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9/10, citrus, cologne, floral, patchouli, sensitive skin, shaving cream, Taylor of Old Bond Street
So, the time has come to revisit Jermyn Street, this time in cream form. Some of you may remember my review of the Jermyn Street Soap. In it, I outlined how it’s essentially my favourite scent ever. That hasn’t changed. It’s still hard to describe however, so I’ll let the fine folk at Taylor of Old Bond Street speak for their own product:
A modern fresh fougere fragrance with bergamot, lemon, lime and lavender supported by a heart of geranium, neroli and amber resting on a substantive base of musk, patchouli and vanilla.
The soap was weak. Very weakly scented; sniffing the soap itself was quite pleasant, the lather, pretty much nothing there. The cream, the cream manages better. But not by too much. It’s still weak, but you can at least make it out a bit during the shave. It doesn’t fade all that much, thankfully, since there isn’t much room for any fading whatsoever.
The lather? It’s the quality shave I’ve come to expect from TOBS. Good thickness, good glide, good moisturizing properties. Not too much water needed to get things going. All in all, a great shave. Jermyn Street is their sensitive skin line, so for those of you out there prone to irritation, this one might definitely be worth a second look.
- 11/10 Scent Pleasantness. Still one of my favourites.
- 6/10 Scent Strength
- 9/10 Quality of Lather (reflects new scoring as outlined here)
So, anyways. It’s better than the soap was, and since I liked the scent of the soap so much, I still rounded up to a 9/10. Needless to say, I’m still giving this one a 9/10, just not quite as much rounding needed.
Gear used:
- Brush: The Colonel
- Razor: Edwin Jagger DE81BL (Red)
- Blade: Shark Super Stainless
- Scuttle: Robert’s Feats of Clay #4
Ingredients: Water, Stearic Acid, Myristic Acid, Potassium Hydroxide, Coconut Acid, Glycerin, Triethanolamine, Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter, Fragrance, Sodium Hydroxide, Bisabolol.
Have you ever tried splashing a little of the cologne into the lather instead of adding extra water to kick the sent up a notch? I am not sure I would try this with just any cologne given that fact they normally contain a lot of alcohol. Jermyn cologne doesn’t contain alcohol it might be worth shot.
Just tried it. Yup, that certainly did the trick.
And I also tried to see if the alcohol is really a big deal. Whipped up some KMF unscented and a few sprays of the Body Shop’s White Musk Sport. And it went alright. Didn’t seem to negatively affect the lather, or at least not that I was able to notice without actually using it to shave.
If you shave with either combo be sure to let us know how it goes.
Jermyn Street is the best scented shaving line period. I have a tub of cream and only a sample of the aftershave which I put in a little atomiser plastic bottle. When I sprayed it on I was in heaven. The girlfriend smelled it immediately after I got to the bedroom and couldn’t stop sniffing me.
Next stop is to buy a full bottle of the aftershave.
Also, nice review as always.