Van Der Hagen Mens Luxury Scented Shave Soap Pack of 3

Love this Shave Soap. I've used Van Der Hagen before and liked it. I was using some other shave creams and soaps and needed a refill. I started looking around here on Amazon and saw a ton of soaps and stuff. I was about to by the another popular shave soap but saw these. They were about the same price, except the other one has 4 different pucks and scents. This only had 3 pucks and only 1 scent. However, these are 3.25 oz, while the others are only 2.25 oz. I decided to stick with these and man, am I happy I did. They lather up great, paint across the face perfectly. They may not have a slick after sheen to run a touch up, but neither do others that I've used. There are more expensive ones out there that have it all, but I've always run two passes on my shaves so there's never been a problem with touchups. I just dropped the puck into my shave mug, warmed up my brush and shaver in hot water, dabbed the brush onto the puck to start the lather. Worked perfectly. Lathered up great the first time, but the second pass was even better. The later really took off and painted on my face perfectly. I didn't have to keep running back to the mug to work the later because what was on the brush already was enough to give me more lather than I expected the second time around. It's gonna save me in the long run as it will last longer than I expected. The one thing I like is that it rinses from my blade and share without leaving a residue which mucks up the blade the next time I use it. That's such a plus for me. The scent is light and really nice too. I made the right choice and I'm happy I bought Van Der Hagen than anything else. This will be my soap from now on and with the 3 pucks, they'll last me a long time. Read more

First things first: This soap makes a great, creamy lather that really takes care of your face. I shave with the cutthroat blade 3-4 times a week, bought the 3pk over a year ago and am just about to break into the 3rd cake. It really lasts, and if you do the job right with a quality brush [BADGER bristles!!! I soak mine in hot water for 10 minutes before lathering up, FYI] and the right amount of water after shaking the excess off, you just will not find a better shaving soap. Period. It feels great, smells great, keeps the whiskers lubed so they stand up for your blade, and, oh yeah...lasts a long time. Mine fits perfectly in my 45yr-old shaving mug, by Old Spice [gift from my mother long ago] and whether using with the old man's 112yr-old blade or the modern version I bought some time back, it just flat-out gets the job done. And the cherry on the sundae is it's priced right. The pic I've attached is at the very end of the shave. Highly recommend and will buy again. UPDATE: Just received my 3rd 3pk of this fine product in three years, shaving every other day. Can't imagine how many cans of shaving cream I'd have gone through in that same time. This is just such a good product. Keep up the hight standards, Van Der Hagen, Many thanks. Read more

This shaving soap is AWESOME! Thick, rich lather. Slippery and lubricating--far more so than modern creams and gels. Nice light scent. Great value! I feel constrained to respond to the review equating propylene glycol to anti freeze. That's just wrong and mis-informed. I've had it with the environmental rhetoric about Propylene Glycol in Soap. Everyone on the web (including at least one Amazon reviewer) seems to be voicing an opinion about this 'alleged' toxic ingredient. For those of you who don’t know, PG (propylene glycol) is a common ingredient found in melt and pour soap base. Not just soap base, but also in certain medicines, cosmetics, and food products to name a few. PG is considered a safe and appropriate ingredient not just for cosmetic products, but also for ingested products like food and pharmaceuticals. It is on the US Food and Drug Administration's list of ingredients which are Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) and is recognized by the World Health Organization as safe for use. A review on this listing spouted out claims that PG is an inappropriate ingredient for cosmetics and foods because it is also used in products such as antifreeze. The environmental rhetoric about PG found on the web is well-intended but ultimately not accurate. It is ethylene glycol that is a more common ingredient in antifreeze and which is, in fact, highly toxic. The Because of this, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) actually recommends the use of PG-based antifreeze because it is safer than ethylene glycol should pets accidentally ingest it. Just because PG can be used to make an alternate and safe (and very expensive) form of antifreeze does not mean it is toxic! Just the opposite is true. Simply because PG has many different applications does not mean it is toxic. Don't believe the rhetoric. This is a beautiful and safe soap with nothing to do with synthetic antifreeze! Read more