- Joined
- Thursday March 17, 2016
- Location
- Surrey, UK
Saponificio Bignoli Agrumi del Mediterraneo ~ Zenith Boar ~ Fatip Grande ~ Nacet ~ Meissner Tremonia Indian Flavour ~ Floris Jermyn St. EdP
Rob @Blackmass kindly sent me some samples which arrived in time for my SOTD earlier.
Saponificio Bignoli... Its dense in texture, similar to the 3 T's, the scent prior to lathering is a subdued citrus with creamy undertones, to me it smelt entirely edible and not far off a lemon panna cotta. It lathered very easily as you would expect, wasnt too fussy regarding water content, I couldn't saturate it like a top soap but the resultant lather was perfectly good enough. In use I found it less slick than Salter and less dense/cushioning than Truefitt or Trumper, its a lightweight lather closer to what I'd expect of Proraso or Ach Brito... Seems to just be the way Med creams are. Once lathered the scent comes to life, entirely gone is the creaminess as sharp grapefruit and bergamot take over, amongst other things... Its basically a pleasant Italian fruit salad, no attempts at perfumery here, just a good honest fruit themed scent. I'm coming to the conclusion that I'm slightly allergic to citrus oils as I had exactly the same reaction with this as Extro Positano, by the second pass my face was tingling and by the 3rd pass it was positively burning I cant really judge the post shave qualities as my face was so irritated, all I can say is for me, it was quite drying.
Thanks to Rob for giving me the opportunity to try it, unfortunately its not a winner for me... Pleasant but doesnt justify the price from a performance POV.