Okay, I'm not sure what to think of this, but I think it's a combination of improper lather and the Mach3.

Today I shaved with a pre-oil, the unscented AoE one. Much silkier shave, much less irritation, and I was able do 3 or more passes (where I normally get only two). So I think that I was using to little soap, and didn't really know what I was doing. Now my face is truly BBS, and much better feeling since the oil soaks into the skin and remains there making it much more taught, comfortably moisturized and fresher feeling. Everything else remained the same, just added the oil and redid my lather after the first lather-up since the oil is picked up by the brush with destroys the second pass of lather, so you have to rinse out the brush and whip up a new batch which then lasts for at least two latherings...

I'm quite surprised that you could get a this good shave out of a Mach3, it's gonna be interesting to see how the Dovo feels.

I'm also very relived that it wasn't a reaction to the soap, since I love the smell of it!