What soap/cream did you use today?

My early years were spent living a lifestyle a generation older than the calendar would show.  While others would truck cattle between summer and winter range, we still trailed them from the Raft River Valley across the desert and sage hills up to summer range in the Sawtooths.  In fact most of our neighbor ranches did the same.  In fact I still recall when we would run lots of cattle from several ranches together year-round and only separated them in the spring and fall for weaning and market.  I was reminded of a time when we used to work the cattle in a Rodear.  Don’t worry, that term is not well known especially these days but a rodear is when you bunch Cattle up tight and quiet and several horseback riders keep them bunched as a few riders ease through the herd roping the animals that need worked on.  So no corral, no chutes, no fencing of any sort, just savvy cattlemen working with cattle the way cattle want to be worked.  We used to run part of our winter herd down just north of Snowville UT with several other ranches and would bunch em and head them north when the springtime came to move onto higher grazing as snow retreated.  After the gather there were obviously calves that needed branding and vaccination (and for the bull calves, a date with an Old Timer pocketknife).  We’d bunch em up out in the sage near Juniper and cowboys would work the herd.  There was perhaps 300 cow/calf pairs attended to by 15 to 16 riders.  A few ladies would drive a pickup or two out and feed us well but man what a lot of work.  A few riders would surround the herd and 3 or 4 would work through and rope.  One old head, Art Ward, would just sit his black horse and appear to do nothing.  I was much older before I understood that Art was actually the king pin of the Rodear as he would call out which brand the calf needed.  The ground crew would build a fire and put a branding iron from all involved ranches in to heat.  Art would watch the roping and declare which ranch owned which calf and that was the brand the calf got.  My dad later told me that Art never had the wrong brand put on a calf.  Claimed he thought Art was able to memorize ever single cow and calf as they came in.  Who knows, but I do know he was a Stockman.  The pickups would bring wood for the branding fire but often a chunk or two of sagebrush would find it’s way on the fire.  Sage kicks off an acrid scent in no way associated with a pleasant pine or fir fire.  This soap reminds me of that piquant bite of burning sagebrush and I love the memories in conjures.  

Los Jabones de Joserra Black Rose
Rose, Oud, Sandalwood, Black Pepper, Frankincense, African Musk & Copal

This shave, inspired by TommyCarioca and his ThuROSEday, is with a soap formulated for a Spanish wet shaving club.  Each of Joserra's shaving soaps is unquely formulated.  This particular one has a greenish grey hue to it (likely from Spirulina and Activated Charcoal) and a definite rose scent off the puck.  The lather it produces is stellar.

The bright sunshine and sound of birds chirping coming through my window this morning was deceiving…a tease. It’s yet another friggin cold day…it had me reaching for the soothing scent of Ethos Lavender Supreme v1…..Mission Accomplished! Still imo the best lavender scented shaving soap or cream available. And as with all Ethos soaps…the performance was outstanding…

Los Jabones de Joserra Black Rose
Rose, Oud, Sandalwood, Black Pepper, Frankincense, African Musk & Copal

This shave, inspired by TommyCarioca and his ThuROSEday, is with a soap formulated for a Spanish wet shaving club.  Each of Joserra's shaving soaps is unquely formulated.  This particular one has a greenish grey hue to it (likely from Spirulina and Activated Charcoal) and a definite rose scent off the puck.  The lather it produces is stellar.

I do like the label art

Los Jabones de Joserra Black Rose
Rose, Oud, Sandalwood, Black Pepper, Frankincense, African Musk & Copal

This shave, inspired by TommyCarioca and his ThuROSEday, is with a soap formulated for a Spanish wet shaving club.  Each of Joserra's shaving soaps is unquely formulated.  This particular one has a greenish grey hue to it (likely from Spirulina and Activated Charcoal) and a definite rose scent off the puck.  The lather it produces is stellar.

SS you are right - it is stellar. I did not know that each puck was unique. Kind of a bummer. Would be nice to be able to hang one 's hat on a base. Points to the genius of Sir Henry.

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A&E Asian Pear