Absolutely love Mama Bear's soaps. GREAT lather!! The scent's are clean but not overbearing. Just enough scent lingers to give me some nice aroma therapy for several hours after shaving.

I have one of her unscented 100% natural soaps that I prefer to use when I am applying a scented aftershave, and it performs as well as the rest.

I have hard water with a water softener, and when I forget to add salt to the machinery I really notice no difference between lathering ability so I would guess that your hard water isn't going to be a factor.

Happy bloodless shaves to you