What soap/cream did you use today?

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Everywhere, and I mean everywhere I go I see help wanted signs that go unfilled.  What’s up America?  Have we decided working is optional?  

Pathetic. Get off the tetons.

Matcha Tea Shaving Cream v. (Esbjerg) green tea
Shave 1 ・ 104% left

I’m surprised we don’t see more Japanese items mentioned in these daily soap notes. Attention to detail, constant tinkering, Zen-like concentration … these are qualities that appeal to both the Japanese craftsman and the modern wet shaver. But apart from Feather’s razor and blades, and Kai’s blades, I can’t think of many other Japanese products. In fact, I can’t name a single soap or cream.

But what about Tatara, you ask? Surely that’s Japanese. You’re right. The word is Japanese. But it turns out Tatara is a Portuguese company that simply borrowed its name – and the names of many of its razors – from the world of the samurai. So what’s more Japanese than samurai? What comes to my mind is green tea. And remarkably, the first shaving cream that smells of green tea is brought to us by an Austrian company, Esbjerg.

Matcha is a Japanese word meaning powdered tea leaves. It’s the essential ingredient in the tea ceremony, where it is whisked to an almost iridescent green foam. I thought if I could make a lather as spectacularly green as that, I would be one happy shaver. So when I saw Matcha Tea offered as part of Esbjerg’s Zen Collection of shaving products, I couldn’t possibly pass by the chance.

Smelling deep green and slightly floral, the cream is lovely but, alas, it’s nowhere as bright as its namesake. Minor let down. In fact, the lather came out just short of pale green. I smeared it all over my face and I decided I looked only slightly radioactive. Little bit of a disappointment there, too. And it wasn’t too strongly scented. Better not shave with the windows open. But it was slick and comfortable, it certainly wasn't distracting, and it finished soft and smooth. I think it’s going to make an interesting addition to this Olympic summer of shaves.
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B&M Oceana….had a small sample of it…not one of my favorite scents…but decent performance..

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