great shaving worth the funky scent [SEP] would be stars but it smells like a urinal cake it is not unpleasant it is just a strong industrial cleaner type smell and it fills up the whole bathroomcompares favorably to my current favorite the palmolive shave stick lathers even easier not quite as slick but very effective hardly takes any water or effort to build a good lather i do not know how you could possibly not get a satisfactory shave with this stuff and for the cost of this stuff it is a steal i plan to always have some on hand from now on if you can deal with the smell this is your product if you are shaving on a budget