Saturday SOTD Thread - February 8th, 2025 (#607) [Atlas Shaves Edition]

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Today’s Atlas Shaves Theme: Bufflehead Soap Co. - Elephant Walk

Notes: Lavender, Jasmine, Blood Orange, Orange Blossom, Teakwood

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pridetwo@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
lather: Bufflehead Soap Co - Elephant Walk

Atlas daily points: 6 points for daily theme soap +1 for crossposting on lemmy and reddit

Atlas cumulative points: 34

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- sahenders@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  There it is!
  
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- djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  what a flex 😎
  
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  - pridetwo@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    💪
    
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PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Décadi 20 Pluviôse an 233 de la Révolution, jour de Serpette

Preshave: Proraso White Preshave

Brush: Zenith 506U XS Horse 🐎

Razor: Koraat 14.2 Straight Razor

Lather: Le Père Lucien Narcisse

Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel

Postshave: Zingari Man Bon Monsieur Recovery Splash

Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm

A good Saturday afternoon shave – close and comfortable. Bon Monsieur seems to fit with almost anything.

Have a good evening!

~Shared via emacs & sotd.el~
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Brokenjaw622@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Feb. 8, 2025

Brush: Dogwood Handcrafts Dark Red 28mm DG B11 Badger

Razor: Snail Forge 8/8 Quarter Hollow Blade with Fancy Grind

Blade: Edge By Griffiths [6]

Lather: Catie’s Bubbles - Revolution - Soap

Post Shave: Catie’s Bubbles - Revolution - Aftershave

Fragrance: Catie’s Bubbles - Revolution

Today’s points.

Half scent notes 0.

Airbud 1.

Cross posting 1.

Good neighborhood 1.

Day total 3.

Overall total 33.

Catie’s count.

Day 1 Florentine Fern.

Day 2 Ménage a Lavande.

Day 3 Valley of Fire.

Day 4 Lancaster Leather.

Day 5 Le Piment de La Vie.

Day 6 Azure.

Day 7 Waterlyptus.

Day 8 Revolution.

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snooting@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Saturday, February 08, 2025: Atlas Shaves 2 - Day 8

Brush: Omega - 10048 boar

Razor: Gillette - Old Type

Blade: Personna - Lab Blue (2)

Lather: Catie’s Bubbles - DFTR

Post Shave: Catie’s Bubbles - DFTR Aftershave splash

Post Shave: Stirling - Glacial Unscented Aftershave balm

Fragrance: Catie’s Bubbles - DFTR EdP

Airbud for me today, so I went with the full DFTR trick for the first time. Its boozy, figgy, woody, green fragrance was a great start to the day. I’m glad I brought this in after DJ piqued my curiosity. Great stuff.

+1 point for the Airbud
+1 point for cross-posting
+1 point for engaging yesterday

Total points (32 previous + 3): 35

🍳 Created with Neovim & sotd.nvim 🍳
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- djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Tabac to the Future!
  
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sahenders@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Atlas Shaves II - Day 8

Brush: Dogwood Handcrafts 28mm Declaration Grooming B13 Badger Knot
Razor: Mühle Rocca R94
Blade: Gillette 7 O’Clock Super Stainless (Green) [1]
Lather: Gentleman’s Nod - Jackie - Soap
Post Shave: Gentleman’s Nod - Jackie - Aftershave
Fragrance: Gentleman’s Nod - Jackie - Eau de Parfum

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The official marketing scent notes for Jackie are just over the 50% minimum for the theme soap today. It’s also a great fougère, so no complaints from me.

[JACKIE 42]
T - peppermint, pineapple, lime, green notes
M - geranium, lavender, jasmine, Orange blossom
D - tobacco, amber woods, sandalwood, musks

Category	∑	Δ
Daily theme soap	12	0
Artisan	16	0
Scenter	0	0
Half of the scent notes	4	+2
Airbudding the day	0	0
Cross posting	8	+1
Snitching	0	0
Snitching incorrectly	0	0
Goody Two-Shoes	5	+1
Total	45	+4

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djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
That brush handle is gorgeous!

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- sahenders@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Pictures don’t really do it justice.
  
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djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Day 08 of Atlas Shaves 2 – Electric Boogaloo Sat 08 Feb 2025

Brush: Zenith r/Wetshaving exclusive MOAR BOAR (31 mm × 57 mm bleached boar)
Razor: Dovo Bismarck 2 (7/8", full hollow, carbon steel)
Lather: Boendoebaard – Woesteling
Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. – Varen
Fragrance: Brut – Original

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Today’s theme soap is tough! This second week is starting like the first. I had already resigned myself to air budding the day when @BeerEater on discord pointed out that Brut is a 50% scent notes match. So, Brut to the rescue again! With jasmine, lavender and orange blossom, Woesteling, the Brut dupe gives me two points:

Bufflehead Soap Co. - Elephant Walk

Notes: Lavender, Jasmine, Blood Orange, Orange Blossom, Teakwood

I wonder how bad of a bloodbath today will become.

