What soap/cream did you use today?

MWF

Stirling Deep Blue Sea with Frost Drops

Fine Accoutrements / Green Vetiver

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Grooming Dept. "Maleki". This soap is forming a nice doughnut on the bottom. I'll try to hit it harder and finish it up. I do have a backup, and there are several new soap releases coming up that might interest me. I always feel better about finishing one soap before buying three more....not that it'll deter me all that much if I don't finish one up. 

Floris Elite shaving soap (tallow) + Moroccan Rose Absolute/Hydrosol

Vetiver t. (Mikes Natural Soap) nutty vetiver

Before they lay me, cold and boney, into that new pine box, I hope one of my relatives will have the good sense to pass a razor one last time across my cheeks and chin. And let the lather be Mike’s Vetiver, because I want to wake up on resurrection morning feeling as immaculate as I do right now. This is one of those soaps that leave you wondering why you even look at anything else. Slick and sweet smelling (without getting all la-di-da), Mike’s Vetiver builds a lather that will last the eternities. Mike calls this a ‘natural’ soap because that’s how it leaves you feeling, as clean and smooth as you felt when you came howling into this world.
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Rockwell 6S ・ PolSilver Super Iridium ・ Phoenix Shaving Peregrino ・ Le Labo, Vetiver 46 ・ YTD: 332g

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ARIANA & EVANS / Khalifa

I don’t have the words for this one, can’t be compared to anything I’ve ever had….

A visual of my thoughts taken from the Meena Baazar circa 2015:

I really enjoy your drawings! And your experience with bay rum is encyclopedic. So, you've baited us. Now spill the beans. What are the four bay rums worth keeping in your den?

I KNEW you wouldn’t miss a beat here……
I think there’s going to be a big surprise when I state what’s worth keeping/the others I really like.  Before I do, let me preface that all the products I listed are/were fine products at one point in time.  Time has brought us new and better, more authentic and natural products. Better products for our skin….

In order….and for VERY different reasons….

Sir Henry’s Island Estate
Dr. Jon’s Raz Warz 
Stirling Bay Rum
Mike’s Natural
B&M Bay Rum Excelsior Base

ExtraProtein, thanks for this! I've never even heard of Dr. Jon's Raz Warz, but I tried their Anne Bonny. Good for about three shaves. After that it got cloying. Made a good bath soap in the early days of the pandemic when we were washing our hands seemed like every couple hours. Tried Stirling's Bay Rum, but it wasn't for me. Barrister & Mann's Bay Rum is in full rotation. Get's better after it's had a year to breathe off that heavy orange note. Island Estate is excellent: smooth, rich, smoky, nice. And a puck of Mike's Bay Rum is on its way. I've heard it's not your typical bay rum. Can't wait to see what makes it special. It's going to be a good summer.

The scent is light and airy but so very good.  This is the second go-round for the rose and it seems Rose scent, like in nature, is fleeting.  Performance?  Be careful of your brush or it’ll become a missile with this slickness.  Frankly, as time passes I rather enjoy a muted scent.  Used to be I preferred bolder, and often still do, but soft is ok too.  And the face feel?  Dude, this is a great big face hug.  

I LOVE face hugs!