I have read about this, and as a person that succombs to the temptation of the exotic, I bought it as soon as I came across it.
I come from somewhere where I grew up with french olive oil soaps. I kid you not, this is the best smelling olive oil like soap I have ever smelled. Too bad the performance makes me cry in pain.
Believe me, I wanted to like this soap. I tried a lot to like it. I tried to force myself to like it, but I can't.
When it comes to latherability, this is he worse thing I have came across lest shaving with water. I started to dislike soaps because of it!
Maybe in other cicumstances I would have liked it, who knows. I just can't get myself to praise it, or give it more of the benefit of the doubt after I have used L'othantique père et fils. L'othantique is better than this soap in performance and latherability, by leaps and bounds. It gave me the best lather I have ever experienced, and I do know soaps and creams. I am looking forward to trying their premium triple milled Le Collectionneur. If their standard shaving soap is that good, how good is their premium one!
Well, I tried all I could with this soap, but the lather disappears rapidly, and I consistely have horrible shaves with it. I even tried to experiment with how much water this soap needs by using a dry Rooney and then watering drop by drop, I couldn't find any solution.
I hope that it is YMMV and that you will be happy using this soap. The smell is very nostalgic for me, and brings me back to my childhood, before the tugging and the razor burns just make me reach for my L'othantique!
I come from somewhere where I grew up with french olive oil soaps. I kid you not, this is the best smelling olive oil like soap I have ever smelled. Too bad the performance makes me cry in pain.
Believe me, I wanted to like this soap. I tried a lot to like it. I tried to force myself to like it, but I can't.
When it comes to latherability, this is he worse thing I have came across lest shaving with water. I started to dislike soaps because of it!
Maybe in other cicumstances I would have liked it, who knows. I just can't get myself to praise it, or give it more of the benefit of the doubt after I have used L'othantique père et fils. L'othantique is better than this soap in performance and latherability, by leaps and bounds. It gave me the best lather I have ever experienced, and I do know soaps and creams. I am looking forward to trying their premium triple milled Le Collectionneur. If their standard shaving soap is that good, how good is their premium one!
Well, I tried all I could with this soap, but the lather disappears rapidly, and I consistely have horrible shaves with it. I even tried to experiment with how much water this soap needs by using a dry Rooney and then watering drop by drop, I couldn't find any solution.
I hope that it is YMMV and that you will be happy using this soap. The smell is very nostalgic for me, and brings me back to my childhood, before the tugging and the razor burns just make me reach for my L'othantique!
