11 July 2024
Fragrance-Free Setup
Pre-Shave: Warm shower; face washed with activated charcoal soap
Razor: Gillette Slim, setting 9
Blade: Tatra Platinum, shave 9
Soap: Van der Hagen Unscented Luxury
Brush: RazoRock Snowman synthetic
Post-Shave: None
Had dinner with a dear friend who's ultra-sensitive to fragrances, so I used unscented bath soap, shampoo, deodourant, and shaving soap today. We dined at an outdoor courtyard that was resplendent with the wonderful aroma of flowers blooming all around us, so it was just as well that I had gone fragrance-neutral today.
Thought I had turned the Slim down from setting 8 to 7 yesterday, but didn't bother to don my reading glasses to double-check. Turned out that I was shaving yesterday and today on setting 9, not 7, which is the most aggressive setting on the Slim. No worries--the Tatra's 9th outing was another smooth, no-fuss, BBS affair with no problems of any kind.
My VdH soap pucks reside in small sugar dishes with lids, as shown. The VdH soap face-lathered to perfection today and left my face feeling quite good post-shave, so I didn't use an aftershave. I do have some unscented Thayer's for fragrance-free occasions like today.
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