Aesop is an Australian company offering premium / luxury natural cosmetics for women and men.
I know this brand quite well for I am using many of Aesop products on a daily basis: shampoos, tonic skin lotion, moisturizing creams, deodorant.
The brand is offering a very small range of wet shaving products: one shave serum and one after-shave lotion.
Period.
Here's a detailed look at the Aesop Moroccan Neroli Post-Shave Lotion.
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Packaging and Ingredients
As every Aesop products, the label is black and white-stripped and inspired by apothecary.
Quite hip and trendy but no blablah.
Only straightful indications on what it contains and how to use it.
Both of them are formulated alike, based on a refined combination of natural ingredients (but I assume that some of them, end of the list, are chemicals).
The front ingredients (highlighted on the packaging) are Sandalwood, Moroccan Neroli flower and Panthenol.
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But there are many other natural ingredients in the formulation to provide cooling, soothing, moisturizing, nourishing effects.
Scent
As of the perfume, top notes are woody but sweet.
It is masculine and elegant, complex but natural.
The scent is citrus with a bit of sandalwood, very unique, manly, but certainly not overpowering.
The girlfriend loves its scent, and will use it from time to time.
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So beware, and keep it well hidden.
Performance and Texture
The aftershave lotion is the best I have ever experienced.
It is a fantastic cooler and reconstructing moisturizer.
Its texture is less fluid than regular lotions but it is not a balm neither.
It penetrates very quickly.
No burn effects due to essential oils / perfume.
Never.
Comfort is fabulous all day long (not kidding).
The cream itself is extremely moisturising, and a little goes a long way.
It leaves the face feeling BBS after a shave, and does an amazing job on healing/settling any slight razor burn.
Paradoxically, it's calming without being overly moisturising.
Fragrance is sandalwood and neroli.
It only needs a small amount to work, unusually I let it remain on my skin, displaying a white film, for a few minutes before massaging it in.
It is a superb moisturiser and although expensive ( and yes there are much cheaper and worthwhile moisturisers out there) I am happy to pay the money for it.
Overall, a superior product which I highly recommend.
Australian shavers aren't really spoiled for choice when it comes to premium shaving products.
The price is steep, but I find that it lasts forever (as long as the girlfriend doesn't pinch it for her legs) because it spreads so well.
Shave Review: AESOP Shave Serum
Shave Serum Experience
The serum looks like a gel.
It is bottled in a brown plastic bottle (UV protection) with a first class pump at the top.
There are 2 options: 60ml bottle is sold 31 euros. 100ml is sold 47 euros.
It is very expansive but lathering only requires a very small amount of serum.
Using this serum for the first time was very deceptive.
Based on my experience with traditional artisan soaps, I was expecting a creamy and dense lather.
All I got with the serum was a light and bubbled lather.
To picture this, imagine that you lather up your soap with far too much water.
Here is a link to find it.
Click on “Une demonstration”.
Run the video and you’ll see how unusual Aesop serum lather is.
Not reassuring, isn’t it?
As I was shaving with a Merkur Futur, I didn’t feel secure at all with such a liquid lather.
No irritation, no side effects of any kind but… well… the lather brought by the Aesop’s was so different from the “Chantilly” we are used to shave with that I put the serum aside and didn’t give it a chance again.
Rediscovering the Serum
What has changed?
I met the PILS.
I have experienced many DE and SE razors.
Some were great, some not but each of them led to excessive irritations (my skin is the type of a Disney princess ).
Exploring DE again and again, I decided to buy a PILS.
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