Christmas in June: Day 25 of Lather Games

• Brush: Chisel and Hound Ambrosia Maple with 26 mm synthetic Maggard knot
• Razor: Thiers Issard Le Dandy (5/8", square point, carbon steel)
• Lather: Macduffs Soap Company – Old Strathcona
• Post Shave: Barrister and Mann – Beaudelaire
• Fragrance: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Fleur de France

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Theme justification: This generous smush is from @sahenders@sub.wetshaving.social , whom I can thank for experiencing the Macduffs base. I’ve since bought a set of their Trail Tobacco which I greatly enjoy. It was used in one of the first Buena Vista Wetshaving Social Club meetings, throught which I have discovered a few great new-to-me bases and artisans.

Relevant post or frag: Old Strathcona is a barbershop scent that plays into the fougère area, so I’m going with three scents that all play with being fougère. Following the soap, comes Baudelaire which is actually a fougère (+ Mousse de Saxe) but you kinda need to play tricks like combining it with a strong Mousse de Saxe scent to really feel the green come out. It’s one of the most fascinating scents that way and fun to play with (look [here](reddit.com/r/Wetshaving/comments/…/l9bj7qb/] and here for a fun little experiment). Finally, Fleur de France smells like the result of making a fougère but without any green notes. The geranium, coumarin and oakmoss feel like the base of a fougère, the citron also fits in there, but there’s no lavender or vetiver. I initially struggled to categorise this scent and find pairings, but at one point two years ago when playing with Fougère Nemeta, Varen, and FdF, it clicked for me.

Wetshaving Wish List: Easy, u/C_bubbles, the people (mostly me) need Gruyère, a cheese-topped fougère in prem base, preferably in time for fondue season. You can even reuse the Blugère/Crangère artwork concept, making it yellow this time. A guaranteed success.