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April 28th
Proraso PS - Red
Razorock SS & AS - Blue Fougère
@jtspartan 30DC w/Omega 10098
Drew Dick Extra Full Hollow
Last Fougère day. Ranking the past 9 days of Fougères
. Wholly Kaw's Fougère Bouquet wins it for me. Second would be SV's Felce Aromatica. I should note that if the SV FA ASB lasted longer....it may very well be the top choice, but...it fades entirely too quickly with my skin chemistry, within an hour or so. Following would be Razorock's Blue Fougère, WK's La Fougère Parfait, then PAA's Et Tu, Original Brut by Fabergé, and then all the others I have.
I should note that there's two fougères that didn't make an appearance...B&M's Fougère Angelique & Fougère Gothique were purchased as samples (thanks to
@jluc's comments back in 2019). They were quickly turned into empty travel sprayers after wifey's courtesy sniff (which was done to see her reaction...barely a 15 second detour as I was already on the way to file 13'ing them down the drain).
Onto today's shave.....Started off with an old stand by, Proraso's PreShave, as I wanted a very slick first pass using this blade. Also completely overloaded the Omega knot with Razorock's Blue Fougere shave soap....Jason's handle was a blur for a full minute of bowl whipping, lather overflowing slick aromatic fun. This Drew Dick 'Extra Full Hollow' (purchased last summer from
@Keithmax) rivals the thickness of a DE blade, IMO. Digital micrometer measures it at .19mm near the toe, just behind the edge bevel. A Feather Hi Stainless DE blade, still in it's wrapper, measures at .23mm.....and without the wrapper, measures .15mm. IOW, it's a pretty thin, very flexy edge. Honing and stropping is delicate, as the blade will flex with the lightest of pressure. 3 super smooth, but delicate passes to a nice DFS+, 1 corner of the mouth weeper. Still had oodles of lather to use, so I slopped it on the mug while cleaning the tools. Rinsed and wiped with a hot towel, then a nice refreshing dose of RR's Blue Fougère after shave splash. This Fougère is another awesome aroma, quite forward fragrance, lasts well into the afternoon (or again I'm using too much). Always wifey & family approved.
No image of the RR Blue Fougère shave soap....it's delivered as a medium brown ~4x4x2" block of semi soft goodness wrapped in a nice waxed paper & label. Cut in 2 pieces, 1 smushed into an empty ToBS container, the other a 6 oz PETG container (like PAA or Stirling uses).
Hope everyone has a Terrific Tuesday!
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