I recently bought this soap in the bowl along with trumpers sandalwood soap. What a great shave. Great scent, creamy lather, leaves skin feeling great. I haven't tried the trumpers yet, but I am very impressed with this soap. I have the taylors shave stick which I use mostly for traveling and is great as well. I really think this is an underated soap, taylors creams get plenty of coverage and deserve it but not so much the soap. I can't wait to try the trumpers now, but at almost twice the price I hope it performs well.