First shave with the Russian Leather...
The soap does not seem to be the same as the royal mint. I mean, the lathering was quite different with the Russian leather. the leather, I put an equal amount of soap into my lather bowl (face lathered with royal mint). brush was equally wet, then proceeded to bowl lather.
Bowl lather was very runny and foamy. When I got it on my face, it turned into a decent lather like la toja does. Shaved well. Had large hints of spice, all spice, clove, and something else I associated as pumpkin.
Second pass, I had "less" success with lathering it up on my face. The lather stayed thin and slightly runny. still shaved well.
In the package the Russian leather is not as sticky as the royal mint.