All the Speick products I have used have been excellent......The shaving soap stick is a step up in quality from Palmolive, lathers well & very slick. The Speick shaving cream I like better than the soap, great stuff & the aftershave lotion is very mild, soft bite from the alcohol if you have had a rough shave & then it feels very soothing, all Speick products have a spicy smell, not offensive at all & I regularly use the aftershave with a Cologne as the fragrance of the ASL is very fleeting. I would wholeheartedly recommend any Speick shaving products.