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Since I started reading Badger and Blade I have wanted to try one of the "three Ts", and I especially wanted to try some of Geo F Trumper's products. The soaps, even just the refills, are around $17 each, so trying multiple products can really run up your tab fast.
What can a person do? They can purchase the sampler, directly from Geo F Trumper.
Upon arriving, you'll have a lovely pouch, with the Geo F Trumper name and logo. Empty the pouch, and you'll see something like this:
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Everything comes packaged in bubble wrap, so I had no concerns about the contents breaking during shipment from the UK. The contents of the pouch are:
Shaving Cream Samples (5ml)
Skin Food/Conditioner (25ml)
Colognes/EDT (1ml, Fragrances are said to vary)
Soaps
Well, that's what's inside the bubble wrap, and unwrap it all and you'll see something like this:
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The quality of the bottles and jars is great. The shaving cream is in small glass jars, and the cologne is in small glass tubes with plastic stoppers/applicators. The Skin Food and Body Wash are in plastic bottles, but that's forgivable in trade for their larger size. The pouch also appears to be linen, which is a very nice touch. I see myself keeping the pouch around for travel purposes.
The only problem I had on shipping was the Rose shaving cream sample was slightly loose, and a tiny bit leaked out of the jar. Not much, just enough to give the bubble wrap a nice scent.
The one complaint I had about this whole package is the amount of cream in the sample jars. It's a small gripe, but they are inconsistently filled. I received about half a jar of Almond and Rose, but mostly filled jars of Coconut and GFT.
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See what I mean?
To explain my scoring:
Price, Quality, Usefulness, Durability, and Packaging are fairly obvious. The quality of the products and packaging, as well as the presentation of the sampler is very good. I knocked the Quality down by one, due to the inconsistency of the shaving cream amounts, but only one point. Performance I rated as a 10, simply because I didn't want the rating to go down because of it. I haven't used any of the products yet (besides the skin food), but the Trumper products are highly rated and I can't imagine the sampler being any different than the full-sized ones. Especially since they're the same thing.
Overall I think this is a bargain. The amount of product you get for $6 US (4 pounds, plus VAT (Value Added Tax), but we don't pay VAT in the states). You're basically getting a free sample, but paying for the shipping. Or you're paying for the sample and getting free shipping.
The only thing I could ask is for them to offer small portions of their milled soaps in their sampler. But I can't imagine this leading to anything other than the purchase of more Geo F Trumper products. I wanted to post this review because even though the Trumper website tells you what's in the sampler, it doesn't show you what you'll get. Now you know, and it's definitely worth $6.
What can a person do? They can purchase the sampler, directly from Geo F Trumper.
Upon arriving, you'll have a lovely pouch, with the Geo F Trumper name and logo. Empty the pouch, and you'll see something like this:
View attachment 16556
Everything comes packaged in bubble wrap, so I had no concerns about the contents breaking during shipment from the UK. The contents of the pouch are:
Shaving Cream Samples (5ml)
- Almond
- Rose
- Coconut Oil
- GFT Original
Skin Food/Conditioner (25ml)
- Coral
- Extract of Limes
Colognes/EDT (1ml, Fragrances are said to vary)
- Marlborough
- Portugal
- Geo F Trumper Signature
- Eucris
- Milk of Flowers
- Ajaccio Violets
Soaps
- Almond Oil Soap (25ml)
- Bar soap (small, floral)
Well, that's what's inside the bubble wrap, and unwrap it all and you'll see something like this:
View attachment 16557
The quality of the bottles and jars is great. The shaving cream is in small glass jars, and the cologne is in small glass tubes with plastic stoppers/applicators. The Skin Food and Body Wash are in plastic bottles, but that's forgivable in trade for their larger size. The pouch also appears to be linen, which is a very nice touch. I see myself keeping the pouch around for travel purposes.
The only problem I had on shipping was the Rose shaving cream sample was slightly loose, and a tiny bit leaked out of the jar. Not much, just enough to give the bubble wrap a nice scent.
The one complaint I had about this whole package is the amount of cream in the sample jars. It's a small gripe, but they are inconsistently filled. I received about half a jar of Almond and Rose, but mostly filled jars of Coconut and GFT.
View attachment 16558
See what I mean?
To explain my scoring:
Price, Quality, Usefulness, Durability, and Packaging are fairly obvious. The quality of the products and packaging, as well as the presentation of the sampler is very good. I knocked the Quality down by one, due to the inconsistency of the shaving cream amounts, but only one point. Performance I rated as a 10, simply because I didn't want the rating to go down because of it. I haven't used any of the products yet (besides the skin food), but the Trumper products are highly rated and I can't imagine the sampler being any different than the full-sized ones. Especially since they're the same thing.
Overall I think this is a bargain. The amount of product you get for $6 US (4 pounds, plus VAT (Value Added Tax), but we don't pay VAT in the states). You're basically getting a free sample, but paying for the shipping. Or you're paying for the sample and getting free shipping.
The only thing I could ask is for them to offer small portions of their milled soaps in their sampler. But I can't imagine this leading to anything other than the purchase of more Geo F Trumper products. I wanted to post this review because even though the Trumper website tells you what's in the sampler, it doesn't show you what you'll get. Now you know, and it's definitely worth $6.
I should add to that two things, I'm not sure it will have that effect out of the jar, and I'm a happily married man.
