Figaro Crema Da Barba

[ppace]

Hello All,
It’s late so I don’t know how coherent this is for a first time post.

First time poster, LONG time lurker (over a year) A little history (maybe this should be in an introductory forum). I’ve been wet shaving for about 15 years. Until about 2 years ago mostly soaps, C&E, Col. Conk and whatever I found here and there. Nothing serious.
They have tended to last a long time and I never really looked online. Unfortunately I found B&B and started getting into creams. My collection isn’t huge (about 4 tubs of the 3T’s and some Italian items in my rotation)

Anyway, I’m Italian-American and still have family in Italy (Florence, Rome and Sicily) In Dec 2005 we visited family in Florence and I loaded up on whatever shaving items I could find. Proraso-all kinds, Prep, SMN – which I now have heard is just similar proraso in a nice jar. But I just had to stop in and get something.

One item that I’ve never seen anyone talk about is Figaro crema da barba. It comes in a tub very similar to proraso, but red. It’s got a consistency that is more of a cream than proraso's soap, but the main difference is a very pronounced Almond smell that I kind of like. A relative came to visit recently and brought several tubs of it for me.

Has anyone used it? Know of it? Any opinions?

 

[Jim]

Welcome P!

 

[Taz]

Welcome to the Family

 

[HoustonianYankee]

Hello All,
It’s late so I don’t know how coherent this is for a first time post.

First time poster, LONG time lurker (over a year) A little history (maybe this should be in an introductory forum). I’ve been wet shaving for about 15 years. Until about 2 years ago mostly soaps, C&E, Col. Conk and whatever I found here and there. Nothing serious.
They have tended to last a long time and I never really looked online. Unfortunately I found B&B and started getting into creams. My collection isn’t huge (about 4 tubs of the 3T’s and some Italian items in my rotation)

Anyway, I’m Italian-American and still have family in Italy (Florence, Rome and Sicily) In Dec 2005 we visited family in Florence and I loaded up on whatever shaving items I could find. Proraso-all kinds, Prep, SMN – which I now have heard is just similar proraso in a nice jar. But I just had to stop in and get something.

One item that I’ve never seen anyone talk about is Figaro crema da barba. It comes in a tub very similar to proraso, but red. It’s got a consistency that is more of a cream than proraso's soap, but the main difference is a very pronounced Almond smell that I kind of like. A relative came to visit recently and brought several tubs of it for me.

Has anyone used it? Know of it? Any opinions?

Welcome,
I just got back from a couple of weeks in Florence and Rome and visited a bunch of Profumerias and Farmacias and missed that. As I mentioned on another thread, I didn't find much of proraso either, but then I was in the Centro areas of both cities.

I haven't tried a google but I think you'll find a lot of people here are willing to try something new. This one sounds pretty nice and worth a shot.

From a fellow Italian-American, I hope you enjoy the board. Go to my web link and you'll see a bunch of photos from Italia.

 

[HoustonianYankee]

BTW, here's a link to the ProRaso thread I mentioned. It appears you may have fared better than I.
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=21411

 

[farace]

Welcome (from yet another Italian-American, but from the mezzogiorno; my family arrived here in 1916 from Minori (near Amalfi) and 1896 from Scafati (near Pompei), both in the province of Salerno). Whereabouts on LI? I went to college on the east end, south fork.

The Figaro sounds appealing! (And what a great name--the Barber of Seville!) How do you like its performance?

 

[boboakalfb]

Welcome to B&B, P!

 

[HoustonianYankee]

Welcome (from yet another Italian-American, but from the mezzogiorno; my family arrived here in 1916 from Minori (near Amalfi) and 1896 from Scafati (near Pompei), both in the province of Salerno). Whereabouts on LI? I went to college on the east end, south fork.

The Figaro sounds appealing! (And what a great name--the Barber of Seville!) How do you like its performance?

I've been to Minori- a lovely little town with magnificent view!! My family also is from the mezzogiorno, not far from Salerno. It's beautiful country.

 

[fatpig]

One item that I’ve never seen anyone talk about is Figaro crema da barba. It comes in a tub very similar to proraso, but red. It’s got a consistency that is more of a cream than proraso's soap, but the main difference is a very pronounced Almond smell that I kind of like.

Has anyone used it? Know of it? Any opinions?

Hello and welcome.
Figaro has been the first shaving cream that i used,the cream makes lots of tick long lasting lather but i found it quite drying on the skin and the artificial aroma gave me some irritation so i am not using it anymore.

The italian wilkinson sword shaving cream is almost the same thing,it comes in a light green tub instead of red and smells of mint ice cream vomit but unlike the figaro did not give bad reactions on my skin.

I quite like the figaro no alcool after shave balm,inexpensive (3€ for 150ml) ,effective and while the scent is not that great (too sweet IMHO) it fades away quickly so it wont interfere with your favorite fragrance.

 

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Thanks for the very warm welcome! It's great to hear that at least others have heard of it and actually used it (though it looks like not with great results) I kind of like it. For the longest time I thought the scent was coconut. Only recently found out it's almond. As you can see, don't ask me for any descriptions of scents! Since I seem to like Almond, maybe there are other Almond scents I might like.

Did not see the Wilkinsons otherwise I would have gotten a jar