Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread, February 10th, 2026 (#973)
snooting@wetshav.ing 1 week ago
- Brush: Zenith/Stirling - 510SE-XL 31mm Boar
- Razor: Supply SE Adjustable
- Blade: Ted Pella Injector (1)
- Lather: Stirling - Seine Reserve - Soap
- Post Shave: Stirling - Seine Reserve - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Oleo & Co. - Facial Toner - Toner
- Fragrance: Stirling - Seine Reserve - EdT
Today’s challenge soap is Hoffman’s Shave & Soap Co. - Winter Cascade. Scent notes are: Florals, Spice, Gardenia, Frankincense, Musk, Oakmoss.
I don’t have any soap from Hoffman’s, but I do have several soaps that match 50% scent notes. Stirling - Seine Reserve didn’t have any scent notes listed on Stirling’s website when they released it for Black Friday 2024, but they did note that it’s a dupe of Rive Gauche by Yves Saint Laurent. Taking the Fragrantica scent notes as guidance we have:
Top notes are Aldehydes, Green Notes, Honeysuckle, Bergamot, Peach and Lemon; middle notes are Rose, Iris, Ylang-Ylang, Lily-of-the-Valley, Geranium, Jasmine, Magnolia and Gardenia; base notes are Oakmoss, Tahitian Vetiver, Musk, Sandalwood, Amber and Tonka Bean.
3/6 gets me there, and lets me shave with a damn fine scent.
Road to $ASS victory:
| Category | ∑ | Δ |
|---|---|---|
| Daily theme soap | 6 | 0 |
| Artisan | 16 | 0 |
| Scenter | 0 | 0 |
| Half of the scent notes | 8 | +2 |
| Airbudding the day | 1 | 0 |
| Cross posting | 10 | +1 |
| Snitching | 6 | 0 |
| Snitching incorrectly | 0 | 0 |
| Goody Two-Shoes | 10 | +1 |
| Total | 57 | +4 |