June 24th, 2025: All About That Base

• Brush: AP Shave Co. - Gelousy (A3) 28mm Badger
• Razor: Chiseled Face - Titanium Legacy Razor
• Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (3)
• Lather: Cooper & French - Unscented - Soap
• Post Shave: Stirling - Unscented - Aftershave
• Post Shave: Stirling - Glacial Unscented - Balm
• Fragrance: Escentric Molecules - Molecule 01 - EdT

$discord

Theme: All my software is unscented. Thanks for the smush u/hugbckt. The soap was pretty mid (imo) but gave me a great shave in the end.

Challenge: I haven’t been around long enough to see many bases come and go. I have used BaM Soft Heart, and it’s certainly a great base. I’m not sure whether it’s much better than their current offerings though.

I do wish Talent Soap Factory was still doing their previous base that included sweet almond oil. It’s a better base than the mango butter one.

It’s difficult to pick favorite bases – we’re truly spoiled for choice. My current favorite is a toss-up between Mike’s, Stirling, and Catie’s Bubbles premium. All excellent performers at an excellent price.

$SELFCARE - I’m pretty sure I made the decision to quit my job today. Feels like self-care to me.

$FOF - All unscented is boring, so I added Molecule 01 at the end. This is a fun fragrance, as it really does fade in and out and change quite a bit while on skin.

I genuinely have a hard time smelling the fragrance when I wear this, but my wife picks up on a strong cedar/pine/woodiness when I wear it. This was the end of my little decant, unsure whether I like this enough to buy more.

$ROTY