June 2017 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Have you ever look for a cabinet and found something you didn't know you had? I found this Tabac this morning and decided to shave with it. Very nice stuff! Lathers like Arko but smells better
SOTD
Tabac Shave Stick
Wolf Whiskers Brush
Dovo Bismarck #2
Lucky Tiger
Vintage Old Spice
Have a great day!

 

Cool pic, Brian! Tabac attack!

 

Great photo and set up, Brian!

 

I have had the same thing happen with soaps and brushes. Great looking razor Brian.

 

June 15th
#51/53 Aristocrat Jr. w Polsilver (1)
TGN Synthetic
Stirling Baker St. SS
Thayer's Unscented
Barrister's Reserve Cool

After a month and a half of pretty steady Injector use, I think I'm going away from that focus. Used this Aristocrat Jr that I got a few weeks ago for the first time. Great, thick lather from the Baker St and 3 passes later have a DFS. The Jr seems like a heavier 40s SS with a glossier finish. Another fine shaver. I'll spend a few weeks focussing on this beautiful razor going through a few different blades.
Have a great day all!

 

June 15 - First use of Jeeves Of Husdon Street

Merkur 34C
PolSilver Super Iridium (Day 1)
23mm AOS Pure Badger brush
DIY PSO
Jeeves of Hudson St - Turkish Bath
ALum/Thayers/AOS PSB

With the trip to Pasteur's coming quickly, I wanted to try another soap that I have not yet tried and today that is Jeeves of Hudson St Turkish Bath. I am terrible at scents and as such I can be waaaaay off in what they are. Part of this is because I have limited exposure and an uneducated nose. SO to continue with my tradition of guessing scents wrong, this is how I will describe what it smelled like. TO me, thsi soap as this warm and comforting rich scent. I can only relate that kind of scent to rich amber, vanilla tones and some soft woods. No, I did not detect wood in it but the warmth I get form a good fresh wood it what I get form this. I think this warth comes from the kinds of spices they used. These are not hot spices that you would find in Mexican or Szechwan cooking. I think Middle East notes are there. I am not well versed in Middle East cooking but from how Moroccan is described, I could equate it with that, maybe. I think of a nutty oil mixed with soft pepper (maybe white pepper) , nutmeg, cardamom and things like this. This is not spicy like I equate to Indian cuisine where the spices feel like a shovel full is used instead of a pinch. All I can say is that the scent is rich and delicious without being overpowering. Very pleasant. Unfortunately, my wife did not go for it. She wasn't disliking it but it was only OK to her. (Her loss !!). I think the scent was on a medium level of intensity. Usually I like my scents to be powerful and strong. this is one case where being medium helped keep the imagery alive of a rich decadent soap. Like most decadent things, you do not need a lot to enjoy and sometimes less is more. I would say the same here. It is strong enough to be savored and enjoyed. I love my warm scents and this was very good.

In asking about thick, rich and dense lather, one commented about using more product. I intentionally kept the water low and used caution when adding more with the desire to make a thick dense lather to complement the scent. Mission accomplished! The lather was very thick and delicious. The lather was good in slickness as well. for me, I have felt slicker but that could also be because I kept it on the thicker side. Plenty of lather resulted.

I love PolSilver Super Iridium blades. Low drag, minimum noise and I find they do a great job of keeping my irritation down. 3 passes yielded a DFS+ and only a few areas needed touching up. Being a new soap and lots of lather left, I wanted to add more water to see if I could improve things. The soap was good and as it dried on my face (had to pause due to a Mom - daughter argument and play referee), it did get slightly sticky. The addition of water did remove some thickness but made for a slicker result. I ended up doing another full pass.

Alum is always the tell of how good a shave was and today with a great blade and a wonderful soap, I had no sensation bar a small spot or two that tingled. BBS achieved with 4 passes and irritation was minimal. All in all, an excellent result.

My only complaint is the website for Jeeves.

This is the scent description for Turkish Bath:

This is the scent description of Barbershop

This duplication of scent description continues to other soaps as well:
Bay Rum

Private Study

Tobacco Bay

Velvet Jacket

Conservatory

Mountain Rain

This could be because they are changing names on their scents but I do not believe this is the case. They only make 8 scents in total and if they are duplicating scents then that brings them down to 4 in reality. I hope they rectify this since all retailers also seem to copy these scent descriptions.

If this it correct and they have actually made different soaps leveraging the same sets of scents, that would be fine since changing quantities can change what they smell like. I am only disappointed in that they have a small range of scents and that some of the classics like Citrus, Bergamot, Vetiver and Sandalwood are not there. Even with this lack, I do like that they have unique scents that only begs me to try more of their line. Will definitely be looking out for them at Pasteur's, if they carry them.

 

You might bring this to Byron's attention @Jeeves of Hudson Street

 

Interesting I actually did use a different face wash last night for the first time in a while. I used a face wash with a scrub in it instead of my usual wash which is just wash no scrub. Last night was also my worse shave since I started my focus closely tied to my William's shave where I blew the lather but that's easy to figure out where it went wrong.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

I went to the website and sent a message via the 'Contact Us' page.

 

Sounds like I have another treat in store tomorrow when I break out my tub of Turkish Bath!

Regarding the names, when I looked at the website yesterday, my sense was that they produce only four versions of their soap right now. Previously they had had fancy names like Private Study but they are moving away from that to scent descriptive names like Bay Rum to make it easier for customers to know what they are getting.

From comments I had seen elsewhere on TSD, I think Byron is busy right now working up matching splashes or balms to go with the soaps before trying to expand the soap lineup itself.

 

Thank you! It's nice soap.

Thank you! It was a great shave.

Thank you! I think it's time to do an inventory

 

Thursday, June 15, 2017

Paladin El Dorado
Fine Fresh Vetiver
Blackland Blackbird OC
Polsilver Super Iridium
Fine Fresh Vetiver AS
Tom Ford Grey Vetiver


​

 

Safe travels and hope you get some sleep on the plane.

That is a sharp looking razor.

 

I've had the Jeeves Apothecary for quite awhile now. Discontinued scent of Spearmint/Eucalyptus. I've commented many times that it has absolutely a top tier lather and post-shave feel. I've also commented that I find it very light-scented. I will absolutely buy another Jeeves product. This won't matter to most on here, but it also has a Canadian distributor, canadianbladeco, so it is also easy for me to get.

 

Frank,
I think you got the website in transition. The jars have the new names, and the pucks are still using the old names. Same 4 soaps that have been there for a bit. As well, it appears that there are now two new jars added to the list- Key Lime and 'Rich Man'.

 

can you shoot the link for Rich Man? I have a Castle Forbes Lime already and will have a hard time believing anyone can be that. I did not see it on his site.

Never mind, I got it now...

Yeah, he must have just changed it because It looks different form what I saw this morning.

 

Fatboy on 7
Sputnik blade
RazoRock Big Bruce Plissoft
Proraso Green
Proraso Green AS

2 passes, super quiet alum, super smooth face and I smell good. I really enjoy this combo.

Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk

 

Rich Man I'm guessing is an aventus type scent?

Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk

 

He states

https://jeevessoaps.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=20&product_id=67

 

I don't know about black patchouli or star anise ... Anyone have any experience with Aquolina Blue Sugar ?