I ordered some samples from Truefitt and Hill. They sent me very small vials of each cologne, and a little sample of pre-shave oil "ultimate comfort" cream and aftershave balm. I also ordered from VintageBlades some Grafton aftershave balm.

Last night I decided to try out the ultimate comfort set did the pre-oil then did a superlather with TGQ and T&H, followed up by the ultimate comfort aftershave balm (unscented). It's possible that I just had a closer/more irritated shave than previous nights but the UC aftershave was MAJOR burn for me. I do not have this trouble with the Grafton (scented) aftershave. That struck me as really odd since most people suggest to stay away from scented stuff because it burns more if you have sensitive skin or close shave. anybody know why this would be?

Otherwise, it was a decent shave although I think I'm going crazy, this was my third night straight going ATG only.. I think I'm going to take tonight off! I'm just a perfectionist at this and coming to work with a shadow isn't appealing. I actually think I got a slightly better lather using the T&H cream than I have with my Castle Forbes, but I think that's at least partly due to technique, I tried soaking the cream in a small amount of hot water which I have not tried with the CF yet.