halvor
a most elusive fish
Thanks! I think that might be the same number I found in the phone book to their HQ(?) on Kelso Place, in which case I have tried it numerous times and no one has picked up.
Floris..?
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SeanC
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Yes it's the same. They do however have quite limited operating hours:
8.30 - 16.30 Monday - Thursday
8:30 - 14:30 Friday
Optometrist
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The Floris customer service number in the UK is:- 03301 340180 or 44 3301 340180 from outside UK.
Dr Watson
James
Just to revive this thread... I recently picked up a cake of No.89, no idea of age but it has the latest style packaging "The Gentleman Floris" and the ingredient list begins with potassium stearate.
Used it twice now and am very impressed indeed. Top tier stuff, up there with MdC etc IMO. The lather is luxurious and long lasting with good slickness, not too drying and generous scent strength.
Used it twice now and am very impressed indeed. Top tier stuff, up there with MdC etc IMO. The lather is luxurious and long lasting with good slickness, not too drying and generous scent strength.
SeanC
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It looks like we have 5 different soap bases now (in sequential order):
I suppose we should at least be grateful that Floris seem to have a strategy of continuous improvement after the penny dropped about the Sodium version; unlike Trumpers et al. I've used the Potassium Palmate version in the past; no issues with lathering, but post shave could be a bit better. The addition of cocoa butter in the latest version will have sorted this out.
For reference this is the original tallow version made by Floris themselves in Devon. On a par with hens teeth for rarity, I've seen a NOS one like this sell on US eBay for $100
Buyers beware though as there are bath soaps in the same wooden bowl for some strange reason
- The original tallow (see below)
- Potassium Palmate+ mentioned by @missingskin
- Sodium Palmate+ i.e. useless mentioned by @Shaverrific666
- Potassium Palmate + Palm Kernelate mentioned by @Shaverrific666
- Potassium Stearate + cocoa butter mentioned by @Dr Watson
I suppose we should at least be grateful that Floris seem to have a strategy of continuous improvement after the penny dropped about the Sodium version; unlike Trumpers et al. I've used the Potassium Palmate version in the past; no issues with lathering, but post shave could be a bit better. The addition of cocoa butter in the latest version will have sorted this out.
For reference this is the original tallow version made by Floris themselves in Devon. On a par with hens teeth for rarity, I've seen a NOS one like this sell on US eBay for $100
Buyers beware though as there are bath soaps in the same wooden bowl for some strange reason
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missingskin
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And 2 years later I still have the soap, unused and it still smells great..........
Dr Watson
James
Do you mean Shea butter? I don't think it has cocoa butter.
SeanC
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We are both right - Potassium cocoate which is saponified cocoa butter, plus unsaponified shea butter
Dr Watson
James
Ah! I did not know that
