If you're using CF in a bowl to lather, be careful to work the lather well before giving up on it. Because its so soap-like, you may find that a little bit of the unlathered cream is still stuck to the bottom of the bowl when you're done with your shave. Where you think you may have added too much water, you may not be working all of the cream into the mix. Its happened to me with CF. I'll assume that the only difference between them is strictly their scents. With that assumption, I can say that you can't go wrong with CF. When I think of some of the poor performing soaps/creams, I can't justify them with the available option of CF. Its expensive but the best I've used thus far.