Soap: Vintage Williams from either the Glastonbury,CT or the Cranford, NJ plant. Cream: No choice cause I seldom ever use a cream.
Soap - Proraso Green. VDH Deluxe is a close second and Arko third. But for overall performance and consistency Proraso wins. Cream - C.O. Bigelow. I suppose I could say Proraso here as well since it's the same but I have never used Proraso cream in a Proraso tube.
I really could use any product as I have yet to find one I couldn't get to work (accept for a col. conk puck I accidently ruined by adding vitamin E to it and couldn't get one soap sud from it). if I had to choose it would be: soap: Caties Bubbles (Saturday Morning) cream: Musgo Real Classic