Penhaligon's Soaps Current Performance?

I'm fighting the urge to buy a puck of Penhaligon's English Fern shave soap. I'm about 90% sure that I'm going to be disappointed, but I've heard recent chatter about some improvements in Pen's shave soaps of late (ditto for Floris). Does anyone have experience with recently produced Pen's soaps?

Cheers,

Craig