Alternatives to Nuavia Pannacrema

[Barberbite]

My greetings, good morning!
As as we know since last summer Nuavia Pannacrema soaps are just a memory and out of production.
Can you indicate alternative soaps that are similar in quality and performance to the latest Nuavia?

 

[Steve56]

It had a formula very similar to Martin de Candre, so that would be my first choice. If you’re in the EU, 3P brick also has a similar formula.

 

[Steve56]

Sure,

3P: Stearic acid, Aqua, Cocos nucifera, Potassium hydroxide, Sodium hydroxide, Parfum, Potassium carbonate.

MdC (glass jar) Stearic acid, Aqua, Coconut acid, Potassium hydroxide, Glycerin, Aroma.

I don’t currently have Pannacrema on hand but the formula was very similar to MdC which is similar to 3P.

Edit, internet to the rescue. Pannacrema Nera: stearic acid, water, cocos nucifera oil, potassium hydroxide, butyrospermum parkii butter, glycerin, fragrance, calendula officinalis

 

[SiberianBear]

Catie's Bubbles looks similar as well as Southern Witchcrafts. Both are pretty good lather wise, fragrance - it's different for everyone but I really like SW 'darker' smelling soaps.

Catie's Bubbles - Ingredients: stearic acid, water, coconut oil, potassium hydroxide, shea butter, fragrance, sodium hydroxide, jojoba oil, sodium lactate, and glycerin

Southern Witchcrafts - Ingredients: Water, stearic acid, shea butter, castor oil, potassium hydroxide, glycerine, coconut oil, sodium lactate, sodium hydroxide, jojoba oil, aloe powder, liquid aloe, isopropyl myristate, kaolin clay, fragrance

 

[JimL911]

Nuàvia: Artisanal Shaving Soap | Shaving Products - PannaCrema

Shop our Italian artisanal grooming product line called Nuàvia—grooming and shaving soaps made with the finest ingredients and in different scents.

www.pannacrema.com

Still some left.
I grabbed 5 jars last year.

 

[SiberianBear]

It IS a pretty good sale at Nuàvia: Artisanal Shaving Soap | Shaving Products - PannaCrema - https://www.pannacrema.com/en/11-nuavia , the coupon at the checkout makes it 50% off, if you get 5 or more it's free shipping as well.

 

[Steve56]

Fair enough, and I said that they were similar, not the same. Is 3P the worst of the 3? I’d say yes, but that doesn’t mean that it’s bad, and in Europe, it’s around 15€ for 1000ml. It’s slick, and that’s really all you need for SR usage, though it does also build a pretty good lather.

 

[Norman Gunston]

Dr. Selby is actually not Spanish, but made in Uruguay.
It is available in a bowl (called a cream, but actually a hard puck), and also a cream within a tube. The scent in both products is a light fresh lavender.
I have both, and they work really well for me.

 

[Cino]

Have you ever tried Ethos? I have several of their soaps and they are top shelf. To me they could replace PannaCrema easily.

Though nothing could replace Blu.

 

[JimL911]

I've got the bowl. The scent isn't special. This is one of the slickest soaps I've come across. I've been using it in a large rotation for years, the 400 shave claim might not be off. When it came back on the market I bought 2 back ups. Added a 3rd on another order.

 

[bebo8]

i would say antica barberia colla is a great alternative. i would wait to get it on sale from original company in italy as they often have sales around different holidays.

 

[Eben Stone]

I've wanted to try Pannacrema for a long time. I finally got a sample of Nuavia Blu. At the same time I also got a sample of Spearhead Black Watch. I think the lather characteristics are similar, but IMO Spearhead is the better performer. The slickness and residual slickness is better. I don't remember much about the post shave feel of either one.

 

[Eben Stone]

Their website only offers shipping to US and Canada.

To be fair, availability in Europe wasn't mentioned. That changes things.

Do you care about price, scent, ingredients, vegan/ tallow/non-tallow, soap/croap/cream?

 

[reformedshavr]

Dr Selby has fantastic performance .. soap or tube you can't go wrong

 

[gdawg55]

I have some Nuavia and never cared for the scent. Still have a full jar of it. To me SMN outshines it by a wide margin.

 

[gdawg55]

Not certain. The container has a grey/blue label on it and the product itself is a brown color.

 

[gdawg55]

I guess that would make sense. It’s been too long to remember exactly and the container doesn’t list a name…only Nuavia written in the grey/blue color.

The soap works very well I just couldn’t get over the scent. Too strong for my liking.

 

[gdawg55]

Yeah I still have it…only used it a handful of times. The container just doesn’t say what the scent is…only has the blue/gray Nuavia label.

 

[Orlandez]

3P is definitely not a soap you can find in any of the Italian supermarkets I’m regularly buying stuff from (all of them practically, being Italian).
Then, I never used it so I wouldn’t dare comparing it to any other soaps.
With regard to Pannacrema, they came out of nowhere with an extremely high selling price for their products.
I won’t have the privilege of trying them but I bet that they sold much more of their soaps during the final clearance stage .. how come they sell their jars at twice the price of an Ariana & Evans soap for instance?
Their soap can’t be twice as good as those from A&E, I can’t believe that .. the company shut so probably their products were overpriced failing to partially replace MDC for example, which has a larger market reputation and penetration and, probably, low-running costs being family run.

 

[Orlandez]

Correct in my opinion .. wrong commercial strategy ..