What soap/cream did you use today?

Thursday August 11, 2022
Razor: Pearl Blaze
Blade: Wizamet
Brush: Graydog/Synthetic
Soap: Ethos Tonka Bean
AS 1: Humphrey's Alcoholado Maravilla 70
AS 2: CHH Tobacco
Fragrance:
Consecutive Daily Shaves - # 1,374

Razorock / XX

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Grooming Dept Diamond Dust (double posting this here and in the GD thread)

Was waiting to finally try this new soap out since I enjoy soaps/splashes with WS-23 chill.  But I had some trepidation because I'm never sure what Mohammad's soaps will actually smell like -- I've read the ingredients and descriptions and so often have been surprised.  This one was not a surprise, though:  and the label art captures this soap perfectly.  It smells like -- and with the cool carries the sensation of -- being in a northern pine forest on a snowy day.  Crisp and bright and clean but the fir scents are all there.  I used, as aftershave, the Talbot Champlain which is a perfectly named splash:  it truly smells like the woods in the Adirondacks Mountains in New York near Lake Champlain.  There is a difference between Diamond Dust and Champlain, however:  whereas Diamond Dust has the light scent of fir and pine and balsam that you get on a snowy day in the winter, Champlain is earthier and deeper -- a rich, heavy fir scent.  It is the scent of walking into the forest woods on a damp fall or spring day.  Same family of scent but two different experiences.  Both are in my wheelhouse, probably because I grew up summering in those woods and still go the Adirondacks a fair amount.   

One note:  the WS-23 is light.  It's a touch of cooling.  I suspect there's less of the WS-23 than in the two Summer Break WS-23 soaps, Cannonball! and Rope Swing, both of which I use a lot in the summer.  Adding Icy Stare (an unscented WS-23 splash) to the Champlain made everything work quite well.

Second note: Diamond Dust is in Kairos base, and while I had not loved Kairos before (liked it, didn't love it as a base), I'm wondering whether the formula has been tweaked because this was an altogether excellent shave.

Sir Henry's Sandalwood
Tallow Base
All natural oils used for the scent.

Yesterday was 63.  Today was the original but with a twist.  I really like the thyme note in the original soap and was looking forward to it but the brush in the photo was obviously used with Stirling Texas on Fire last and retained a heavy smoke note.  Disappointed at first but as I lathered up it hit me what a pleasant experience this was.  Great lather and a scent blend of smoke and herbs that was pretty surprisingly fantastic. That brush in all it’s piggy power will likely retain that smoke note for a shave or two and that’ll be fine but I might have to hit this puck with a synthetic so I can enjoy the u adulterated version of Pre de Provence.  (Side note: does anyone know if the current “bergamot and thyme” is the same scent as the original?). 

And perhaps a picture of the Salmon River is fitting?  Great trip with great clients and great weather over great water levels.  

Sir Henry's Sandalwood
Tallow Base
All natural oils used for the scent.

Love this one!