Road to Victory:

Category	∑	Δ
Daily theme soap	0	0
Artisan	20	0
Scenter	0	0
Half of the scent notes	6	+2
Airbudding the day	0	0
Cross posting	8	+1
Snitching	3	0
Snitching incorrectly	0	0
Goody Two-Shoes	7	+1
Total	44	+4

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enndeegee@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
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- djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Huzzah!
  
  What’s next?
  
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  - enndeegee@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Den tour
    
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walden@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

February 8, 2025

Brush: Wolf Whiskers – “Gianmaria” w/Maggard 26mm Synthetic
Razor: Blackland Era - Level 3 SB
Blade: Personna 74 (15)
Lather: Spearhead Shaving - Seaforth! Leather - Soap
Post Shave: Spearhead - Seaforth! Leather – Aftershave
Post Shave: Goodfellow & Co. - Face Lotion - Kelp & Sea Mineral
Fragrance: Spearhead – Seaforth! Leather – EdP

$Discord

Airbud. This was a really difficult soap for a lot of people, and I’m surprised to see two successful non-airbud shaves so far. This contest certainly rewards large soap collections! (and non-travelers).

Category	∑	Δ
Daily theme soap	0	0
Artisan	4	0
Scenter	6	0
Half of the scent notes	8	0
Airbudding the day	1	+1
Cross posting	8	+1
Snitching	1	0
Snitching incorrectly	0	0
Participation Trophy	5	+1
Total	33	+3

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djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Tabac to the future!

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walden@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

February 9, 2025

Brush: AP Shave Co. Handle w/26mm Maggard SHD
Razor: Blackland Era - Level 3 SB
Blade: Personna 74 (16)
Lather: Maurer & Wirtz - Tabac - Soap
Post Shave: Pinaud - Clubman Musk - Aftershave

Shave #2 for today.

It came to light that “Neroli” is code for “Orange Blossom”. This brings Tabac into play with the following scent notes:

Musk, Jasmine, Sandalwood, Rose, Tobacco, Oakmoss, Vanilla, Tonka Bean, Lemon, Aldehydes, Lavender, Neroli, Orris Root, Bergamot, Amber, Pine, Carnation

That’s 3 scent notes in common with Elephant Walk.

Now for the elephant (walk) in the room – Neroli vs Orange Blossom. I have two bits of proof that they are the same. Some say they’re different, and that’s their opinion, although I doubt those people have smelled them side-by-side (nor have I).

Proof #1: mamabearssoaps.com/index.php?main_page=product_in…
This soap is called “Orange Blossom”, but the scent notes are “petitgrain, bergamot, neroli, jasmine, sandalwood”. No orange blossom, but it does have neroli.

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Our own Catie’s Bubbles says they are the same. Neroli is code for Orange Blossom.

If there’s a legitimate argument that I’m wrong, then I’m ready to accept my fate. It’s been fun! I’ll probably be going out in the next week or so anyway because of travel. I’ve really enjoyed this contest so far. Everyone has been cordial and there have been some great discussions.

Category	∑	Δ
Daily theme soap	0	0
Artisan	4	0
Scenter	6	0
Half of the scent notes	10	2
Airbudding the day	0	0
Cross posting	8	+1
Snitching	1	0
Snitching incorrectly	0	0
Participation Trophy	5	+1
Total	34	+4

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djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
This is one shady line of argument my friend!

There are plenty of references to the contrary, including the first one you checked immediately,

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and misquote:

The difference between how neroli and orange blossom smell and why they are referred to with different names, is a result of the process of extraction that is used to obtain the oil from the blooms. Neroli is extracted by steam distillation and orange blossom is extracted via a process of enfleurage (rarely used nowadays due to prohibitive costs) or solvent extraction.

The source of your second “proof”, when asked, agreed that there are differences in potency at least, as you know but leave out. This is part two of your screenshot:

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and your first “proof”, well, that’s just Imhofing. I think you should go back to airbudding.

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- walden@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Its a shaving competition, not a fancy fragrance competition. The culture in this realm of smells, as shown by my proofs, is to use them interchangeably!
  
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- walden@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  I believe your claim that I’m breaking a rule is incorrect, and that you should lose all points for the day.
  
  The vibe until yesterday has been great, and I agree with you here.
  
  If Chiseled Face counts for LASSCO, then why can’t Neroli count for Orange Blossom, especially with evidence that it is often used interchangeably?
  
  Either way, our lord and savior @enndeegee@sub.wetshaving.social has reliably and consistently said “if that’s the consensus”. I don’t think there is a consensus one way or the other, which is unfortunate, but also means that no rule has been broken. In discord there seemed to be a lot of excitement that Tabac was acceptable, followed by one or two people saying they disagree, followed by some people getting scared and taking an airbud. Proof was found that supports both opinions… therefore no consensus.
  
  Also, unrelated, what is imhofing? I can’t find anything online about it.
  
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walden@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Tomorrow’s Atlas Shaves theme: Cold River Soap Works - Vetiver Moderne
Vetiver, Peppercorn, Sandalwood, Citrus, Plum

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