Wed 12 Nov 2025

• Brush: Zenith 506B MB (27 mm × 51 mm Manchurian badger)
• Razor: Puma 88 (5/8", round tip, carbon steel, hollow ground)
• Lather: Abbate Y La Mantia – Koké
• Post Shave: Abbate Y La Mantia – Koké
• Fragrance: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Black Watch

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The rhubarb, musk, and pear notes in Koké are a very unusual combination that I haven’t seen used that way anywhere else, and they always put me in a good mood. It evokes the smell of very ripe fruit, just before they turn sickly sweet. Delicious, but flirting with cloying disaster, if that makes sense. Also, I just love the artwork of the Koké line.

The plum + citrus in Black watch goes a little bit in that direction, but it’s nowhere near the cloying line, and a much more centred, stable fragrance.

The little Puma sparks joy, for no apparent reason.