Auguri cream from Al's Shaving products

[meliahog]

Just ordered a Tub of Auguri cream from Al's Shaving products. It's a limited edition scent, but sounded like just what I was looking for. To para-phrase the ingredients:
Oriental scent that include vanilla as the central note. Notes of lemon, geranium and ylang ylang are interlaced with the spiciness of ginger, black pepper, vanilla, cinnamon and coumarine in a background of patchouli and rosewood. I have Al's Bodega so I believe the cream quality will be good. As far as the scent goes I took a shot in the dark because the ingredients sound amazingly intriguing. Should be a light, complex scent with a Vanilla base. Could very well change my top five! Just saying. I'll follow up with a review after I receive and use the cream.
We already have a winner with Stone Cottage. For me, the Almond Flower is my #1 from SC. This cream could be another.

Mikey

 

[Snurgblat]

Looking forward to the review.

 

[BSAGuy]

Sounds interesting. Enjoy.

 

[meliahog]

Will do. May be mid-April because we are off on a cruise vacation from 4/1 - 4/10. For all the Brown Leafs out there, the destination is ... you guessed it ... Cuba. And I do enjoy a great cigar

Mikey

 

[meliahog]

Just received my tub of Al's Auguri cream and had the chance to get one shave in.
Here's what I found:

1. Cream texture: Medium softness (similar to Stone Cottage Spiced Myrrh).
2.Lather: Used an Almond sized amount of cream for bowl lathering. I don't know if I had too much water, but I had to add more cream to get a better lather because the lather faded a bit during the second pass. I did get three passes & touch-up. I would say use more cream than the normal almond size dop and play with the ratio.
3. Slickness: Was sufficient for a comfortable shave. Not as slick as some other creams I use (T&H, SJOL, C&E).
4. Face Feel: No irritation and cream residue washed off easily.
5. Scent: Scent was a mild, pleasant, floral scent. No vanilla really came across as a dominant note.
6. Shave Quality: Can't complain. I achieved a DFS.

Compared to other creams I use often:
Truefitt & Hill, C&E, or St James Of London: No comparison to these creams.
Stone Cottage Almond Flower. I would rate it below Stone Cottage creams.
Price points being equal, I would choose the Stone Cottage Almond Flower over this cream.
Hardware used:
1948 Gillette Aristocrat
Gillette Silver Blue
Omega 6214 Silvertip
Process: Bowl lathered.

As I stated, this was my 1st try with this cream. I'll give it some more tries, adjusting the cream/water ratio. So, please take this 1st review with a grain of salt. Not really a bad cream, but would not be in my top tier of creams.

Mikey

 

[meliahog]

Just received my tub of Al's Auguri cream and had the chance to get one shave in.
Here's what I found:

1. Cream texture: Medium softness (similar to Stone Cottage Spiced Myrrh).
2.Lather: Used an Almond sized amount of cream for bowl lathering. I don't know if I had too much water, but I had to add more cream to get a better lather because the lather faded a bit during the second pass. I did get three passes & touch-up. I would say use more cream than the normal almond size dop and play with the ratio.
3. Slickness: Was sufficient for a comfortable shave. Not as slick as some other creams I use (T&H, SJOL, C&E).
4. Face Feel: No irritation and cream residue washed off easily.
5. Scent: Scent was a mild, pleasant, floral scent. No vanilla really came across as a dominant note.
6. Shave Quality: Can't complain. I achieved a DFS.

Compared to other creams I use often:
Truefitt & Hill, C&E, or St James Of London: No comparison to these creams.
Stone Cottage Almond Flower. I would rate it below Stone Cottage creams.
Price points being equal, I would choose the Stone Cottage Almond Flower over this cream.
Hardware used:
1948 Gillette Aristocrat
Gillette Silver Blue
Omega 6214 Silvertip
Process: Bowl lathered.

As I stated, this was my 1st try with this cream. I'll give it some more tries, adjusting the cream/water ratio. So, please take this 1st review with a grain of salt. Not really a bad cream, but would not be in my top tier of creams.

Mikey

Revision of first post:
Just used Al's Auguri cream for a second shave.
Same hardware as before.
Used more cream (a little larger than the almond dop) and less water.
The lather was very rich and thick. Easily 3 passes and touch up with cream left over (I used too much).
Slickness was really good. Post shave feel very good. A little better the a DFS, but not BBS.
Scent is light and very pleasing.
I now rate it closer to being on par with Stone Cottage.
Cream/water ratio is the same as SC Spiced Myrrh.
The tub size is smaller than SC so, I believe you will get more shaves from SC.
My rating of this cream is higher than my first review. It's a very good cream.
I would still buy the SC before this cream.
I would buy this cream again and, because the tub size is small, use it for travel.

Mikey

 

[sarimento1]

good review, thanks!
From my limited experience, Al makes some nice shave products.
Good cream performance.
Most unique element, IMO, is his creative blend of scents and eagerness to customize.

 

[meliahog]

I agree. It is a limited sent edition so I don't know how long Sl will have it for sale. It does have a very pleasing sent and produces a very good weather. I also use L's bodega which is a nice, again for travel.


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[meliahog]

Pardon Siri she got some of the words mixed up, oh well


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