I received this as a gift from someone who knows that I like to try different shaving creams, etc. She picked it up at a J. Press store. If you haven't heard of J. Press it's kind of a traditional men's clothing store. I think they either opened up in Cambridge or New York. There are maybe 5 J. Press shops. The clothing is traditional and conservative. Right now they have nice summer poplin and seersucker suits as well as all sorts of other types of clothing. Nice stuff.
They've contracted out to Castle Forbes so they can have their own brand of lavender shaving cream. I'm guessing it's plain old Castle Forbes lavender cream. Let me tell you... this stuff is super, super dense. It's practically like peanut butter. I thought Taylor's and Trumper's were thick and dense untill I opened this jar. And the scent? It's incredible. I'm not a huge lavender fan but out of the 4-5 creams I own (ok, not that many) this is the strongest scented cream of all!
J. Press Lavender Oil Shaving Cream:
The Jar Opened (it's hard to tell just how thick this stuff is from the picture, but believe me, my Trumper's cream is so soft and fluffy compared to this dense cream):
A little dab in the bowl:
Multiple swirls resulted in a thick, rich and heavily scented lather. I only used it to touch up but it seems nice. I can still smell it.
This is a very dense and plush cream. The lather great, the scent is great and it whipped up quite easily with my SR-212.
Barry
