My husband uses it daily and ihe has a heavy beard and it does give a great clean shave.

GREAT shaving soap. The price is very misleading. Picked it up at a chain pharmacy while traveling (couldn't find the "good stuff") and was skeptical. Great lather, close shave, and I even liked the scent...clean and citrus-like. Oh, and I love that it's vegetable based and not animal tested.

Decent shaving soap. Use a boar or synthetic brush, not badger. Otherwise the soap doesn't really stay in the brush as well as other soaps. Oh, and the fragrance is reminiscent/identical to Grey Flannel. It is a an oakmoss and sandalwood scent by Geoffery Beene, a very subdued masculine scent and is not strongly present in this soap; you won't go around smelling like oakmoss all day.

I'm absolutely baffled that none of the previous reviewers mentioned smell of this shave soap. I have around 10 shave soaps and shave creams (real shave creams, not the kind in the can). I always test a new shave soap to see if I think I'll like the scent by simply washing my hands with it. I thought the smell of this soap was just awful. I thought it had a very, very strong cheap cologne smell that is hard for me to describe. So strong I could taste it by just smelling the dry soap. I can only speak about the scent rather than its lathering capability or its lubricating qualities since believe it or not I threw it in the garbage without shaving with it. I'm not chemically sensitive, but the smell kind of made me feel ill. I'm only sharing my personal experience or lack thereof in relation to this soap. Obviously others feel differently that I do.

Excellent product. Don't let the low price fool you. It will enable you to have a smooth slick shave. The moisturizing properties are excellent also.

Inexpensive, excellent lather, and best of all, vegetable-based. I'm vegetarian, and there aren't a lot of choices for shaving soap. Herban Cowboy is another choice, but it doesn't lather as well as the Van Der Hagen. (Note: Not sure the difference between "Deluxe" and "Select, other than the color; I can't tell the difference.)

This shave soap produces a rich lather which gives a very comfortable shaving experience. I have used the very expensive imported shave soaps and find that Van Der Hagen Select Shave Soap is as good or better than the imported ones.