I love Proraso green. It was the first non-canned shave cream I tried and I was instantly hooked. I wander off to MWF, Arko, various RR soaps... the list goes on. But I always find my way back to the ever green.
Is Proraso (CO Bigelow) overrated? Am I the only one?
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Proraso Red is the bees knees. Also, their single blade line is just amazing, from cremes to cologne.
Proraso is a good soap, nothing super special but it does the job and the price is competitive..
You have to remember that in Italy it's a $1.50 grocery store shaving soap, it's only $10 in North America because Bigelow is the exclusive and jacks the price. You have to judge Proraso versus other $2 soaps, not versus $20 artisan soaps.
You have to remember that in Italy it's a $1.50 grocery store shaving soap, it's only $10 in North America because Bigelow is the exclusive and jacks the price. You have to judge Proraso versus other $2 soaps, not versus $20 artisan soaps.
Got lucky today and picked up a tube of proraso red for $1.99 in Burlington . Usually it’s $5 there but I have enough tubes that I won’t buy anymore at $5 but $1.99 well you can’t say no .
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I use the blue, green, and red in a cream, and the green as a soap, and I am totally happy with all of them. I only recently tried the blue which I got for $4.99 at Burlington and I absolutely enjoy that. I fully admit, price is a big consideration for me as I'm on a budget. I have yet to splurge on the artisan soaps, which I will eventually I'm sure, but as I'm not yet a year into DE shaving I'm sort of learning the ropes with the less expensive stuff. I may find out later that what I thought was good was only mediocre. But in the meantime I gotta agree with @buyandhold2018:
Depends on your expectations. It's great for the price and for most here in Europe it's their first soap. For 3,50 euros you can't go wrong, now over at the States I hear it's 10$, at that price you could buy RazoRock or various artisan soaps with a couple bucks more which are significantly greater in performance. The soaps aren't particularly great but I really enjoy their aftershaves and the Red pre-shave I got.
If you can get it for less than 2 Euros then it’s worth it. Otherwise overpriced. It’s like Godrej in India and Palmolive in Europe, for their cost price they’re fantastic creams but anything more than that, you could probably get better stuff. Overrated? Most definitely. But only on this site.
I've only used green and white. Great soaps. The price for performance is what makes these winners.
If anything I consider it underrated. The best value around as far as I’ve discovered.
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