Right, this is my first review so hope I cover all bases. I am going to try to cover the performance of it mostly, but will end with a brief opinion on the scent I have it in.
Received my package from Martin earlier this morning, just in time for my morning shave. Instantly the tub is a plus as soon as you get it out of the well packaged shipping box. It is large enough to be able to whirl your average size brush in with ease, which I personally find a great advantage. It builds up a lather like nothing else I have used. Using my EJ black badger it took a less than a minute to produce enough lather for 6 passes, let alone my 3 passes I require. During my shave, I felt the cushion and glide of my razor was again second to none from the soft soaps and creams I have used thus far. The lather also was more than stable in my shaving mug for all three passes, with no need to whirl the brush around before my last pass.
The scent I plunged for, coffee, definitely smells like coffee but with 2 or 3 sugars in. I went for the coffee as I spoke to Martin beforehand as to which soap best suited my ASs I use alot (Tabac and OS) and he recommended this, whilst I also wanted something slightly different from the usual. It was different, but good different, and very pleasant to shave with. The only thing I would, personally, change is a slightly less sweet scent to it (but hey, I'm a a no milk or sugar coffee kind of man and of course everyone is different). I usually finish off the shave with a moisturiser, but today felt it wasn't needed due to my face feeling fine after using this.
All in all I would give performance along with the packaging, compared to the products I have used thus far, 10/10, i.e the best I have used thus far.
I would give the coffee scent a 7/10 - I would just prefer a less sweet scent.
This soap is definitely going to be my go-to shaving product and I feel the Prof. will have a few more orders from me in a couple of weeks time.
Martin, you should be very proud of it and I urge anybody who hasn't tried this range to give it a go, especially given the price and the amount you get (which looks more than 100g).
Hope this helps,
Adam
Received my package from Martin earlier this morning, just in time for my morning shave. Instantly the tub is a plus as soon as you get it out of the well packaged shipping box. It is large enough to be able to whirl your average size brush in with ease, which I personally find a great advantage. It builds up a lather like nothing else I have used. Using my EJ black badger it took a less than a minute to produce enough lather for 6 passes, let alone my 3 passes I require. During my shave, I felt the cushion and glide of my razor was again second to none from the soft soaps and creams I have used thus far. The lather also was more than stable in my shaving mug for all three passes, with no need to whirl the brush around before my last pass.
The scent I plunged for, coffee, definitely smells like coffee but with 2 or 3 sugars in. I went for the coffee as I spoke to Martin beforehand as to which soap best suited my ASs I use alot (Tabac and OS) and he recommended this, whilst I also wanted something slightly different from the usual. It was different, but good different, and very pleasant to shave with. The only thing I would, personally, change is a slightly less sweet scent to it (but hey, I'm a a no milk or sugar coffee kind of man and of course everyone is different). I usually finish off the shave with a moisturiser, but today felt it wasn't needed due to my face feeling fine after using this.
All in all I would give performance along with the packaging, compared to the products I have used thus far, 10/10, i.e the best I have used thus far.
I would give the coffee scent a 7/10 - I would just prefer a less sweet scent.
This soap is definitely going to be my go-to shaving product and I feel the Prof. will have a few more orders from me in a couple of weeks time.
Martin, you should be very proud of it and I urge anybody who hasn't tried this range to give it a go, especially given the price and the amount you get (which looks more than 100g).
Hope this helps,
Adam
