What soap/cream did you use today?

XPEC Original shaving cream (first Forester Milan version)

A Etsy soap called Razz 2.0

                     

A Etsy soap called Razz 2.0

So how was it?

I bought it a few years along with her other offerings and I don't have any complaints with her soaps.  I don't know if she has made any updates to her base but I believe she started making shave soap in 2014.  I actually posted the wrong one here.  Todays shave was with the Green label called Razz Pocket which is quite nice top notes of mandarin orange and bergamot, middle notes of lavender licorice and cotton candy with a base of tonka bean star anise and cedar so it has some sweetness but not over the top.  I think she actually incorporates a little bit of beer from a local brewery into all her soaps.

I don't have any association with the brand and the info on the individual soaps on the site seems a little limited.  I'm guessing she is mainly French speaking being based in Quebec.  The scents offerings are quite nice IMO.

Kabinett v. (dusy) rose

I had inexplicably rough shave this morning. It wasn’t the fault of the lather, though. That came out its usual thick, glossy self. I hardly felt the blade. But once I was done, I had some irritation that lasted for hours. I can only attribute it to Kabinett’s rose fragrance, which is mild, but still pungent enough to burn skin like mine that’s grown sensitive to products of the rosaceae family. I’ve given away all my apple, pear, and plum soaps, and I shy away from fragrances with cherry or strawberry in them. They’re all part of the same botanical family as the rose, and they all give me a toasting. But I can’t part with my rose soaps. I’ll just have to remember to give myself a good rinsing after each shave.

Gillette Pure Shave Cream

Kabinett v. (dusy) rose

I had inexplicably rough shave this morning. It wasn’t the fault of the lather, though. That came out its usual thick, glossy self. I hardly felt the blade. But once I was done, I had some irritation that lasted for hours. I can only attribute it to Kabinett’s rose fragrance, which is mild, but still pungent enough to burn skin like mine that’s grown sensitive to products of the rosaceae family. I’ve given away all my apple, pear, and plum soaps, and I shy away from fragrances with cherry or strawberry in them. They’re all part of the same botanical family as the rose, and they all give me a toasting. But I can’t part with my rose soaps. I’ll just have to remember to give myself a good rinsing after each shave.

Just so you know since your having sensitivity issues there is no such thing as organic or natural fragrance oils of Pear, Strawberry, Plum, Cherry. They would have to be synthetic fragrance oils. Now Rose can be natural as in Rose absolute, Rose Hydrosol and Rose water. Rose absolute is extremely expensive and it would drive the price of a jar of soap up to MDC or Pannacrema prices. So the Rose may also be synthetic as well but you'd have to check that out. It's easy just make a little Rose water. Google it. It's very easy to make. This way you'll know for sure if your sensitive to real Rose scent.