If you are looking for cheap, skip this, buy some Cella.
I bought this on another site because of reviews here, and I could get it quite cheap, shipped, from Turkey. (2.35 or so, I think.) I thought, &#34;Hey, why not try it, it has decent ratings.&#34; Um..... no.<br />I shredded it into a small sealable bowl to be able to use my badger brush. Shredded easily and compacted well, a bit sticky. Buuuuuut......<br />The smell. I initially thought, when just whiffing the stick... Very like Ivory soap. Not in a good way. Waved it under the wifes nose. Yep, she agreed. Then I used it. Yes, like Ivory bar soap. With the addition of some industrial cleaner. I have never been to prison, but I imagine this would be the soap they would make you use. If this smell is the first smell a Turkish man smells when he is getting ready to have a positive day, I pity the Turks.<br />Thin lather, even with soft water and a badger hair brush. Worked it to death to get minimal lather. No glide, almost sticky on the face, I could feel a BRAND NEW Feather de blade ~grabbing~ my skin and whiskers.<br />Rinsed off well... Very dry... felt like I had been though some kind of extraterrestrial government delousing procedure.<br />If you are looking for cheap, skip this, buy some Cella. It smells good. It is creamy.... My wife loves the smell, it glides, it's cheap, it lasts a loooooong time. It makes you feel good.<br />Arko made me feel like I was a prisoner in Arkham Asylum and the Joker was going to shave me with a rusty steak knife. I will have nightmares about the smell and performance of this.<br />I am afraid to put it in the garbage for the impact it may have on the groundwater supply.<br />I am afraid to KILL IT WITH FIRE, because it may release toxic fumes and kill flocks of delicious birds.<br />I wouldn't give it to my worst enemy, because he could probably trace the nauseating smell back to me.<br />Just say No. The ratings for this stuff are seriously jacked up. Perhaps the 5 star rating  s are left by someone who has never used a good soap, or perhaps are just really angry Turkish men that have never experienced that using decent shaving kit can be a pleasure, rather than think, &#34;If I can stand this stuff first thing in the morning, my day is bound to get better and better.&#34; Turkish men must be optimists.
Rating: 1 stars