Taylor's Eton College

**water** · 10-12-2005, 05:49 PM

I received my order of Taylor's Eton College from Charles yesterday and just finished up my first shave with it.

Very nice shave cream. Like all of the T&H, Trumpers, and Taylors I have tried the cream exploded with a few swirls of the brush. It applied nicely though lacked a little lubrication, which I believe may be due to my adding a little too much water in the mixture. The shave was very pleasant without any irritation or nicks. I always complete two passes (with my DE on '9') and there was plenty of cream for double that if necessary.

Now for the scent. When I first opened the jar I thought it was quite nice. Very clean and somewhat familiar though I could not place it. While I was in the middle of my shave it came to me... Irish Spring! Now it may be just me, and it has been a long time since I have used Irish Spring, but it does remind me of it (though with a little more emphasis on the citrus note and certainly more complex). Am I out in space on that one?

Anyway, I think it is another great cream from Taylors. Definitely worth a spin.

**guenron** · 10-12-2005, 06:06 PM

Sorry, it's BLUE! Irish Spring is GREEN.

It's really wonder stuff...

**water** · 10-12-2005, 06:10 PM

Ron, my only feeling of disappointment with this cream had nothing to do with the cream itself, but with the bland off-white/pale yellow Taylor's jar! I was really looking forward to adding that blue jar to my collection! Why did they switch?!