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Surrey, UK
(06-14-2016, 04:31 AM)celestino Wrote: Wonderful photo, David! Great to see you altering your habits! The lather looks very nice!
Thank you, my friend.
The lather is extremely slick and develops very easily. I'm thinking there's still a fair bit of coconut oil in this one, despite being tallow.
David
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Rome, Italy
(06-13-2016, 08:56 PM)Optometrist Wrote: No, I never do a test palm-lather, Celestino. I never consider that truly representative of the soap. Only how it performs on the face, both for the shave and post-shave qualities, is my interest.
(06-14-2016, 08:31 AM)Optometrist Wrote: The lather is extremely slick and develops very easily. I'm thinking there's still a fair bit of coconut oil in this one, despite being tallow.
From your words it is clear you are a soap expert!
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Surrey, UK
(06-14-2016, 10:55 AM)PannaCrema Wrote: From your words it is clear you are a soap expert!
Far from it, Marco, but I know the effect of coconut oil on ease of lathering and how quickly a vegetable soap lathers because of. Tallow soaps, generally, have coconut oil some way down the ingredients list, if it is there at all.
David
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Rome, Italy
We changed the minimum thresholds for free shipping (for the better!).
http://www.pannacrema.com/en/blog/34_free-shipping.html
http://www.pannacrema.com/en/blog/34_free-shipping.html
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Just received them!
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I really like the scent, even though I don't prefer Vetiver scents in general. This one is very nice!
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I really like the scent, even though I don't prefer Vetiver scents in general. This one is very nice!
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(This post was last modified: 06-16-2016, 10:16 PM by User 852.)
After my first shave with it, here are my first impressions.
The shave was very good. This soap lathers easily producing a luxuriant lather. The scent lingers on the skin and you can smell it during the shave. But, it's a mild scent. The scent strength is a 5,5 out of 10. Actually, I noticed more similarities than differences with the previous tallow offering. From the texture of the soap to the scent strength and the skin properties, it really reminds me of the Pannacrema classic line, which is now discontinued. I'd say that the only thing that differs here is the latherability, this version seems to lather a bit more easily.
It's too soon to say more things. But, in my humble opinion, Nuavia performs better in terms of slickness and post- shave feeling. My skin feels better when I use the Nuavias and the razor glides more easily. Of course, Nuavia is one of its kind. I will be more sure about these in the next shaves that will follow with the Pure2O. I don't want to compare it to other products at this moment.
Overall, it's a good soap which performance is very close to Pannacrema's discontinued classic line. That means that the soap is one of the best European artisanal products. At this price range, there's quite a competition with many other artisanal soaps, especially some American. However, it deserves a try.
The shave was very good. This soap lathers easily producing a luxuriant lather. The scent lingers on the skin and you can smell it during the shave. But, it's a mild scent. The scent strength is a 5,5 out of 10. Actually, I noticed more similarities than differences with the previous tallow offering. From the texture of the soap to the scent strength and the skin properties, it really reminds me of the Pannacrema classic line, which is now discontinued. I'd say that the only thing that differs here is the latherability, this version seems to lather a bit more easily.
It's too soon to say more things. But, in my humble opinion, Nuavia performs better in terms of slickness and post- shave feeling. My skin feels better when I use the Nuavias and the razor glides more easily. Of course, Nuavia is one of its kind. I will be more sure about these in the next shaves that will follow with the Pure2O. I don't want to compare it to other products at this moment.
Overall, it's a good soap which performance is very close to Pannacrema's discontinued classic line. That means that the soap is one of the best European artisanal products. At this price range, there's quite a competition with many other artisanal soaps, especially some American. However, it deserves a try.
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