As a curly-haired woman, shampoo bars can be hit or miss for me, and this one works really well (even compared to some of Stirling's other shampoo bars)! I generally need 2 lathers, but that's true of all shampoo for me. The scent is really appealing, unisex and complex but not overpowering.

Piacenza is a great scent and especially as a shampoo bar. no more bottles just rub in your hair and its great!

I really like using this shampoo bar. It lathers easily, strips away oils easily and rarely needs a 2nd lather. It's hard to judge the smell but my significant other likes it and I've found that it doesn't require shampoo every day.

With short hair I've found the bar to last a 3-4 months of lightly holding the shampoo bar in a swirling motion a 2-3 times around through my hair. A little goes a long way. The bar holds it's shape well. When I ordered it I didn't know what to expect because I was using Trader Joes Tea Tree Shampoo that required two lathers each day to not look oily, but this bar does a great job comparatively and I'm thoroughly impressed.

It does sting the eyes a bit though and lingers, so I usually have to be fairly careful. If a think it needs a 2nd lather even if it's the sides or back, without a doubt a little is going in my eyes