Keepers: TSD Iced SubZero, wheat cream or soap, or better yet, both. Italian Palmolive Menthol Cream Williams Menthol Cream .... Need to find a source. If not, then replace it with the below item. Kent Menthol Cream, love the cream, but it is expensive. Hmm... I think I'm starting to see a pattern here.
Some of these soaps and creams aren't available anymore but if everything were available, here's what I'd buy again. Soaps: QED Wild Rose QED Patchouli/Tea Tree/Peppermint QED Peppermint QED Rose Geranium QED Lavender QED Fresh Lime Mitchell's Wool Fat Mama Bear Spellbound Woods Mama Bear Tuscan Memories TGQ Autumn Spice TGQ Sandalwood Vanilla TGQ Sandalwood TGQ Savon de Comte Dr. Harris Almond Dr. Harris Arlington Dr. Harris Marlborough Dr. Harris Lavender TSD Lavender Tea Tree TSD Lime Verbana Creams: C&E Sandalwood C&E Sweet Almond Oil Dr. Harris (old formulation)
You know, there were only a few I have used that I wouldn't buy again and those are either sold or PiF'd.. High on my list: - MWF - Arko - Speick - Razo Rock - P.160 Tipo Duro - Tom's of Maine (I am hoarding this stuff like it's gold) - Proraso - VDH Deluxe - Trumpers Almond - TBS Macca Root I won't buy again: - Trumpers Eucris - VDH Glycerin - Kiehl's Lite Flight Kind of like, but won't rebuy when it's gone: - Cella - EJ Sea Buckthorn - Trumpers Almond Cream
I have one of these hanging around, about 1/2 full. It has an amazing (almost overpowering) scent, and when used has the bathroom smelling of roses all day!
Buy again: Arko stick MWF La Toja shave stick Might buy again, but probably won't VDH Wilkinson Sword blue bowl Williams Never Again EJ Sea Buckhorn
Wonder if there is any other use for this stuff? Like patching cracks in the driveway? Or, Stripping paint? Or, using it as some sort of fuel? happy102:happy102
Soaps I'd buy again: Tabac, Morris & Forndran's Sandalwood Soap, TOBS (pick yer scent), Arko because I think it's awesome & so is the price, Lightfoot's Pine Scented SHave Soap, Trumper's Rose Scented (not too shabby, I'd get it again), Natural Selections Pumpkin Scented Soap ( notice the holiday Trend?) Creams: Proraso, Body Shop Maca Root Shave Cream, ANY Arko cream Except... What I wouldn't buy again: Arko Commando Scented Cream (smells like lysol!!!), Arlington, (overpriced version of Williams), ClassicShaving.com brand soaps. Smell like clay & urinal cake! ANYTHING IN A CAN!!!!
Buy again Calani Cadre Noir handmade soap Calani Dubai handmade soap Calani Lavendel handmade soap Proraso Soap I Coloniali Mango Soap Speick Cream Palmolive sensitive Cream Probable again TOOBS Sandalwood Calani Iberische Sonne handmade soap Never again ARKO Moist Cream (horrible scent, got skin irritations) ARKO Cool Cream (horrible scent, no cooling)
Here are some soaps that I absolutely love and want again and again: 1) Arko stick 2) Irisch Moos stick 3) Erasmic stick or bowl 4) Proraso Aloe and Green Tea 5) Golddachs Spezial 6) TSD Iced Subzero 7) Godrej Round 8) Ginger's Garden Ice Mint 9) Cella 10) P160 11) De Vergulde Hand bowl or stick 12) Sanders And some creams I love: 1) Noxzema (forget it Jeff--it's discontinued) 2) Tet-a-tet 3) Everest 4) Phyto Expert 5) Viking (any scent) 6) Gada Cool Mint 7) Godrej Menthol Mist) 8) Ingram (from Egypt) 9) Palmolive Menthol (from Italy or Romania) 10) Florena 11) Erasmic 12) Speick Some creams I'd probably buy again: 1) Top Ten Menthol or Sensitive 2) Karo (any scent) 3) Max (if I could find it again) 4) Tibet Forest Fresh (difficult to find outside of Bangladesh) 5) Cerrus (only available in Germany) Some soaps I'd probably buy again if I found them: 1) Calani Highland Honey 2) Calani Cadre Noir 3) Tryphon Permafrost stick or bowl (if I found one, I'd buy it, perhaps) 4) Wilkinson stick 5) Speick stick Now, some stuff I cannot stand: 1) Anything from Truefitt & Hill (ridiculously priced--no good) 2) AOS Lemon soap or cream (no skincare) 3) Proraso Green cream or soap (nice menthol, but no skincare) 4) RSC creams (I just despise them--don't ask me why....) 5) Palmolive Menthol or Classic creams from Egypt (the scent makes me sick) 6) Boots Cool Cologne cream (so little cooling, and no skincare) There are more in each of these categories, but these are the ones which came to my mind.
Keepers Martin De Candre Penhaligon's English Fern D.R. Harris Arlington Institute Karite Pre de Provance MWF
I guess I am the 'Will Rodgers' of soaps & creams. Because, "I have never met any I didn't like". Soaps I have met: Williams Modern & Vintage Van Der Hagen Deluxe Avon Tribute Vintage Old Spice Vintage Arko Cella Crema Sapone Extra Extra Purissima EJ Sea Buckthorn, Aloe Vera Col Conk's Almond, Bay Rum, Lime Mitchell's Wool Fat Tabac Creams I have met: Proraso/C.O. Bigelow Musgo Real TBS Maca Root KMF Key Lime T&H Trafalgar, 1805 Dr. Bronner's Spearmint/Peppermint shave gel (must have for hot summer superlather with C.O. Bigelow. Soap I wouldn't try just from reviews: Urban Cowboy Cream I wouldn't try just from reviews: Arko
Won't be without: MWF Tabac Arko Will grab up if it happens by: Palmolive Stick Bigelow/Proraso Italian soft soap (Cella, P.160, Vitos) Waiting to try: Cade Trumpers Coconut