Friday Daily Questions Thread (Newbie Friendly) - June 16, 2023
Friday Daily Questions Thread (Newbie Friendly) - June 16, 2023
This is the place to ask beginner and simple questions. Some examples include:
- Soap, scent, or gear recommendations
- Favorite scents, bases, etc
- Where to buy certain items
- Identification of a razor you just bought
- Troubleshooting shaving issues such as cuts, poor lather, and technique
Please note these are examples and any questions for the sub should be posted here.
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What's your take on Geo. F. Trumper creams? I don't see them used often.
I bought one at first years ago. But even then, I was underwhelmed with the performance. Kinda like TOBS.
I enjoyed the scents a lot, especially Rose. I haven't used them often enough to judge their performance yet.
One of the worst scents in a shaving soap I've ever used was the TOBS Sandalwood. Smelled like a truck stop urinal cake! AND... it wouldn't go away. I smelled it on myself for several hours later that day!
But on the flip side, the one tub of TOBS I kept was Jermyn St. Love that scent.
Funny you say that, I got TOBS Sandalwood aftershave balm a few years back, when I was very new to wetshaving and it's the reason why I long thought I hate the scent of sandalwood 😄
Yeah, later I would learn that many "older" sandalwood shaving products just naturally had all those florals and other things in there.
I may not like Trumper's and TOBS creams, much... however, I do like their sturdy tubs!
Yeah, they remind me of Royal Mail mailboxes. Built to last 😄
I have never used them but the name sounds like some kind of some made up mascot for the Nationa Geographic Kids magazine that I used to get as a kid.
I have a couple of samples. The performance is fine, but not impressive.
How did you like the scents?
I've smelled Limes and Almond. If you like simple scents, they're fine. I prefer more complex fragrance compositions.
GFT creams aren't bad. I just killed a tube of Limes not too long ago. I'd say their performance is similar to the Proraso creams. I'll probably pick up another tube in the future.
I sniffed Limes in the shop the other day, and I hesitated between it and Rose. I really like the scents: simple, maybe a bit old fashioned, pleasant.