So I've 3 creams rights no3. TOBS Sandalwood, Speick and Proraso green (not used yet - just arrived today - looking forward to the menthol hit). I want to add to the collection to try out different ones. I do love the TOBS one and the Speick one. Have a tobs standard soap too but I just can't get a good lather from soap with the water in my area. Willing to try anything different. Payday is Monday and plan on placing an order. My go-to site is http://www.shaving.ie as they are local and excellent service (ordered a SOC brush, proraso cream, alum block and muhle blades from them at 1:50pm yesterday and they were delivered before 10am today). Another place I use is http://www.knightsshavingshop.com/. I don't actually order online from them - I walk up to them at lunchtime. That's where I got my R89. The 2 barbers there know their stuff - lovely guys. I do like to use shaving.ie as it's one guy from home and I like to support small enterprise - Knights is a franchise. Tempted to try T&H creams - not cheap but I believe are very nice. Half considering sandalwood again but open to suggestions. So from those sites (or other ones - I'm not married to either) what suggestions would you make? Another splurge I'm thinking of is cologne. As you may have seen in the Show off your Den thread I do have some eau de toilettes - some are old but still good. A lot just sat there as I didn't like the feel after a shave and I hated shaving. How I've changed since I discovered proper shaving and what I've learned about the difference between EdT, Cologne and Lotion. I have 3 splash lotions - speick, proraso green and old spice original. But only one cologne - Ted Baker. So might get a new one too (or two too ). Again any suggestions welcome. I'm fully aware that this is all purely subjective and ymmv but still like to hear what people suggest and why.
A different TOBS scent would be a solid choice. It also looks like they have a sale on Cella, which is different from the other three creams.
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I'm a big fan of creams over soaps, and these are my favorite: Truefitt&Hill Grafton - great scent and lather Jack Black - I like all of their products Geo. F. Trumper's - the best Coconut Cream Castle Forbes - Cedarwood Sandalwood - great lather and scent The Body Shop - Maca Root - great scent and price TOBS -Grapefruit very nice For soft soap I like: Cella - wonderful scent and easy lather Route 66 - Bourbon Jungle - new to me, great easy lather, wonderful scent and doesn't leave a residue on everything
The OP asks what cream? So I am going to suggest D.R. Harris. Windsor, Arlington, Marlborough...I have the Windsor soap and I enjoy the scent. The others get good reviews too.
From what is available on those two pages, I really like the white Proraso cream and balm, and have heard good things about the performance of TOBS Avocado (got one on the way + a Grapefruit). I have no experience with GFT and T&F products, so I can't help you there. I recently discovered L'occitane and so far have the L'occitan and the Baux edt - They also make a shaving soap and some other scents I'm interested in. Highly recommended! I order mainly from Connaught Shaving, Gifts & Care and Yourshaving.com - Going to those pages should widen your selection a bit, but I dare not recommend you any more products. BTW, there's a soap/cream sample webshop, called ShaveDash.com in N. Ireland - It might save you a few euro's in the long run
That's a good call. I may do both - get a cream from a local supplier another from TSD. What's the shipping costs to Ireland from TSD? And delivery times? That Castle Forbes one ain't cheap - but does look nice. Hadn't thought of coconut - but seems interesting too. The grapefruit TOBS is one that caught my eye recently. I may have to get all of them to try them out
I'll throw in my Rise Super Foamy as a suggestion. IMO an excellent cream, not much scent to it(maybe a little, but for the most part the kind introduced in 1949 is cut off.
The Castle Forbes isn't cheap, but it is a nice treat! Being in Ireland you may be able to get a deal
cream- Palmolive classic vintage Yardley gold Proraso blue/ red( if available) soap- Route 66 soap commander The Shave Den
for the price i consider the TOBS a great buy .. i have several and my favorites are Avacado, Grapefruit and the Jermyn St .. they all are great performers
Since you like TOBS, you might want to try their Peppermint. It too (like Proraso Green) provides a strong cooling effect and performance is top-notch -- as good, if not better than TOBS Sandalwood, imo. I get excellent results also from TH (UC), DRH, and AdP (tube version).
Thanks for all the tips guys. I've order the GFT coconut and Tobs grapefruit. I'll see how I get on with them and report back.
