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I don't believe anyone has done a review yet of the new RazoRock for Old Town Shaving Inauguration Italian Lemon Shaving Soap, so please allow me to share it with you!
The Inauguration soap is an exclusive shaving soap made by RazoRock for Stat's Old Town Shaving in Pasadena, CA. Though not available to purchase online or from any other vendor, including Italian Barber, a call to Damon at OTS will get you a tub shipped to you... as well as any number of other great shaving goods that he stocks. You'll also get a nice conversation with a good guy about our shared obsession with shaving
The Inauguration Italian Lemon Shaving Soap has been mentioned as a resurrection or similar soap to the now discontinued RazoRock Artisan Caprician Lemon shave soap. More on that as we progress...
This soap is a veggie formula, and though I have compared it to a number of other RazoRock soaps I own, I could not exactly match it to any particular RazoRock soap line. It is most similar to the newer argan oil base used in the King of the Castle and Captains Choice soaps, however argan oil is not listed as an ingredient. Ingredient list is as follows: Stearic Acid, Water, Coconut Oil, Potassium Hydroxide, Sodium Hydroxide, Fragrance, Potassium Carbonate, Limonene, Linalool, Geraniol, Alpha-Iso-Methylione, Citral Hydrocitroneliol, Citroneliol. What does all that mean? You got me, but as I said I don't recognize the formula, however, that isn't a problem based on performance.
As far as performance, this soap is right up at the top with the other RazoRock offerings. It lathers effortlessly and abundantly. The lather created is thick and creamy, great slickness and pillowy protection. In my experience, the lathering and lather itself is very similar to the RazoRock argan formula soaps like King of the Castle, which as many have discovered, is a simply fantastic soap. I do not feel that this is the same soap as the original Artisan Caprician Lemon, which was also a great soap. To me, the artisan series created a lather that was very slick and quite pillowy. This Inauguration soap is also very slick but leans more towards creamy than pillowy.
Though as an exclusive face latherer, my bowl lathering could use some work, hehe. But for your pleasure I whipped up some Inauguration using the RazoRock Semogue Amici brush. This was a relatively light loading, about 20 secs and I added a bit of water along the way.
Now the big subjective question: How's the scent? Out of the tub it is far fainter than when lathered. Judging by the tub alone will not yield a true picture of what to expect, and as it's so light you'll have to practically get your nose into it to get a strong whiff. Upon lathering however, the scent blooms and becomes much stronger and fuller. It is a fresh and clean, soap like scent. As far as what it smells like, if I'm being honest, which I always am, the Inauguration Italian Lemon has very little lemon going on. Occasionally I'll pick up hints of lemon, and occasionally I'll pick up hints that remind me exactly of the Lemon Fresh 409 cleaner we use on our kitchen counters (associating lemon scents with cleaning products is a common issue from what I've read, but no fault of the soap itself). If I had to classify the dominant scents in this soap I'd say they were more floral and soapy than citrus. Is that what Caprician Lemon smelled like? Nope. Caprician Lemon was definitely a lemon first scent, with other notes like florals hinting. Caprician Lemon used to also give me hints of cleaning products, but was more a Lemon Pledge than 409. LOL.
So basically, if you're expecting a soap that gives a great lemon based scent, I'd have to say this Inauguration does not provide that, though it is a very nice scent.
In summary, RazoRock for Old Town Shaving Inauguration Italian Lemon Shaving Soap is a great addition to the RazoRock lineup as well as a great signature soap for OTS. It provides great performance with a slick, creamy lather that is easy to create. The name and scent are a bit misleading, in that it is less lemon than you'd expect. And, it is not a resurrection of the RazoRock Artisan Caprician Lemon. I do highly recommend it for anyone, RazoRockers or not, and I hope my review will help to know what to expect!
Thanks B&B!
I don't believe anyone has done a review yet of the new RazoRock for Old Town Shaving Inauguration Italian Lemon Shaving Soap, so please allow me to share it with you!
The Inauguration soap is an exclusive shaving soap made by RazoRock for Stat's Old Town Shaving in Pasadena, CA. Though not available to purchase online or from any other vendor, including Italian Barber, a call to Damon at OTS will get you a tub shipped to you... as well as any number of other great shaving goods that he stocks. You'll also get a nice conversation with a good guy about our shared obsession with shaving
The Inauguration Italian Lemon Shaving Soap has been mentioned as a resurrection or similar soap to the now discontinued RazoRock Artisan Caprician Lemon shave soap. More on that as we progress...
This soap is a veggie formula, and though I have compared it to a number of other RazoRock soaps I own, I could not exactly match it to any particular RazoRock soap line. It is most similar to the newer argan oil base used in the King of the Castle and Captains Choice soaps, however argan oil is not listed as an ingredient. Ingredient list is as follows: Stearic Acid, Water, Coconut Oil, Potassium Hydroxide, Sodium Hydroxide, Fragrance, Potassium Carbonate, Limonene, Linalool, Geraniol, Alpha-Iso-Methylione, Citral Hydrocitroneliol, Citroneliol. What does all that mean? You got me, but as I said I don't recognize the formula, however, that isn't a problem based on performance.
As far as performance, this soap is right up at the top with the other RazoRock offerings. It lathers effortlessly and abundantly. The lather created is thick and creamy, great slickness and pillowy protection. In my experience, the lathering and lather itself is very similar to the RazoRock argan formula soaps like King of the Castle, which as many have discovered, is a simply fantastic soap. I do not feel that this is the same soap as the original Artisan Caprician Lemon, which was also a great soap. To me, the artisan series created a lather that was very slick and quite pillowy. This Inauguration soap is also very slick but leans more towards creamy than pillowy.
Though as an exclusive face latherer, my bowl lathering could use some work, hehe. But for your pleasure I whipped up some Inauguration using the RazoRock Semogue Amici brush. This was a relatively light loading, about 20 secs and I added a bit of water along the way.
Now the big subjective question: How's the scent? Out of the tub it is far fainter than when lathered. Judging by the tub alone will not yield a true picture of what to expect, and as it's so light you'll have to practically get your nose into it to get a strong whiff. Upon lathering however, the scent blooms and becomes much stronger and fuller. It is a fresh and clean, soap like scent. As far as what it smells like, if I'm being honest, which I always am, the Inauguration Italian Lemon has very little lemon going on. Occasionally I'll pick up hints of lemon, and occasionally I'll pick up hints that remind me exactly of the Lemon Fresh 409 cleaner we use on our kitchen counters (associating lemon scents with cleaning products is a common issue from what I've read, but no fault of the soap itself). If I had to classify the dominant scents in this soap I'd say they were more floral and soapy than citrus. Is that what Caprician Lemon smelled like? Nope. Caprician Lemon was definitely a lemon first scent, with other notes like florals hinting. Caprician Lemon used to also give me hints of cleaning products, but was more a Lemon Pledge than 409. LOL.
So basically, if you're expecting a soap that gives a great lemon based scent, I'd have to say this Inauguration does not provide that, though it is a very nice scent.
In summary, RazoRock for Old Town Shaving Inauguration Italian Lemon Shaving Soap is a great addition to the RazoRock lineup as well as a great signature soap for OTS. It provides great performance with a slick, creamy lather that is easy to create. The name and scent are a bit misleading, in that it is less lemon than you'd expect. And, it is not a resurrection of the RazoRock Artisan Caprician Lemon. I do highly recommend it for anyone, RazoRockers or not, and I hope my review will help to know what to expect!
Thanks B&B!
You had me at 409, great review
