I just wanted them to give me the list of their dealers in Europe.
I guess they just did not care to reply when they saw I was e-mailing them from Bosnia.
Crema da Barba Santa Maria Novella
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I just wanted them to give me the list of their dealers in Europe.
I guess they just did not care to reply when they saw I was e-mailing them from Bosnia.
For you people who want to to know more about Santa Maria Novella, there's a small video, made for Lafco New York and hosted on the Lafco site:
http://www.lafcony.com/smn/about.htm
It's a very interesting 15 minute video. It includes a "visit" at the Santa Maria Novella production factory and an interview with the director of SMN, Eugenio Alphandery.
Lafco New York is a US company, partner of several luxury brands such as the Italian Santa Maria Novella and the Portuguese Claus Porto, maker of the Musgo Real product line.
http://www.lafcony.com/smn/about.htm
It's a very interesting 15 minute video. It includes a "visit" at the Santa Maria Novella production factory and an interview with the director of SMN, Eugenio Alphandery.
Lafco New York is a US company, partner of several luxury brands such as the Italian Santa Maria Novella and the Portuguese Claus Porto, maker of the Musgo Real product line.
The customer service is very good from Lafcony
They will send you samples for 2.50 a piece with free shipping and they are nice sized. I loved the lav. aftershave they make
I also think the Before/After cream is one of the best I have used when my face is dry.
I was unhappy with their shaving cream and traded it. First, I dislike Proraso and think it is a mediocre product. This product was very similar to Proraso, but slightly better? Maybe psychological since I knew it cost 4-5 times as much
Nowhere near the performance of CF and Domenico Carceni 1913
They will send you samples for 2.50 a piece with free shipping and they are nice sized. I loved the lav. aftershave they make
I also think the Before/After cream is one of the best I have used when my face is dry.
I was unhappy with their shaving cream and traded it. First, I dislike Proraso and think it is a mediocre product. This product was very similar to Proraso, but slightly better? Maybe psychological since I knew it cost 4-5 times as much
Nowhere near the performance of CF and Domenico Carceni 1913
Proraso used to have lanolin of its formula as well as Omega.Too sad it was removed from it.
Proraso used to have lanolin of its formula as well as Omega.Too sad it was removed from it.
Santa Maria Novella shaving cream still have lanolin.
Very nice review Marco!
Recently, I picked up a jar at the Piccadilly Arcade store in London. I must admit to being a bit disappointed by this cream. It gives a good shave, but the scent is very uninspired, especially given the rich history of the firm and the wide variety of products that were on display in the shop. I expected something a bit more imaginative than a very generic mint/eucaliptus scent.
I've had my tub for about 14 months and use it 3 days a week and its still not below half.
This morning I tried the Proraso soap after having used SMN several times prior. I agree with what has been said before, that is, although both are similar SMN is a "luxury" version of Proraso and well worth it. I'm sure this didn't happen by accident - SMN must have requested a tweak to the original formula (in both fragrence and performance) to suit their intended audience.
We see this done all the time with English cream, take Creightons for example. Creightons sells its own brand, while producing private label for T&H and others. Some argue that their upgraded private label offerings are better than their own. Given the added cost of T&H I wouldn't disagree.
We see this done all the time with English cream, take Creightons for example. Creightons sells its own brand, while producing private label for T&H and others. Some argue that their upgraded private label offerings are better than their own. Given the added cost of T&H I wouldn't disagree.
I've had my tub for about 14 months and use it 3 days a week and its still not below half.
I am having the same experience.This stuff will last forever.
Paul
Nice review.
Some like AdP better? Someone send me a sample of AdP and I'll send the SMN.
I get great shaves with SMN.
Some like AdP better? Someone send me a sample of AdP and I'll send the SMN.
I get great shaves with SMN.
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That alone sets it apart from Proraso and Omega; I definitely, absolutely, positively get better shaves from creams and soaps with lanolin in them than I do from those based on glycerin.
Proraso used to have lanolin of its formula as well as Omega.Too sad it was removed from it.
I've got a tube of the Omega Shave soap with lanolin, i love it and use it almost exclusivly at the GF's house, however SMN still blows it out the water IMHO.
Yea, what I was afraid of- it contains parabens and BHT...
Hopefully the colognes do not. I am going to Rome next summer and will check out the SMN shop while I am there.
Ever wondered when SMN shave cream was introduced? I asked the question, see the reply below:
Ater consulting with the Managing Director, I was told that are more than 20 years that our shaving cream is on the market. Unfortunately we do not have in our files the exact year and date of the first sale of this product.
Kind regards,
Uff. Commerciale / Customer Service
Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella
Negozio e Museo: Via della Scala 16 - 50123 Firenze
Uffici e produzione: Via R. Giuliani 141 - 50141 Firenze
tel. 0039-055-4368315 / fax 0039-055-4222432
This would place the release say late 1980's at best.
Ater consulting with the Managing Director, I was told that are more than 20 years that our shaving cream is on the market. Unfortunately we do not have in our files the exact year and date of the first sale of this product.
Kind regards,
Uff. Commerciale / Customer Service
Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella
Negozio e Museo: Via della Scala 16 - 50123 Firenze
Uffici e produzione: Via R. Giuliani 141 - 50141 Firenze
tel. 0039-055-4368315 / fax 0039-055-4222432
This would place the release say late 1980's at best.
Oh well...still love the stuff!! This is my second summer using the same tub and I'm still not half-way through the tub. Why...why does it have to last so long!!
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Antonio, thank you for sharing this info with us.
Lanolin must be the magic.
Is their other mojo? Is it blessed by the priest before it is shipped out?
I think it is.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Santa_Maria_Novella.jpg
Is their other mojo? Is it blessed by the priest before it is shipped out?
I think it is.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Santa_Maria_Novella.jpg
One of my happiest memories of a week in Italy was being shaved almost every morning.
We were staying in Atrani on the Amalfi Coast. Emirates had lost my baggage somewhere between Auckland and Rome and I picked up some disposables and a can of goo. Well it wasn't doing my face any good, so one morning I decided to pass on a shave and went down to the town square where I sat outside our favourite trattoria drinking coffee and eating pastries when I realised that the door over on the right was for a barber. I wandered in for a haircut but when I realised he did shaves I was in. He spoke no English, I spoke even less Italian but we managed. There was a photo of an attractive lady on the wall; I managed to communicate 'is this your wife' and he replied no and I gathered she was a television star. I remembered the words from Godfather 3 and said "Una bella figura" with appropriate gestures and thereafter we were like brothers! I went there every morning for a shave.
As I said at the head of this piece, fond memories of a special place and a great time.
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