Equal parts Pure and Proraso Blue cream provides an awesome lather.
Used it today. Low lather in hard water but still enough. Good glide and washed of cleanly. The scent did not linger. They need to make a menthol and/or citrus version.
Thanks for the tip. Just ordered it from Ebay $3.99 and free shipping!If you like the performance but want a citrus scent you should try the Gillette Lime tube cream from India, it's mostly the same base cream but has the "Sprite" limey scent similar to the lime foamy. You can get a tube for about $5 from maggard, pretty sure some of the other guys sell it as well.
How's the Old Spice from India? Mixed reviews on Amazon mostly due to the scent.Awesome, great price. It's not going to be some mind blowing game changing product for you but since you enjoyed the pure's performance I guarantee you won't be displeased. It did make me question why I spent much more on other creams just like the Derby did.
How's the Old Spice from India? Mixed reviews on Amazon mostly due to the scent.
I started up the manufacture of Gillette shave cream in India in 1990 but been retired now for some years. In those days Gillette had two different base formulations throughout the world but they were designed to end up with the same finished product. The older of the two formulations used a mixture of fatty acids and nut oils to produce the soap (this was referred to as the saponification formula) whereas the newer used just a mixture of fatty acids (the fatty acid formula). In India the "fatty acid" formula was used. After I retired (at the time of the P&G takeover) all the Gillette shave cream formulations were modified to remove boric acid present in them all at 0.83%. The new formula is now used internationally and this is the one found today in India in all P&G / Gillette creams (and is the same as Gillette Pure in the USA). Obviously the fragrance differs from market to market and variant to variant.I don't have personal experience though from what I've understand (and read a few times before) the same company/factory is contracted by P&G to make those Gillette and Old Spice creams and that they are all the same base product with different scent profiles. Some people have tried to argue there is a difference in the base product due to ingredient listing but keep in mind where the US only requires "fragrance", many other countries require each component of the scent make up to be listed as they are infact ingredients that could cause possible irritation in some.
I started up the manufacture of Gillette shave cream in India in 1990 but been retired now for some years. In those days Gillette had two different base formulations throughout the world but they were designed to end up with the same finished product. The older of the two formulations used a mixture of fatty acids and nut oils to produce the soap (this was referred to as the saponification formula) whereas the newer used just a mixture of fatty acids (the fatty acid formula). In India the "fatty acid" formula was used. After I retired (at the time of the P&G takeover) all the Gillette shave cream formulations were modified to remove boric acid present in them all at 0.83%. The new formula is now used internationally and this is the one found today in India in all P&G / Gillette creams (and is the same as Gillette Pure in the USA). Obviously the fragrance differs from market to market and variant to variant.
Whereas it is true that some markets require only the presence of fragrance to be included in the ingredient listing there are no markets that demand a full breakdown of the fragrance components - only those components of the fragrance known or suspected to cause skin irritation are listed.
Although the base product throughout the world is identical it does not follow that all product bases internationally are the same. The raw material suppliers differ from market to market and this has been known to affect product characteristics.
Thanks for your appreciation! I worked for Gillette for 30 years being chiefly reponsible for starting up and subsequently monitoring the production of their toiletries products by third party manufacturers all over the world. If I can help you with anything relevant please don't hesitate to ask. If I can help you I will.Thank you for the detailed response! I'd much rather know from someone who actually knows so I appreciate it. I love the detailed science talk about these products, I've been running a craft brewery for years so things like analytics, lab reports, etc, have become somewhat of a hobby by default.
Thanks for your appreciation! I worked for Gillette for 30 years being chiefly reponsible for starting up and subsequently monitoring the production of their toiletries products by third party manufacturers all over the world. If I can help you with anything relevant please don't hesitate to ask. If I can help you I will.
Shaving cream (we commonly referred to it as LSC - "lather shave cream" although in later years it was often called "tubed shave cream" as some in and outside the company had, annoyingly, started to describe aerosol shave foam as aerosol shave cream) is an extremely interesting product. My favourite in fact. Although the formulations went back so many years it remained a tricky product to get right. It was more art than science.
So Gillette lime and Old Spice lime from India are the same product, more or less?Thanks for your appreciation! I worked for Gillette for 30 years being chiefly reponsible for starting up and subsequently monitoring the production of their toiletries products by third party manufacturers all over the world. If I can help you with anything relevant please don't hesitate to ask. If I can help you I will.
Shaving cream (we commonly referred to it as LSC - "lather shave cream" although in later years it was often called "tubed shave cream" as some in and outside the company had, annoyingly, started to describe aerosol shave foam as aerosol shave cream) is an extremely interesting product. My favourite in fact. Although the formulations went back so many years it remained a tricky product to get right. It was more art than science.
The base formulations are the same. They may well have different fragrances. Also there may be a difference in minor additives (eg aloe, withhazel etc) and they may have differing dyes.So Gillette lime and Old Spice lime from India are the same product, more or less?