What soap/cream did you use today?

Tried it again and loaded heavier and surprise, got better results.  Scent is a bit too floral for me on the soap but the splash is nice.

Cella Crema Da Barba

Fjellheim v. (Fitjar Islands) light juniper & pine

Every word tells a story. So what's the tale behind the name of today's soap, Fjellheim? Let's turn back the clock to the 9th century, when the vikings stormed ashore in northern England and set their hearts not only on rape and pillage but also on crofting and shepherding and trade. The language they spoke, Old Norse, wasn't far different from the Old English spoken by the native Anglo-Saxons. Along with food and animals and clothing, the two groups traded words, borrowing from each other and retooling their languages to make them more efficient for communicating in the market. One of the words the Anglo-Saxons borrowed from their viking cousins was fjell, meaning mountain. In Anglo-Saxon mouths this word came to be pronounced fell, and even today in the Lake District of northwestern England, the rocky hills there are called fells, while those who hike them are known as fell walkers. Now for the second half of Fjellheim. Old Norse heim, meaning home, was never borrowed into Old English because the Anglo-Saxons already had a word that sounded much like it, ham. These days we pronounce it home. So today's soap, Fjellheim (still a common name in Norway), is certainly the source of the English surname Felham (still found in the north of England), and both names mean 'mountain home'. 

Gillette Pure shave cream

B&M Latha / Taiga

8/19/1942

https://www.barristerandmann.com/collect...lsior-base

♫ In Sunny Lane there is a barber showing photographs
Of every head he's had the pleasure to know.
And all the people that come and go
Stop and say hello. ♫

A&E Grecian Horse

I acquired Caties Bubbles Glacé Herb when my son lost his mind, decided he didn't like the scent, and gave it to me.  For the record I was not really keen on the scent at first whiff either but being a fan of Chris Cullen's soaps I resolved to give it a go.  First, let me state that there were no surprises with the base.  Adequately slick and easy to lather, I find Caties to have a fairly narrow water window in my hard water but that window is easy to see and hard to miss so no sweat.  In fact this soap responds to the Marco Method very well indeed although that is not how I lathered this morning.  I whacked it with a badger/boar knot that was soaked and squeezed most of the water out.  I don't understand why Chris decided to use a lot of French names but I don't find them annoying at all either.  In fact they seem to lend an aire of sophistication to the products.  This one Glacé Herbe (mentholated vetiver) paints a picture of tropical vetiver grass rattling in the wind after a winter ice storm.  Each blade being sheathed in a cocoon of ice like someone left,the sprinkler on during a cold night.  The scent is vetiver and menthol.  The menthol level is similar to Proraso or maybe a touch higher but it is not a Stirling Glacial.  Very nice. The vetiver is more clean that dirty but still vetiver.  No cologne type scent here.  I always get a tight shave with Caties and this one delivered too.  The scent?  Well, it grew on me.  I enjoy it.