John, I'm not a fan of the citrus scents in shaving products in general, to me they all smell more like citrus scented cleaning products. Not sure how citrus fans rank XXX compared to other citrus scented soaps/creams. I tried XXX and on top of not enjoying the scent, it burned on my skin. It made my decision very easy. AdP did the same to me. At least XXX is great value compared to AdP, for those who enjoy it, and a cheap way to try AdP, think of it as a very generous AdP sample