I picked up a tub of this at Nordstroms yesterday and just tried it this morning. I'm not nearly as experienced as the rest of you guys but it seems like a pretty nice creme. Lathered up thick and rich with just a tiny dab on the brush. Shaved ok (I honestly think the proraso shaved a little better but I just changed the blade in my feather and it's brand new scary sharp so I'll try a few more days first).

One thing that I did notice is that it smelled pretty good, pretty light though, until I put it on top of the proraso preshave. It clashed pretty bad with the menthol/eucalyptus smell from the proraso preshave. The combination was definitely not a pleasant one to my nose. I don't have any other preshave options so I'll try it without preshave next time.

-- Gary F.