What soap/cream did you use today?

Sapone di Paolo Agrume...

Barrister and Mann Latha Limon

SV Cosmo

Today I used a new formula of one of my own shaving soaps. Lovely almond scent, but despite that, this one I judged to be a fail. Its appearance in the tub was not appealing and while slickness was a 10 and the post shave feel was excellent, the lather dissipates too quickly. Back to the drawing board on that one.

SV Cosmo

I had some of this in my cart, but abandoned it. How is their new formula? What is your impression of the scent?

@"Uzi" definite improvement. After one use here are some prelim thoughts:

Used Cosmo this morning. Unless overwhelmingly positive, it's tough to make a call with one use but first impressions:

The scent is solid if subtle; enjoy the coffee and it has the peppery quality that I have come to associate with SV blends in general.

Performance is good. Nice cushion as per usual however I find 4.2 to be a little light on slickness. Post shave is relatively good.

I would judge the new formula to be an improvement over previous iterations and give it a solid C+ to B-.

Will continue to revise impressions with further use of course.

PS the packaging is really cool!

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