Proraso white, what a load of....

[TexOkie Shaver]

Linalool is fairly commonly implicated in contact dermatitis seen in dermatology practices. Around 5-ish percent of the general population by report can exhibit hypersensitivity - about the same, interestingly enough, as reactions to tea tree oil or other EOs. For reference:

Allergy to oxidized limonene and linalool is frequent in the U.K - PubMed

This large, multicentre U.K. audit shows a significant rate of allergy to the hydroperoxides of limonene and linalool plus a high rate of irritant reactions. Testing to the oxidized forms alone captures the majority (97·0%; 411 of 422) of positive reactions; testing to nonoxidized terpenes...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Oxidized limonene and oxidized linalool - concomitant contact allergy to common fragrance terpenes - PubMed

The majority of the patients (75%) reacted to only one of the oxidation mixtures, thus supporting the specificity of the reactions. The concomitant reactions to the two fragrance allergens suggest multiple sensitizations, which most likely reflect the exposure to the different fragrance...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Allergic Contact Dermatitis to Fragrances - PubMed

Allergic contact dermatitis to fragrance is common. The prevalence of fragrance allergy in the general population is between 0.7% and 2.6%. In patch-test populations, the positive reaction rate to fragrances ranges from 5% to 11%. The most common fragrance screeners in most baseline series...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Contact allergy to essential oils cannot always be predicted from allergy to fragrance markers in the baseline series - PubMed

A small number of patients who are allergic to essential oils could be missed if these are not specifically tested. Labelling by INCI names means that exposure may not be obvious. Careful inspection of so-called 'natural' products and targeted testing is recommended.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Fragrance contact allergy: a 4-year retrospective study - PubMed

Classic markers detect the majority of cases of fragrance contact allergy. We recommend incorporating FM II in the Spanish baseline series, as in the European baseline series, and using a specific fragrance series to study patients allergic to a fragrance marker.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

You learn something every day, I never knew there was such a thing as linalool.

Linalool, (+/-)-

Linalool, (+/-)- | C10H18O | CID 6549 - structure, chemical names, physical and chemical properties, classification, patents, literature, biological activities, safety/hazards/toxicity information, supplier lists, and more.

pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

 

[tankerjohn]

White is my least favorite of the Proraso soaps, but has always worked well for me. Sorry you're allergic. Nothing to do but move on. There's a lot of great soap out there.

 

[Brutus]

I must say that I’m very unimpressed with the performance of the white, the lather and slickness is good but I get significant skin irritation post-shave. This includes redness and several ingrown hairs. I can pretty much say this is due to the soap because I haven’t changed any other aspects of my shaving routine- same brush, preshave and post shave balm.

I find Proraso performance just about average, but what made me drop the entire Pororaso range out of my rotation years ago was the skin irritation I got from batch of Proraso Crema Dopo Barba. (As you can see, that was years ago as few seasoned shavers use a pre-shave cream anyway. )

There are much better shaving products than Proraso available at reasonable cost and I can’t see any reason to risk another Proraso rash.

While I admit that after retirement I live now in Southern Europe, where we are spoiled for choice, even in North America there are lots of excellent shaving products to be had that no one needs to depend on Proraso.


B.

 

[Lazarus Long]

I initially liked Proraso white. It lathers easily, slick, and gives a comfortable shave. However afterwards my skin feels a little weird - not irritated but a bit dried out. I get a similar post-shave feel from Taylor of Old Bond Street but not as weird feeling. I prefer Tabac and Mitchels Wool Fat now. Both leave me feeling much better.

 

[dabrock]

I initially liked Proraso white. It lathers easily, slick, and gives a comfortable shave. However afterwards my skin feels a little weird - not irritated but a bit dried out. I get a similar post-shave feel from Taylor of Old Bond Street but not as weird feeling. I prefer Tabac and Mitchels Wool Fat now. Both leave me feeling much better.

Do you find that slight drying feeling in any other products?

 

[Lazarus Long]

Do you find that slight drying feeling in any other products?

Williams Mug dries out my skin also.

Moon Dance Bay Rum & Spice is interesting. It takes more work to get it to lather and seems to evaporate more readily than tabac or MWF, but I think it leaves a slicker residue. Tabac and MWF sometimes start to feel sticky when too much water evaporates. The Moon Dance also leaves me skin feeling pretty good.

 

[dabrock]

Williams Mug dries out my skin also.

Moon Dance Bay Rum & Spice is interesting. It takes more work to get it to lather and seems to evaporate more readily than tabac or MWF, but I think it leaves a slicker residue. Tabac and MWF sometimes start to feel sticky when too much water evaporates. The Moon Dance also leaves me skin feeling pretty good.

Sounds like it might be a sodium hydroxide base with little to no potassium hydroxide, soaps like that can be very slick but have poor, disappearing lather. Many UK soaps like GFT and T&H also have those characteristics and they are really slick but the lather quality isn't the best.

ETA I just looked at those soaps and they look like typical of local artisan shave soaps where they add clay to a single lye (i.e. sodium hydroxide lye) bath bar and call it shaving soap. You get a lot of soaps like that in local health and beauty shops and I tend to avoid them, but if you enjoy it that's all that matters.

 

[sarimento1]

shaved with Proraso white yesterday morning!
Great, great shave!!