Due to a sale I saw @ Italianbarber.com I'm ending this a few hours early! Thanks to everyone for sharing their ideas for a soap/cream to try. While I didn't purchase them this time, believe me, they are tucked away in the filing cabinet for future use. What won? It was a tie between Proraso Blue in a tube and Red in a tub, so I grabbed both.
I got the tube of Blue and tub of Red. I really like the Blue. It's got a nice, crisp, clean scent to it. It feels good. If you like Proraso and haven't tried to blue, please do yourself that favor. There seems to be a hint of anise and menthol in there, but just a hint. This was the first Proraso tub I've had. I usually get Red and Green in the tube. The Red croap was better than I expected. The scent seems to be a little stronger, in a good way. I think the tub is how I'll get Red from now on.
I've not used the red or blue. The only experience I have with Proraso is the C.O. Bigelow cream from Bath and Body Works, which is rebranded Proraso green. If the rest of the Proraso line is as good as the green I'd love to have a couple of tubes of all of them sitting around. Good stuff.