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November 24, 2023
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Brush: Wald Stratos Haunter 29mm A1
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Lather: Declaration Grooming - Yuzu/Rose/Patchouli - Soap
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Post Shave: Combe Inc. - Aqua Velva Classic Ice Blue - Aftershave
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Post Shave: Thayers - Lemon - Toner
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Talc: Pinaud Clubman
Floral Friday. You can’t go wrong with Y/Z/P. What an amazing scent! And, of course, the Milksteak soap base is a top performer.
I am fortunate to have a Fili 12, 13, and 14. All of them are great shavers. The 12 is the sports car of the bunch. It is very light and maneuverable, and requires that I use pressure to provide the weight behind the edge that the other razors have.
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Armonía
- Prep: Klar - Activated Charcoal - Face Soap
- Brush: Trotter Handcrafts Souls 26mm T1 Fan Knot
- Razor: Aylsworth Razors Drakkant Plus
- Blade: Gillette Platinum [13]
- Lather: Chicago Grooming Co./House of Mammoth - Armonía - Soap (Darkwing)
- Post Shave: Chicago Grooming Co./House of Mammoth - Armonía - Aftershave
- Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Shire 2 - Eau de Parfum
Happy #fougerefriday!
Rating: 4.5/5
Wintery Friday
- Brush: Мужской Материк Orange Stabilised Burl with 28mm Oumo boar knot at 57mm loft
- Razor: Thiers Issard Le Dandy
- Lather: Barrister and Mann Eigengrau
- Aftershave: Summer Break Soaps Winter Break
- Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co Baker Street
It’s snowing all over the Swiss mountains, and this weekend, snow is supposed to come down all the way to us in Lausanne so it’s time to break out the Eigengrau. This scent immediately transports me to the wintery forests in the Valais, where I spent most of my winter breaks and school ski camps in my teens and twenties. Where Eigengrau is a stark exercise in realism, SBS’ Winter Break is the romantic interpretation with its chocolate and mint added to the wood.
Vleur de Vougère
- Brush: Мужской Материк Orange Stabilised Burl with 28mm Oumo boar knot at 57mm loft
- Razor: Thiers Issard Le Dandy
- Lather: Stirling Soap Co Varen
- Aftershave: Barrister and Mann Fougère Classique
- Fragrance: Spearhead Shaving Company Seaforth! Fleur de France
Busy day today and I didn’t get to post my morning shave until now.
I tend to think that the discussions about the relative merits of different soap bases are pointless and that all the artisan soaps give super slick lather if you put in the effort to learn to dial them in. And then, every time I use the sheep base, I hop over to the other side if this argument because wow this base is slick and easy to use 😅
Varen and Fougère Classique unsurprisingly go well together, and Fleur de France as an honorary, non-green Fougère rounds out the combo and gives it an airy happy aspect otherwise dominated my the combined heavy stank of the soap and splash.
November 24, 2023
- Brush: Wald Stratos Haunter 29mm A1
- Razor: Karve Christopher Bradley Aluminum
- Blade: Gillette Nacet (1)
- Lather: Declaration Grooming - Champs de Lavande - Soap
- Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Beloved - Splash
- Post Shave: Thayers - Lavender - Toner
Another Floral Friday shave. If you like the smell of a field of lavendar in the dry sunshine, you’ll like this scent. I’m enjoying all the variety this month. I haven’t used this razor in more than a year. A bit too light for me, but I’m able to use it to get a close and comfortable shave.
November 24, 2023
- Brush: Maggard 24mm 2 Band Badger
- Razor: Gillette Tech (Z-4)
- Blade: Bolzano Superinox (German) (1)
- Lather: Barrister & Mann - Cologne Russe - Soap
- Post Shave: Chatillon Lux - Admiral - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Kool - Get Noticed - Gel
I almost didn’t shave today… almost…
A very decent shave. I’ll shave again in the morning, about 9 hours after this one.
