Razor: Koraat Sparschweinchen (7/8", “Sheffield-style” full hollow, carbon steel)
Lather: Barrister and Mann Seville in Omnibus
Aftershave: Noble Otter Firefighter
Fragrance: Farina 1709
A few days ago, I mentioned a podcast episode about the surprising history of eau de cologne. After hearing it, I had immediately ordered a bottle of Farina, the actual original eau de cologne, Farina. it is considered the first breakthrough in the development of modern perfume for being the first perfume based on scentless alcohol (the second breakthrough is Chanel N° 5 marking the advent of chemically synthesised fragrance components).
Supposedly, Farina is still produced following the exact same recipe for over 300 years and the background in the SOTD pic shows just a few of the names of famous people who are documented users of it. Notable names include Oscar Wild, Queen Victoria (she ordered 600 bottles at once one time), Napoleon (used two bottles a day), both Goethe and Schiller, and many more. So, if you always wanted to smell like king Louis XV or Voltaire, here’s your chance.
Great shave today, I forget sometimes how easy it is to lather with synths. The scent combo was very nice today, but not the best choice for getting to know Farina, it gets a bit overwhelmed by the warm notes in Firefighter, but from what I get, it’s a bright, fresh citrus that reminds me of Sea Spice Lime. I’ll revisit this with a less dominant post shave. I think this would go very well with Abbate y la Mantia Verbena Toscana.
yeah, this stuff doesn’t have a lot of staying power, but still, I don’t want to know what foul miasma Napoleon tried to cover up using two bottles of this per day 😬
Great photo!
Thanks! I’m playing around with a new-to-me 24 mm macro lens I recently bought on an auction. I’m enjoying this perspective right now. So geometric.
Most of my photos are taken with either a wide angle, or a telephoto. I think that the perspective and depth of field distortion adds interest. A hint: turning the camera into portrait mode and placing background objects toward the top of the frame will distort them to appear larger. This is more pronounced with wider angle lenses. Quite a fun thing to do for mountains in the background in landscape photos, though.
do you mean turning the camera so that the format is higher than wide, or some camera setting? If you mean camera settings, I’ll stop you right there, the only settings I have are aperture and shutter speed :)
turning the camera so that the format is higher than wide
Yes, exactly.
only settings I have are aperture and shutter speed :)
I suspect there’s an ISO setting of some sort :) If it’s a digital camera ISO relates to a gain setting on the sensor. If it’s a film camera, well, ISO relates to the speed of the film.
Yes, ISO is there too, but my SOTDs in particular are still photography with artificial lighting and a tripod.
I get the lowest noise at ISO 200, and now it’s not a variable anymore (in this setup). Only aperture for controlling depth of field, shutter speed for exposure.
If I want grainy pictures, rather than cranking up the ISO, I do it in post.
Ah. Yes. I was thinking more about photos in general. The modern AI denoise tools are amazing, btw, but I had to put the GIMP in the rearview to play with them.
Farina, Italian Spring
A few days ago, I mentioned a podcast episode about the surprising history of eau de cologne. After hearing it, I had immediately ordered a bottle of Farina, the actual original eau de cologne, Farina. it is considered the first breakthrough in the development of modern perfume for being the first perfume based on scentless alcohol (the second breakthrough is Chanel N° 5 marking the advent of chemically synthesised fragrance components).
Supposedly, Farina is still produced following the exact same recipe for over 300 years and the background in the SOTD pic shows just a few of the names of famous people who are documented users of it. Notable names include Oscar Wild, Queen Victoria (she ordered 600 bottles at once one time), Napoleon (used two bottles a day), both Goethe and Schiller, and many more. So, if you always wanted to smell like king Louis XV or Voltaire, here’s your chance.
Great shave today, I forget sometimes how easy it is to lather with synths. The scent combo was very nice today, but not the best choice for getting to know Farina, it gets a bit overwhelmed by the warm notes in Firefighter, but from what I get, it’s a bright, fresh citrus that reminds me of Sea Spice Lime. I’ll revisit this with a less dominant post shave. I think this would go very well with Abbate y la Mantia Verbena Toscana.
Great photo!
Minor suggestion: Put the set-up on your Ferrari, and it would be even better 😎
Which one? 😉
That’s the correct response
Fascinating stuff! I saw your original post on this topic also.
I probably don’t want to smell like Napoleon when the cologne wears off :)
Great photo!
yeah, this stuff doesn’t have a lot of staying power, but still, I don’t want to know what foul miasma Napoleon tried to cover up using two bottles of this per day 😬
Thanks! I’m playing around with a new-to-me 24 mm macro lens I recently bought on an auction. I’m enjoying this perspective right now. So geometric.
Most of my photos are taken with either a wide angle, or a telephoto. I think that the perspective and depth of field distortion adds interest. A hint: turning the camera into portrait mode and placing background objects toward the top of the frame will distort them to appear larger. This is more pronounced with wider angle lenses. Quite a fun thing to do for mountains in the background in landscape photos, though.
do you mean turning the camera so that the format is higher than wide, or some camera setting? If you mean camera settings, I’ll stop you right there, the only settings I have are aperture and shutter speed :)
Yes, exactly.
I suspect there’s an ISO setting of some sort :) If it’s a digital camera ISO relates to a gain setting on the sensor. If it’s a film camera, well, ISO relates to the speed of the film.
Yes, ISO is there too, but my SOTDs in particular are still photography with artificial lighting and a tripod.
I get the lowest noise at ISO 200, and now it’s not a variable anymore (in this setup). Only aperture for controlling depth of field, shutter speed for exposure.
If I want grainy pictures, rather than cranking up the ISO, I do it in post.
Ah. Yes. I was thinking more about photos in general. The modern AI denoise tools are amazing, btw, but I had to put the GIMP in the rearview to play with them.
Also filling in background with AI tools feels crazy