Trumper shaving soaps

[Z man]

Hello Gentlemen,

This week I received my 2 new trumper soaps a puck of rose and coconut. I have always enjoyed trumper products being particular fond of their creams. These 2 soaps I have used in the past. As of late I have been using just mwf and mdc for soaps but after so much negativity I decided to see for myself. In fact, I remember in 2007 when I moved to France all I brought were 2 soaps a trumper sandalwood and a d r harris arlington. As I am writing this I remember I rarely used the arlington and used almost daily the trumper soap. Did Trumper soaps fall off the cliff??

Upon opening the 2 boxes I found the soaps to be wrapped differently. They had the same clear wrap but the rose soap was for better words wrapped more professionally. The scent of the rose was as I remembered simply fantastic. Though the coconut had a different scent. It was coconut but in the past there was also some woody aspect to it as well in addition I found the coconut scent weak.

Performance of the Rose is fantastic. If you like a rose scent you will be enveloped in this aroma throughout the shave It has good cushion and glide maybe not as much as mwf and mdc but good in its own right. It was easy to lather and my face felt great throughout the day. This soap performed as I remembered simply great.

The performance of the new coconut I am sorry to say is much different. The scent is weaker and different. Though It is easy to lather I found it not as slick and definetly lacking in cushion. This was the only shaving product swmbo asked for me to use in the past sadly the new version is a mere shadow of its former self.

Gentlemen have a great weekend
Andy

 

[djh]

Thanks for the report Andy. One of our Gentlemen is using a puck of Trumper's Rose (new version) in this 3017 thread and is very impressed with it. It is always a concern when a company re-formulates their products as the vast majority of them seem to go downhill- good to hear that Trumper's Rose is not necessarily in that group.

 

[celestino]

Congratulations on the soap and enjoy!

 

[J.K.T.]

Highly inconsistent soaps. Yes 90% are good but if you happen upon the 10% of crap you will be very pissed. I am done with Trumpers personally because they keep there products inconsistent. Sourcing to the lowest bidder is a **** poor form of business IMHO. I have limes, rose, eucris, and almond now. Rose performs immaculate and the rest perform very nice. Violet I had did not lather. No kidding. Sandalwood I recently got was the same thing. Vendor refunded money ASAP as it apparently is a known issue. The prices Trumpers charges they shouldnt be nickel and diming the quality of their products. Sorry the rant but they need to get their S$#! together.

 

[FL shaver]

Interesting to read your reviews! I have a rose puck, a violets puck, and a three or four year old puck of coconut oil which perform very well. They await their turn in the 3017 thread. Sad to think a classic brand is looking to cheapen their formula.

 

[superkreep]

Have the Rose, it's a fantastic soap. Disappointed to hear the quality may have gone down recently, I've had the Rose for a year.

 

[blzrfn]

I have a coconut and sandlewood that are both pretty bad, but they are still usable by adding a bit of shave cream in the mix. Sadly this will be my last purchase of Trumper soaps until they get things figured out.

 

[andrestole]

I got a west indian limes soap and this thing will not lather properly. It lathers more like a body soap, can't seem to brerak down the "bubbles" in the lather. So what your left whit is a thin runny "lather". Tried it whit less water, more water, destilled water, dry brush, wet brush and more product. 6 different brushes and nothing works. used ca. 50% of the soap just trying the get good lather. Bad puck mabye?

 

[Elbe]

I got a west indian limes soap and this thing will not lather properly.

No, no bad puck, I'm afraid. Have experienced exactly the same with a recently acquired Trumper limes soap. Absolutely lousy! And a Trumper Rose performed much better, but still it's not a convincing soap. Sold both in the meantime, and I'm through with Trumper's soaps. Their cremes are very good, but you can forget their current soaps.

 

[andrestole]

Good to know it's not just me. Going back to Fitjar, proraso and tabac.

 

[FauxPax]

Trumpers does this with their fragrances too. They reformulated their sandalwood cologne back in 2010(?) and it is much weaker and different than what it was in 2009. It seems to me that they are also watering down some of their colognes in general too?

