Back when I actually cared I liked Gillette's gel. I have a fusion razor. But since I got lazy and started the goatee thing I tend not to worry about cream or gels. Water's enough for my face. Though I'm one of the rare guys that grooms my chest and pits, and that tends to require something. Even if it is just soap. I'm usualy too poor or lazy to buy fresh stuff so I try to get buy. But yeah. A fresh new Quatro or Mach3/Fusion with gel is the way I'd go when I can. Though Nivea's nice too. And I have a preferred calogne so scent doesn't matter much. It all smells nice anyway