My order arrived! The Ramblin Man sample will go in my sample mug in another few days when Satsuma runs out. They smell very similar right now, but it’ll take using it for a real evaluation. My freebie was a bath sample of Hipster, which I’ll try tonight, and see what I think of the fragrance. It’s a hard to place scent, but a long shower will give me time to sniff and ponder. Then there are the three full tubs of awesomeness! Bay Rum: it smells great in the tub, and will no doubt be twice as great once lathered. Pumpkin Spice: smells VERY much like a warm pumpkin pie, and that’s again from the tub. Warm water and a brush should bring an incredible fall shaving experience. The matching AS should extend the experience by a few hours. Haverford: WOW I LOVE this scent!!!!! I’ve sniffed that tub so much my nose needs a break! I’m glad its a full tub, and that I gambled on the matching AS. I’m buying backups for both in my next order. It’s definitely a forever scent for me! Lastly I bought another bottle of Executive Man and my first bottle of Gentleman. Gentlemen could very well become an everyday scent if/once I develop a true appreciation for it. There is so much love for it that I know I just need more time to warm up to it. In the meantime I can’t quit sniffing Haverford!
Stirling Single Edge Shavette September..... Blue version Stirling Blu was at bat with the 'decked out in blue' Jayaruh 367 (yup, the stub end of my brush got to be a Louisville Slugger). The Blue Ming would never miss out on his namesake shave. No harm, no foul. My first use of the Focus R28 Slim Al, decked out in blue. The ingenious blade holding mechanism is the forerunner for the design of the Focus Dynamic razor. Inside I used my shavette fav, the Gillette Silver Blue. The machined angle serves to provide the optimum blade angle as well as a slight skin stretching action. I loved the R21 Evolution shavette and how you can get to a lower angle, but I must admit that, so far, I find this tool to be a bit more efficient. The slight drawback is because a steeper angle is required it is easier to get a blade binkie. Not a problemo if you got your game on. This is a tool manufactured for professional barbers and no doubt used for countless shaves. One barber commenting on his love for the durability and loading design has done thousands of professional shaves himself. A 'light' splash of the matching aftershave was unable to draw the same comment from a coworker that the happy splashing did once upon a time. Something about smelling like a female service employee from the French brothel. Hah! Good thing I said that one 'after' getting a CT nailed on. Really a great shaving device. The very low weight took some getting used to, but not a deal breaker for me. One does need a little more attention than with a thinner tool that works at lower angles. Be well!
SEptember 13th Razor: Blackland Vector Blade: Feather Super (4) Brush: PAA Switchback/Omega boar Pre-shave: Stirling Mentholated Soap: Stirling Piacenza Stirling Orange Chill witch hazel Stirling mentholated post shave balm AS: Stirling Piacenza Stirling SEptember Good morning!
I finally got fed up waiting for Top of the Chain to get Varen samples and ordered it in full size... as a fougere man I think it should be a safe purchase. I need to eventually find a replacement for TSM Fougere as my top dog aftershave since it's discontinued now (though I just bought 4 3 more bottles of it )
SOTD Stirling September 13th Stirling Mentholated Pre-Shave Soap Timeless Bronze OC Gillette Super Thin Blade WWB Green Pearl (26mm Maggard SHD Fan, Frigate Class) Stirling Sharp Dressed Man soap and AS Sent from my Galaxy using Tapatalk
I think Kerry (forgot his screenname)goes right to the company website to make orders. I try to do that too, now. (emphasis on TRY).
Time for a week-end double whammy with BoS . I'm not sure if I made a comment after my first use, but I will tomorrow.
I gifted my Varen sample to a coworker. It’s one of only a couple scents that I actually dislike enough to not even attempt. Vetiver is the other. Actually The Veg is a third, but I braved it twice without success.
