SOS: May 2019

Your aftershave looks like a Brut dupe. Is it?

 

Yup - generic copy of Brut from dollar general. I love brut... I have used their deodorant stick since junior high school. They better never stop making it!

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First time using a bakelite handle and Afta.
Both are excellent . That bakelite is gonna be hard to beat. Love the feel and smell of the afta.



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Mail call action from HERC Soap Co. with their latest.
Rex Supply Co. Ambassador / Zorrik Super Platinum / Grizzly Bay Crucible / HERC Soap Co. Ranger

Ran Razor 6.5 WTG, G.5 ATG, some bites randomly distributed likely I messed up the angle. Nice smelling, feeling BBS shave just the same.

 

I gotta sniff/try it. Mint is good as long as it doesn't have that tooth paste vibe

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This is an awesome photograph. I love the colors and reflections. Very nice work!

 

SATURDAY'S SHAVE​

Perfumed by:
Maurice Roucel


Razor - Stirling Soap's Slant
Blade - *4th shave
Shave Brush - Wood Razor's TruStone Turquoise (with 24mm Synthetic Nylon Knot by The Golden Nib)
Preshave Soap - PAA Cube with Dock
Shave Soap - Nile Naturals "Melon Cucumber"
Soap Bowl - Vintage Palissy "Maytime" 1950's sugar bowl
Scuttle by Karen's Pottery
Post Shave Toner - Humphreys "Cucumber Melon" Witch Hazel
Aftershave - Williams Aqua Velva
Deodorant - Salt of the Earth Pure Aura "Melon Cucumber"
Deodorant - Kiss My Face "Cucumber Green Tea"
Fragrance - Nautica Voyage

I'm going to use PAA's CUBE to enhance this soap I bought that was really designed as a bath soap, but surprised me in how it lathered and performed. The PAA CUBE will add that extra slickness that I think this soap could use to be next-level. I will also be using the PAA Chill Mill. I wish some forum would design a "Wet Shaving Product Awards" every year and have wet shaving enthusiasts vote on the products. PAA deserves two awards for the "Best New Product in the Shaving Game" genre. The CUBE and the Chill Mill are now 'essential' items in my den. I don't use them in every shaving circumstance, but they are fantastic tools to enhance or even upgrade a shave experience/result when certain other products aren't up to the task...or just because you enjoy the little 'extra' something they bring a shave. Either way. I've found these to be fantastic tools in my den and PAA's CK6 shave soap formula being added to the product list this past year and it's clear to me that PAA is seeking shaving dominance in the artisan wet shaving realm. Let's not even forget the addition of the DOC Stainless and Copper razors. Douglas Smythe is just coming up with win after win. IMO, PAA is the "Shaving Artisan Company of the Year" with West Coast Shaving coming up a decent 2nd place with their new line of soaps that Chris Cullen and Oleo Soapworks helped launch that really got major praise from wet shavers. I personally think that Van Yulay's new scent "Kadota Green" is the best scent I've smelled on a soap this year. Kadota Green blew me away when I was sniffing scents all over the Big Shave S'West.

Anyway, it should be a stellar shave tomorrow with the slant.

 

Phoenix Shaving | Han Polo
BSB-Ti | HMW Extra Dense
Phoenix Shaving - Ascension DOC SS | Triad - Rolling Hex SS
Astra Superior Platinum
Polo by Ralph Lauren (Cosmair)

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Whoa. Vintage Polo. What is your opinion on PAA's Han Polo similarity to the vintage? Did Smythe come close to matching the scent?

 

No toothpaste vibe. The mint is more herbal and well played in the back round of the mix. Although, I definitely think it's a scent that should be sampled first.

 

Another Brut fan here. Feel exactly the same about the deodorant.

Brut is THE MOST GLORIOUS STANK!

Just got some PAA 'Et tu' which has been reported as closer to the original. Pretty nice. Wholly Kaw has a nice one too.

 

Complementary, but not a match. Han Polo is essentially a woody green vetiver to my nose. He was targeting the early vintage, but while it's very pleasant, it's far from reminiscent of Polo. I'd like to see him revisit this one. I think his perfumery skills are better now than when he came up with this formula.

 

Thank you my friend. Much appreciated....

 

awesome sir. very cool brush..

 

very cool,love the handle...

 

stunning...