This is curious - have they changed the recipe for the soap recently I wonder?
I have a couple of dozen soaps (pucks and sticks) and rate my Crabtree & Evelyn as amongst the easiest to lather - I just wet the brush and after half a minute had more lather than I needed.
Cheers,
Renato
Apparently, some people do have issues getting C&E to lather. I'm not one of those people. It's a very easy soap for me to lather.