Bye Bye Bigelow Proraso Tube

brothers · Post by **brothers** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 8:06 pm

Evidently it's gone. They've apparently replaced it with Proraso foam in an aerosol can, branded COBigelow. No big surprise that it costs about ten times what you can buy shaving foam for. John Meyer's endless crybaby song has come to pass, no more "waitin' for the world to change". Good luck selling some of that stuff. No criticism of Proraso, but I've still got a nearly full can of some brand or other under my cabinet.

95% · Post by **95%** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 2:08 am

Evidently...apparently.... How sure are you of that, Gary? The Bath & Body Works store near me had both the tube and the can of Bigelow a month ago.

More importantly, how good is the aerosol stuff, and how different from the cream? If it's the same product in a new dispenser - if it can be worked up with a brush in the traditional way - I still would consider it.

brothers · Post by **brothers** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 4:06 am

95% wrote:Evidently...apparently.... How sure are you of that, Gary? The Bath & Body Works store near me had both the tube and the can of Bigelow a month ago.

More importantly, how good is the aerosol stuff, and how different from the cream? If it's the same product in a new dispenser - if it can be worked up with a brush in the traditional way - I still would consider it.

Just stating a fact. The same store I was in this week also had both products on the shelf a month ago. I can't comment on how good it is, and how different from the cream it might be. I didn't buy it.

Porter, give me a call next time you're coming to my town and we'll go have a nice lunch together at the Texas Road House at Penn and Memorial, my treat, then we can walk next door, actually a couple of doors west, to my friendly Bath and Body Works and together we can challenge them to cough it up.

Have a great day, my friend!

95% · Post by **95%** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 4:48 am

That would be a pleasure, Gary. The two products cannot be identical, it's safe to say, because the canned cream would need to contain propellants. Perhaps someone here has tried it and will comment.

jww · Post by **jww** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 6:09 am

There was none on the shelves of either of the two B&B stores I was in when in Syracuse two weeks ago. The mgr thought is was being discontinued, but couldn't recall the details.

jayb · Post by **jayb** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 1:36 pm

Egads! Not again!

I stopped in B&BW Wednesday and they still had four, or five, tubes of Proraso/Bigelow in stock. I might have to ride by and grab them, or not, since I can get Proraso online cheaper. But it was nice to know that if I were ever in a pinch that I could find it there.

ateace · Post by **ateace** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 7:30 pm

I stopped by the Bigelow store in NY earlier tonight and got the true story straight from the source.

They are not discontinuing their cream, made by Proraso.

Bath and Body Works is not dropping the product, either.

According to Ian at Bigelow, their cream is one of B&BW's best selling items and they have trouble keeping it on the shelves.

CJS · Post by **CJS** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 8:16 pm

ateace wrote: According to Ian at Bigelow, their cream is one of B&BW's best selling items and they have trouble keeping it on the shelves.

Heard the same thing from the store in Boston. Getting rid of that cream would get rid of a lot of their male demographic

bernards66 · Post by **bernards66** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 10:31 pm

Porter, Just as an aside, their canned foam is pretty much like everyone else's canned foam. Personally, I think that Barbasol is better.
Regards,
Gordon

brothers · Post by **brothers** » Tue Jul 27, 2010 6:14 pm

Thank goodness it's back in full stride.

notthesharpest · Post by **notthesharpest** » Tue Jul 27, 2010 10:51 pm

I "took one for the team" and used a full can of Proraso aerosol foam.

Compared to original Proraso:

Scent better
Menthol better
Shave FAR worse.

desertbadger · Post by **desertbadger** » Tue Jul 27, 2010 11:21 pm

notthesharpest wrote:I "took one for the team" and used a full can of Proraso aerosol foam.

Compared to original Proraso:

Scent better
Menthol better
Shave FAR worse.

It figures; I'll bet the inscription on the can said something like " for the best, most comfortable, closest shave you'll ever have".......

Regards,
David

brothers · Post by **brothers** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 4:05 am

It's good to be back with a fresh tube of SC. Better than I remembered. I'm staying with just the tube from now on.

notthesharpest · Post by **notthesharpest** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 8:17 am

Gary,
It bears mentioning that the Gary Effect (constantly thinking your favourite stuff is discontinued and then finding out it's actually not) is much better than the Gordon Effect (naming your favourite after 25 years of using it and it being discontinued the following week).

Blue As A Jewel · Post by **Blue As A Jewel** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 8:26 am

notthesharpest wrote:Gary,
It bears mentioning that the Gary Effect (constantly thinking your favourite stuff is discontinued and then finding out it's actually not) is much better than the Gordon Effect (naming your favourite after 25 years of using it and it being discontinued the following week).

jww · Post by **jww** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 9:33 am

Blue As A Jewel wrote:
notthesharpest wrote:Gary,
It bears mentioning that the Gary Effect (constantly thinking your favourite stuff is discontinued and then finding out it's actually not) is much better than the Gordon Effect (naming your favourite after 25 years of using it and it being discontinued the following week).

+2

brothers · Post by **brothers** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 9:59 am

You're right about that!

merkri · Post by **merkri** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 4:38 pm

notthesharpest wrote:Gary,
It bears mentioning that the Gary Effect (constantly thinking your favourite stuff is discontinued and then finding out it's actually not) is much better than the Gordon Effect (naming your favourite after 25 years of using it and it being discontinued the following week).

The best of all is probably the Wendell Effect, where you get to have your MWF cake and eat it too.

SMF

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