C&E Almond Shaving Cream [Archive]

rtaylor61

07-19-2006, 10:55 PM

Straight from the company:

Thank you for your inquiry.

They have retired the Almond Shave Cream in the Tub. We will still
carry the shave cream in the tube. We still have some available here
if you would like to order some. We have it on sale for $17.50.

If there is anything else that we can do for you, please let us know
and
we will be happy to assist you.

Sincerely,

Pamela Ricci
Customer Service Department
Crabtree & Evelyn
P.O. Box 167
102 Peake Brook Road
Woodstock, CT 06281
(860) 928-2761 Ext. 3515
(800) 272-2873 Ext. 3515
www.crabtree-evelyn.com

Randy

roughrider

07-20-2006, 12:57 AM

That's too bad. I'll bet they'll eventually bring the price down to $12.50 like the plastic tubs.

Jonnybc

07-20-2006, 01:22 AM

It looks like they're continuing to do it in the UK.

http://crabtree-uk.stores.yahoo.net/alm219000.html

bigDee

07-20-2006, 02:47 PM

Straight from the company:

Randy
http://store.crabtree-evelyn.com/alm29751.html
The site still says $25. Where can I get it for on sale?

Justso

07-20-2006, 03:04 PM

bigdee..

check out this link on ebay. I have personally used this vendor multiple times and can't say enough great about them. Prompt shipping, excellent communication and new in box items. You can't beat it.

click here (http://cgi.ebay.com/Crabtree-Evelyn-ALMOND-OIL-SHAVE-CREAM-IN-JAR_W0QQitemZ9517532327QQihZ007QQcategoryZ11837QQs sPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

bladerunner

07-20-2006, 03:21 PM

If you go to either TJ Maxx or Marshalls you can get it for $7.50 a tub. SOme years back I purchased C & E Sandalwood sahve cream in the tub at the above mentioned stores for $5.99!:smile:

bigDee

07-20-2006, 08:18 PM

bigDee

07-20-2006, 08:19 PM

If you go to either TJ Maxx or Marshalls you can get it for $7.50 a tub. SOme years back I purchased C & E Sandalwood sahve cream in the tub at the above mentioned stores for $5.99!:smile::eek: I'll call them tommorow.

JMT

07-21-2006, 11:47 AM

Is the C&E shave cream available at all stores or is it just a select few?

I just called my local store and they have not gotten any in for "awhile".

So before you go to TJ Maxx you might want to call first.

Justso

07-21-2006, 12:13 PM

bigdee,

yes, you can get it for $25 from C&E direct, but you have to pay shipping on top of that price.

boboakalfb

07-21-2006, 12:18 PM

They have free shipping if you spend $65...fyi...

woodbane

07-21-2006, 12:45 PM

Damn!:mad:

I keep hearing all things about the C&E Sweet Almond Oil and is it being discoontinued or not.

It's one of my favorites. The last information I had heard was they were retiring the OLD packaging tubs of cream (in the plastic). Seems silly that they would discontinue the new fancy glass jars when the rest of the range is packaged the same.:frown:

bigDee

07-22-2006, 11:45 AM

bigdee,

yes, you can get it for $25 from C&E direct, but you have to pay shipping on top of that price.
No, the shipping is free.

Joedy

07-22-2006, 06:40 PM

I stopped by the C&E retail store in Richmond, VA and while the Sweet Almond Oil was not marked down and the kind saleslady said it wasn't on sale, I still decided to purchase a glass tub of it for $25.

When she rang up the sale, however, it came back as %50 off - $12.50, which I think is a very reasonable price. She looked surprized, but I told her the story of the repackaging and such.

Ironically, you can get a cake of this for only five dollars, but it does not come in the wooden bowl option - only a small cake for the discontinued C&E porcelin shaving vessel (go figure, eh?)

I really like this scent. It is floral in the sense of a bouquet and not any particular, single flower scent. It will go well with any colognes that you have (like the Bouquets from Penhalligon's).

And the C&E small badger is an excellent brush and a great deal for $35. I started to get one, but my heart is set on a turnback for my travel bag.

