Thread: L'occitane

I use the soap and cream together. A wonderful combination.

I think this is a top notch soap IF you can get enough soap loaded on the brush. I had a really difficult time doing this even with a boar brush. the scent is pleasant, but not my favorite.

Originally Posted by JoeSomebody

@Bottomfeeder, you may want to try face lathering, it helps to make a lot thicker lather. Its easier for me to add water right to the brush and then to the face to get it just right that way too.

I have yet to try face lathering but I think this would be a great candidate given how easily it loads on my brush. No exaggeration maybe 5 seconds and I have enough for 3+ pass shave. However this does make me wonder if I will go through this soap a lot faster than my others.

I've got a tube of Cade cream, and it's one of the best two creams or soaps of the twenty or so I've tried. Apparently the cream recipe changed recently; there was a lot of bad feedback on l'Occitaine's page. They went from the old thick cream to a new thinner cream. I think they may have gone back to a thicker one by the time I got mine; it's as thick as any of them. Any thicker and it'd be like squeezing peanut butter from a tube.

The smell reminds me of first grade, the first time I emptied a pencil sharpener.

I've got a tube of the thinner cream and it doesn't work too well. I'll have to try a tube of the new formula. I love the Cade balm and use it regularly!