With all the RazoRock products dropping lately, I took the opportunity to grab a tub of PannaCrema with my last order as it is a soap that I've wanted to try for a while now. I've only test lathered it once, and from that test lather I've become confident that this is a very good performer. It seemed very slick and protective, and took almost no time to whip up plenty of lather. The thing that I'm a little upset about however, is the scent. I opted for the Libanese, and here is how the scent is described on IB:
"Libanese has a base of cedarwood, with smoky notes. Warm, intense, aromatic, woody, smoky, sweet."
Well, I either got a mislabeled tub, or this isn't an accurate description because what I got did not smell like this. First, it is pretty subtle, but that isn't a bad thing. The scent, to me, is smoke and leather. Maybe just a little hint of wood, but not "perfumey" wood, like sawdust wood. Like I said, it is dominated by smoke and leather. I wouldn't consider it warm, or aromatic, and definitely not sweet or intense. Now smoke and leather isn't a bad scent, but it is certainly not the one I was after. I already have a few soaps that are scented like that, so I was really after the "aromatic, woody, sweet" part. The smoke part I was expecting, the leather part isn't bad, but I was kind expecting something along the lines of Proraso Red mixed with the smokiness of what I got.
So, if anyone who has PannaCrema soaps could please describe the scents that they have, I would greatly appreciate it. I'd like to get another PC soap because it seems like it is a stellar performer, but for the price I just don't want to take the risk on getting a scent that is really pretty far away from what I'd expect. Again, any input on what the scents you fine gentlemen use REALLY smell like would be a big help.
"Libanese has a base of cedarwood, with smoky notes. Warm, intense, aromatic, woody, smoky, sweet."
Well, I either got a mislabeled tub, or this isn't an accurate description because what I got did not smell like this. First, it is pretty subtle, but that isn't a bad thing. The scent, to me, is smoke and leather. Maybe just a little hint of wood, but not "perfumey" wood, like sawdust wood. Like I said, it is dominated by smoke and leather. I wouldn't consider it warm, or aromatic, and definitely not sweet or intense. Now smoke and leather isn't a bad scent, but it is certainly not the one I was after. I already have a few soaps that are scented like that, so I was really after the "aromatic, woody, sweet" part. The smoke part I was expecting, the leather part isn't bad, but I was kind expecting something along the lines of Proraso Red mixed with the smokiness of what I got.
So, if anyone who has PannaCrema soaps could please describe the scents that they have, I would greatly appreciate it. I'd like to get another PC soap because it seems like it is a stellar performer, but for the price I just don't want to take the risk on getting a scent that is really pretty far away from what I'd expect. Again, any input on what the scents you fine gentlemen use REALLY smell like would be a big help.
