Castle Forbes creams reformulated
Given the popularity of these creams here at SRP, I thought you'd all appreciate hearing about a recent shopping experience of mine.
Whilst out shopping recently here in London, I noticed a different type of box laid out on the Castle Forbes table at Fortnum & Mason. Upon closer inspection it appears that not only the box has changed (I know they recently changed their packaging, but this appears to be a second change to packaging), but a key ingredient has been removed from the famous shaving creams. The new box is clearly labelled "PARABEN FREE" and it would appear from the ingredients list on the reverse side that there are indeed no parabens in the product. I understand that this ingredient tends to be off-putting to many (myself included), as this is a common ingredient in "canned-goo".
I was able to compare the ingredients of the new pack (the 200ml version) with an older travel sized pack (50ml?). The ingredients varied quite a bit, so it looks like they've definitely changed. Unfortunately, I was unable to take any photos or to note all the ingredients down...
Nonetheless, the salesman at the store had no idea they had reformulated, neither did he notice the additional writing on the box, so I presume this is fairly new. I do know that this particular store is one of very few "brick" stores (i.e. non-internet based stores) that stock more or less the entire CF range. They had no samples to give out, as usual.
As I said, perhaps this has already been posted here; if it has, apologies.