I have tried Gilette and "Vergulde Hand" (Dutch brand) shaving soap with poor results: lots of skin burn and cuts and they cause a dry skin.
Then moved on to: Palmolive shaving cream with added lanolin for sensitive skin/heavy beard. I liked that but it is no longer for sale in the Netherlands. Have been using Palmolive regular shaving cream for a while. The stuff is not bad but the tubes are crap: after a while they start to leak....
Now I am using Gilette for sensitive skin but don't like it. You need an awful lot for a very poor lather.

Basically I would like to use a shaving soap rather than a cream because I like whipping up a lather but have up to now been disappointed by soaps.

Any suggestions?? I am interested in soap that does the job. The job is no more and no less than a comfortable shave. Lather IMHO serves only 2 purposes: to soften the hairs and to lubricate the skin. I am less interested in its scent because that is something you can correct w/ after-shave.

Any thoughts??