You might have noticed the "Coate's is back" advertising on this site. I got interested and succumbed to the impulse buy (Hey it's $4)

The two tubes arrived yesterday and I tried both in a two pass this morning. Sandal Wood and Almond.

The Almond was a bit dry. It could be my bad mix, but it seemed a bit dry out of the tube (It's old stock being sold off as it's no longer made)

But the Sandalwood! The Sandalwood!! Wow, I've used Proraso for a while and have no complaints but this was like a Bently lather. It was a really rich lather, dense and creamy. It had excellent cushion and glide. It was like gently wiping away a soft velvet white cushion. The scent is pretty mild but warm.

Usually I wouldn't bother post about it but if anyone wants to try a cream if your in the States the postage is cheap (I ended up paying nearly $20 for two tubes to Australia) It's well worth it and a great travel size tube.

Has anyone else used Coates before? I'm wondering why they stopped making it!! Is there anything similar when my little tube finally gives its last brush worth of cushiony goodness :-( ?
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