French Shaving Soaps Vive la différence

guenron · Aug 24, 2005

Greetings Gents,
I have accumulated a number of French shaving soaps and thought it might be interesting to give you an abbreviated review of each soap. After all the three Ts are only one side of the English Chanel..
Stand by for:
L'Occitane CADE
Lothantique Peré et Fils
L'Homme by Roger & Gallet
Pré de Provence
Provence Santé
and others in the next few days/weeks. I'll set a link above for each soap after I have posted its review.

Austin · Aug 24, 2005

Nice collection Ron! The first soap I ever used was the Pre de Provence Shea Butter in the alluminum tin. I still use it from time to time. Very good shave! I have also used the Roger & Gallet.

PoshRichM · Aug 24, 2005

I have a L'Occitaine soap, and it's one of my favorites as far as scent goes. I look forward to the reviews!

-Rich

robofunk · Aug 24, 2005

i recently used up a bar of roger & gallet extract of lettuce soap.

that was some good stuff....

lint · Aug 24, 2005

I love the L'Occitaine soap as well (and the cool metal holder). Wonderful juniper smell to it. I also use it as a regular shower soap. I reviewed it over on the SMF forum.

-Todd

guenron · Aug 24, 2005

lint said:
I love the L'Occitaine soap as well (and the cool metal holder). Wonderful juniper smell to it. I also use it as a regular shower soap. I reviewed it over on the SMF forum.

-Todd

Was there a "pooh pooh" factor involved? :sneaky2:

I can't believe how rich this soap is! It is Super slick! AAMOF, I have ordered some of the L'Occitane products to go with the soap. I dare not say more or I'll ruin my review. :ohmy:

While there are many other splendid soaps around, this one provides a great deal of sensual pleasure in use. :jump:

Esoteric83 · Aug 25, 2005

Do the French soaps surrender and run away from the Shavemac Brushes :001_smile

guenron · Aug 25, 2005

Esoteric83 said:
Do the French soaps surrender and run away from the Shavemac Brushes

The Shavemac's are always bristling to whip up on those savon francaise!

slaneyg · Aug 25, 2005

Ron

Roger & Gallet Bouquet Imperial is a favorite of mine. It was one of my first "adult" scents. I can conjure the smell on demand. Its also one of the few R&G scents that lasts forever on me. Anyway, the soap is top notch and always resides in my dresser drawers before being consumed in the shower. I await your reviews with great interest.

JohnP · Aug 26, 2005

Folks,
I've had and used both L'Occitane soaps as well as Pre-de-Provence, and both are outstanding (I have the same pdp in the aluminum tin). I think the poo-poo factor mentioned above was aimed squarely at L'Occitane's shaving CREAMS, which for most so far have been performing extremely poorly in the lather department. If their soap dept would talk to their cream guys, I'd LOVE to have a no kidding WORKING juniper/cade cream. I bought theirs, it didn't work, I returned it.
John P.

guenron · Oct 16, 2005

JohnP said:
Folks,
I've had and used both L'Occitane soaps as well as Pre-de-Provence, and both are outstanding (I have the same pdp in the aluminum tin). I think the poo-poo factor mentioned above was aimed squarely at L'Occitane's shaving CREAMS, which for most so far have been performing extremely poorly in the lather department. If their soap dept would talk to their cream guys, I'd LOVE to have a no kidding WORKING juniper/cade cream. I bought theirs, it didn't work, I returned it.
John P.

Greetings John,
For what it is worth, I recently learned from a reasonably reliable source that the CADE cream has been reformulated.

halwilson · Oct 29, 2005

robofunk said:
i recently used up a bar of roger & gallet extract of lettuce soap.

that was some good stuff....

Hi Robofunk,

I don't know what fragrance it is, but I just saw a box of three nicely wrapped R & G shaving soaps in a box going on ebay with (I think?) a BIN price of 9.99.

Hal

robofunk · Nov 26, 2005

here it is!

package price of $9.99 for 3 soaps is a STEAL. i think one bar costs that much at caswell massey.

Austin · Nov 26, 2005

I just bought a bar of R&G Spice at Enchante for $9.99 yesterday. Very nice catch.

Drew · Jan 13, 2006

Ron-
Of those 5 soaps, what would you rate as your top 2 and why? Thanks

Drew

guenron · Jan 13, 2006

Drew said:
Ron-
Of those 5 soaps, what would you rate as your top 2 and why? Thanks

Drew

Hi Drew,
That's an easy question. :biggrin1:

I really find that each one has a unique characteristic that makes it as desireable as the next. They all provide top-flight lather that rivals and/or surpasses the best the Brits can offer.. I could rate them on different characteristics, but I have to give them all top grades for shaving efficacy. I have had no irritation or adverse skin response with any, always a super cleanly shaven visage that feels just super.

crackstar · Jan 13, 2006

Ron, I must say the L'Occitane soap is great. I might shave tomorrow evening with it again, because this week, I sort of forgot a little about it. Man, does it lather beautifully!

Jeff

xcubbies · Jan 31, 2006

Drawing on a comment by another poster I bought a chunk of Savon d'Alep, an artisanal olive oil soap for shaving. I've found the razor just glides. The scent is a bit olivey, which is not bad. I paid the equivalent of $5.50 for a slap 2" x 2" 2"

piwi · Oct 1, 2006

guenron said:
Lothantique Peré et Fils

Hello Ron!

Thanks for these reviews, juste a little correction if you dont mind.
I think you shoud spell this L'Authentique Père et Fils :thumbup1:

guenron · Jan 17, 2007

piwi said:
Hello Ron!

Thanks for these reviews, juste a little correction if you dont mind.
I think you shoud spell this L'Authentique Père et Fils

Hello Pierre,
It is not a question of authenticity, but of the fragrance house, Lothantique.
You may wish to look at their Canadian Site. :001_smile

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