On the one hand this lathered up like nothing I’ve touched before. The amount you need to get a 3 pass is staggering to me. Saw @McNutt’s post earlier this morning and decided I’d just load for 5-10 seconds and see what happened.
I’m a face latherer, but the sample came in a sample tub, and homie EC sent along a note telling me to flatten the whole thing into a bowl and try it like that, so I did.
This was 10 seconds max of loading, and I went back once for a few more swirls before 3rd pass and that was it.
Lathered fantastically, scent improved dramatically to me after lathering, and slickness was there. Not as much as some of my other newer soaps (B&M’s Excelsior is a favorite in this regard with my water and razor/blade favorites) but it was enough for me.
I kind of wanted to see how good of a shave I could get using as little of this as possible.
I’d go 8.5/10 on this stuff.
I have a tub of the Rose coming in tomorrow I think, and I’ll load that up like I hate it and add water as I go.
Score might go up just based on the Rose scent and how it behaves when loaded/watered like I normally would a soap.
Up above are pics of what I started with and ended with in a bowl, after a 3 pass shave, no touch ups.