Cella IS all that and a stack of pancakes!

[FL shaver]

I am committed to a puck of Arlington for the 3017 deal, but tonight I pulled out the new little red tub of Cella for a single pass before heading out for dinner. I'm not going to proclaim it as the best soap I've ever used yet, but it is right up there with Tabac and MWF and, my favorite, La Toja. What an amazing product, from start to finish. Lathers super easily. Smells like Christmas cookies that were pressed into tins in my youth. The LEAST irritation I have had with ANY soap or cream or gel (Yeah, it was just one pass, but...). It is as good as I've read. Truly lived up to the hype as no other product has. Lays down a dense, moisturizing protective layer for your blade to glide through. Can the kilo brick be even better?

Back to Arlington tomorrow am.

 

[buyandhold2018]

I love a nice stack of pancakes with maple syrup on a Saturday morning... you just made me hungry

 

[DogHair]

Cella is excellent soap. You won't get any arguments arond here.

 

[FL shaver]

Yeah, I see the love it gets, but man, this is a great soap. I was not disappointed in any way with the performance. The scent is pleasant. B&B promised and Cella delivered. The thing that really grabbed me, though, was the lack of irritation from the soap itself. Every soap or cream, to some degree, stings my face. None with Cella. At all. I put off trying this tub thinking it couldn't be as good as advertised. It is better!

 

[banditman]

Yes, it is an excellent soap and definitely in my top three-been using it every day this week. One thing that makes it stand out for me is something that you have noticed as well...no irritation. I don't know if this is due to the overall simple ingredient list or something else but my face always appreciates it.

 

[JCturboT]

Ordered a sample of Cella and waiting for it to come in.

Your review makes me want it all the more.

Jeff

 

[Niles]

Cella, Arlington, Tabac, MWF- all excellent soaps.

 

[Mandina]

Yes, Cella's the Sophia Loren of shaving soaps . . .

 

[Mad Man]

Yes, Cella's the Sophia Loren of shaving soaps . . .

+1. I could happily last with only Cella in the den.

 

[Joejitsu]

Yup, Cella is bella. Permanently in my rotation. A friend is going to Italy next week and I asked him to bring me back a 1Kg block.

 

[FL shaver]

Last two shaves with Cella and the one before with Tabac. These are the 2 fastest and densest lathering soaps I've tried, MWF and MdC included. Both are incredible soaps, with Cella's scent giving it the edge.

 

[eyesofgrey]

Smells like play-doh, burns my skin.

 

[Hippie Kai Yay]

Smells like play-doh, burns my skin.

Well, I do believe that it's parfum (the scent) is a fragrance oil (I'll have to research that), but I find it to be a very mild soap, especially since I've used, let us say, basic FO-scented soaps and experienced only an upper lip burn and Cella is has given me none of that. Sorry, that it burns in all the wrong ways, good sir, yet I find it to be a "croap" for sensitive skin, and a good one at that (Warning: YMMV).

And let me tell you, gentle man, I find it brash to say it smells like "Play-Doh"! Almonds, gosh darn it, almonds!!

 

[Fractionjack]

I agree it is phenomenal. Irritation is not even on my radar when I use it. To me it smells like cherry almond flavored baked goods.

 

[SteveWY]

I went with my red tub this morning! Atsa nice!

 

[nwjs]

IMHO Cella is an OK soap, glide could be better and it has a sour-stale note in its scent that I don't care for. It lathers easily but so do most tube creams. The Valobra soft soap is of higher quality, imho, although somewhat overpriced.

 

[john shea]

Cella is a great soap that I use for about half of my shaves. I have the 1 kg brick and refill my ceramic soap dish as needed. I would never be without Cella. However, I have noticed that the scent in my soap dish fades with time with a tallow like note remaining and that Cella lather, although good, does not have quite the glide of MWF. On my face, nothing that I have tried so far beats MWF, but I could do without the cracking and shrinking of MWF with the puck getting loose and breaking up in my soap dish. If I could only get a MWF that was soft enough to mold/remold in my soap dish like Cella and the other Italian soft soaps. I have also noticed that for me, nothing beats MWF for avoiding minor nicks and any nicks that do happen seem to stop bleeding more quickly than when using any other soap. So far, I have not found any perfect soap, but many very good very reliable soaps that are exceeded in some, but not all attributes, by an alternative product.

 

[wisemenofgotham]

I know some disagree, but I love the smell of Cella.

 

[wireburner]

Cella gives a fantastic lather and has a scent I find very pleasing.
IF only it wouldn't burn like I just lathered up with M.E.K. I would love the soap. It is the only soap that does this to me, I must have a allergy to a ingredient in this stuff.
I still highly recommend the soap, as a must try to everyone, because it is that good. As long as you don't get the Cella burn.

 

[Shave_Rat]

Cella is a great soap that I use for about half of my shaves. I have the 1 kg brick and refill my ceramic soap dish as needed. I would never be without Cella. However, I have noticed that the scent in my soap dish fades with time with a tallow like note remaining and that Cella lather, although good, does not have quite the glide of MWF. On my face, nothing that I have tried so far beats MWF, but I could do without the cracking and shrinking of MWF with the puck getting loose and breaking up in my soap dish. If I could only get a MWF that was soft enough to mold/remold in my soap dish like Cella and the other Italian soft soaps. I have also noticed that for me, nothing beats MWF for avoiding minor nicks and any nicks that do happen seem to stop bleeding more quickly than when using any other soap. So far, I have not found any perfect soap, but many very good very reliable soaps that are exceeded in some, but not all attributes, by an alternative product.

If you grate the MWF puck down, you can slightly moisten and press it into a dish/bowl. I actually merely pressed the puck down solid into an anchor hocking bowl with a plastic lid, and it doesn't crack/shrink since it never seems to get the chance to dry out to that level. The lid keeps enough moisture in the bowl between uses. While wooden bowls and the Fat's classy ceramic bowl look great, those lidded anchor bowls can't be beat for function, and they stack easily on a shelf up to 3 or 4 high.