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Wow, that was a very different experience from the last sample!
For the scent, I had a smell of both. The Russian Leather has a lovely scent, not overpowering at all, but very clear. My missus had a quick sniff and immediately said it was Imperial Leather. The Lemon was a bit odd, though. I think I'm with cruciate on citronella, it's a bit like a candle used to keep insects away! So I went with the Russian Leather today.
I've used a Vulfix 404 and a Yuma razor with a Gillette 365 blade. The Yuma's quite an aggressive razor.
The soap lathered up quite easily, taking on quite a bit of water. I did 4 passes and the lather was completely stable. I don't normally do that, but it was going well, so why not, eh?
There's a thread here about rinsing between passes. I always do that and the rinse after the 1st pass tells me a lot about the soap. It's got to be fairly bad to drag at all on the 1st pass (WTG), but when I rinse I can feel how well it glides. The 2nd pass (XTG) can drag quite a bit on my cheeks. The was fantastic, with plenty of glide.
Protection as well was excellent. After the other test, I had quite a bit of redness and the alum block stung. This time there was no redness and only a tickle from the alum.
My skin feels pretty good afterwards as well. Overall, I'd say this soap's excellent!
The only downside was my aftershave disaster. I thought this deserved the vintage Imperial Leather. No glasses while I put it on and I knocked the bloody bottle over, with its silly long neck. Doesn't look like I spilled much but I'm still annoyed about it.
I understand what you are both saying with regards to the lemon, I am going to stick with Lemon Cool and rework the scent to pick up on the more lemon notes. I had a shave the other night and thought the menthol needs to be lifted more, odd as I have put 3 times that than the Royal Mint. I think one of the conditioning oils is hindering it, so will do some tests with it to determine what is the culprit.
Good feedback guys keep it coming please and have a great weekend.