This is a YouTube challenge that was given to me. The actual challenge is:

• 5 favorite soaps
• 4 favorite aftershaves
• 3 favorite brushes
• 2 favorite razors
• 1 favorite blade (if a safety razor shaver), or 1 favorite stone (if a straight razor shaver)

With so many soaps, I can’t really pick 5 favorites, and I almost always use an aftershave that matches the soap, so I have changed my interpretation of the challenge.

1. My favorite soap with a top-tier lather in each of 5 scent categories.
2. My 4 favorite aftershaves when I don’t match the soap scent.
3. My 3 favorite brushes in the badger, boar, and synthetic categories
4. My 2 straight razors that have the most meaning to me
5. My most enjoyable sharpening stone to use.

For soaps, I was going to use “citrus”, “aquatic”, “barbershop”, “bay rum”, “gourmand”. Now, I’m thinking * Spicy/Warm * Floral * Whisky/Tobacco * Woods * Unique

I’m open to ideas.