-joedy

Sam

07-22-2006, 06:45 PM

I am gonna check out the retail store here - if it is $12.50, Ill get some. I have heard good things and I do not have an almond or gourmand shave cream or soap in my arsenal

Sam

Joedy

07-22-2006, 06:50 PM

I forgot to mention (although the reference to the floral bouquet should allude to it), the Sweet Almond Oil from C&E is not a cherry-like scent that the T's offer.

-joedy

woodbane

07-22-2006, 07:35 PM

I went in to my local C&E to see if they had it on sale. They did, but the cheky buggers had marked up the original price to $28, so it was only $14 on sale.

I already have some and it will take me another 6 months to use that so I can't make up my mind whether to get another or not.

Incidentally, the sales lady said it was either being discontinued OR repackaged, she wasn't sure which!:rolleyes:

stropmegently

07-25-2006, 12:01 AM

Today on the website, sweet almond oil cream is $12.50. Just so ya know.

Darren

majkeli

07-25-2006, 05:37 PM

I'm not familiar with their products, what's a good add-on to bring the total up to $25 for free shipping? Maybe even something for SWMBO to ease the pain of my SCAD.

Thanks!
Mike

jmhUT

07-25-2006, 08:16 PM

I'm not familiar with their products, what's a good add-on to bring the total up to $25 for free shipping? Maybe even something for SWMBO to ease the pain of my SCAD.

Thanks!
Mike

Silly man, buy two tubs! Failing that, pickup a tube of Sienna.
Cheers,
Jeff

P.S. They will throw some free goodies in the box with your cream. You can gift them to SWMBO and take full credit. They really have thought of everything at C&E.

Keith

07-26-2006, 01:12 PM

I ordered a tub of the sweet almond oil shave cream from the C&E Web site for $12.50 two days ago. It arrived today, with a 25 ml tube of lavender hand therapy cream.

boboakalfb

07-26-2006, 05:09 PM

Silly man, buy two tubs! Failing that, pickup a tube of Sienna.
Cheers,
Jeff

P.S. They will throw some free goodies in the box with your cream. You can gift them to SWMBO and take full credit. They really have thought of everything at C&E.
or the sandlewood or Sienna shave soap, ASB or EDT. Collect the whole set...

jimkuhr

07-27-2006, 03:52 PM

I just went into the C&E store in Bellevue and picked up a plastic tub of this for only $6.00! I'll give it a try tomorrow but given some of the comments I've read it seemed like to good of a deal to pass up.

boboakalfb

07-28-2006, 08:47 AM

I just posted in the shopping forum that the glass jars are half off...$12.50. Since it is one of the discontinued items...I guess we have the final answer just in case there was some doubt.

Keith

08-02-2006, 11:39 AM

The Sweet Almond Oil in the glass jar has disappeared from the C&E Web site again.

I sent an impassioned e-mail imploring them to bring it back (for whatever good that will do). Pamela Ricci of customer service wrote me back and said she would forward my comments to the marketing and product development departments. She also directed me to a store that still had some in stock. I ordered their last two jars for $6 each plus shipping.

Perhaps if more fans of this product sent e-mail, it might make a difference. After all, the TV show Arrested Development was renewed for its second season due to viewer demand. (Fox still couldn't figure out how to market it. Pity.)

Send your begging letters to: [email protected]

majkeli

08-02-2006, 11:50 AM

I just bought two glass tubs on Sunday and they seemed to have plenty. The clerks were surprised it was only $12.50, they even kinda argued with me about it until I asked them to scan it. So I guess check your local stores and you might get lucky.

