Proraso Green Refresh Shaving Foam, 300 ml

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as italian and I was born with Proraso products and in my humble opinion I disagree with your statement about the tubs. As hinted above, the big challenge to Proraso Green comes from Cremo, an increasingly significant US brand due to its wide availability in both big box retail and online. Their creams are cheaper than Proraso and offer superior shave protection and post shave feel. The Cremo scents are arguably weaker / worse than Proraso, but I’d bet many cream users don’t care much about scents anyway and want a cheap and effective shaving solution. If this is you, Cremo might be a superior choice. It works fine with hand lathering also. I don’t mean to say that it’s impossible to get a good shave with PR soaps. With effort and ingenuity, one can get a good shave from any product sold for the purpose, and the PR soaps are better than many mainstream brands. Summary: Given its low price point, and pleasant scent (for many), it’s hard to say bad things about Proraso Green. However, the poor cushion and non-existent post shave conditioning make it clear that Proraso Green is from an older generation of shaving software. I still feel this is a great way to start wet shaving, but once most users experiment with other creams or soaps, I think PR Green may either be eliminated from the rotation or saved as a once in a while trip down memory lane. Short on time? Apply your favorite Proraso Pre-Shave Cream to your damp face, for optimal results. If using a shaving brush, run it under hot running water for about 30 seconds (if you don’t have time to soak it). Squeeze about 2 centimeter of the Shaving Cream onto your brush, dampen face with warm water, and work the brush into your scruff/stubble. You should be able to achieve an excellent lather in about a minute.

You are using “brushless” to mean, the product can be used successfully without a brush (at least that’s what I think you mean). Makes perfect sense to me. But in some respects, aren’t virtually all creams capable of being used without a brush? I think that what be what our Italian poster might be questioning”

Marketing

Experience the time-honoured traditions of Proraso and elevate your grooming routine to new heights. With Proraso, you can indulge in a truly exceptional experience, leaving you feeling confident, refreshed, and ready to conquer the day. Discover the art of grooming with Proraso's and embrace the timeless allure of Italian excellence. Scent: This is a great example of how wet shavers can profit by economies of scale. As many know, sandalwood from India is extremely scarce and protected, and hence quite expensive. Most shaving products that claim use of “sandalwood” are using synthetic simulations of the substance. Sandalwood is pretty easy to duplicate, so as long as the maker is not using dirt cheap fragrance oils, even artificial sandalwood can smell nice. However, the real deal is quite rare and costly, and even then, usually comes from other places than India. Rooted in tradition, our formulations are infused with the essence of Italian craftsmanship. Each product is carefully blended to provide the ultimate balance of functionality and indulgence. Our renowned shaving creams and soaps produce a rich, creamy lather that softens your beard, prepares your skin, and guarantees a smooth and comfortable shave every time.

