Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread - May 19th, 2024
gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 4 months ago
May 19, 2024
- Brush: Zenith B15 (506 U/L) 27.5mm Boar
- Blade Holder: Karve Overlander Brass
- Blade: Personna Platinum (2)
- Lather: Elysian Soap Shop - Cheri Tobacco - Soap
- Toner: Thayers - Lavender - Toner
- Aftershave: Unilever - Brut - Aftershave
2 passes. Bowl lather. Excellent shave.
After seeing u/_walden_ use Cherry Pipe yesterday, I thought I would try the only soap that I have with a scent close to it. This was my first time using Cherie Tobacco (from a sample), and I quite liked it. It came across as a very nice cherry scent with mid and base notes that kept it from being too sweet and fruity. I was looking for a cherry-sweet pipe tobacco scent but I did not get the hit of tobacco I was looking for. Nonetheless, I enjoyed it.
walden@sub.wetshaving.social 4 months ago
Sounds familiar! I wonder if they use the same pre-blend.
gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 4 months ago
Shannon, the owner of Elysian, says that she does the soap formula completely by herself (pretty good, btw) and, together with a perfumer, she creates her scents. Her company has only been around since Covid, so I imagine that it is only economically practical to start with pre-blends.
A bit of a rant. [ Us ancient types do this ]
I’ve had this sample for a long time but have not been able to get past the name; Cherie Tobacco. I think this is an attempt to add class to a cherry pipe tobacco scent by using a French word; chérie. But … chérie means dear when addressed to a woman, not cherry. And Shannon didn’t use l’accent aigu. The label art shows cherries and tobacco. Then there’s the use of the English word, tobacco. A cool French name, one Chris at Caties Bubbles might use, is Tabac Cerise. “Cherie Tobacco” is a little like the American phrase “Part Deux” (meaning deuxième partie) that’s not really French.
I’m tagging @PorkButtsNTaters666 and @djundjila to correct me where necessary.
walden@sub.wetshaving.social 4 months ago
Hopefully we can get to the bottom of this!
djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 4 months ago
Your rant reminded me of Mon Chéri. It’s a little less bad (both words are consistently french and there’s the accent), but it also conflates chéri(e) and cherry.
Another one that makes me cringe a bit is this:
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gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 4 months ago
Oh, that’s really interesting [and this shows how dull my day has been] the word fougère in the Maggard’s photo is spelled Fougére but on the Wholly Kaw site, it has been corrected to Fougère. (I won’t go there with the cover art.)