As I said in my SOTD today, "...You gents have kept a well guarded secret by not mentioning the Charles Tyrwhiit products that often..."
Now that I have become fortunate enough to try it (thank you Glenn) I am wondering, why is it not mentioned enough around here?? This is a great cream and the only problem is it's lack of availability.
For those of you also fortunate to have tried it, what are your thoughts??
Charles Tyrwhitt Lemon & Cedar Shaving Cream...
Charles Tyrwhitt Lemon & Cedar Shaving Cream...
~ Tim ~
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bernards66
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Tim, It was a specialty product that has not been available for some time. Only a few members even had any. Back when it was available there were quite a few threads/posts on it, and it still shows up occasionally in the SOTD section. It was a clearly a Creighton made cream; my guess being that the scent etc. was put together for them by Taylors; Tyrwhitt being a shirtmaker after all.
Regards,
Gordon
Regards,
Gordon
I'm down to three and 3/4 pots. I did ask Tyrrwhitt if they might have any old stock in some warehouse, as I would have bought it but the answer was no.
It was probably a Taylor formula, certainly made by Creighton, and was splendid stuff.
Chris
It was probably a Taylor formula, certainly made by Creighton, and was splendid stuff.
Chris
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Pierre-Simon de Laplace
I got a couple of pots of it and wish I had gotten more when I had the chance. I still use it periodically, trying to stretch it out as long as possible. I suppose I will have some sort of ceremony when it is finally gone, kind of like I did when I used the last of the old version Trumper's Limes cream. Still miss that one, don't care what anyone says about the new stuff.
BobS
BobS
BobS
Life is too short not to use a sharp blade and a good brush.
Life is too short not to use a sharp blade and a good brush.
I have a 1/2 tub left and I use it sparingly. It's one of my favorites. Slickest stuff I've ever tried.
John
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I take that by the above responses, no one is interested in parting with any tubs??
Otherwise I would gladly buy, trade, or whatever to acquire another tub or 3...
When was the cream and A/S readily available and for how long??
Otherwise I would gladly buy, trade, or whatever to acquire another tub or 3...
When was the cream and A/S readily available and for how long??
~ Tim ~
"Always do right. That will gratify some of the people, and astonish the rest." - Mark Twain
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bernards66
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Yeah it's good.
Really good, one of my favorites. Still no sense bringing it up after it isn't available anymore....I do have a little left, but when it was on clearance, I'd have rather paid regular price for it to stay in production, than some of the prices mentioned above and know that was the last time it will be available.
John P.
Really good, one of my favorites. Still no sense bringing it up after it isn't available anymore....I do have a little left, but when it was on clearance, I'd have rather paid regular price for it to stay in production, than some of the prices mentioned above and know that was the last time it will be available.
John P.
Gareth, I am surprised that T&A does not have a cologne, at least. Brand or equity extensions are common in all sorts of markets and the good companies only use their brand names on quality products. This is very common in the watch industry where likely all of the quality brands (and some not so high quality) have watches made for them under their name. Many of them are of high quality ... Chanel, Armani, many others ... because they do not want their reputations tarnished by inferior products. For many years Cartier, a client of mine at one time, had their watches made for them by Ebel but since they are now owned by Richemont I have no idea of who makes them and they may manufacture them in their own factories.
Brand or equity extensions do not always work. Overall, Gillette dominates the market for razors, blades, and has made a lot of money on toiletries but cannot extends this equity to other products. There is no company in North America with more strength in drug stores than Gillette so it would seem they could leverage that strength and extend their product line. They had no little success.
They tried to sell watches, other products under the Gillette brand name and fell flat on their faces. A watch for a great many people is more than just a timepiece, it is a statement and a Gillette watch name does not make much of a statement about the wearer even though the watches were very good. At one time they owned S.T. Dupont, the very expensive cigarette lighter and pen company but were wise enough not to add the Gillette name to it. The last I heard they owned Waterman pens ... not big in North America but prestige pens in Europe ... and kept the Waterman name.
I know they talked about associating the name with their PaperMate products but wiser heads prevailed and they scrapped the idea. There is no benefit in taking a quality name and associating it with a downmarket product or name. The result is not that the downmarket product rises in perception, the quality product gets downgraded. And that is why companies with quality names sell quality products under their brand name.
cheers
Bob
Brand or equity extensions do not always work. Overall, Gillette dominates the market for razors, blades, and has made a lot of money on toiletries but cannot extends this equity to other products. There is no company in North America with more strength in drug stores than Gillette so it would seem they could leverage that strength and extend their product line. They had no little success.
They tried to sell watches, other products under the Gillette brand name and fell flat on their faces. A watch for a great many people is more than just a timepiece, it is a statement and a Gillette watch name does not make much of a statement about the wearer even though the watches were very good. At one time they owned S.T. Dupont, the very expensive cigarette lighter and pen company but were wise enough not to add the Gillette name to it. The last I heard they owned Waterman pens ... not big in North America but prestige pens in Europe ... and kept the Waterman name.
I know they talked about associating the name with their PaperMate products but wiser heads prevailed and they scrapped the idea. There is no benefit in taking a quality name and associating it with a downmarket product or name. The result is not that the downmarket product rises in perception, the quality product gets downgraded. And that is why companies with quality names sell quality products under their brand name.
cheers
Bob
No one able to comment on this??nodaktim wrote:I take that by the above responses, no one is interested in parting with any tubs??
Otherwise I would gladly buy, trade, or whatever to acquire another tub or 3...
When was the cream and A/S readily available and for how long??
~ Tim ~
"Always do right. That will gratify some of the people, and astonish the rest." - Mark Twain
"Always do right. That will gratify some of the people, and astonish the rest." - Mark Twain