Boellis Panama 1924
Posted: Fri May 15, 2020 8:28 am
I have had my eye on this soap for a long time. The price has always deterred me from trying it. Well, the combination of boredom from sitting at home and a 15% sale from one of the vendors finally led me to order it. It worked out to be about $40 plus shipping. I have had two shaves with it now so here are my initial thoughts.
A major part of the price is due to presentation. Very nice box and inner flap and wrapping on the brick of soap. Surely the fanciest packaging I have seen on a shave soap. The quality of the product shows in the presentation. I immediately cut the bar of soap and transferred it two two glass containers with screw on lids to avoid the soap from drying out.
The soap will almost lather itself. A few swirls of a brush to load and then it produces a large volume of slick and protective lather. I have no complaints at all about the performance of this soap. If one would compare it to other Italian soft soaps I suppose one could include Valobra. Cella, 3P, and others of that type. I have used all three of the ones mentioned and I think the Panama is a cut above the others. It along with Cella has tallow while the other two do not. Perhaps that accounts for something. I don't know.
The scent is a sweet almond. Not at all cloying but very pleasant, if you like almond. It doesn't have the heavy cherry scent like Cella. I get only the pleasing almond scent.
So all in all, despite it being the most expensive soap in my den, I'm glad I bought it and will enjoy using it for some time to come.
A major part of the price is due to presentation. Very nice box and inner flap and wrapping on the brick of soap. Surely the fanciest packaging I have seen on a shave soap. The quality of the product shows in the presentation. I immediately cut the bar of soap and transferred it two two glass containers with screw on lids to avoid the soap from drying out.
The soap will almost lather itself. A few swirls of a brush to load and then it produces a large volume of slick and protective lather. I have no complaints at all about the performance of this soap. If one would compare it to other Italian soft soaps I suppose one could include Valobra. Cella, 3P, and others of that type. I have used all three of the ones mentioned and I think the Panama is a cut above the others. It along with Cella has tallow while the other two do not. Perhaps that accounts for something. I don't know.
The scent is a sweet almond. Not at all cloying but very pleasant, if you like almond. It doesn't have the heavy cherry scent like Cella. I get only the pleasing almond scent.
So all in all, despite it being the most expensive soap in my den, I'm glad I bought it and will enjoy using it for some time to come.