What soap/cream did you use today?

Coates Cream in Tea Tree scent. It's unfortunate that Coates is discontinued but I do have a few tubes of Tea Tree scent left. Tea Tree or Melaleuca Alternifolia is an oil harvested from the Tea Tree in Australia and has anti microbial properties. As such it has a strong medicinal scent. It just "smells" like it's doing something good. We have a local company named Melaleuca that has become a billion dollar-a-year company selling health and wellness products made with Tea Tree oil. Let's just say, this is a common scent in my neck of the woods and that I like it. Performance is spot on especially for a cream as it has soap-like slickness.

Crap that is a nice brush

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Interesting, many people either believe or have experienced a hard time making a later.  I have owned this for years and I have no problems at all.  I made an enormous amount of lather yesterday.  I soak my brush in distilled water and use distilled water to wet my face.  I actually think it is easier to lather than DR Harris.

Yes, there was that rumor going around that this lathered as well as GFT soaps.
Not sure if there are multiple formulations or not.

I assume GFT is Geo. F. Trumper, another tippled milled soap.  Most of the hard soaps from Great Britain are tippled milled.  In addition, from what I have learned that most if not all of these soaps are made in a third party factory and not the company that markets them.  Another one that has a bad reputation is Mitchels Wool Fat; another soap I have not had trouble getting a great lather.

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TideP: -how does this perform? And does it smell like the Cologne./AFS? Thx in advance.

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Fine L'Orange Noir

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MLS...not top tier, but good.

Oud-Santal t. (Le Père Lucien) aloeswood & sandalwood

The tallow in this soap makes the lather quite stable and gives the suds great slip and cushion, while the Shea lends a soft finish. I should be loving this soap, but for one thing: I'm not getting the same closeness as I get with LPL's vegetal soaps. It's a fine shave I got today, don't get me wrong, but it wasn't much different from what I get from any other excellent tallow soap.

The soap's woody scents are dry to the point of bitterness and very austere. A few months ago, when I was sick of sweet notes, this soap smelled great. Now that we're into Spring, Oud-Santal comes across as lean and ascetic.

   

PAA shave oil
Pacific Shaving shave stick

Razorock Don Donato

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Mike's Lily of the Valley

I do not know why I included this soap in my reply.  It was a mistake.