I’ve been eyeing the balms as part of a “set”, but my concern is that the scent will compound with the EdT and be too much. Do you find this to be the case at all?
I picked up 6 soaps and their matching AS. On all but one of them (Texas On Fire) they are fine and not too much, IMO. The Texas On Fire I really like but SWMBO has no love for it. I almost bought matching bath soaps for all of them too which would maybe make them over the top, but I'm not sure. Saying this, I think it'll all come down to the individual scents as to whether they will be over the top. If someone's sniffer really likes it, it can get away with a lot more of it. My wife doesn't want to smell ToF for a while still.
July 6th Razor: Rex Ambassador (6.5) Blade: Personna Lab Blue (3) Brush: PAA Green Ray Pre-shave: PAA Rabid Banana Cube Soap: Stirling GLO Stirling Orange Chill witch hazel Stirling Glacial balm AS: Stirling GLO Good morning! Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk
SOTD July 6, 2020 Prep: Cold water and PAA Cube pre-shave soap Blade: Schick Proline Razor: RazoRock Hawk Brush: JR #60 synthetic Soap: Stirling Glacial Lemony Orange Post: Witch hazel, Fine L'Orange Noir aftershave
Ahhh...Electric Sheep on a warm, muggy late afternoon. I hope it works like a Citronella candle...outdoor activities planned. I really enjoyed this combo of spring/summer scents and ideas! Two passes and some polishing...Electric Sheep didnt let this beautiful summer day down!
SOTD July 7, 2020 Prep: Cold water and PAA Cube pre-shave soap Blade: vintage Private Club platinum chrome Razor: Schick G5 Brush: JR #142 badger Soap: Stirling Glacial Lemony Orange Post: Witch hazel, Soap Commander Justice aftershave
July 9th Razor: Rocnel Elite 2019LE A Blade: Astra SS (3) Brush: Grizzly Bay Biblical/TnS gelled Shoat boar Pre-shave: PAA Rabid Banana Cube Soap: Stirling Bergamot Lavender Thayers Lavender witch hazel Stirling Glacial balm AS: Stirling Bergamot Lavender Good morning! Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk
Thursday morning’s Grand Freeze: Stirling Mentholated Pre Shave Soap Razorock Plissoft 26mm Monster Super Speed/Wilkinson day 4 Stirling Glacial Spearmint SS Stirling Glacial Spearmint ASB B&M Arctique AS Splash Any colder than this and my face would have disintegrated - this Glacial Spearmint soap contains enough menthol to freeze a polar bear’s nuts off, the scent is delicious, the lather is super rich with such great slickness, and the skincare is perfect. The matching balm has that same delightful scent with plenty of menthol along with such moisturizing and soothing, while the Arctique is the coldest aftershave on Planet Earth and it smells beautiful. Today’s shave was a cracker! Be safe and healthy! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Jeff, I thought about you during today's shave...supposed to be pretty hot, and I already had the Glacial Lime A.S. ready to finish me off, but for the shave itself I decided on ORIGINAL Gillette Foamy, not the Menthol persuasion.
July 9, 2020 Wolfman WR2-OC w WRH7 SS Wizamet Super Iridium Simpson Trafalgar T3 Synthetic Mike's Natural Soaps Coconut Stirling Soap Co. Island Man Penhaligon Blenheim Bouquet
(Sorry no photo) This morning Lemon Chill was acting neglected so I lathered it up for a very refreshing shave. I don’t have anything that matches exactly, so I went a different direction and used Iced Pineapple AND Executive Man. That turned out to be a great combo. Basically an improved EM. Just thought I’d pass along the idea in case anyone is feeling adventurous.
This evening concluded my week straight of shaving with Stirling Sheep (unscented) soap. I can now say with confidence that Stirling's mutton tallow base can hold an absolute ton of water, and creates one of the densest, richest, and slickest lathers I've ever experienced! The shaves were top notch all week! By the end of the week I did find myself missing my scented soaps though, so tonight I added a drop or two of peppermint essential oil to my bowl prior to lathering and I had a wonderfully minty shave with a refreshing chill. I will say that the essential oil did seem to make lathering a fair bit tougher, but once it was dialed in it shaved just as well as ever. All in all, this is a stellar soap. I don't see myself ordering a full tub, as I would likely find myself bored with the lack of scent, but I plan to order samples of some of the scented sheep soaps in the future, as I truly enjoyed the quality of this soap base (I have Scot's Pine already, so we will see if that scent grows on me). If you haven't tried any of the mutton tallow soaps from Stirling yet, you should strongly consider adding a sample to your next order! - GCC PS - I am pleased to report that I had absolutely zero irritation to this soap base. I was uncertain, as I've never had a mutton tallow soap before, but it was smooth sailing throughout!
Good commentary. Actually, I WILL be ordering a full tub of Stoylin unscented to work with my Bill Neumanns(that I'll order in the fall). I don't want anything to negate the Neumann scents. And I have other scented soaps so there won't be a boredom problem.
Well Mr. Cawtuh, I guess I just gave away my "Most Expensive Order I Have Made Since Becoming A Member(MEOIHMSBAM). 2 Bill Neumann aftershaves and the Stoylin Unscented soap.
July 13, 2020 Colonial General V2 Feather Pro Dorian Crafts Galaxy Two Band Finest Stirling Soap Co. Margaritas in the Arctic Soap, Witch Hazel & Aloe, and Aftershave ADP Ginepro di Sardegna
The :real" name for the Stoylin dupe appears to get very high marks in Most Attractive Men's Colognes. I'm glad Doc Ezlovan found a way to make a simple aftershave out of it(course he's done that to MANY colognes).
