Cella Almond Shaving Cream, 150 ml

Was a bit expensive, but good quality, smell and have a good lather and a smooth shave .

I'm a Taylor of Old Bond street Sandlewood shaving cream fan usually but purchased this on a whim. I'm glad that I did and my have to resort to using this full time. The first this is that this is not a soap, it's a cream, it lathers up well and feels smooth when brushing it on but damn, the smell is amazing which is why I love it so much. You feel as though you've had a great shave afterwards and that your face smells the best. It's Italian and I'm not sure why, but the Italians seem to be so good at shaving products - I'm also a fan of the Proraso products, anyway, if you're in any doubt, get on board.

I just love this shaving cream It makes a great lather . Doesn't get wet and sloppy in the container and smells fantastic. I shall be purchasing this only from now on

On the face it works well, but it takes time, and I had to spread it well and got enough in the brush for two further shaves. Gave me a perfect shave though. But it’s very dense and hard to lather in a bowl - Taylor’s is much softer and hence easier if you want to use a bowl.I like the almond smell which lasts all day.

Having heard some favourable remarks about Cella shaving soap I thought I would give it a try. Firstly, it's not a soap; it's a cream and a pretty thick one at that which I suspect has something to do with the fact that it contains tallow amongst its ingredients. The consistency makes loading the brush very easy. It bowl lathers and face lathers equally well though the size of the bowl doesn't leave much room to manoeuvre initially. The lather it produces is very dense and seems to provide both good cushion and slickness. The amazing almond scent is probably the best I have encountered yet and is not overpowering and doesn't linger long post-shave. Cella is excellent value for money and seems to combine the best elements of a cream and a soap in one product. Personally, Cella will always be in my rotation.

This is by far the best shaving cream I have tried. That being said, shaving is a package deal so your mileage may vary.I have been using a merkur futur (at setting 2) with astra superior platinum blades. I use a boar hair brush. I shave 2 or 3 times a week (depending on my day offs), two passes with and one pass against the grain.In these two years I have made various experiments, changing one thing at a time. As far as shaving creams and soaps go, I have tried Tabac shaving cream, Tabac shaving soap, Arko shaving soap, Proraso Sandalwood shaving cream. I wet my brush, brush it on the soap or apply some cream on it then lather straight on my stuble (hence the boar hair instead of badger).Although I found that everything mostly works well enough, with Proraso being my favourite, this Cella cream-soap is by far the best. It creates a creamy lather that is less prominent that Proraso's but offers better glide - I might switch the futur to a 2.5 or 3 with this one. Same or even smaller quantity than Proraso on the brush will last for 3 good passes as well. Better glide is not always good because usually you need to apply more pressure to get a close shave which is a big no no with DE razors (any razor tbh) but that is not the case with Cella. I find it has a prefect balance.Although a £6 tub has an excellent cost for value, I've bought a bowl and a 1kg brick since the tub is slightly smaller than I would like when picking it up with the brush.

I’d give this 10 stars if I could the smell is beautiful my first time ever using a shaving cream my skin is super smooth and smells lush

Really nice on the skin and good foaming. Smells nice too