Thread: pre de provence 63

I love pre de provence 63‘s scent! Love it! I love the scent so well, I bought the shower gel to compliment my pre de Provence 63 shaving soap/aftershave.



And even though I hardly ever wear cologne, I might get that too!

But this week long review isn’t about shower gels it’s about the shaving soap and it’s aftershave balm, but know this, every 63 product I tried so far smells exactly the same. It smells like clean! Clean with some manly floral woodsy scents added in. Nom,nom. It’s a universal scent that you can use in summer or winter - and I have, with never an issue. “Clean” is never an unattractive choice.

The soap is manufactured in France, and It’s quite hard.




Making a lather with it, for me is a bear. Everyone said the Osma soap would be tricky to lather, but it wasn’t. No one has ever said 63 is, but there I am struggling... go figure.

Interestingly, it was the lather that I thought I loved about the soap, but my last two shaves have seen uninspired lathers. The soaps viscosity and cushion in my opinion is really the products downfall. But there’s no question post shave even if the alum stings like the dickens, that the soaps conditioned the face.

It’s odd because they make a brushless cream as well that the propaganda says lathers, but I couldn’t lather if the world depended on it!




I would expect most would hate the cream, and reading the reviews, most ”do.” But I absolutely love it. It’s the weirdest shaving product I’ve ever had. It doesn’t lather, but it protects like a champ!! And after the blade passes, it feels like your face is dry! It’s the oddest sensation! But I dig it now and again! And did I mention that it smells great?! Oh yeah! It does.

Ok, so finally the balm. It’s part magic. I use it after shaving with AdP too. They are both clean scents so it works - and they are both quality products.


I love shaving with pre de provence 63 products. I’m going to see if I can’t get the soaps lather running a bit better for me in the next couple of shaves and will report back. If you have a chance to try pre de provence 63, give it a shot!

Sad has hit you hard. LOL. Sounds like your having fun. Reading your post the last few weeks has inspired me to acquire some soaps. I tried Tabac what a great soap. MWF oh what a lather. I want to try some others but can't bust out $80 for soap. Looking foward to more.

Originally Posted by Hacker7

Sad has hit you hard. LOL. Sounds like your having fun. Reading your post the last few weeks has inspired me to acquire some soaps. I tried Tabac what a great soap. MWF oh what a lather. I want to try some others but can't bust out $80 for soap. Looking foward to more.

Hacker, If I inspired you to discover a better soap for you - which leads to a better shave, it's my honor!! What a compliment. I couldn't be more happy. A quality soap is a good thing.

Busting out $80 for a soap is a limited luxury I've only begun to afford myself. The fact of the matter is that I've all but halted buying straights and other hardware, so a little extra toward soaps is a thing right now. And yea, I had a little manic period there buying soaps and feeding my SAD, but I am having fun! Now I'm reviewing my rotation pre episode. It'll be a while before I'm done being I'm going a week long with each.

I also love the scent of No. 63. The soap is difficult to lather, but as long as I bloom it, I can get a reasonable, but not great lather from it. The best deal is their bath soap--a huge bar that lasts forever for a reasonable price.

I've enjoyed your soap reviews. I have most of the soaps you've reviewed (I have far too many soaps) and it's been fun to see if your impressions are the same as mine.

Originally Posted by evnpar

I also love the scent of No. 63. The soap is difficult to lather, but as long as I bloom it, I can get a reasonable, but not great lather from it. The best deal is their bath soap--a huge bar that lasts forever for a reasonable price.

I've enjoyed your soap reviews. I have most of the soaps you've reviewed (I have far too many soaps) and it's been fun to see if your impressions are the same as mine.

Thanks man. I actually thought I was losing my mind not being able to get it to lather. So it’s good to hear you say what you did. I’ll bloom it for tomorrow’s or Mondays shave.

This is really an interesting thread for me, because Pre de Provence (the original) was my favorite 5 yers ago when I re-started wet shaving. I loved it, but when I couldn't find it anywhere I got their No. 63 shave soap and A/S balm, both of which are in my regular rotation. Where have you seen the cologne and bath/shower products?

You've awakened my desire to go shave now, even though I already have today! Thanks!!

Originally Posted by Haroldg48

This is really an interesting thread for me, because Pre de Provence (the original) was my favorite 5 yers ago when I re-started wet shaving. I loved it, but when I couldn't find it anywhere I got their No. 63 shave soap and A/S balm, both of which are in my regular rotation. Where have you seen the cologne and bath/shower products?

You've awakened my desire to go shave now, even though I already have today! Thanks!!

Lol! Nice!

Dude, PdP has a slew of awesome. It’s hard to find it all at one spot, but as much as I hate to say it - Amazon.

The cologne is inexpensive too.

Originally Posted by earcutter

Lol! Nice!

Dude, PdP has a slew of awesome. It’s hard to find it all at one spot, but as much as I hate to say it - Amazon.

The cologne is inexpensive too.

Ordered!

Originally Posted by Haroldg48

Ordered!

For the Win!! Nice! I can’t wait to hear if it’s just like all the other 63’s?! Of course, now that you’ve ordered it, I want it more than ever too.

I’m ordering it now too lol!

Edit - mine will be here by the 24th lol.

FINAL UPDATE:

Ok, so it’s been bugging me that I’ve been getting bad lathers from my PdP 63. I just remember it lathering better!! Today I went on a mission to get lather.

First, I bloomed the soap by putting a little hot water on her for a minute or five. Then, rather than getting my soft brush, I went with back! A good stiff brush. This is a hard soap, why was I using a silver tip? I lathered up my brush by just ramming the brush into the soap! Why not? It’s a hard soap not a cream after all! It’s not like I’m going to use it all up in one go by abusing the puck! Hell, it didn’t even show use after the assault! Abuse this puck I say!

Anywho, I made a pretty darn nice lather in a bowl by continually mixing, and then wiping down the sides of the brush into the bowl. By the time I was done, I was pretty happy, but I still needed to shower.

After bathing using PdP 63 shampoo and soap (oh yeah, it’s a 63 kind oh day lol), I got back to my cream. I swirled it some - it had thickened! LOVELY! I got the lather I knew I could. I need to write a note on the lid so I don’t forget! It was a great shave!

Conclusion: once you dial in this soap and stop pussyfooting around, you can get a great lather that cushions, and provides glide. It’s a great soap that leaves you face feeling fantastic.

A real value PdP provides is the ability to layer. There aren’t many products that give you that option - and some that do don’t match the scents well. For some reason, I find the 63’s balm is fantastic, the soap a pleasure... the scent, nom, nom.