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The Lea shaving stick performed pretty much indistinguishably from the Palmolive classic shaving stick; a good performance, good balance of glide and thickness, reasonably easy to lather up, and left the face feeling nice and moisturized. A nice all-around solid shaving soap.
The scent was also pretty close; a soapy-clean type scent, with maybe a bit of that faux lavender aroma that makes its way into far too many products. I saw another review describe it as reminiscent of powdered laundry detergent, that also seems like a reasonable description. It’s not really all that strong; probably a good thing I suppose.
One thing to note, this product apparently has undergone some reformulations; the one I reviewed is the new formula as of a 2012.
- 5/10 Scent Pleasantness
- 4/10 Scent Strength
- 8/10 Lather Quality
Overall, I’ll say it’s a 6/10. Usable as long as you don’t really care about your shave smelling nice.
- Cost: I purchased the 50 g shaving stick for $5 from Shaveabuck.com.
Gear used:
- Brush: Wee Scott
- Razor: Vintage Bakelite Slant with an iKon stainless steel handle
- Blade: Shark Super Stainless
Ingredients: Potassium Stearate, Sodium Stearate, Potassium Tallowate, Potassium Cocoate, Aqua, Sodium Tallowate, Sodium Cocoate, Glycerin, Lanolin, Parfum, Cocamide DEA, Titanium Dioxide, Potassium Hydroxide, Geraniol, Tetrasodium EDTA, Tetrasodium Etidronate, Sodium Hydroxide.
Palpz's Shaving Soap Reviews 
I bought the Bea variant of this shaving stick, because I found the scent from the Lea to similar to Arko and Bea just got an soapy soapy scent, not the greatest scent either but better the Lea.