What soap/cream did you use today?

Grooming Dept.

Penhaligon's English Fern shaving soap (tallow), the classic against which all others are measured.

A&E Asian Plum

Grooming Dept.

What are your impressions of this soap? Is it worth that kind of money?

Exotic Elemi v. (Meißner Tremonia) wood sap

Friday usually calls for a fougère. It’s nice to end the work week with something that smells alive and uplifting. Exotic Elemi is the closest thing MT offers in that department. Elemi smells green in a sappy sort of way, like the scent of young bark just stripped off a tree. It’s a little peppery and tart. The label says there’s some ylang ylang in the fragrance, too. That’s a sweet floral aroma that sometimes smells of overripe bananas. Luckily, I don’t pick it up at all. French green clay gives the soap a verdant hue and decent slip.

Route 66 Barbershop Hop

AOS Sandalwood cream
Yummy fragrance, slick, easy to lather

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AoS Olibanum + Pepper cream. Incredible shave.

Scent is nice enough on its own...but, probably better as a base scent that's waiting to be finished... I think I'll enjoy it more by adding a drop of woodsy essential oil (balsam fir sounds perfect).

If it matters to you, the cream is only scented with essential oils.


Next time...