What soap/cream did you use today?

Rose Absolute Cream v. (The Art of Shaving) light pink rose
Shave 1 ・ 73% left

This one’s a cream in name only. I can’t even call it a croap. I’m afraid this soap’s soft-and-billowing days are long past. Now nicely middle aged, it performs well, but things have got a little leathery and shriveled. Smaller, too. I just opened it, and found it only ¾ full. No worries, though. It still smells very nice, and after some determined loading, it still makes a slick lather. But it must have been marvelous in its prime.
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Razor 1960 Gillette Super Speed ・ Blade Astra SP ・ Brush Phoenix Shaving Peregrino ・ Post Leven Rose Water ・Frag Guerlain Habit Rouge ・ YTD 427 g

   

I have sometimes reconstituted mine with filtered room temperature water, adding a few drops at time and stirring gently until the consistency is what I want.

Floris Santal shaving cream (vintage). Wonderful.

Shannon's Iced Watermelon

GD L'Avventura

Dr. Jon's Vol. 3 - Classic 

I just got a used container of Sebum Purple. It was very minty. I also had more difficulty getting a good lather with it compared to some of the other sebum soaps, but the shave was still tops

Crema da Barba v. (Santa Maria Novella) Tabacco Toscano 
Shave 3 ・ 99% left

Looks like this cream is going to wins points for longevity. I’ve enjoyed three rich lathers using less than a gram of soap for each. (That's about the same as Martin de Candre.) At this rate I’ll get well over 300 slick shaves out of this pot. Up front Crema da Barba may be expensive, but in the long run I’ll be spending well under a quarter for each use. Oh, and it smells great ... sweet tobacco, eucalyptus, and menthol. A league of extraordinary scents that goes down well no matter what the weather may be.
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Razor 1960 Gillette Super Speed ・ Blade Astra SP ・ Brush Phoenix Shaving Peregrino ・ Post Proraso Balm for Sensitive Skin ・Frag Lalique Encre Noir ・ YTD 427 g

Crema da Barba v. (Santa Maria Novella) Tabacco Toscano 
Shave 3 ・ 99% left

Looks like this cream is going to wins points for longevity. I’ve enjoyed three rich lathers using less than a gram of soap for each. (That's about the same as Martin de Candre.) At this rate I’ll get well over 300 slick shaves out of this pot. Up front Crema da Barba may be expensive, but in the long run I’ll be spending well under a quarter for each use. Oh, and it smells great ... sweet tobacco, eucalyptus, and menthol. A league of extraordinary scents that goes down well no matter what the weather may be.
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Razor 1960 Gillette Super Speed ・ Blade Astra SP ・ Brush Phoenix Shaving Peregrino ・ Post Proraso Balm for Sensitive Skin ・Frag Lalique Encre Noir ・ YTD 427 g

Santa Maria Novella sits at the table with the greats; AbC, MdC, AdP, Hemingway’s, Penhaligon, xPEC, AoS, Boellis, Valobra….

What a wonderful shave and post too.  The menthol is NOT overdone, that’s key.  Scent is heaven for me on this one Bouki, I get Begamot/Tobacco right out of the gate with an Amber/Vanilla once I work it on to my face and neck!

Worth every 71

Late post of this morning’s shave. GD Chypre Conifere