Day 01 of Atlas Shaves 2 – Electric Boogaloo Sat 01 Feb 2025

• Brush: Boti Laminate brush with motherlode knot
• Razor: GEM Micromatic Clog-Pruf Peerless (gen 2)
• Blade: Personna GEM PTFE (1)
• Lather: Chiseled Face – Trade Winds
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. – Mountain Man

Ok, this is a difficult start into Atlas Shaves. I brought Mount Smushmore, my collection of samples and smushes that has helped me more than once to fix a hole in my LG roster, with me to the mountains, and I felt pretty smug about it. What are the odds that none of these more than 100 samples share the right scent notes? Really, what are they? 😅

Thank god there are technicalities and poorly worded rules:

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LA Shaving Soap Co. Woody Lavender - Notes: Lavender, Ho Wood, Amyris, Bay

This particular soap was made by two artisans: first John the founder of LASSC, and after the purchase by Chiseled Face, by Ron. The current artisan making this soap is Ron, and I have a bunch of stuff by Ron like today’s Trade Winds.

The wording of the rules mentions artisans, not brands, so crisis averted.

Road to Victory (through technicality):

Category	∑	Δ
Daily theme soap	0	0
Artisan	4	+4
Scenter	0	0
Half of the scent notes	0	0
Airbudding the day	0	0
Cross posting	1	+1
Snitching	1	+1
Snitching incorrectly	0	0
Goody Two-Shoes	0	0
Total	6	+6