.... Not anymore!!! I'm a huge fan of Stirling's Barbershop which is NOTHING like this (and not in a bad way.) YMMV but, if you are looking for a wonderful scent that's crisp, clean, and screams sophistication, this is it.
This CK-6 formula has to be THE slickest soap to ever hit my skin. The amount used to load my brush on first try was way too much. I could have done with a 5 second load and still have a decent 3 pass shave. With what I loaded, a good 15-20 sec swirl in the tub, I easily could have done 6+ passes on my head and neck. I can see this tub lasting a very long time (I like to rotate my soaps, and will usually hit the same scent every 4 days or so.) If you were on the fence about PAA products... pull the trigger, the soap base alone makes this worth every penny.