily routine, deep clean, the 6 mistakes that kill brushes. Do this and a quality brush lasts 10+ years.
Read guide →Brush Owners
Your Handcrafted Shaving Brush
What you own — bristle grades, timber handles, knot construction. The full story of how each Stuga brush is made.
Read guide →New · Reference
The Wet Shaving Glossary
A-Z of every term that comes up in traditional shaving — DE, BBS, ATG, scuttle, badger grades and 100+ more.
Read guide →How To
How to Lather Shaving Soap
Water, friction, and a bit of patience. Bowl-lathering, face-lathering, common mistakes.
Read guide →How To · For Owners
Complete Shaving Kit — How to Use
Step-by-step guide to your first proper wet shave with the Complete Kit. Everything you need from prep to aftercare.
Read guide →How To · For Owners
Essentials Shaving Kit — How to Use
Everything you need for a proper lather and shave. The starter walkthrough for the Essentials Kit.
Read guide →Cluster 02
Beard Care
What each beard product actually does, how to use it, and how to keep a beard healthy without overcomplicating it.
Start Here
Beard Oils, Balms & Washes Explained
What every beard product does and when to use which. The full primer on a sensible beard routine.
Read guide →How To · For Owners
Beard Maintenance Kit — How to Use
A simple routine for a healthier, better-looking beard. Step-by-step with the Stuga Beard Kit.
Read guide →Cluster 03
Perfume
From a working perfumer's bench. How perfume is built, what each scent family smells like, how to find the one that fits.
New · Deep Reference
Perfume Notes & Scent Families
The 9 main scent families, the note pyramid, EDC vs EDP vs parfum, how to test perfume properly. Stuga's 18 perfumes mapped to families.
Read guide →Coming Soon
More perfume guides in the works — how to layer scents, choosing for the Australian climate, building a small wardrobe.
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About the Craft
Where Stuga is made and what "Australian made" actually means in this workshop.
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