Cautionary tale here for those of you thinking of purchasing D.H. Harris Almond shaving soap.
My wife and I recently got back from a trip to the UK. We finished our trip in London, which we have visited several times before. As part of the trip I visited the St. James/Jermyn street region, home to what I understand is the "flagship store" of D.H. Harris. Wife in tow I visited the store and sampled the scents.
I'm familiar with most D.H. Harris soaps with Arlington being my go to scent. My wife was most enthralled with the scent of the Almond shave creme which was new to me so that's what I bought. Being a fan of hard soap more than cremes I purchased a "shave bowl replacement puck" and packed it up.
I tried it out for the first time yesterday. The good news is the soap performs well. Easy to face lather, nice slickness. Post shave is good...I'd give the performance an 7 out of 10. The bad news is it is scentless. Absolutely no almond scent. Barely even any soap scent. I did pry open the box before purchasing and thought the absence of scent was due to the hard soap base rather than cream and that the scent would show itself when lathered up as I have experienced with other sops. Nope. Ah well. Live and learn.
My wife and I recently got back from a trip to the UK. We finished our trip in London, which we have visited several times before. As part of the trip I visited the St. James/Jermyn street region, home to what I understand is the "flagship store" of D.H. Harris. Wife in tow I visited the store and sampled the scents.
I'm familiar with most D.H. Harris soaps with Arlington being my go to scent. My wife was most enthralled with the scent of the Almond shave creme which was new to me so that's what I bought. Being a fan of hard soap more than cremes I purchased a "shave bowl replacement puck" and packed it up.
I tried it out for the first time yesterday. The good news is the soap performs well. Easy to face lather, nice slickness. Post shave is good...I'd give the performance an 7 out of 10. The bad news is it is scentless. Absolutely no almond scent. Barely even any soap scent. I did pry open the box before purchasing and thought the absence of scent was due to the hard soap base rather than cream and that the scent would show itself when lathered up as I have experienced with other sops. Nope. Ah well. Live and learn.
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