Okay, deep breath…..
Yes, after much speculation, I have been able to confirm from the distributor herself that XPEC is currently being reformulated, and sounds like with "more natural" ingredients (and likely without parabens, if my instincts are worth anything). Hence, you cannot find it anywhere. Stock is gone.
I am just glad they aren't discontinuing the line. But I really hope it is just as good as the current formulation.
The conversation was a series of emails in Italian, where she gave me some information I did not know, and thought maybe you'd appreciate some of the details of who's Forester-Milano. I can sum that up here.
For those who do not know, Forester-Milano was the manufacturer of the XPEC product line, who also made the Domenico Caraceni 1913 line. Two "legendary" shaving creams is how I've heard them both described, and I think I like that adjective.
In the emails I was concerned that reformulations might mean a lesser product, and she replied "Forester has been closed about three years and I remained owner of the brands XPEC (and Washington Tremlett). In these three years I do not think there have been any differences in the productions." This was news to me, since I just bought XPEC in October from Damon who had just got his supply a month or two prior to that, and the label on the back says Forester-Milano… but then I went back to the label and checked and it says "Distribuito da" (Distributed by) Forester-Milano… meaning she (distributor) was using the name Forester-Milano and having it manufactured in a new laboratory after the original F-M was closed three years ago.
Btw, the new XPEC won't say Forester-Milano because Italian courts have forced her to change the name. Now her company name is EffeMarinelli.
Sorry for the jibber jabber, but some might find it interesting.
She did seem optimistic that the new formulations will be just as great as the current, however she was certainly not giving me any indication of when the new formulations would be available, but that she would get back to me when the time arrives.
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