Top ten shaving creams

[Marco]

Here is my personal list of top ten shaving creams:

Truefitt & Hill: Ultimate Comfort, 1805, West Indian Limes;

Geo F. Trumper: Coconut Oil, Rose, Violet;

Taylor of Old Bond Street: Avocado, Rose, Lavender;

Proraso: Green Eucalyptus Oil.

Is there anyone else who shares the same list?
And, in general, what's your opinion of my list above?

Thanks,

Marco.

 

[joshmpdx]

Top tier in no particular order:

• Santa Maria Novella
• Omega
• Palmolive
• Speick
• La Toja
• Musgo
• Lavanda

and second tier would continue as follows:

• Olivia's
• Domenico Caraceni
• Charles Tyrwhitt
• XPEC

 

[guitarslinger]

top tier:

Proraso green
florena sensitive
speick
TBS old scent
TOBS St. James

next tier:

German Nivea
TBS Maca Root
KMF Mint
KMF Lime
KMF Lavender

 

[drandall]

okay, here you go....

floris
JM frasier
AOS
speick
TOBS avocado
musgo real
proraso
KMF
wars
TGR

 

[rm71]

In no particular order

Proraso
TOBS
JM Fraser
Indian Palmolive
Godrej
WARS
Speick

 

[bythbook]

in the Ultimate Order:

Pen's Blenheim Bouquet
TOBS Avocado

everything else

 

[AFG]

Salter: Sublime Citrus, Wild Rose, Indian Sandlwood
Trumper: Coconut Oil, Violet
Taylor: Avocado, Lemon Lime, Almond
Castle Forbes: Lavender, Lime

 

[DavidB]

I've not tried a ton of creams, but here are my faves:

Coates Lavender (discontinued)
Trumper Limes
Trumper Rose
Trumper or Taylor Almond
Taylor Lemon & Lime
Proraso green
Proraso red (discontinued)
Vulfix Sandalwood
The Body Shop (old formula, discontinued)
Arko Citrus (not the greatest performer, but I love the scent)

Dave

 

[Alacrity59]

Noxema Brushless . . . they don't make it anymore
Proraso
JM Frasier
Florena

 

[kap49]

Proraso
TOBS Rose
Body Shop (Maca)
Godrej (red)
Arko (regular)
Frasers

 

[Austin]

Trumpers
SMN
Acqua Di Parma
AOS
T&H
Taylor for the value

 

[beginish]

My Top Ten:

Trumpers Violet
Trumpers Rose
Musgo Real
Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet
Castle Forbes Lavender
Castle Forbes Lime Oil
Penhaligon's Endymion
Cyril Salter Sublime Citrus
Proraso Green
Vintage Blades Lavender

 

[Dorko]

JM Frasier
Omega
Proraso Red
Proraso Green
Nivea (Germany)
Palmolive (Belgium?)
Ingrams
Spiek
Palmolive Lemon (India)
KMF Regular
Wars

 

[rockchucker]

#1 = JM Fraser's
Omega
Salter Mint
Speick
Trumper Coconut
Arko Moist
Em's Strengthening
TGQ Orange & Patchouli

 

[Chrisp]

I currently only have 8, so trying new ones all the time.

1. Proraso Green
2. The Body Shop original (lathers the best)
3. The Body Shop new
4. Men-U
5. Taylor's Lavender
6. Crabtree & Evelyn Nomad
7. Baxter Of California
8. Vulfix Sicilian Lime

Also have a sample of Vintage Blades Lavender, which is awesome but can't get any of due to shipping to CONUS only.

 

[RILEY]

Here is my top 10 creams.
Its very interesting & entertaining as well to read everybodys choices of creams

1. Omega
2. Florena
3. Palmolive Classic
4. TOBS Mr.Taylors
5. TOBS Shaving Shop
6. Musgo
7. La Toja
8. Proraso Red
9. JM Frasers
10. Nancy Boy

 

[ChaosSix]

Here in Bulgaria there aren't much high end creams like Truefitt and Hill,Crabtree and Evelyn or whatsoever I've always wanted to try Proraso because I've heard it was really good but they just don't have it in stores here

I have shaved with:
Karo* Classic Shaving Cream - It smells nice and it is a Bulgarian shaving cream in production since 1969
Karo* Fresh - with menthol extract
Barbon - A nice Hungarian shaving cream with chlorophil extract
Top Ten/yes there is a shaving cream with such a name/ - Another Bulgarian shaving cream. Personally I don't like it.

There are also creams on the market here I haven't tried:
Karo* Sensitive
Kupa* - It is a Karo rip-off but I've heard it is quite nice
Viking - Another Bulgarian one
Denim
Nivea

*Note : "Karo" and "Kupa" in Bulgarian mean "Diamonds" and "Hearts" a.k.a playing card symbols

 

[Sobriquet]

1. Nancy Boy
2. TOBS Rose
3. Proraso
4. TOBS St. James
5. KMF Unscented (for use in superlather)

 

[Gruder]

Here in Bulgaria there aren't much high end creams like Truefitt and Hill,Crabtree and Evelyn or whatsoever I've always wanted to try Proraso because I've heard it was really good but they just don't have it in stores here

I have shaved with:
Karo* Classic Shaving Cream - It smells nice and it is a Bulgarian shaving cream in production since 1969
Karo* Fresh - with menthol extract
Barbon - A nice Hungarian shaving cream with chlorophil extract
Top Ten/yes there is a shaving cream with such a name/ - Another Bulgarian shaving cream. Personally I don't like it.

There are also creams on the market here I haven't tried:
Karo* Sensitive
Kupa* - It is a Karo rip-off but I've heard it is quite nice
Viking - Another Bulgarian one
Denim
Nivea

*Note : "Karo" and "Kupa" in Bulgarian mean "Diamonds" and "Hearts" a.k.a playing card symbols

Some new ones! (To my eyes, at least. ) I'd love to hear more as you try these!

In no particular order, I'd recommend:

Palmolive
Nivea/Florena
Speick
Musgo Real
Castle Forbes (any of them, but I currently own the cedar/sandalwood)
ToBS Avocado
Proraso/C.O. Bigelow

 

[ChaosSix]

Some new ones! (To my eyes, at least. ) I'd love to hear more as you try these!

In no particular order, I'd recommend:

Palmolive
Nivea/Florena
Speick
Musgo Real
Castle Forbes (any of them, but I currently own the cedar/sandalwood)
ToBS Avocado
Proraso/C.O. Bigelow

Thanks . I think I might find Nivea and Palmolive in some supermarkets here, otherwise I hope I can find some of them when I go to Vienna I also forgot to mention Aro shaving cream which is found in Metro Cash and Carry and I've heard really good stuff about it. By the way has anyone here tried the Hungarian made Barbon? And what about the other creams made by Caola-Alfa , in particular Derby and Figaro? While my father was in Austria I told him to stop by in Budapest to get my a Derby but he said he couldn't find it