SoS: May 29, 2017 - June 4, 2017

Today's shave
Hot water wash
Hoffritz pure badger brush
Arko
Parker 99r
Persona Crystal (1)
Razorock essential oil of lime aftershave
Today's shave was quick. I'm heading to plunder the beaches of Florida for golden treasures. Arko, face lathered, the passes with the Parker tto, finish with lime balm. Good quick shave, smells like sprite soda.
Hope y'all did as well, or better. i used a new arko, the actual one want very photogenic.

 

Great picture!

 

Jun 2 SOTD:

Barbasol Soothing Aloe
Barbasol Floating Head
Stirling Unscented PSB
Barbasol Brisk AS

 

Fri. 6/2/17







Marvelous shave with the Schick Xtreme3 this morning. Three passes for a dolphin smooth and refreshing finish. Enjoy your day friends.

 

Great photo Jim!

 

Thanks!

Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk

 

Thanks!

Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk

 

Thanks Steve. Have a great day buddy.

 

This morning's shave was such a frozen delight!

The Glacial Lemon Chill's fresh, tangy lemon scent was so invigorating, the lather exploded off my brush and that menthol jumped on me right away. I enjoyed my three passes so much and got dolphin smooth. The Lemon Chill witch hazel provided a good extra boost.

Have a great weekend, guys!

 

Very Mike!

 

Excellent filter, Roby!

 

Thanks, buddy! Have a great day!

 

Friday

Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Bath-Scots Pine Sheep
Soap: Cold River Soap Works “Original”-Bergamot & Bay
Razor: Gillette Fat Boy
Blade: Vintage Gillette Platinum Plus (Shave #2)
Brush: Canadian Rubber Fuller/Whipped Dog High Mountain-24mmx52mm
Aftershave: Fine Platinum

WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard)

CRSW “Original” Bergamot & Bay today. 20 seconds to load the Canadian Fuller/WD High Mountain brush. Easy, thick, slick, lather. Vintage Gillette Platinum Plus in the Fat Boy. Excellent smooth, close shave. I finished with Fine Platinum aftershave.

Bob

 

Thanks Jim. Have a great day brother.

 

Catie's Bubbles - Confiant
DrivenLegend Red & Black | APShaveCo Tuxedo 30mm
Ever-Ready 1912 | Delta Echo | Gem PTFE (1)

​

Chris Cullen's latest brainchild, Confiant, is a 3-piece luxury set reportedly a year in the making. From the heavy glass violet jar and frosted glass bottles to the red velvet presentation, this set's elegant appearance almost prepares you for the classiness of the products themselves.

It's my understanding the cream soap formula was reworked in order to avoid impeding the fragrance. If memory serves, my experience with Catie's Bubbles thus far has been exclusive to their "Luxury Soap" line, so Confiant would be my first experience with their cream. As a result, I can't speak to any differences between their standard cream formula and this reformulation. Given its soft consistency, I loaded accordingly---that is to say, effortlessly. The dense creamy lather was forthcoming a bit more quickly than with the soap, but beyond that, the performance was similar. For that, I'm grateful as I wouldn't change a thing about my prior experiences with Catie's Bubbles. The slickness holds its own with any of the other soaps in my arsenal, and the post-shave is better than most.

The initial fragrance of the soap is a bright, sharp lemon (presumably the verbena) with sweetness that can almost be tasted. Throughout the shave, the citrus fragrance swells and becomes more grapefruit and less lemon. Despite the variety of lavenders purported to be in the fragrance, their role---in the soap at least---seems to add weight and ground the citrus. At the tail end of the three-pass head and face shave, the fragrance relents to a very faint smoky vetiver with lemon piercing through.

The matching splash, for the most, part feels like your typical alcohol-based splash. The only exception being some brief tackiness despite being applied to my damp skin. At either rate, the remarkable post-shave renders this step obligatory. The fragrance, while pleasant, came across as muted, but this could be chalked up to the ever-present citrus notes holding over from the soap. It's still quite citrusy, but not as sharp. The lavender makes more of a presence in the splash, and there's some woodiness I did not detect in the soap. I can't speak to the longevity because about two hours later, I applied the parfum extrait.

Taking nothing away from the soap, the parfum alone is worth the price of admission. This is clearly the finished product of the parts preceding it. Confiant opens with a bold and dazzling blast of bitter lemon and sweet grapefruit that maintains this intensity for almost an hour before being tempered by a gentle floral. I enjoy this for what seems like a couple hours before it descends into a smoky herbaceous accord that teeters with the citrus, ultimately falling into that unmistakable Haitian vetiver that Chris is so fond of. At this point, Confiant seems to have given you all its got, but as the smokiness lifts, citrus remains, its character having been changed from that of lemon and grapefruit to what my nose interprets as bergamot. (I note that this is just my nose, as bergamot is not one of the documented notes).

Confiant is an elegant and classy fragrance with familiar elements making it timeless. I place it in the same category as one of my all-time favorites, Acqua di Parma's Colonia. In fact, Confiant is what I imagine the French would come up with if charged to interpret Colonia. Citrus fans will easily gravitate to this, but Confiant's depth, complexity, and overall classic feel firmly places it in the league of refined, dignified fragrances.

 

Black Bot is fun! I am terrible at scent descriptions - so the scent is VINTAGE! I never smelled black belt (but I have one vintage bottle arriving today!!! yippee) - but this smells like a vintage bottle of Old Spice MUSK to my nose!!

****LIME ICE SAGE! with the Lovely LISa on the bottle - now that is truly epic! An earthy - lime menthol blast!!! you will love LISa - she has never let me down and never says anything to my wifey - You will soon be assimilated to BLACK BOT and LISa will steel your heart !!

Steve - you should join the Google plus community for HTGAM - awesome place- no political junk, just a place that men with Shaving Addictions can discuss there habit! have good one! Jamie B...

 

And Robby takes the Semogue out of retirement! awesome shave!

 

Friday, June 2

Meißner Tremonia Dark Limes~~Paladin Chief~~1940 Milord Tech~~Feather (1)~~Dominica Bay Rum w/Lime
Have a great day.​

 

Friday's Shower:

Bodywash-Nivea 4 Men Platinum Plus
deodorant soap-Dial 4 Men (Odor Armor)
shampoo-Suave 4 Men Heritage Edition("New Since 1937" -my quotes)
deodorant Right Guard Sport "Fresh"****
***this baby's been moved around from company to company Began with Gillette, then bought by Proctor&Gamble, now it's owned by The Dial Corp.(A Henkel Co.)

 

2 June 2017

* Weber DLC + UFO U2V1 Red Bronze
* Iridium Super
* M&F 3XL Heritage
* Mystic Water Sardinian Honey
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO




​