The same maker biochemica of italy that makes ADP made XXX. I would love to to AB them together. I suppose something could have been left out of the formula but everything I have read from Joe's interviews say it was the same stuff re-branded. Because of the high price ADP can sit in inventory for a year or more and can cause some changes in color and comparisions but they should be damn close, I am interested in your thoughts on the differences.
RazorRock XXX
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Huh? Maybe you're right. I have ADP in a tube and XXX in a tub. The ADP is whitish in color and the XXX is yellowish. If you have both on hand you will see the smell a little different. Damn! Now I don't know which one I want to shave with this morning.
This seems to inspire as passionate a debate as probably can be had about shaving creams or soaps. My theory? ADP's cream is aged and XXX was a "hot off the press" offshoot.
You can't call people liars or mistaken, however there are people that swear xxx gives them bumps and adp does not etc etc but based on classified CIA info they are the same. Who wants to admit their $65.00 shave cream is sold for $9.99 for a lesser container, could be Psychosomatic post purchase anxiety justification syndrome.
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my brain goes "thonk"
Whatever the case........I still have both, still like them both, and still gonna use them both.
But why is there even a debate? We have all seen the picture posted by the vendor who supplied XXX, and the comment "a picture is worth a thousand words", then removed all doubt with the comment: " XXX was basically an experiment in human psychology; we wanted to determine how much of a factor 'brand' and 'packaging' played in people's perception.".
The La Famiglia croaps are the TFS croaps licensed for NA distribution. That one was very above board, no secrecy at all.
R-160 isn't a repackaged P-160, but Joe has said that he's working with some of the same artisans who worked on P-160.
I'd heard this as well. Can someone link a source?
Maybe this will help. http://twitter.com/razorockJoe/status/260428615643176962/photo/1
This was from Joe's twitter account and it shows that he received the ADP shave cream/soap in bulk then transferred it into RazoRock XXX was the explaination he gave. My opionion is it is the exact same product as I have both and you cannot tell the difference. I think ADP wanted to expand their market and Joe provided them a means to do this to a large set of the public that normally would not spend the Neiman Marcus price for their product. RazoRock XXX quickly became the number one seller of all the RazoRocks products. When ADP felt those sales might have reached their peak, my opinion is they decided to end the relationship with RazoRock in hopes of retaining those XXX customers who now would have to buy ADP at the much higher price as it would be the only options. This is all speculation on my part and I have no facts what so ever to prove any of what I just said, but since I have now posted it on a forum and it has become part of the World Wide Web then it must be true right!!!!
This was from Joe's twitter account and it shows that he received the ADP shave cream/soap in bulk then transferred it into RazoRock XXX was the explaination he gave. My opionion is it is the exact same product as I have both and you cannot tell the difference. I think ADP wanted to expand their market and Joe provided them a means to do this to a large set of the public that normally would not spend the Neiman Marcus price for their product. RazoRock XXX quickly became the number one seller of all the RazoRocks products. When ADP felt those sales might have reached their peak, my opinion is they decided to end the relationship with RazoRock in hopes of retaining those XXX customers who now would have to buy ADP at the much higher price as it would be the only options. This is all speculation on my part and I have no facts what so ever to prove any of what I just said, but since I have now posted it on a forum and it has become part of the World Wide Web then it must be true right!!!!
I made an incorrect statement on the above reply as the ADP shave cream/soap was delivered to Joe already in the RazoRock XXX containers. He did not transfer the shave cream to the containers. Just want to be factual.
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