What soap/cream did you use today?

The Sudsy Soapery - Almond & Vanilla
                                                        

Floris Santal shaving cream (vintage)

Oh my Oh my....a long load and a lot of face-lathering and water-dipping produced wonderful lather

Stirling Coniferous... not that I ever need an excuse to use Pitralon Classic (not shown)

Old Virginia t. (Asylum Shave Works) tobacco, vanilla, hay

It’s been a few months since I last opened Old Virginia. In the interval the soap dried considerably, making a thick crust. Loading today was unexpectedly difficult. After the shave, I scooped the contents from the tin (it was rusting, anyway) and packed it into a wooden bowl. As I did this, the soap got floppy on me and took on the consistency of peanut butter. Odd, but at least tomorrow's loading should be a cake walk. The texture is not all that changed. The lather changed too. I used to get a dense, well formed heap, the kind slick and glossy emulsion Hoosiershave would be proud of. Today, though, I got a flat slick of lotion without any real structure. Good for shaving, but not much to look at. What hasn’t changed, though, is the scent. Old Virginia is still a deep, rich, sweet tobacco that comes close to the aroma of flue-cured brightleaf.