Share your Shave of the Day for Saturday!
June 28, 2025
- Brush: Oumo Compass Bonfire 27mm Emperor-2
- Razor: Gillette NEW SC
- Blade: Gillette Nacet (4)
- Lather: Mammoth Barrister - Cup of Joe and a Smoke - Soap
- Post Shave: Elysian Soap Shop - Cherie Tobacco - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Thayers - Cucumber - Toner
2 passes. Bowl lather. Excellent shave.
Today I mixed Barrister and Mann Amazelnut with House of Mammoth Tobcconist. Coffee and tobacco are a time-honored pairing. This was certainly true when I was young and continues today. The Amazelnut fragrance notes do not have a coffee accord, but the scent reminds me of a mug of coffee with cream and a touch of hazelnut syrup added. That slightly sweet coffee aroma would pair nicely (imo) with an aromatic tobacco. Tobacconist has that cedar and stone fruit aroma that you can get as tasting notes in a cigar like a white-label Davidoff. Cherie Tobacco has a pure pipe tobacco vibe. It wasn’t the best match for the scent of the soap. Leviathan would have been better in retrospect. Overall, I thought this was a successful Frankensoap.
I took the quiz while doing something else, intending to multi-task. I did miserably because I did not notice there was a timer going. My score was 17%.
snooting@sub.wetshaving.social 1 week ago
June 28th, 2025: It’s Alive!
$discord
Theme: I combined SBS Trouble Maker and Valedictorian for today’s franken-shave. Partially because I needed to slot SBS in somewhere. I had planned to use it for The Gift day, but the person who sent me the smushes didn’t end up participating in the games.
I’m giving this combination the name “Scholar’s Shadow.” The mix of tobacco and lavender creates a scent that’s both scholarly and enigmatic, with the shared smoke and wood unifying the blend. Quite nice, but not an improvement of either scent.
Challenge: 75% – better than I thought I would! I also think I got a pretty easy start. If I’d gotten the HoM soap early, I’d have been cooked.
$SELFCARE - Got out for a run this morning even though I really didn’t want to. Those are often the most important runs.
$FOF - Stirling One’s bright bergamot, tobacco, and warm spices cut through the dark soap base. The cologne’s cedar and ambergris blend with Oro Valley’s leather and the soap’s earthy tobacco nicely. A bright yet mysterious combination.
$ROTY