SAPHIR NOIRSaphir Medaille d'Or Pommadier Cream 75ml – Natural Cream Leather Shoe Polish, Leather Conditioner for Boots, Handbags

This polish is fantastic. I got this vintage Gucci and as first time I restored a bag with Saphir cream polish in light brown and nappa cream. It turned out amazing. I was amazed with myself. Not bad as it was my first time. Just make sure you don't put the recoloring cream a lot on the spot then spread it evenly before it dries. Otherwise, you'll get an uneven coat, and it's hard to remove. I used my old cotton T-shirt to apply it. Let it dry for at least 5 minutes, then buff it with a clean microfiber cloth to get the shine. Trust the process, and after 24 hrs, the color is even better; it's fully absorbed and appears like its natural color.Nappa cream, I applied before clean the bag with a leather cleaner and after polishing. I included before and after pictures.

I will never use anything else going forward. My husband and I were impressed with the rich, glowing shine this creates and how good it is at restoring color. It is absolutely worth every penny. We both feel that the leather in our shoes now look like premium leathers, making all of them look more expensive and nicer than when they were brand new.

I've been using Kiwi, Lincoln and other shoe polishes for many years because, well, that's what was readily available. I bought this polish on a whim. I figured, oh what the heck, I'll try it out. One word: WOW!This is NOT like all of the other polishes. This polish returns the shoe's leather back to its original softness and gives a luster that is just not matched with Kiwi, Lincoln or the others. It's a deep, glossy, rich, luxurious shine that is noticeably better.I stripped and renovated a 20 year old pair of high-end Johnston-Murphy Aristocraft dress shoes a couple of weeks ago that were looking a bit shop-worn with the Saphir Renomat product and followed up with this polish. WOW!!!The shoes looked like a million bucks! Maybe better than when they were new because they still had a rich patina but looked brand new. Meaning, they looked like the real deal and not like the new shoes that are sprayed with dye to look patina'd and worn.Color me very impressed. I was so pleased with the result that I bought three other colors of this polish and now use it on all of my dress and work shoes. It's THAT good and is worth the extra money because it gives a much better look and is better for expensive shoes.

Very easy to apply and hand buff off. Superior shine, better than other products I have used.

This leather shoe cream is great for my brown shoes but I may have bought a lighter color than the color of my shoe. It still works and helps shine my shoes but because of the lighter color cream, it does not help as much with scratches. It's so easy to apply and use and shines quickly.

The product is great you need just a little to be applied to clean shoes. You will also need time for it to settle in. if you want to get the most out of this product expect to spend 2 days. Don't warry you will spend a total of 10-12 minutes per shoe though see below.1. If really dirty and not conditioned ( you will feel leather to be stiff and as if its brittle), grab a shoe brush you don't use with creme, and brush the crusted dirt off vigorously. for awhile wash with warm water and saddle soap and a horsehair brush in circular motions don't be too gentle you need to lift the dirt from pores - leather can take it don't warry... it should take you about 3 minutes per shoe to fully leather it up. Do not wash under running water instead wipe the leather with moist paper towel, then wipe the rest with damp cloth towel.2. Wipe with dry soft cloth and let gently air dry till almost dry.If only lightly soiled just do step 2.if you do not do step 1 and/or 2 you risk setting in the dirt with nasty streaks and will require visit to cobbler to get it out.1. Once the shoes are ready and clean, take a horseshoe brush that has been used with polish or wax of the same color as your shoes, dab a bit of creme and apply in circular motions with gentle pressure. The surface of you shoes will loose all gloss and turn mate - this is fine. Do the second shoe while the first is soaking the oils from creme. spend about 3 minutes applying creme to the shoe.2. While the second shoe is soaking the oils, come to the first shoe and buff it with a large horsehair brush.3. It will take 3-4 minutes of buffing the whole of the shoe to bring up the shine - this will not be a gloss shine, more like high mate shine. now get to second shoe.4. If you want slightly higher gloss buff up with microfiber cloth, otherwise leave the shoes be over night. Do not use microfiber cloth if you plan to not continue with step 5 (below) as well.5. On the next day grab the shoe wax (its much more dense than creme because of higher concentration of oils) I used the high gloss one from saphir as well. Dab the brush in it you used to apply the creme and apply to the shoe in circular motions like you did creme. This product is much more solid and letting it soak will do nothing, the purpose is to apply the waxy polishable layer on your shoes.6. Once applied to your shoe it will turn the surface dusty mate, do the second shoe now or proceed with buffing step six it does not matter what you do first.7. Buff till you get the gloss come out.8. Buff further to high gloss with microfiber cloth (best) or shoe polish cloth (expensive and specialized and no better than a rag of old microfiber cloth).Very important note: this product has heavy aromatic scent, it could be because of natural oils or maybe perfumed. To me its unpleasant and to most people in reviews the same is true. The smell lasts about a day and a half, at which point it will be so faint that unless you stock your nose right into the leather of the boot you will not feel it. Applying the saphir wax at this point will also remove this smell and return proper leather smell to the shoe.Very important note II: I saw in negative reviews that a lot of people see that this product does not bring the polish back to that of the factory. This is true to polish will be slightly less glossy than that of the factory, though the shoes will look nice clean and shiny. This is likely because there is a lot of beeswax on the factory fresh shoe, which does get removed during wash and also application of creme/conditioner. This is how it should be because if you do not remove the super wax you cannot nourish and hydrate the leather. If you want true mirror finish you'd want a special wax for that purpose.1. Brown - 5 stars2. Black - 5 stars3. White - 3 stars - lacks pigment small gray scoffs will not come off from white shoes.

Without any question this is the best shoe polish I've ever used. I applied some to my almost 9-year old Ecco dress shoes, and the transformation was stunning. The old, scuffed up shoes took on a deep, black shine. This polish also appears to act as a conditioner, as the leather seemed just a bit more supple after application.The only down side is the cost - - this is also the most expensive shoe polish I've ever bought, but given the amazing results it's worth the cost.