I agree with you. I really enjoyed the original Cade formula. Fortunately I have a pretty good stock pile of the original. Cade is one of the few scents in shaving that I just don't tire of. I haven't tried the new soap and maybe its fine, but the old formula was a pleasure to use. If I want to use a simple vegan formula with shea butter, I'll be using Soap Commander. I have used Soap Commander all around the world with all types of water conditions and always get an excellent lather and shave. I do like Provence Sante also so there are options - but I will really miss the Cade scent. I have tons of soaps, more than I will ever use but I always looked to the large commercial chains for stability. When I want variety, there are so many great artisans but for consistency I always looked to Valobra, DR Harris, L'Occitane, Tabac, I Coloniali, etc. It seems these days, small batch artisans are driven to improve through competition while large corporations that make soaps as part of a product portfolio are more driven by political correctness or saving a few pennies per unit.Cade was once one of my favourite soap and edt combinations. It is a shame if they have reformulated it as it didnt require any tinkering.