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.
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 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.
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.
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.