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  • sahenders@sub.wetshaving.social
    6·
    1 month ago

    🪻🪻🪻

    • Brush: Trotter Handcrafts Space Portal 25mm Mühle STF Synthentic Knot
    • Razor: Mühle Rocca R94
    • Blade: Gillette 7 O’Clock Super Stainless (Green) [6]
    • Lather: Dr. Jon’s Shaving Soap Co. - Flowers in the Dark - Soap (Vegan)
    • Post Shave: Catie’s Bubbles - Menage a Lavande
    • Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Beloved - Eau de Parfum

    I’m gonna miss Flowers in the Dark when this is gone.

    Rating: 4.5/5

  • PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social
    5·
    1 month ago

    Sunday, May 19, 2024: Lazy Sunday Afternoon

    After two days of not shaving, a knocked off the stubble – which is very satisfying. Even though some may hate it, I really like Electric Sheep: great scent, and great base.

    Have a nice day!

    ~Shared via emacs & sotd.el~

  • gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social
    4·
    1 month 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 @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.

      • gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social
        3·
        1 month 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.

        • djundjila@sub.wetshaving.socialM
          2·
          1 month 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:

          • gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social
            2·
            1 month 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.)

  • djundjila@sub.wetshaving.socialM
    2·
    1 month ago

    🍎 Braebalon 🇨🇭

    • Brush: Mühle travel brush
    • Razor: Gillette Ball-End Tech
    • Blade: Derby Extra Super Stainless (green)
    • Lather: Barrister and Mann Braeburn
    • Aftershave: Pitralon Swiss version

    Very pleasant second travel shave, Braeburn + Pitralon is still a winner.