New Acqua di Parma shaving cream


Yeah, a weird one. I have 20 odd soaps and 2-3 years of DE behind me, and I now can get a decent lather out of almost anything. And I liked the scent of this A LOT, so was desparate to make it work. I could get it to lather, but it was super hard work, and even then I never felt it produced a great shave.

Perhaps a dud batch. Anyway, I'm glad others are enjoying it.

One thing to note - you are talking about it as a cream. Mine was more like a croap in the tub. Perhaps that might have been something?
 

I'm glad you didn't take my reply the wrong way. Like yourself I've only been into traditional wet shaving for just over three years so I'm hardy an expert. I've had difficulty with some soaps myself, which others haven't so I can sympathies with your frustration.

I used it again last night to refresh my memory. For a ‘cream' the consistency is a strange one. When scooping it out of the tub it tends to come away in chunks (similar to when you pick-up snow, odd but true) and it's unlike any cream/crop or soap I've used before.

As others has mentioned, it does need a lot of water. I've got ‘'the touch of a Blacksmith'' so I'm usually generous with the water anyway which can be problematic for some soaps/creams I've used before.
I would say I easily used 2 or 3 tea spoons of water before it started to break down and start building a lather. Once you have the lather created it's thick with great slickness . So it's worth persevering with.
 
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Damp brush for pick up



In to the bowl and swirl around. Add water if required if too lather is too stiff



Less than 2 minutes later



Perhaps a little on the wet side but good enough for this evenings' SOTD

Apologies if this is all a little sucking eggs but I find Alvarez easy to lather up. Definitely less than 2 hours and most definitely a quality shaving medium
 
Eat it!!

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I may have been exagerating a little when I said 2 hours.

I really like that brush - must get myself one at some stage. It's super cool.
 
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