Trumpers Violet - Discussion thread for review

**Scotto** · 06-04-2006, 07:42 AM

This thread is for discussion of this review. Have at it, guys..

**water** · 06-04-2006, 08:11 AM

Wow Scotto, not often one hears a dissenting voice regarding this cream.

For me, it shaves wonderfully. I agree that the scent can often be too sweet. I think people often think of this as Trumper's Lavender offering, but it is definitely not a Lavender scent. Very sugary, maybe like a sugar-laden Grape candy I suppose. Sometimes this is a big turn-off for me, other times it is great.

**Jonnybc** · 06-04-2006, 09:21 AM

I enjoy shaving with this cream, the scent of violets reminds me of Parma Violets, a stick sweet from my youth. I've never found it drying and always get a good shave from it. Trumper Violets is the one I use when I'm going out in the evening.

**mrob** · 06-04-2006, 09:36 AM

Originally Posted by Jonnybc

Trumper Violets is the one I use when I'm going out in the evening.

Hmm. . ."going out in the evening". . .I seem to remember this as something my wife and I did before we had children. Doesn't it involve eating a meal prepared by others, on real plates, and seeing a moving picture?

**Jonnybc** · 06-04-2006, 09:37 AM

Indeed it does, The best bit is the not clearing/washing up!

You get it all back again when the kids are grown up.

**AJS** · 06-04-2006, 09:42 AM

This was the second cream that I purchased, and honestly I am not impressed. Sure, the scent is very nice but I cannot get a good lather, no matter what I do. I started out with e-shave white tea, and due to hard water problems I was really unsatisfied with it, so I bought Trumpers Violet and it performed better with my local water. Then I read a post about the correlation between water quality and lather and invested in an RO filter. The e-shave cream was transformed but it made no difference to the violet. I can get a thin lather, enough for two medicore passes, but that's it. Like I said it smells nice, and I am sure that many people will love it, but for me this pales next to Harris almond and even the e-shave white tea (even though it burns my face like battery acid.)
Warm regards,
AJS

**Pilot** · 06-04-2006, 10:41 PM

I like Trumpers Violet - once you get the proper lather, it's a great shave. This works especially well in the Moss Scuttle.

Cheers!
Mike

**Austin** · 06-05-2006, 06:01 AM

Count me in as a Violet fan.

**Indy** · 06-05-2006, 03:06 PM

The Violet was the first English cream I bought and remains my goto cream. Thick, rich, lather, and the smell is amazing. In my warmed up scuttle it fills the bathroom with it's scent.

**Justso** · 06-06-2006, 11:53 AM

I tried the Violet a while back..at best to me, it was noteworthy. I'll probably order a tub of it at some point in time, because the scent is unique. However, I think the Coconut Oil cream blows Violet out of the water in every possible category. just my two cents

**javyn** · 06-09-2006, 09:17 AM

If either of you who don't like Violet want someone to take it off your hands let me know (for a trade). I only have a few samples, it is my favorite scent by far, and I find the lather just as good as Rose's.

By the way, Scotto. What do you think of Rose? I'm wondering if you just dislike Violet or both of GFT's florals.

**Scotto** · 06-09-2006, 10:19 AM

It is the Violet that is the problem. The rose is nice enough, but there are better rose creams out there.

**javyn** · 06-09-2006, 10:40 AM

That being said, I cracked open my last Violet sample vial, which I think has gone bad. Was hard and waxy, and the scent was wayyyy off. Not sweet at all. Anyone got an idea on the shelf life of this stuff?

**Scotto** · 06-09-2006, 10:44 AM

My experience with the Trumpers samples is that they are almost always dried out and not representative of real tubs. Not sure what the lifetime is on them, though.