not too impressed [SEP] first of all the smell is not too bad it does smell like most people say an awkward synthetic lemon scent i think it smell like a janitors closet or mr clean multi purpose cleaner and also like most people state the scent mellows after leaving the package open a few daysthe bottom line is i prefer the cheap van der hagen puck soap to the arko shave stick arko lathers up nice but it is a drier foamier lather than the vdh and at least for me although the arko shaves nice the vdh shaves nicer this is still better than a can of barbasol or the latest gillette gel