Has anyone tried the unscented XPEC? What do you think? Performance compared to the Original, I've heard is identical. Just curious if it's truly, completely unscented, or does it have a light aroma of some kind?
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XPEC Unscented?
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I use unscented soaps and creams exclusively. Although unscented, many have a slight scent which I didn't realized I liked until I tried XPEC unscented. XPEC is the only truly unscented product that I have used. It's a great performer as you would expect, but I prefer the subtle scents in: MdC unscented, MWF which is pretty much unscented, TOBS unscented, AOS unscented.
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The Unscented smells like nothing and works just like the original--without that pesky suggestion of granny pee.
First of all, you're right about Arko. Nasty stuff for sure.
Second, that description of scented XPEC is way off the mark. It's got a dirty, almost hauntingly Gothic kinda rose thing going with some pepper tossed in the mix. It's what C&S #88 tries to be but doesn't quite make it. More than a little addicting frag.
Saying that, I have to mention this is what the older version's like. Haven't huffed the reformulated one but I see reviews all over the board for both the scent and performance. Wide range of opinions.
There's a guy in Italy named 'oudroyal' who has what I'm pretty sure are NOS unscented tubs. No boxes but I would bet these are the paraben loaded creams with aloe still in the mix. There was a group buy on another non Yankee forum a while back and everyone was happy with what they received. Very cheap, but shipping was pricey for US residents. I wanna say that 2 NOS tubs ran me just over $100 total to Chicago so still reasonable for over 16 ounces of extinct wonderfulness.
Anyway, dat's an option.
Granny Pee?????????? YUK!!!
The unscented is one of the best shave soaps out there. Highly recommend!
To be honest I'm not sure, but it's a phenomenal soap. If you can find it for a good price there isn't much out there that can beat it
What about AdP?
Phenomenal soap as well. I'm just personally not a fan of too many scented soaps
shavefan
I’m not a fan
Yes. Connaught Shaving has them in stock.
Steve56
Ask me about shaving naked!
Teuly unscented, truly good, and Connaught has a good price on it. Remember it’s 250ml, about twice what you get with many other creams. It’s also great for cutting strongly scented creams like Floris and Christian Dior, it really stretches your dollars/£/€ with them.
Didn’t even know that Christian Dior had a shaving cream!
I had tried samples of XPEC a while ago but I don’t recall being wow’ed by the performance or the scent.
By comparison, to give an idea of my likes MdC has amazing performance (and decent scent) while St. James of London has amazing scents, decent performance but caused a lot of burning for my skin.
I had tried samples of XPEC a while ago but I don’t recall being wow’ed by the performance or the scent.
By comparison, to give an idea of my likes MdC has amazing performance (and decent scent) while St. James of London has amazing scents, decent performance but caused a lot of burning for my skin.
shavefan
I’m not a fan
Actually I saw that Connaught has it on sale so I bought one, even though i told myself I was done with acquisitions for awhile. $33 shipped to the U.S is a great price, to good for me to pass up.
haha. This is the problem with being on B&B.
I really like Xpec unscented. Thanks for mentioning that Connaught has it back in stock. It had been sold out for a while. I have about half a tub of the original formula, but I prefer the newer version. It seems that I get a little more moisturizing from the new stuff with a better post-shave feel. The old stuff is still nice and slick during the shave, but I get a little bit of a burning sensation that I don't get with the new stuff.
shavefan
I’m not a fan
Haha you and me both!I'm not complainingI just wish I could find SMN at that price!
