For about 8 months now I've been using nothing but soaps. Proclaiming proudly I am a "soap only guy". I had some free monies and ordered a brush, some Jermyn Street soap, but I still had a few more dollars to blow. I tacked on the Rose for the heck of it and WOW. I will still be an avid soap user, but I'm pretty sure SCAD just kicked in! The shave was awesome, and I forgot how creamy, thick, and beard softening-ly creams are!