Shaving Cream Tub - Lime

When I first bought this soap I was disappointed. I couldn't work it into a great lather. I use a bowl and each time I produced this liquidly foamy suds on my face. I had resolved to just using creams and I shoved it into my drawer. Then one night I came across a You Tube video about applying certain hard soaps. In a nutshell, using an extra wet brush, you whisk the brush around the soap while the soap is upside down, over your shaving bowl. From this motion the excess suds drips into the bowl. Then stop swirling and squeeze your brush suds into the bowl. Then reload your brush with a couple swirls and now you are ready to make your lather. You will not believe the incredible lather this makes. Even with my first lame attempts, the "lather" was still slick and protected my skin well. But when I used the above method and produced this incredible lather, OMG, there were times I couldn't feel the razor. It just slid across my face effortlessly. I had to check it to see if the razor was actually working because it was so smooth! Needless to say, that first epiphany was the best shave I had ever had! And so much better than my shaves with cream. 7/9/13 Addendum: Since writing this review I have taken to using the above technique and adding in some TOBS Jermyn cream to the mix for an "uber lather." This is such a great comination! It gives one the benefits of both cream and soap. The slickness of the soap, and the lather ability, cushioning, scent, and moisturizing properties of the cream. And the scents absolutely work great together to produce an amazing scent and shaving experience. Taylor of Old Bond Street Jermyn Street Luxury Shaving Cream for Sensitive Skin, 5.3-Ounce

I purchased this product in anticipation of summer and warmer weather, and I'm glad I did. This cream comes in a 200 g (~7 oz) screw-top tub. Upon opening the tub, there is a protective, clear-plastic cover underneath the lid. I assume this is used to better seal and protect the product from leaks. Mine arrived in good condition, with no leaks. When I opened the tub for the first time, I was greeted with a very light, clean soap smell, with a faint lime undertone. For me this is perfect, but if you like a strongly scented shaving cream, you may want to look elsewhere. Also, I should add that this shaving cream doesn't have the same true, freshly-cut lime smell that the rest of the Trumper West Indian Lime products do. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, as I find the scent of the shaving cream complements the other Trumper West Indian Lime products very well. The shaving cream itself is light green and slightly shiny. I find it very easy to create a voluminous, dense, luxurious lather with this cream using my Simpsons Commodore X3 best badger shaving brush. The lather itself is slick, very cushioning, and doesn't dry out on my face. My skin feels good post-shave, not overly moisturized or dry. To clarify, my skin is fairly oily and some shaving creams I've used seem to provide too much moisture, leaving my skin feeling oilier than I'd like right after a shave. In my opinion, this is a perfect warmer weather shaving cream that could certainly be used all year. I highly recommend this shaving cream to anyone wanting a lightly-scented, high-quality shave cream.

the price may be misleading as it lasts a REALLY long time. good combination of value / quality / performance.

I took my time before writing this review, testing different methods to make this soap work, but it just doesn’t. The only positive is its pleasant lime scent; everything else is disappointing. No matter how long you swirl or what technique you use, it fails to produce a good lather. You get a thin, poor-quality lather that vanishes within a minute of application or, sometimes, a bubbly mess, even when using minimal water or just a damp brush. I tried soaking the soap for 2, 5, and even 60 minutes, but the results were always the same: a terrible lather. Additionally, this soap is very irritating to the skin. For the price, there are far better soaps and creams available. Don’t waste your money on this. I own Captain Fawcett’s soaps that are amazing, with fantastic scents and abundant creamy lather. I also use creams from TOBS, Truefitt & Hill, Proraso, Nivea, and others that are outstanding in comparison. The only way to make this soap somewhat usable is by mixing it with a bit of Nivea shaving cream (which is nearly scentless), but there’s no point in bothering. I researched what might have gone wrong, as Geo F. Trumper is a well-known brand. The general consensus is that their creams are good, but their soaps, like this one, are crap. I might try their Eucris cream in the future (I read it has a really nice scent), but for now, my experience with Geo F. Trumper has been very disappointing.

Good shaving cream. Easy to lather up. I would pick a different smell next time.

I am new to shaving with a straight razor (and using shaving soaps) so this should be taken in the light of someone who has no extensive comparisons to make. The immediate things to love: The bowl itself. it is attractive, non-obtrusive, and designed so it makes a great place to stack one of your kit items (mug, brush etc) on top of it to save space. I also like the fact you buy refills for it of whatever scent you wish instead of constantly throwing away some disposable container. The only downside is the non-removable sticker on top. The soap itself smells good without being overpowering, and lathers up pretty well with a decent brush. As a newbie I cannot say if it is better/worse than this brand or that but I think for the money it performs exactly as it ought to and smells wonderful doing so. I wanted a good name soap that was attractive to have on my sink with the rest of my kit, be reasonably priced, and do its job properly without creating a lot of disposable waste. I think that this soap fills the bill, and for the foreseeable future will be my brand. Unless you're very poor I would recommend this product over any cheaper (and definitely over more expensive) competitors.

