RazoRock - Which scent do you prefer?
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I think you should try XXX, it's the most popular and I can vouch for its great performance myself. I think it's hard to go wrong with their line, so I would steer you in the direction of your own preferences.
They all have great scents but my favorite is in the artisan line: Napoleon's Violet. It may be that violet is an underutilized frag so it sticks out in my mind but it is nice. The new eucalyptus is nice and fresh. The only scents that pedestrian, IMHO are the Caprician Lemon and Third Eye. They still create wicked good lather.
XXX and Fresco are very nice scents.
Everyone will be happy to tell you their own favorite (King Louis for me), but perhaps we could give you better guidance if you tell us what types of scents you generally prefer.
it's one of the Artisan soaps but the Mughetto di Bologna is my favorite.
I was himming and hawwing over all the RR soaps for quite a while... and finally just bought the 888.
I'm curious about RazoRock myself, so let me ask: what is the consistency of the soap? Is it a hard soap or a soft (i.e. like Proraso/Omega soaps)? And how is the cream?
Fresco or King Louis have my vote
XXX performs great....there's just something about the scent that I can't get used to.
XXX performs great....there's just something about the scent that I can't get used to.
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I went ahead and ordered the xxx. When i get it ill post what i think of it. Very exited
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The problem there is that im pretty new to wet shaving and havent tried a lot of things. I'm not really sure of what scents I like, could you suggest a way of trying different ones out? maybe a good sampler?
Well, just in general. Do you like earthy, floral, herbal, fruity scents? Unfortunately there are no RR samplers. Some others (QCS comes to mind) offer samplers if you're just trying to find out what kind of scents you prefer.
Edit: I missed your previous post. XXX was their first product (IIRC), and it's certainly very well-regarded. I liked it. In fact dieselfuel up there is the first person I've seen say he didn't like XXX. Scent is such a YMMV thing. The good thing is, XXX is popular enough that, if in fact you don't like it, you likely won't have any problem unloading it on the BST.
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I love Razorock! XXX is my favorite. I just received Fresco (haven't tried yet) and Boston Tea Party in the Artisan series (Very nice but I still like XXX better.)
The soaps are of the "soft" variety. Similar consistency to Cella.
The creams are only a few degrees softer. Very dense as creams go, similar consistency to Castle Forbes.
I prefer the Violet followed by the Chianti Lavender.
Any of the Artisan Series, the new King Louis and No.888.
XXX is a wonderful soap, I loved the lather and the scent. Unfortunately if burned my skin and I had to trade it away. Of the Fresco, classic and XXX, the XXX was my favorite scent.
XXX has a wonderful scent but doesn't agree with my face, unfortunately. I just gave it to a co-worker as a matter of fact. I love Chianti Lavender also and have tried many others. Caprician Lemon and King Louis are on their way from Joe; can't wait to try them. You certainly won't go wrong with the quality of the lather of any of the soaps, it is a matter of dialing in your fragrance preference. So, buy them all and PIF the ones you don't like to me. 
JCinPA
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Same! Great stuff.
FWIW, Marco, our resident expert on all shaving things Italian, prefers the Artisan line. That does not negate the YMMV aspect of lather preferences, to be sure, and he thinks the XXX line is also a quality product, but I tried the Artisan line first ... based on Marco's observation, I'm sticking with it. You will likely love the XXX, but do give the Artisan line a try, just to see how they compare for you.
