Best Rose Cream other than Taylor's?

[JCinPA]

Well, I love Taylor's Rose shaving cream, but I am going to get some Jermyn Street next so I decided to try another brand of rose. Castle Forbes does not have one, apparently, but Truefitt and Trumpers do.

I am only interested in a cream, I am aware of croaps like QCS rose otto. Just so you know. I have a ton of soaps, I want to try a few more select creams.

Price is not the primary driver for me, but just so you know (using Amazon Prime delivered prices - I shop B&B supporters, but this is for comparison purposes), per gram prices are as follows.

Taylor's, 150 grams, $14.75 = 9.8 cents per gram.

Trumpers, 200 grams, $26.50 = 13.3 cents per gram.

Truefitt & Hill, 165 grams, $30.00 = 18.2 cents per gram


D.R. Harris has one, but I cannot find it at Amazon, so using WCS $25 price and estimating $5 shipping, call it $30.

Harris, 150 grams, $30.00 = 20.0 cents per gram



Comment on anything you like, of course, but remember I am looking for a cream in a tub. Not a croap. Most helpful would be people who have tried more than one. By the way, I love TOBS rose, the only reason I'm looking at something else is I am going to try their Jermyn Street and want to try a different brand. I love the TOBS stuff, nothing wrong with it. Just playing around!

 

[Marco]

John, I'd go with T&H Rose which I find lovely. I'd stay away from Trumpers Rose because the heavy colouring of this cream did stain one of my Vulfix brushes with a rosey colour.

 

[bhorsoft]

I'm a T&H Rose fan myself. Great cream with a lovely rose fragrance. It will be my SOTD today.

 

[JCinPA]

Thanks for that tip, Marco! I also know you are a big Truefitt fan, and you have more breadth of experience across many products than most. I'm leaning T&H.

 

[Marco]

Thanks for that tip, Marco! I also know you are a big Truefitt fan, and you have more breadth of experience across many products than most. I'm leaning T&H.

T&H makes very solid soft shaving creams, you really cannot go wrong with any of them. My favourite is the Ultimate Comfort, which has a light scent of Lavender and the lather just explodes off of the brush!

 

[njpaddy]

In my current drawer full of soaps I only keep one cream, a Rose. For the past 3+ years it's been Taylor, but next month when my current tub of Taylor Rose is gone, it's being replaced with T&H. I recently finished my 2nd sample pack of T&H and I like their Rose more than Taylor. For me the difference in price is worth it.

 

[Chris H]

I just tried a sample of Al's Rosebud cream. It had a beautifully balanced scent and performed very well. Why not try an artisan, rather than the big 3 T's? Personally, I find T&H to be an overpriced version of TOBS, performance wise. I know the scents are different, but it is it really worth paying twice as much for an extra 1/2 ounce?

 

[Chris H]

Also consider Cyril R. Salter if you like British creams. It also has a delicious rose scent and is $15 for 5.8 oz on WCS.

 

[CFSoto]

Well, I love Taylor's Rose shaving cream, but I am going to get some Jermyn Street next so I decided to try another brand of rose. Castle Forbes does not have one, apparently, but Truefitt and Trumpers do.

I am only interested in a cream, I am aware of croaps like QCS rose otto. Just so you know. I have a ton of soaps, I want to try a few more select creams.

Price is not the primary driver for me, but just so you know (using Amazon Prime delivered prices - I shop B&B supporters, but this is for comparison purposes), per gram prices are as follows.

Taylor's, 150 grams, $14.75 = 9.8 cents per gram.

Trumpers, 200 grams, $26.50 = 13.3 cents per gram.

Truefitt & Hill, 165 grams, $30.00 = 18.2 cents per gram


D.R. Harris has one, but I cannot find it at Amazon, so using WCS $25 price and estimating $5 shipping, call it $30.

Harris, 150 grams, $30.00 = 20.0 cents per gram



Comment on anything you like, of course, but remember I am looking for a cream in a tub. Not a croap. Most helpful would be people who have tried more than one. By the way, I love TOBS rose, the only reason I'm looking at something else is I am going to try their Jermyn Street and want to try a different brand. I love the TOBS stuff, nothing wrong with it. Just playing around!

The best Rose cream I've ever used(and I've tried so many,it borders on the ridiculous),is,without any doubt,the Truefitt&Hill version of Rose. Thick and protective lather and the best Rose scent,IMO

Craig

 

[CFSoto]

John, I'd go with T&H Rose which I find lovely. I'd stay away from Trumpers Rose because the heavy colouring of this cream did stain one of my Vulfix brushes with a rosey colour.

Sono d'accordo ancora Marco. The Trumpers Rose permanently stained one of my favorite(and expensive) brushes a distinct shade of Pink ! Go with the T&H version. Its superb.and didn't stain at all.

Craig

 

[Mick]

Sono d'accordo ancora Marco. The Trumpers Rose permanently stained one of my favorite(and expensive) brushes a distinct shade of Pink ! Go with the T&H version. Its superb.and didn't stain at all.

Craig

sorry to hear about that> I have some trumpers rose that I have not opened yet. I will watch out what I stick in it

 

[Shave_Rat]

I know, you said tub... but the Rose of Bulgaria cream in the tube is pretty much the only rose anything I've ever liked. If you are already a fan of rose products, I can't say a single bad thing about that cream, if you can find and get some.

 

[BrookR1]

I've tried several rose creams and Cyril R. Salter is the one I will always have.

 

[Austin]

T&H Rose is my favorite. I am also liking AOS Rose as well.

 

[Recluse]

I've tried several rose creams and Cyril R. Salter is the one I will always have.

+1, great value, nice scent and good lathering.

 

[JCinPA]

Hmmm, just found the Salter. Economical, too, like TOBS!

Have either of you used both Salter and Truefitt?

 

[njpaddy]

I had a tub of Salter Rose. It's a good cream but the Salter scent is a "tea" rose, different from the rose scent of TOBS, GFT & T&H.

 

[Recluse]

Hmmm, just found the Salter. Economical, too, like TOBS!

Have either of you used both Salter and Truefitt?

I've used T&H sandalwood but not the Rose. It was a very nice cream. I'm sure the Rose would be just as good. As njpaddy states, Salters rose has a scent that differs. It's certainly not your garden variety of roses. I would say it is somewhat muted and not as floral, but very nice none-the-less. It smells very much like the wild roses we have growing here in AK.

 

[BreakItYourself]

I've tried samples of the four in the initial thread and I give another vote to T&H. Harris is very nice too, but the dark pigment of the cream is a negative (to me anyway).

 

[rsp1202]

The sample of T&H Rose was nearly perfect, from the color (light) to the scent (subdued) to the lather (massive). No discoloration left on my brush tips, no after-shave irritation. The only negative is cost.