Thread: Is there a bad Italian soap or creme?

Originally Posted by BobH

I could not agree more that there are good and bad produced in Italy and in other countries as well. No country has an iron clad monopoly in the ability to make solely good soaps.

Unfortunately preference is part of what makes a soap good or bad for an individual. Case in point being the Vitos Red that I used this morning. It produces a very good lather that I have no qualms using with a straight unfortunately I can just barely put up with the scent. Others do like the scent so is it a good or bad soap? It can be a yes and no sorta thing.

Bob

the scent is a very personal matter. The properties 'mechanical vito's are great, the smell may' not appeal to everyone but it is not a problem after a few months the vito's lost all the perfume!

Originally Posted by BobH

Unfortunately preference is part of what makes a soap good or bad for an individual. Case in point being the Vitos Red that I used this morning. It produces a very good lather that I have no qualms using with a straight unfortunately I can just barely put up with the scent. Others do like the scent so is it a good or bad soap? It can be a yes and no sorta thing.

Vitos Red is an excellent Italian shaving soap and so is the green. As for scent, this is very personal and here is no absolute opinion about this, of course. As for me, almond scent in shaving creams and soaps is among my favorite ones. I understand this can be it is the most popular scent used in Italy for shaving cream and this is scent to what we Italian are used to since we were kids. It is what you were smelling when you were entering any barber shop here. No matter what, I love almond scent in my soaps!

yep ,proraso really nice for the red & white cream its the best for tough beardsWOW--great smelling stuff.Willing to try other too in the near future.Thank you.----william

where are the dealers with this Italian shave products?Need some web.sites for this products please.

Yourshaving.com

this is assorted. It has many creams and soaps Italian. The prices are good and the owner is very kind.
I often buy from Luis, so 'called.

Thank you my good man ,this really helps---------------william

It 'a pleasure for me if I can help you!!

Originally Posted by stefanosup

the scent is a very personal matter. The properties 'mechanical vito's are great, the smell may' not appeal to everyone but it is not a problem after a few months the vito's lost all the perfume!

Had my Vitos for a year and the scent that is present today, which I would not describe as almond, is not pleasant to me.

Bob

Originally Posted by razorguy

Vitos Red is an excellent Italian shaving soap and so is the green. As for scent, this is very personal and here is no absolute opinion about this, of course. As for me, almond scent in shaving creams and soaps is among my favorite ones. I understand this can be it is the most popular scent used in Italy for shaving cream and this is scent to what we Italian are used to since we were kids. It is what you were smelling when you were entering any barber shop here. No matter what, I love almond scent in my soaps!

Exactly, I did not say Vitos Red was not an excellent soap for shaving with only that the scent was not to my liking. So that is the conundrum with with quite a few soaps for a lot of people. They are technically very good to shave with but some scents do not endear themselves to some people. Tabac is a classic example of that, very good soap to shave with but the scent is off putting to quite a few people. Me, I love Tabac all around oddly enough. You really can't leave scent out of the equation when looking at a soap as good or bad on an individual by individual basis. That is the part that makes selecting a new soap very difficult.

Bob

They say it is a scent of almond, but it is very artificial. It is not a pleasant scent. In addition, where I am the scent fades after a few months. My Vito's green no more 'perfume. Red is new and still has its own fragrance.
The true scent of almond soap Italian you can find it in Panama De Boellis for me.