My favorite soap. In the brick. Menthol. The best! 
Valobra!
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Valobra, Crema di Sapone Purissima Menthol and Almond are two excellent non tallow soaps. Of the two, I do favour the Menthol variety also. Having said that, given the choice between these and the tallow Sapone per barba stick, there is no comparison.
Valobra, Crema di Sapone Purissima Menthol and Almond are two excellent non tallow soaps. Of the two, I do favour the Menthol variety also. Having said that, given the choice between these and the tallow Sapone per barba stick, there is no comparison.
David, you are a true expert regarding Italian shaving soaps!
And I agree 100% on what you wrote! 
I love my Valobra. Lately the love here gets hogged by Cella.
Nothing against Cella, I love it as well, but it's nice to see some Valobra appreciation.
Nothing against Cella, I love it as well, but it's nice to see some Valobra appreciation.
Valobra is a fine soap indeed...I am quite fond of the almond scented one.
I am going to be the party pooper and say that this soap just does not work for me (the almond one). I will agree that the first pass is awesome but on subsequent passes it seems to leach so much moisture out of my face that it feels like a tin can when I am done. Perhaps it is because of my dry skin but this soap is seriously lacking in the cushion area.
+1, bit disappointed by this one. It doesn't as you say, seem 'cushioning' enough, and the post lather 'slip' isn't there either. Not bad, but not something I'll re-order
Have you tried Valobra, Sapone per barba stick, Erik? I believe you would have no complaints with the performance of that. It's simply outstanding, and on these cold mornings, a wonderful moisturiser also.
I love my Valobra. Lately the love here gets hogged by Cella.
Nothing against Cella, I love it as well, but it's nice to see some Valobra appreciation.
I ordered some Cella, Valobra Almond and P.160 at the same time. For me, Valobra works SLIGHTLY better than the other two. If I had to choose between the 3, it'd be Valobra. I'm waiting to work through some of the rest of my den, before I try the menthol and stick varieties. In the meantime, I'm enjoying the heck out of the almond.
Beerman
Love the Velobra! Menthol---yes!
I have tried Valobra Almond, and I was extremely impressed at how similar it was to P.160. I expected it to perform much worse considering it does not contain tallow and P.160 does. However I could barely tell a difference. Good stuff. Now I need to try the menthol.
Now I need to try the menthol.
The Menthol is great--can't do without it.
Agreed, a good product. From what I understand this is still made by a small time plant, one that is owned and operated by a family over there. According to their master distributor here in the states they had a fire in their plant which caused the shortage of product here for a while.
It's one of my favorites and my go to soap when really pressed for time in the morning. It face lathers for me like a dream in a very short time.
+2 Love the almond scent.
Valobra, Crema di Sapone Purissima Menthol and Almond are two excellent non tallow soaps. Of the two, I do favour the Menthol variety also. Having said that, given the choice between these and the tallow Sapone per barba stick, there is no comparison.
Optometrist: I gather from your post that you like the Sapone per barba stick a lot more?
I haven't tried the brick version of Valobra, but the stick is out of this world in terms of performance. The scent could be a *tad* stronger, but overall, it's first rate.
