Taylor of Old Bond Street Peppermint Shave Cream (5.3 oz)

I am a HUGE fan of Taylor of Old Bond Street. My go-to is usually the Eton College shave cream, but I am also what some might crudely call a menthol slut. Well, Clubmans Osage Rub is my guilty pleasure, so I thought a nice peppermint oil laden shaving cream by TOBS would be a great addition to my gourmet shaving kit. Boy was I right! Now, this cream wont burn your face or anything, but as you brush the lather on your face, you can instantly feel the cooling sensation. Its wonderful. You cant feel any fresher than this while shaving...or can you? Rinse off when youre done, then slap on some Osage Rub and REALLY make your eyes water! This shave cream gloriously intensifies the effect of that aftershave, which is my #1 favorite thing about it!

Having been using this shaving cream for years now. Best price has been with Amazon.

This stuff is great. Im a newbie to the world of safety razors and Im not as knowledgeable as those with years of experience, but this stuff is enough to make me want to stick with it. The lather is nice and thick and the peppermint makes my face feel wonderful. The smell is great as well. Ill possibly try some other products just to see whats out there, but I get the feeling Ill keep coming back to the peppermint. I like it that much. I would certainly recommend this to my friends and family.

This is the first shave cream that I have bought. I have subsisted on shave SOAPS until now. However, I am thoroughly pleased with the results of this cream. It has a wonderfully peppermint-y scent that does not cross over into smelling medicine-y like some other soaps or creams. It also does a great job of moisturizing and protecting my face while proving a smooth shave surface for my DE razor. Just a little bit (an amount about the size of my pinky nail) works for a whole shave, so this tub will last months! One side effect, that I dont mind at all, is the cool sensation that it puts on your face. Almost like a menthol feel. I think it feels great, but wanted to make sure that other knew ahead of time. PROS: Great product with a great scent! CONS: Some might not like the cooling menthol feel. Final Say: Definitely no hesitation in recommending this product to any wet shaver.

I have ordered this three or four times. Usually love the very peppermint scent. Last time the scent was different. I still had the tub from my last order- it was about to run out- so that I could compare. The new batch was chemically smelling. I returned it. Will probably try again in the future but not now. Let the bad batch run out first.

I have used this three times so far it is very comparable to tobs almond as far as performance. It does have a very strong peppermint smell I have read some reviews that say it smells like candy cane. To me it is reminiscent of that but not as sweet of a smell. The best part of the peppermint is the feel to me its almost like using a menthol shave cream and its very refreshing when your done and splash your face with cool water. This will be in my regular rotation for sure and as always with tobs a little goes along way. I use this with a double edge razor and good badger brush I also face lather no bowl and have no issues with lather. It does have a slight tingle to it similar to menthol so I am not sure how people with sensitive skin will react to it. I do not have sensitive skin and have had no issues.

Ive used a few other shaving creams in the last few months and several more a few years ago. Lately, Ive been needing to shave both my beard *and* scalp to deal with a ringworm infection Ive had for most of my life (using over-the-counter creams also available here on amazon). In a side-by-side comparison with this and other Taylor of Old Bond Street (almond and sandalwood years ago), Edge (aloe variety, green can which everyone seems to suggest as the best), and Proraso (standard and another green variety, also years ago), none of them have been as satisfying to use as this stuff. I do wish to warn folks that this is very likely *not* best used in the wintertime as others may be quick to note. The temperatures outside my house are relatively warm as of my writing this review, so it works great right now, but numbing in winter might make one colder and uncomfortable. That cooling sensation is pretty extreme with this stuff. I personally find that numbing feeling to really make for a satisfying shave and Ive never felt anything like this in all my years of shaving. To me, its awesome! ...but truthfully, this might be a matter of preference. The only competitor I havent tried yet is the caffeine shaving cream from Pacific Shaving Company, but I doubt itll quite beat this stuff - its really special! Ill update this review if I happen to like that one better, but otherwise, you can assume this remains to be the best for me.

I was determined to finish this bowl of shave cream... but just cant do it - into the trash it goes. I love their Grapefruit Shave Cream (