If it's $6 now I'm going to grab the rest. :biggrin:

JohnnyWolf

08-07-2006, 05:07 PM

I'm somewhat dissapointed in the smell of the C&E sweet almond oil. Its not really as sweet, or almondy as I was hoping. Maybe this is why they are discontinuing it. If anything I'd like to see them reformulate it to be better smelling and bring it back.

fuerein

08-07-2006, 05:30 PM

This is sorta my own fault but still! I was at an C&E store and they had a sample container of the Almond cream in the tub with one box behind it. Without paying attention, I grabbed the tub and bought it for $25. Only when I got home did I realize it was Sandlewood (which I know for a fact was on display on a completely different shelf). Granted the Sandlewood was okay and I kept it, but I felt sorta betrayed that they had that behind the Almond sample. I do have to admit though it was my own stupid fault for not paying attention to what I was purchasing! Oh well, the Sandlewood isn't bad, wish it was the Almond though.

slcsteve

08-07-2006, 05:58 PM

Ygpm

stropmegently

08-08-2006, 01:18 PM

Once I figure out how to post pictures I will post the beautiful one I got of my new 5 tubs of the old plastic almond oil, and the 3 unopened and 1 opened tub of the new version (glass) of the almond oil. I cleaned out the Seattle (Bellevue store) C&E (well, no, there were still 2 plus the open display container). $30, 5 tubs of cream, how could you go wrong.

:w00t:

Darren

mrob

08-08-2006, 01:36 PM

Darren,

When people write of this feat--and they will--they will proclaim your genius.:tongue:

stropmegently

08-08-2006, 05:37 PM

Why thank you Mitch :biggrin:

Now for anyone still following this thread. I used the "older" version of the Sweet Almond Oil cream, in the platic tub, for the first time today. I found the cream more firm and more difficult to whip up. I ended up with a chunk of cream that did not ever whip up and stayed somewhat solid after I finished my shave. On the bright side, I found the shave about as good with the old cream as it is with the new cream.

This same "firmness" if you will, was also found in the tester of Trumper Rose that I obtained from Scotto. My questions is this, is this firmness normal for the Sweet Almond Oil in the old tub, and if so, how does one best whip it up? Could this "firmness" be a factor of age, since the plastic tubs are older than the new ones? Being as I found this same consistency in my sample of Trumper Rose, I am making the assumption that it could be an issue related to age.

Anyway, how can I best deal with this issue? More water? More heat? Both?

Thanks as always to the member of this board for help,

Darren

letterk

08-08-2006, 06:02 PM

My tubs of C&E Sweet Almond Oil are both on the firm side. That said, I've never had a problem breaking it down with some firm swishes of the brush.

TAsunder

08-14-2006, 08:42 AM

I picked up a jar at a local shop that wasn't discounting them yet.

$25. I shaved twice with it. The scene is not as strong as I'd hoped but it lubricates quite well. Like it so far. Are the tubes the same size? can I just squeeze the tube into the empy jar when I want more? I don't use a shaving bowl/mug because no matter how hard I try it never lathers as well as directly on the face.

Also picked up some tom's and (per my date's recommendation) kiss my face. Not expecting much from either of them, hoping they will be good enough for my "shave at the gym" kit.

The shop was great, though. It has all the L'Occitane products, except maybe their fabulous antiperspirant, the full C&E line, and some interesting cheaper stuff like Alba body cream.

mrob

08-14-2006, 06:34 PM

I find that a few of my creams are pretty thick, and will leave "chunks" in the bowl if I don't use really HOT water. If I do, no chunks.:001_cool:

Sam

08-14-2006, 06:41 PM

stropmegently

08-14-2006, 08:46 PM

I find that a few of my creams are pretty thick, and will leave "chunks" in the bowl if I don't use really HOT water. If I do, no chunks.:001_cool:

YES!!!!! That is what happens. I found if I lather in the actual tub with my brush, tub upside down, I get enough cream and then lather it in my steel mixing bowl. It does seem more the consistency of the Proraso soap (in the green tub) than the new cream.

Darren

TAsunder

08-15-2006, 08:54 AM

The only Almond scent I tried is Trumpers and some guy told me when I traded that mine was off. It was a strong, almost foody scent. That said, the reason I want to try the cream tomorrow is all of you say it is very lubricating. By that, I think you mean slick. None of my Trumpers or anything British will I say is as "slick" as the QED shave stick but when lathered, I dont know anything that is greasy/oily/slick. Im trying this tomorrow morning

sam

I have no idea what you imagine the distinction between lubricating and "causing to be slick" are, but I can assure you that lubricating is not an inaccurate word. I can't speak for others but I'm referring to the fact that my face is left slippery/smooth by the cream, a desired effect of any cream.