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  • djundjilaMA
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    Buena Vista Wetshaving Social Club, 3rd Edition, Wed 18 Sep 2024

    • Brush: Semogue Owner’s Club (cherry wood and boar) (49)
    • Razor: Zwilling J. A. Henckels Friodur 17 (NOS, 7/8", hollow ground, stainless steel)
    • Lather: MacDuff’s Soap Company – Old Strathcona
    • Post Shave: Noble Otter – Barrbarr
    • Fragrance: Spearhead Shaving Company Seaforth! – Fleur de France

    Oh wow! This was my first time trying a MacDuff’s soap, and it’s a delightful base! So easy to load a gooey protolather and hydrate it to a dense, creamy, drippy lather. I really slept on this one.

    Today is the third meeting of our Buena Vista Wetshaving Social Club, and we have picked @sahenders@sub.wetshaving.social’s submission of MacDuff’s Old Strathcona. Thank you Sahenders for the generous smush! The scent is a pleasant Barbershop scent of the Barrbarr kind. Both Barrbarr and Old Strathcona have a prominent note that I perceive as anise, but neither have it listed. It’s maybe some combination of Rosemary/Terragon and Basil playing a trick on me?

    Ether way, the scent is really pleasant and combined well with Barrbarr, but the star of the show is the soap base. I’ve rarely had such a wonderful lather on the first try with a new base. Really dense and protective feeling lather. I need to kill a tub to make room for MacDuff’s.

    Great BVWSC meeting, great shave!

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      I haven’t shaved with it yet, but I had the same exact though regarding Anise.