Originally Posted by
Newton3108
I was in the same place until I found this post, having mostly 2nd tier soaps in my den. Since then I have tried a good sampling of Obie's 1st tier opinions (Castle Forbes, I Coloniali Cream, Penhaligon's, Baume.be, Esbjerg, LPL, and Alvarez Gomez) For me the recommendations are spot on as I have found all of these a cut above in all around performance. At this point if I was forced to make a choice of one soap and one cream to shave with for the rest of my life it wold have to be:
Le Pere Lucien
Alvarez Gomez
For me those two represent a new category "crazy good".