Brush: AP Shave Co. 30 mm Tuxedo Fan w/ black & clear handle
Lather: Chicago Grooming Co. - Excursion (Canard)
Post Shave: OAM sensitive skin toner; Natura Siberica ASB gel
Fragrance: Yves Saint Laurent - La Nuit de L’Homme EdT
Sunday headshave. One pass plus cleanups, done. The GC is truly remarkable for shaving off multiple days of growth.
So unlike some gentlemen here who actually plan their shaves and choose their fragrance to match their SOTD, I decided that I’d shave with something to compliment the frag I applied earlier in the day. Like a simpleton, I went for the dupe.
CG Excursion is a soap that treats me well. It’s still in the Canard base, not the fancier new one Vida uses nowadays (Darkwing IIRC?). Still, plenty of slick lather with my big brush.
The shaving soap was actually what made me get the matching EdT. La Nuit de L’Homme is a very sweet, charming scent. Not really what I’d reach for nowadays… It’s simply too generic, too conformist. I used to think that it’d make a nice date night scent, but maybe only for dates that are best forgotten. And since I only get EdPs nowadays, it’s also out of the question. I know there’s a perfume of it, but why should I bother? It would simply not be a scent for me. While it’s simply OK and definitely inoffensive, I’d much prefer something with more rough edges. The other YSL which I got as a gift, Y, is sadly also one of those sweet perfumes who are forgotten fast. In the end, I realised that I should get around to reorganize my cabinet and just throw out some of the stuff I don’t use anymore and won’t ever use again. The soap will stay, but the fragrance has to go.
Have a nice start into the new week!
SOTD 21.01.2024
Sunday headshave. One pass plus cleanups, done. The GC is truly remarkable for shaving off multiple days of growth.
So unlike some gentlemen here who actually plan their shaves and choose their fragrance to match their SOTD, I decided that I’d shave with something to compliment the frag I applied earlier in the day. Like a simpleton, I went for the dupe.
CG Excursion is a soap that treats me well. It’s still in the Canard base, not the fancier new one Vida uses nowadays (Darkwing IIRC?). Still, plenty of slick lather with my big brush.
The shaving soap was actually what made me get the matching EdT. La Nuit de L’Homme is a very sweet, charming scent. Not really what I’d reach for nowadays… It’s simply too generic, too conformist. I used to think that it’d make a nice date night scent, but maybe only for dates that are best forgotten. And since I only get EdPs nowadays, it’s also out of the question. I know there’s a perfume of it, but why should I bother? It would simply not be a scent for me. While it’s simply OK and definitely inoffensive, I’d much prefer something with more rough edges. The other YSL which I got as a gift, Y, is sadly also one of those sweet perfumes who are forgotten fast. In the end, I realised that I should get around to reorganize my cabinet and just throw out some of the stuff I don’t use anymore and won’t ever use again. The soap will stay, but the fragrance has to go.
Have a nice start into the new week!