AoS Rose Absolute??

[Evbo]

Hi all --

What's the skinny on this stuff? I know it's listed as a "woman's" shaving product on AoS's site but feminine packaging aside, it seems to me that this might be among the better options available for a rose-scented cream. Has anyone used it? And if so, how does it compare to the other rose choices out there?

Evan

[Hammer]

I havn't used it but I did check it out at the AOS store near me.
To me it smells and looks like salters wild rose shave cream which
I use and like a lot.

I have heard of others that use it and like it

Bruce

[TimmyBoston]

This product is new to me, but I can't imagine it would be that different from other rose scented products out there, if you like it, try it out.

[Padron]

I bought some for my wife, it's nice has a fairly runny consistency....and a Very faint scent...lathers well.......

I don't find it similar to Salters ( no coloring, weaker scent ) The scent is just to faint for me... My wife likes it though :smile:

I should note that it performs similar to other AOS creams and gave a great shave.

[loueedacat]

I bought some for my wife, it's nice has a fairly runny consistency....and a Very faint scent...lathers well.......

I don't find it similar to Salters, The scent is just to faint for me... My wife likes it though :smile:

Guys at AOS store insist it is just like the men's creams, but uses rose essential oil instead of lemon, lavender or sandalwood. I told them they should package half of it in a maroon vial (and get rid of the instructions for biniki shaving) and it would sell twice as many as the women's version, but I digress. I believe the use of EOs distinguishes it from other rose creams - Idon't think the rose shaving cream from the 3 Ts uses EOs - I think they use fragrance oils. Several posters on this forum rave about it.

I haven't tried it though.

[blantyre]

This cream is excellent if you like rose. As with other AOS creams it uses high quality EO, does not contain brightly colored dyes and whips up good quality lather. Just don't be put off by all the info about bikini lines on the packaging (it's definitley marketed to women) and you will have a great rose shaving cream.

[hedliniv]

Its a good cream if you like unscented creams! It is not that bad, but the scent is very very faint. I bought it "for my wife" along with the Rose After-Shave Body Milk and the Rose Ingrown Hair Night Cream. It really ended up that way! I personally was not that impressed with the Shave Cream. Now my wife is actually crazy about the Body Milk and the Ingrown Hair Night Cream. WARNING: The Night Cream is SO EXPENSIVE! $30 for an intsy wintsy tester size bottle. I have tried this AOS Rose Cream, Trumpers Rose Cream, and the QED Wild Rose Soap. Now if I were you... I would continue to beg and plead for Charles' QED Wild Rose Soap... Now that is an impressive shaving product!

[Stauff]

As an old fashioned shaver, I find the idea of marketing a rose scented cream solely for women absurd. Trumper has had it's rose soap for over 130 yrs, but of course AOS knows better. I'm sure it works just fine .

[blacksr]

it works very well and the scent was fine for me

[Suzuki]

As an old fashioned shaver, I find the idea of marketing a rose scented cream solely for women absurd. Trumper has had it's rose soap for over 130 yrs, but of course AOS knows better. I'm sure it works just fine .

+1

I haven't tried this stuff, but it will smell much softer than the products that use artificial fragrances.

[Mojo88]

My wife uses it and really likes it. Great smell and she says her only regret is not buying it sooner.

[LostInCincy]

Guys at AOS store insist it is just like the men's creams, but uses rose essential oil instead of lemon, lavender or sandalwood... I believe the use of EOs distinguishes it from other rose creams - Idon't think the rose shaving cream from the 3 Ts uses EOs - I think they use fragrance oils.

Sorry, but there's no way this stuff has only or any rose essential oil in it. Rose essential oil is extremely expensive and the use of it would be cost-prohibitive in any cream.

Furthermore, I would have thought we'd have learned not to believe what the "guys at AOS" say.

[loueedacat]

Isn't rose absolute a form of rose essential oil?

Incidentally, the Boston AOS store in Copley has two guys that actually know what they are talking about, so it's rare in that regard. It also has some people that have no idea what they are talking about, but from what I read they have two more sensible guys than most of the AOS stores.

[loueedacat]

Sorry, but there's no way this stuff has only or any rose essential oil in it. Rose essential oil is extremely expensive and the use of it would be cost-prohibitive in any cream.

Furthermore, I would have thought we'd have learned not to believe what the "guys at AOS" say.

Ok, I wikipediaed it. Looks like rose absolute is rose essential oil, but it's solvent dissolved oil (or carbon extracted), not steam distilled. The steam distilled rose oils are much pricier and therefore the AOS rose absolute is probably not too pricey to mass produce. But the shaving cream clearly uses rose absolute (or they are misrepresenting, which I doubt), which does appear to be a rose essential oil. Does that sound right to those experts out there, or absolute an oil but not an "essential" oil. [a non-essential oil, a pretty important but not quite essential oil] :w00t:

"Due to the labor-intensive production process and the low content of oil in the rose blooms, rose oil commands a very high price. Harvesting of flowers is done by hand in the morning before sunrise and material is distilled the same day.

There are three main methods of extracting the oil from the plant material:

Steam distillation, which produces an oil called rose otto or attar of roses.
Solvent extraction, which results in an oil called rose absolute.
Supercritical carbon dioxide extraction, yielding an essential oil that may be marketed as either an absolute or as a CO2 extract. "