I got said soap nearly two years ago, and used it recently again for a few shaves (face and head) it lathered better than ANY soap I've ever owned, it needed quite a bit of water, but the actual performance was lacking. Not very slick, it dried too fast on the face (no, more watet didn't help) and post shave was non-existent. To this day I still find A&E soaps to be the best performing, despite having some irritation from certain scents. It's odd, many years back I had tried it again but I would have sworn it did better.