some soaps its fine others are not [SEP] so apparently i am one of those people that has difficulty lathering it up correctly i do have hard water but with a softenersome soaps its fine others are not i definitely have to work for this one i have only been using it for a few days now with an ej and polisilver super iridium blades and its a nice shave i will have to try it with some other blades tooi occasionally swap between astra and feathers as wellusing this setup the razor does glide nicely i am mixed on the scent however its soapy which i do not mind but tends to linger longer than i like i do prefer it to other scents like bay rum and sandalwood they are too old man ish for my tastes even though they are a favorite with others if you are used to those and not a soapy clean scent this might not be to your liking lastly i have a feeling this puck is going to last a very long time i will give it a few more weeks before deciding if it will have a permanent place in my rotation but so far i think its a yes