Highly inconsistent soaps. Yes 90% are good but if you happen upon the 10% of crap you will be very pissed. I am done with Trumpers personally because they keep there products inconsistent. Sourcing to the lowest bidder is a **** poor form of business IMHO. I have limes, rose, eucris, and almond now. Rose performs immaculate and the rest perform very nice. Violet I had did not lather. No kidding. Sandalwood I recently got was the same thing. Vendor refunded money ASAP as it apparently is a known issue. The prices Trumpers charges they shouldnt be nickel and diming the quality of their products. Sorry the rant but they need to get their S$#! together.

 

[Phog Allen]

Trumper's fall from the top of the hill in traditonal English male toiletries to...whatever is going on now is simply sad.

Cheers, Todd

 

[njpaddy]

Used my Trumper's Rose soap with a new brush this morning. The soap was bought about 6 months ago and it's excellent. Not quite at the Harris level, but close. Sorry to hear that the coconut performance is what many are reporting lately.

 

[JaDo]

I was really hopeful that the long delay in restocking the sandalwood soap was due to them taking their time to correct the formulation.

 

[beginish]

I'm using a relatively recent vintage of Trumpers Rose (Nov., '11), and it has performed flawlessly for me. I use a hybrid of the loading strategies of Jim and Marco that are designed to pick up lots of soap while loading (Jim) and building the lather on the soap (Marco). I use more water than Jim, but less than Marco. To me, water is your friend when it comes to making lather from soap, as it dissolves more while loading, and helps start the lather to form. From there, I will face lather or bowl lather and repeatedly go back to to sink to add more water until the lather is the consistency I seek. This strategy works for me, and will undoubtedly be impacted by water hardness, soap used, etc.

 

[stryker4526]

Trumpers does this with their fragrances too. They reformulated their sandalwood cologne back in 2010(?) and it is much weaker and different than what it was in 2009. It seems to me that they are also watering down some of their colognes in general too?

Perfumers in general are doing this. Due to the global downturn in the economy and the slow recovery, people are less willing to spend money on things like colognes and perfumes, so the perfumers are trying to stretch how many bottles they get from a batch. I don't think I've come across a cologne recently in my samples that has lasted more than 4-5 hours, where they used to last all day.
Shame about their soaps, too. Maybe that also explains why the limes cream I got from them wouldn't later worth a damn for me.

 

[jesperw]

Have the Rose, it's a fantastic soap. Disappointed to hear the quality may have gone down recently, I've had the Rose for a year.

You shouldn't have to add cream!

 

[KodiakAttack]

I have read various posts on this subject recently. I am in constant contact with Trumper in London, and decided to drop my favorite lady Mrs. Moss a line. I will post the email below:

"Hi Maggie hope you are doing well today,
Lately I've been hearing a lot about Trumper's shaving soaps. Mostly, that the formula has changed from what it used to be and it no longer performs as well as it used to. Mind if I ask what the changes were, when this change happened and which products it effected?
Thanks,
Gareth"

Her response:
"Dear Gareth

I can confirm the shaving soaps has not been changed in any form , The formula remains the same.


Kind regards,

Mrs Maggie Moss"


Having only used and only stock the creams from Trumper, I am not familiar much with the soaps.

 

[wimbouman]

This is sad.

The Lime was one of the first soaps I bought.
It was and is still fantastic.

 

[blzrfn]

I have read various posts on this subject recently. I am in constant contact with Trumper in London, and decided to drop my favorite lady Mrs. Moss a line. I will post the email below:

"Hi Maggie hope you are doing well today,
Lately I've been hearing a lot about Trumper's shaving soaps. Mostly, that the formula has changed from what it used to be and it no longer performs as well as it used to. Mind if I ask what the changes were, when this change happened and which products it effected?
Thanks,
Gareth"

Her response:
"Dear Gareth

I can confirm the shaving soaps has not been changed in any form , The formula remains the same.


Kind regards,

Mrs Maggie Moss"


Having only used and only stock the creams from Trumper, I am not familiar much with the soaps.

Well then I can just assume that Trumper soaps have always been unlatherable. Duly noted and moving on.