I've been using Geo. Trumpers shaving creams and shaving soaps for about 20 years, and when I travel, I take a smaller tube of it with me. Other folks can keep their brand name pressure cans of foaming gels, etc., containing a bunch of unpronounceable chemicals. I don't want that stuff on my face. Trumpers is a high-end barber shop and perfumer that has been in business in London since the late 1800s and continues to do it right. This stuff sets up an amazing lather that really softens and protects and the natural lime oils also give it an amazing, refreshing scent, not some phony, artificial one. While it's not inexpensive, you need to use very little on your shaving brush-a dab the size of a pea is enough- so a tub lasts me 3 to 4 months. At that rate, it's cost is not that much more than all the gel cans you'd need buy for 4 months of shaves. Aren't you worth it?

Another once great shaving soap sundered completely. I am convinced that the old established firms that once produced stellar shaving soaps are ruining them on purpose so they can get rid of the product line altogether. Why? Economy and profits. Shaving soaps have traditionally lasted six to nine months of use. Try getting that out of a tub of their excellent shaving creams. You might but I think it would be a stretch for most gentlemen. Firms like Trumper know most people use too much of their creams for a single shave (like people do with toothpaste or even like with shampoo) so you use it up quicker, needing more of it sooner, making them more profit. And, of course, it costs less to produce a tub of shaving cream than it does to produce a cake of shaving soap. The mechanics of using shaving soap lend for it's economy because the soap makes it harder to use too much because the user sees how much lather he's producing as he makes it. With creams it's a bit of an estimate and most people over estimate (especially if they scoop the cream out versus dipping the brush tips into the tub). This soap lathers like a bar of bath soap. If you take a bar of bath soap and lather it with your brush you will make the same type of lather you get with this stuff. It disappears and breaks down over seconds. You certainly could shave with a bath soap if pressed but why would anyone expect an expensive luxury shave soap to perform the same way? It shouldn't. It should produce a thick, slick, protective, and lasting lather that's gentle on the skin and doesn't leave any sort of gummy residue. Which brings me to another point about this soap - it leaves a gummy residue on your face and razor. I literally wiped gunk off my blade as I shaved with this. It was awful. The lather was not protective, it was not thick, it was slick IF it didn't dry out but, unfortunately, it dried out in places. Which brings me to another point - that the lather did not last. The scent for this soap has changed and is unrecognizable from the once magnificent scent that Trumper's Sandalwood shaving soap once had. I am very familiar with what this soap used to be having used it over the years and the scent it has now is downright dreck compared to what it once was. The scent of the old stuff was so good that many men who used it wished Trumper made a fragrance out of it. Well, Trumper does offer a Sandalwood fragrance but it's not the same as what their shaving soap was. It's a very different scent and would never be mistaken for the shaving soap scent. The scent of the current shaving soap smells more like an industrial cleaning detergent. It smells very harsh to me and nothing like what it used to be. It's also very irritating to my skin. One shave and I knew I would not be using this again to shave. But since it lather's like a bath bar perhaps I can relegate it to being a hand soap, a very expensive hand soap. My advice is to avoid this product and complain to Trumper's to bring back the once excellent shaving soaps they used to offer.

Jeder Mann weiß doch eigentlich, dass der Schaum "sahnesteif" sein sollte und mindestens 2-3 Minuten einwirken muss, um die Bartharte auf die Rasur vorzubereiten. Ich möchte ja nicht wissen, was in billigen Seifen für chemische Keulen enthalten sind, um das Barthart bereits in den ersten Sekunden nach dem Auftragen weich werden zu lassen. Also lieber dieses Produkt hier, dass ich nur empfehlen kann.

Using the Bowl with other soaps first then the soap provided. Nice quality and hopefully will last many year!

Habe mir diese Rasiercreme geleistet. Ist aber auch was ganz anderes als das was man bei Rossmann oder Dm bekommt. Duftet super und lässt sich super gut aufschäumen. Mache das immer gleich im Gesicht, somit geht auch nichts verloren. Füllt sich auch fantastisch auf der Haut an. Freue mich jeden Morgen auf die Rasur mit der Rasiercreme.

Ottima crema da barba.

Muy decepcionado del producto, grandes expectativas por la tradición de la marca en Londres, pero simple y sencillamente no hace una espuma agradable, creo que la versión en crema es mejor.