Would you like to share your experience with the shaving creams from Crabtree and Evelyn?
Al raz.
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Would you like to share your experience with the shaving creams from Crabtree and Evelyn?
Al raz.
My personal feelings are;
Sweet Almond Oil = :y
Sienna = :tu
Nomad = :)
Sandalwood = :shrug:
Hope that helps. :D
Is that with regards to scent, performance, or both?Quote:
Originally Posted by BigBubba
What a great post holli4pirating, I could not understand the notation ;-). LOL You have made it even easier for me... LOL ;-).
Al raz.
Sorry, I was about to leave work after a rough day and just wanted to throw in my $.02 quickly.
I would say that the smiley rankings are mostly based on performance.
The sweet almond oil (unfortunately discontinued, get it while you can), is a top notch performer. Super slick, nice cushion, and very easy to work with, i.e. very forgiving with the water/cream ratios. The scent is enjoyable. It works well by itself, with a soap as a superlather, or as part of an Uberlather.
Easily in my top 3 favorites.
The Sienna and Nomad are good creams overall. I have both the creams and soaps in these scents, and while I like using the matching superlather, the creams by themselves are just OK. I would liken the lather cushion and richness to somewhere in between proraso and musgo real, but not quite as slick as either one.
Overall they're pretty good, and I like the scents, but for the same price point I much prefer the 3 T's. Which is too bad, as I really like the Nomad ASB and EDT.
The Sandalwood is the weakest cream in their lineup. No matter how much/little water/cream I've used, it still dries out mid-shave. It's not very slick, and it actually kind of burns my skin (not in a good way). The soap, well, I can see why it's discontinued.
The Naturals cream is a brush less cream. I haven't tried it and don't plan to.
I hope that helps a little more :D
I second the opinion on the sandalwood soap--neutral scent and sub-par for shaving performance, though I guess it's irrelevant if it's discontinued.
I didn't like the scent of the C&E stuff in the store -- so I've never tried it. As far as cremes that are available in the mall, I do like the Body Shop stuff -- it's got an interesting spicy scent (not bay rum, not cinnaminy), and it works well.
cass
Natural... not for straight shavers. Not enough lubrication. I did only one pass, then finished my shave with William's soap.
I also tried Sienna. Good lather, good shave, ok scent but... NOT for sensitive skins. When I got back to get a sandalwood balm sample I gave my feedback to the lady. She told me that Sienna was the most scented cream they had, lot of fragrances. So avoid at all cost if you have a sensitive skin.
I got itches only from application, before I even started to shave.
But as I said, if your skin is not fragrance sensitive, it will be a good cream for you.
Personally I haven't found a difference in the C&E creams as to performance, only in the scents... I would rate their performance as a 8/10
The Nomad and Sienna I am not all that fond of but that is just personal preference...
Sweet Almond oil I love (if you can find it)
Sandalwood is a typical scent not great, not bad....
Seinna, works good, smells good...
like T & H better...but will probably get another tub of it...
Love sweet almond oil but very hard to find
Nomad is pretty good too
didn't like sienna or sandalwood.
I've only used the Nomad and I really like it , I tend to use it mixed with a little Mitchells wool fat soap and a little glycerin, make a great uberlather.
I find the sienna works well so far, haven't used it that often.
Crabtree & Evelyn Sweet Almond Oil Nourishing Shave Cream 3.5oz/100gQuote:
Originally Posted by gssixgun
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I love the Nomad - super easy to lather, great lubrication, and my wife loves the scent...can't go wrong with that.
Mark