Castle Forbes Cedarwood & Sandalwood Essential Oil Shaving Cream

Best, most luxurious I've ever used. Whipped into. Great lather, nick free every time!!!

This cream provides a close smooth shave and an intoxicating scent. When I was in high school,many many years ago , my sister and the other senior girls were given a small sales sample of a cedar chest. In those days young women all had hope chests. The scent of this shaving cream is like the cedar aroma from the inside of one of these salesmen’s samples. It is intoxicating.

One of my all time favorite shaving creams, what I like the most about this product is the very strong cedar wood fragrance. I think most of the negative reviews addressing the scent are focusing on the sandalwood in the product title. Personally, I cannot smell the sandalwood in this product, it is a very strong, robust, masculine cedar, reminiscent of a cedar forest or fresh cut cedar. It is by far the most natural and strong cedar wood product I have found, it is not subtle!! If you want sandalwood or a subtle fragrance, this is not for you :) But this cream gives beautiful, full, slick lather, a great smooth shave, and moisturizes the skin well. I use the aftershave balm as well and it is also wonderful.

First time I tried it I was put off by the strong scent. Sandalwood creams have a hint of woody scent but this smells like you're in a cedar sawmill! Took a week to get used to the fragrance, also to adjust to just how little cream is needed to make a great lather. Purchase price is high but one container lasted me four months of daily shaves so it really isn't that expensive. Slickest, most luxurious lather of any product I've tried, but next time I'm getting the lavender.

This cream gives you a smooth, comfortable, great shave, like all of the Castle Forbes creams. But, I hate the smell of this one. This is a five star product, but I just can't take the smell. I like the smell of most of the sandalwood creams, but not this one.