Thanks for everyones comments and advice. This morning I went out and bought a tub of the lavender cream.

Tested it about an hour ago. Great stuff! My first experience with a cream, although Ive got a selection of different soaps. U really only need a few drops of the stuff - a little goes a long way!

As Im on vacation I only have my Wapi with me, but the cream helped me to get an excellent shave. Its so different to soaps.

I found it easier in a lot of ways as I can lather straight onto my face and dont have much washing up to do afterwards!

The AOS cream is soft, rich and luxurious, everything you said it would be, and I didnt find the smell to weak or strong, well balanced.

I look forward to shave testing this cream on the rest of my rotation!