Not much on the forum about this German soap.I seem to remember one member who spoke about it,but was not thrilled.I took my first shave with it today,along with my very first SE shave.No disappointments for me! I found it to lather easily,building thick peaks in 3 minutes.No seperation on the face,and no drying.The scent is pleasant ,but very light.The Gem single edge blade seemed to get along just fine with the lather,which was whipped up using a 23mm Semogue badger.I think this is a relatively inexpensive soap,compared to others,maybe not up to Proraso,but a damn good soap in a nice re-usable screw top tin.