Pre: Warm water splash Brush: Vulfix 404 Badger/Boar Soap: TOBS Sandalwood Razor: Gibbs No.15 Blade: Polsilver Łódź Post: Warm then cold water rinse, TOBS Sandalwood ASL A sensational Sandalwood Sunday shave. Happy Shaving one and all.
Sunday 12/22018 Razor: Guillette Atra Original Cartridge: Atra ll (9) Lather ?: Cremo shave cream AS: Mennen Afta Dog: A stray, i think I haven`t used my Atra in ages, some things never change, a 2 pass. WTG/ATG, lots of touch ups, i think because i haven`t used for too long, otherwise everything went great, a near BBS. God Bless to all and i feel so much better. Bill
Bill as you recall every time I come up with a "personal favorite" of your dog choices. you come right back with another great one . So glad you're feeling better. Oh, right, your shave!!! Still have my eyes on the Cremo.
2018.12. 2 Carpe Diem Cooper & French Paladin 28mm Chief Timeless 68 Personna Red ⚁ 3 pass BBS PRE Prede Provence Sandalwood soap Mickey Lees preshave Sndlwd POST Alum Proraso red AFS AOS Sndlwd ASB FRAG LeLabo Santal 33 Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk
Sunday 2nd December Pears Glycerine Soap Proraso White Preshave Cream Nanny's Dragons Blood Soap Vie-Long with a 22mm AP Shave Faux Horse Brush CJB (Japanese Style) Razor with a Kai Titan Mild Witch Hazel BBA After Shave Balm Florida Water 2 passes and a touch up for a lovely shave:happy:
Gillette Old Type Razor Bic Chrome Platinum Blade JR #112/27mm Boar Brush Dirty Deeds Bay Rum & Lime Soap Dickinson's Witch Hazel Pinaud Clubman After Shave Avon Tai Winds Cologne A wonderful shave today. Two passes and a little touch up for a very smooth and comfortable BBS shave.
An alternative choice is Master's Focus -imagine Brut with pine instead of fougere and some skin care ingredients added. It is what I pair with Pino de Sylvestre
Much needed shave 12/1 after a long drive Hybrid RazoRock Game Changer .84 P on Barbaros Levend Handle P / Rapira Platinum Lux / H.L. Thater 2018 SE Wild Olive / Eufros Rose Oud Great shave, soap is one of the best feeling afterwards I've used. Think I prefer the bigger scuttle to this brush scuttle.
That is a killer shave setup. In my Sandalwood search I ended up picking Dyptique's Tam Dao EDP (that is up tomorrow) and Kilian's Straight to Heaven Extreme, which is Sandalwood, super clean cedar and a fantastically balanced rum note. The original Straight to Heaven's rum note was too weak and the cedar too prominent. The "Extreme" isn't really extreme at all, just a different balance of the same notes. More rum, a bit more sandalwood and less cedar. The Extreme version of STH is definitely my cup of tea. Le Labo's Santal 33 was decent. I'm thinking your shave soap and Proraso aftershave are giving the Santal 33 a nice push/blend. I have some fragrances that definitely get improvement when my bath/shave products are used with it. Also, sandalwood is such a "blendable" note with other fragrance notes (woods, spices, booze) that it really depends on the personal tastes of the individual as to which sandalwood fragrance is preferred. I am very surprised that there are so many fragrance enthusiasts who aren't wet-shaving enthusiasts also. I think the two hobbies go hand-in-hand beautifully. Scent is such a critical part of a great shave for all of us that it's natural to enjoy different colognes/fragrances and bath scented products (oils, salts, soaps). I post my shave/scent of the day over on a fragrance forum and many people there really enjoy the pictures and are intrigued by my shaving sets. They just don't usually take the plunge into the wet shaving arena. A pity. I think they would really merge into this well.
