Review (1/5): 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, "Hey, why not try it, it has decent ratings." Um..... no.
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......
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.
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.
Rinsed off well... Very dry... felt like I had been though some kind of extraterrestrial government delousing procedure.
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.
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.
I am afraid to put it in the garbage for the impact it may have on the groundwater supply.
I am afraid to KILL IT WITH FIRE, because it may release toxic fumes and kill flocks of delicious birds.
I wouldn't give it to my worst enemy, because he could probably trace the nauseating smell back to me.
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, "If I can stand this stuff first thing in the morning, my day is bound to get better and better." Turkish men must be optimists.