I'm primarily a cream user, but I like soaps too. Specifically I like a good shave stick as opposed to a soap in a bowl. That said, I have a few glycerin and triple milled soaps in my rotation I use every now and then as well. Out of all three I like the lather I get from a cream and find them a little easier to get a great lather out of. I think this is due in part to hard water. I'd say I use products in this order - Creams, Shave Sticks, Shave soaps.