Crème Pogonotomienne shaving cream arrival from France; wow(!) and review.

[Lane101]

Actually, some say that you can use this without whipping it into a lather of sorts. To each their own.

Hi, see my post #20 above in this thread where I pasted an English translation of the instructions for this creme. It is a brushless creme meant to be massaged onto your face. While YMMV you may want to try it this way to see if it works even better for you.

Thanks again for posting, enjoyed the read.

 

[MoreArtful]

BTW, rue Saint-Honoré is still a street today in the 1st arrondissement of Paris.

I attended the Sorbonne during the 1970s and Rue St. Honore is/was a very expensive street. I believe it's the home of Mauviel copperware. There I was 20 years old and had an affair with the wife of the editor of a newspaper known world wide. Her boy toy. I really liked being her slut.

 

[Golden_Edge]

@phdezra

Thank you for sharing your thoughts on Buly1807's shaving products. I recall the shave cream's packaging to be of a different color. I must say that after reading @sarimento1 's feedback, I wonder if it's worth chasing (I did once). Maybe the angel-devil on the packaging is indicative of a love-hate story. I discovered Buly1807 through Muhle's online magazine (30 GRAD) - article here.

As far as the company goes, there is quite a bit of smoke and mirrors. Suggesting, like Buly1807's owner (LVMH) wants us to believe, that the company originates in 1807 is misleading. Buly1807 was dead for two hundreds years until two people (Victoire de Taillac et Ramdane Touhami) bought the trademark and relaunched the brand in 2014 until LVMH came on board.

Comparing Buly1807 to Santa Maria Novella is, in my opinion, flattery at best. I am not criticizing you but LVMH. To the best of my knowledge, SMN started in the 1200s and has been operational since then. LVMH's magic wand wants people to believe the same about Buly1807 (but since the 1800s).

Last time I was in Paris (couple months ago), I decided to visit the location on rue Bonaparte to buy the shave cream and after-shave oil. I expected to walk in, ask for the items, pay and leave. Alas. There was a slow-moving line outside. I decided to wait to see the inside. It's executed in a way to make you feel the place (and the company) goes back to 1807. It's a misleading fairytale. Oddly enough there was an espresso bar covering half of the rather-small surface. The line continued inside with curious customers (virtually all women) smelling item after item. I decided to leave when I could not just buy what I came for and had to wait my turn in line. I was in the area of another of Buly1807's location the next day and it was the same story but worse - they were actually turning people away. I am not sure anyone would care about Buly1807 if it wasn't a LVMH company.

That said, I am curious to know how much of Buly1807's current products have their origin to the year 1807 - be it in scent, type of ingredients, formulations, etc.