Overpriced not overrated
Exactly. For $10, it's overpriced. For $2 (price in Italy) it's a good deal and the right price.
Overpriced not overrated
Exactly. For $10, it's overpriced. For $2 (price in Italy) it's a good deal and the right price.
Not to my knowledge. What I understand is that SMN used Martelli for V1 abd it was basically Proraso with lanolin and an alternative scent. V2 and V3 are in-house productions for SMN but that didn't affect the Proraso line.Didn't Proraso receive a downgrade at some point when Santa Maria Novella was being reformulated into V2?
Ah my bad. I remembered it incorrectly. From what I remember reading, Proraso once contained a similar formula (which correlates with what you just wrote), and once SMN came out, some started to ask what was up with the formulas being almost exact, and eventually SMN made the change to V2. Not sure if that's 100% accurate, but I remember some people being mad about paying (I think about $40?) for SMN when Proraso was so similar.Not to my knowledge. What I understand is that SMN used Martelli for V1 abd it was basically Proraso with lanolin and an alternative scent. V2 and V3 are in-house productions for SMN but that didn't affect the Proraso line.
That's probably why SMN decided to go in-house. I saw one post mentioning that Proraso once had lanolin in it but that would have been prior to SMN V1 and lanolin only really affects post shave face feel as far as I know. Lanolin is a wax and not a fat and it won't add to glide or cushion IME.Ah my bad. I remembered it incorrectly. From what I remember reading, Proraso once contained a similar formula (which correlates with what you just wrote), and once SMN came out, some started to ask what was up with the formulas being almost exact, and eventually SMN made the change to V2. Not sure if that's 100% accurate, but I remember some people being mad about paying (I think about $40?) for SMN when Proraso was so similar.
Shaving cream... For me, Speick beats it, so does Euro Palmolive.For those of you who say that Proraso is overpriced, what shaving cream out there is better than Proraso and costs $10.00 or less? Is it a little better or a lot better?
That's probably why SMN decided to go in-house. I saw one post mentioning that Proraso once had lanolin in it but that would have been prior to SMN V1 and lanolin only really affects post shave face feel as far as I know. Lanolin is a wax and not a fat and it won't add to glide or cushion IME.
Yup! I remember that being another thing that was said, where people speculated whether the removal of lanolin was to make SMN more attractive haha I wouldn't doubt it, but it was still funny to me.
I don't know if they did that for SMN or not since Proraso with Lanolin still isn't worth 6+ times the price of Proraso Green. I just got a jar of the V3 and can't wait to try that!
I really like the scent of the Proraso Green but it seriously lacks slickness. Also it leaves the white residue on my razor, brush, mug and sink. Add some ingredients that aren't really good and you get a soap that only gets a use once in a while.
>since Proraso with Lanolin still isn't worth 6+ times the price of Proraso Green.
And that's what all the buzz was about heh. That's the reason for all the speculating and questions people asked way back. People were wondering if there was more to it. It's always entertaining to me personally to go back and read some of this stuff. I also learn a bit of history on the soap. Also, now I know a bunch of semi-useless information I can only use with fellow wetshavers lol
It's expensive in the UK. TOBS works out only a couple of pounds more expensive here, and the quality is (mostly) night and day. I don't think Proraso soaps & cremes are much cop, but their alcohol free aftershave balm is fantastic, at a reasonable price.