Prè de Provence No. 63 Shaving Soap

It's like buses, you wait for ever for a new French shaving soap and then three turn up at once. I have seen the release of the new No 63 range with its brushless cream, but after just surfing the web I have seen they have released a shaving soap version too! There are a few mentions on another forum. It appears to be hard to find...

 

Where can you find this? All search results come up with everything but.

 

It is listed on Amazon as awaiting stock, on here and on another forum posters have picked it up in local stores in Oregon and Alaska.
Maybe it has just be launched? I shall email European Soaps to find out more....

 

I tried the original and it just did not work for me. Did not seem to stay slick between passes.

 

I ordered a tin today from Maggard Razor.

 

Pre de Provence soaps can be finicky lather-makers. One needs to really work them with the right amount of water and brush- not unlike MWF at times, although I find the MWF lather more substantial. PdP bath soaps are exceptional but I have not found the shave soaps to be on the same high level compared with other French shave soaps.

 

One would think the French would make top shelf HBC items and the Germans good blades, maybe not.

 

The Germans do make excellent blades and the French are master soap makers but not all are equal. L'Occitane Cade, and MdC are a notch above.

 

DE blades Kevin , not straights .

 

Ohhhhh,......what are those?

 

This is probably a far stretch but are there any tallow based French soaps.

 

None that I'm aware of—but check out the Italians (Valobra, Cella, P160) if you've a hankerin' for quality beef fat soaps!

BTW: I forgot to mention Le Pére Lucein (LPL) in my list of superior French soaps.

 

I love the original so im thinking of getting this one.

 

Btw, the soap is now readily available at at least Bullgoose's site.

 

Bolzano Superinox are made in Germany. Mighty fine blade IMHO.

 

That's great to hear....I just ordered some LPL...and XPEC....and Mike's....

 

I just got mine from Maggard's today. it smells amazing and I cant wait to try it out. I haven't tried the other one so I have nothing to compare it to

 

I find original PdP soap to be excellent, but when I tried the new No. 63 cream I was very disappointed.

 

I just tried no.63 today. I love the scent but its hard to describe. scent seems to be a personal thing and everyone has their own idea of what smells good. the performance was quite good. no problem making lather out of it.

 

Could have been bad technique so I got a pack of Wilkies coming to try out in my Krona. Maybe I will try Bolzano and Elios later on.