50's isn't warm enough for ME to use the 'green(or any Stoylin Glacial for that matter). But 50's in Montreal in February is perhaps something different to behold.
You can't imagine how hot it could get here in the summer. Weeks on end of 90+ and humidity to make you want to faint.
I don't quite recall what the issue was....something about it having too many "chemicals". Perhaps @ezlovan can correct that.(That is, correct my MEMORY, as he probably already corrected the SDM issue, as we've been talkinabout). But if you say he did, he probably did. You two are good habibis .
Yeow....Montreal and DC being about the same...hard to imagine that. (That's just me comparing those two hockey cities).
An All around great Shave this Evening. Rockwell 6s Bolzano blade. Brush Atomic Rocket 26 mm. Synthetic. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Classic Stoylin Spice shave this morning. The aftershave fooled me-I thought I was being careful enough, but a little burn still came out. It wasn't as bad as my first use though, when my face sounded like a summer rain on a hot humid Washington DC street. SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. Great final result though .
I'll go a bit easy on the menthol tomorrow. Frozen Tundra mind you, is still very, very cold and its scent is wintergreen-based. Is it ever nice!
For some people, the Sharp Dressed Man will always be an issue. One of the fragrance components for GIT, SDM, and other GIT clones is dihydromycrcenol. It's supposed to add a fresh pop to a scent. It's also an irritant for a small portion of the population. I did cut back on the amount of the fragrance in the soap and aftershave a while back, but for some people it is always going to be an issue, unfortunately. It's one of the reasons when customers ask me for recommendations for a first time buyer, I always recommend they buy samples. That way they can (A) find scents they like without breaking the bank, and (B) make sure that whatever fragrance or essential oil blend agrees with their skin.
That's what happened with me and Sandpiper...got the sample first, and it felt natural to ,my skin. I was happy to go ahead and get the full bottle.
This post saved me a phone call. I love SDM soap and find the scent mellow enough that it could easily be an everyday scent........ so I ordered the aftershave splash. The first time I used it I thought someone had slipped pepper spray into the ingredients. I had to jump back in the shower and try to was it off. I tried it a couple days later on a dry, not freshly shaved face and it wasn’t as bad. But it was a real shocker for such a mild fragrance to feel like OC! I don’t get any signs of burning with the SDM soap, but do start to feel things heat up by the time I’m done shaving with Bakerstreet. I love the scent so I just shave a little quicker. And I know it’s only February, but I’m starting eight months early in pleading for another run of Christmas Eve! That scent is crazy good!!!!
Thanks for the details on SDM, @ezlovan , very interesting. I had this exact reaction after trying it, along with a few other Green Irish Tweed clones. Finally did find one that agreed with me, but the scent isn't nearly as good as Stirling's. I couldn't agree more! Absolutely love the pine, cinnamon and spices scent. Christmas Eve is in my winter rotation (Oct - Mar) and I'm using it like crazy for the next month and a half. Then, hibernation time and out come the Glacials for summer.
A "Stoylin All-Star" shave today(well except for the Gillette Sensor Deuce razor). I did much better with the Spice A.S. today-this is where that saying "Easy Does It" makes sense.
Although there are different brands and approaches, Bay Rum A.S. in general is quite good on the skin, has great history behind it, and, indeed, smells good. If there's any clove fragrance, be sure to mix that with the other features for best appearance(well, unless you're a clove man, that is).
I had a shave with the Frozen Tundra soap that felt so cold that I almost saw stars. Ok, a Glacial soap is still definitely colder but don't underestimate the Frozen Tundra because it's still capable of freezing your face off! (in a most delightful way, of course!)
