This will be on it's way to Andy shortly, so here's my review.
Texture.
Liquid, liquid, liquid. BE CAREFUL! If you unscrew the top carelessly it will visit your lap with dastardly intent!
Scent.
The scent is, according to the product description “A traditional middle-eastern aroma lifted by the refreshing notes of Mango and Lemonâ€. Oud? No. Lemon? No. Mango? Well, maybe, but much more than mango, this is melon. The scent is not unpleasant but is clearly not as described.
Performance.
Here is where things look up. The performance is, in short, remarkable. I have never used anything quite like this. The difficulty, in my very soft water area, lay in getting sufficiently LITTLE of the stuff on my brush. My first attempt was by dipping about 5mm of brush tip into the product. I got enough lather (bowl lathering) to have shaved 3 people. Next attempt was the same bristle-dipping but firmly wiping product off on the container edge. This gave enough for a three-pass shave and some to spare. I finally hit upon the idea of wiping the brush over the film of product on the inside of the lid. This seemed about right.
The build-up of the lather was unusual. I found that as I added water, the contents of the bowl became thicker and more resistant to the brush – quite a strange feel! It took the addition of a substantial amount of water to obtain a ‘normal' lather consistency. The lather produced went straight to creamy without ever passing through frothy and the result was a thick, delightfully-textured cream which could be painted on easily and further thickened with a little face-lathering if wanted. This cream tended to be sticky to the razor unless adequate water was added which I had to do by dipping the brush tips. Shave was very smooth and no weepers in any of my trial shaves. Likewise, no irritation nor reddening of the skin. The lather in the bowl tended to thicken slightly when rested between passes and I worked in a couple of extra drops of water.
After-shave feel was marvellous and I found I needed neither after-shave nor any other conditioner and this, for me, is MOST unusual. I did find the brush needed extra rinsing as the lather seems more adherent and hence less rinse-able than with other products.
One matter of concern, which, I admit, did not affect me, is that this uses methyl-isothiazolinone preservative. This is currently under investigation, has been discontinued by a number of cosmetic makers and look likely to be banned for EU use.
Conclusion.
Gonna get it. Gonna use it.