With a formula rich in green tea extract and oatmeal, Proraso's Sensitive Skin range is great for enjoying an irritation-free shave. Proraso Toccasana Vintage Shaving Selection includes Pre-Shave Cream. American Budget Shaving Ninja: The shaved gorilla in the room though is Cremo, the “American Proraso”, whose cheap pricing even outdoes Proraso and whose performance generally outclasses much of the Proraso line. Mark is in love with the Cooling Cremo cream, and I share his enthusiasm. Also like Proraso, Cremo offers many different scents along with some specious claims about different beard and skin types benefiting from variants. The Cremo lineup and its merits needs to be assessed in a separate review, but for now, I’d suggest any Proraso cream fan buy a tube of Cremo (Cooling or Original would be my suggestion) and do their own head to head showdown. As advocate of face lathering and wet shaving overall, to me it’s not that difficult to have a rich lather that lasts and does not dry easily. I shave with it since 20 years and I tested all formulations. Never had thin or insuffucuent lather, except my very first days of wetshaving.Summary: One of my two favorites in the Proraso line, Red is a great bargain and a fine performing cream that can stand with Cremo as a cream that performs well and smells even better than how it shaves. If you loathe sandalwood, this is not for you, but otherwise Proraso Red is a must-try for all and will be a keeper for many. A top score eludes Red only because many artisanal soaps give me somewhat better cushion and significantly better post shave for not much more money. Plus smelling relatively unadulterated sandalwood each and every morning or even every week can get kind of tedious. About the remaining article, well, probably is biased due the different price costs in US and here in EU/IT. I use the same procedure to lather all soaps, and don’t customize for any specific soap. My pretty ordinary method gives me fine lather for 90% of the products I try, so I tend to view it as being a fair standard to evaluate products. To some, I imagine “brushless” might best describe a cream that is not really usable with a brush. If all creams can be used without a brush, is there any need to define a cream as “brushless” if it benefits from a brush? However, I think of PR soap as the Honda Civic of the soap world.The Civic is a fine sporty, car and a great introduction to the design and its characteristics. Some may love their Civic so much that they’ll just buy another one when the old one wears out, but others will use that Civic as the entry point into a journey that leads to getting a Mustang, Challenger, or Corvette. Either path is fine, depends on what the individual wants.

Proraso has added three “colors” to the line and gradually expanded the color lines vertically as well, so each color has a cream, a post shave, and in many cases a pre-shave and soap also. Proraso claims each color of shaving cream targets a different type of beard and skin. Is this correct and how do they all compare one to the other? Read on to find out… Note from Mantic59: As part of “Italian Shaving Month” on Sharpologist I asked Craig to update this post and I’m republishing it here today.] Proraso though, as they buy ingredients in massive quantities can get real sandalwood and make it available to consumers at a dirt cheap price (similar to AoS, whose Sandalwood also has a similar verisimilitude and pretty close scent to Proraso Red, albeit at a much higher price). I don’t think this is Indian sandalwood (Mysore cultivar) but is probably the somewhat cheaper and less endangered Australian or Caledonian kind, which nevertheless are excellent and distinctive scents. We have a rather synthetic sweet anise and amber accord here, smelling like a sort of licorice cologne. The scent is very artificial, and even those who love, say, Cool Water will find this of little interest. The fragrance design is cloying, simple, and dull. The scent is certainly different from Green, and is arguably more modern, but it certainly is not very pleasant. Strength does not fade during the shave but does not linger much after the shave is done, which is just as well. This is not at all spicy, but rather sweet and only mildly musky. Ingredients : Aqua (Water/Eau), Stearic Acid, Cocos nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Potassium Hydroxide, Glycerin, Lactic Acid, Sodium Hydroxide, Parfum (Fragrance), Menthol, Camphor, Eucalyptol, Eucalyptus globulus Leaf Oil, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Sodium Metasilicate, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-di-t-butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate, Geraniol.

Preferences

Green is a great intro to wet shaving for the guy with average skin and little need for post shave maintenance. It’s also the cheapest possible menthol fix for those looking for icy faced shaving, though think of it more as a gateway than as a final destination. I started shaving with Proraso green. I was fresh out high school and it was 2011. So there was no Stirling, or B&M, or… Well were any artisans around then? Crazy to think about. I can apply and massage any cream or soap by scrubbing on my face likewise a pencil anything, or massaging a cream and THEN lathering on face. Ingredients: Aqua (Water/Eau), Stearic Acid, Cocos nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Potassium Hydroxide, Glycerin, Butyrospermum parkii (Shea) Butter, Lactic Acid, Sodium Hydroxide, Parfum (Fragrance), Santalum album (Sandalwood) Oil, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Sodium Metasilicate, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-di-t-butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate, Citronellol, Geraniol, Linalool, Coumarin. Scent: Imagine your grandpa is a member of an old school jazz quartet that plays at local weddings. Now imagine you ask your grandpa and his band to play a Swedish death metal tune. This is kind of like what’s happening with Proraso Blue.