This is a hard triple milled soap so loading your shaving brush and creating a great lather will take longer than a soft soap, cream or croap. If you’ve used Tabac or Mitchell’s Wool Fat the technique will be similar, about 45-60 second of good loading and then a minute or two of creating the lather, adding droplets of water to your brush or lathering bowl, as need. The finished lather should be a nice yogurt consistency. The Quintessential Italian Eau De Cologne – Sophisticated Citrus…our famous XXX.