Robert Williams Damascus Steel Vlasta Chubby Boar Brush Wholly Kaw Vegan Soap Sandlewood Pre Shave Oil Pinald Clubman Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Wednesday OCtober 9, 2019 Blackland Sabre L2 Gem PTFE Coated Simpson Chubby 2 Synthetic "Los Amigos" Kramperts Finest Frostbite Soap & Aftershave Pino Silvestri
Gillette New LC “Reissue”/Derby/Yaqi Metal 24mm/RR Emperor Tallow soap Thayers Astringent Lemon/RR Emperor splash Derby and I are not good friends but, a few weepers aside it was a good shave. A great evening and shaves to all.....
WEDNESDAY'S SHAVE Perfumed by: Geza Schön Razor - Merkur 1904 Blade - Merkur Stainless-Platinum Coated *Fresh Blade Shave Brush - Everyman Jack Synthetic Preshave Oil - Lather & Wood's "Unscented" Shave Soap - Catie's Bubbles "Florentine Fern" *Luxury Cream Formula Suribachi Lather Bowl handmade by Of the Dirt Pottery Aftershave - Booster "Mosswood" Post-Shave Balm - Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements "Mysterium Serum" Deodorant - Jason "Forest Fresh" Fragrance - CLIVE CHRISTIAN 1872 for Men
October 9, 2019 Tatara Masamune Open Comb Gillette 7 O’clock Yellow Stuga Sandalwood Silvertip Cold River Schapenmelk Dominica Grand Bay Rum Aftershave
Wednesday 10.09.19 SOTD TSE Pre-Shave Oil Gillette ball end NEW LC gold / Feather (1) Yaqi Ruby Handle 24mm 2-Band Badger Williams Shaving Soap in a vintage mug Aqua Velva Aftershave (Spanish Version) by Williams
Oaken Lab | Conservatory Island Bladeworks "Stoya" | Elite Razor Manchurian The New Improved Schick Injector Razor | Personna 74 Conservatory is my introduction to Oaken Lab, and I obtained this imported product for retail price as an exclusive from West Coast Shaving. It's my understanding the artisan is a US expatriate residing in Jakarta, Indonesia. This V2 tallow base effortlessly loads into a damp knot and intuitively yields a dense paintable face lather. It can accept a generous amount of my hard water, but it can be broken as I discovered in my pre-shave test lathers, the purpose of which are to explore a soap's characteristics and limits. First-pass and residual slickness are both above average, but not competitive with the highest tier artisans. This should hardly be viewed as a knock, but it's what benchmarks are for. Post-shave is very nice and probably just in the door of the luxury realm. The fragrance of Conservatory opens as bitter, sharp citrus somewhere between lime and under-ripe orange. The citrus relents to a leafy herbal before ushering in a bold floral neroli. The neroli is paired with patchouli and the result just brushes my upper threshold for sweetness before being tamed and grounded in understated dry resin wood and amber. The paired water-based splash is refreshing despite being free of artificial cooling agents, and it leaves my skin feeling well hydrated and completely devoid of tackiness or greasy residual. The scent of the splash matches and unfolds similarly to the soap. Amber and neroli is still detected at around the 3 hour mark before fading. Conservatory is an excellent set to serve as an introduction to Oaken Lab, offering an above-average performing soap base and a pleasing early Autumn fragrance.
