Pierre Cardin Shaving Soap?

[bythbook]

Has anyone seen or tried this? (IS there such a thing?)

I just bought something that I think is PC shaving soap (from dbay)... rather plain round puck with PC carved in the middle of the puck....


Any information welcomed!

thanks

 

[LordTyranus]

never heard of it.
but given the evolution of the brand in the last decades, I would not care much about it.

anyway, tell us more about it when you have tried it !

 

[bythbook]

never heard of it.
but given the evolution of the brand in the last decades, I would not care much about it.

anyway, tell us more about it when you have tried it !

well... the one thing I know about this - it was made & distributed pre-1991. I will indeed report back once I've given it a spin.

 

[Greybeard]

I saw another auction a while ago that had a complete NOS Pierre Cardin boxed shaving set. It had a mug, boar brush (looked like a re-branded EverReady with a long handle) and a round bottom soap puck.
The vendor said it had a price tag dated 1993. The box did have a UPC code.

The Pierre Cardin line of products was originally designed and manufactured by Shulton (Old Spice) if that helps.

 

[Slivovitz]

I saw another auction a while ago that had a complete NOS Pierre Cardin boxed shaving set. It had a mug, boar brush (looked like a re-branded EverReady with a long handle) and a round bottom soap puck.
The vendor said it had a price tag dated 1993. The box did have a UPC code.

The Pierre Cardin line of products was originally designed and manufactured by Shulton (Old Spice) if that helps.

I got one of these sets. The box had been opened, but the soap was still in the original shrink wrap. The mug was what I was really interested in, and didn't cost too much. According to the box, everything was made in Taiwan.

The soap had a rather insubstantial foamy lather when I first tried it. I grated it, and it came apart into a powder instead of shavings. Carefully poured the powder into a mug (not the one it came with) and filled it with water, then drained off the excess. The resulting soap works well enough, about on a par with VdH. The smell is a little perfumey, but not too strong. In short, not worth buying for its own sake, but good enough to use if you do get some.