Gentlemen,
Forgive me for joining the conversation so late. I came home from the hospital yesterday. For some reason, I could not pull in SRP on my iPad. Go figure.
I confess I have not tried the new Pre de Provence. I did like the scent on the old one. I found the soap to be good, nothing remarkable, and the scent quite pleasant. I don't recall how the soap lathered, whether it took a lot of work or not, but my impression of it is that it did its job.