What soap/cream did you use today?

AOS Rose "cream"
- now a hard croap.
- light true 'tea' rose fragance
- quick and slick

C U all tomorrow

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A criminally underrated soap for sure. Marvelous shave!!

Razorock / Don Donato

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A criminally underrated soap for sure. Marvelous shave!!

Agreed!

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Unabridged, huh. That takes dedication, HighSpeed. For the Count of Monte Cristo, I might lean toward a new tub of Martin de Candre Fougère. A great French soap for a great French book. Both are built to last. What do you think?

Thank you Bouki.   I'm of two minds on the MdC Fougère.  OT1H, it pairs well with the book in ways that never occurred to me until you mentioned it.  For example, MdC's ethnicity matches the characters' ethnicity; MdC's marketing image fits with their time period and station; and the titular nobility of Houbigant's original Fougère Royale fits too.  And yes, both are definitely built to last!  OTOH in my mind, MdC does not really speak either to the initial treachery, or to the ensuing clever and swashbuckling adventures through which Dantès loses and then wins back his freedom, reputation, wealth, and true love.

But at the end of the day, I think MdC Fougère would do well enough; I'm beginning to see how easy it is to overthink these things; and I thank you again.

You're absolutely right, HighSpeed. Martin de Candre's Fougère might not be dirty enough to suit the darker parts of the tale. Barrister & Mann's Fern is also too bright, but maybe Will's Beaudelaire just might hit the spot? Its fragrance has a French pedigree (sort of), and like the plot of the book, it harbors plenty of curious and unexpected twists and turns, some dark, some bright, but all very interesting.

I kid you not, but offhand I cannot think of a soap that has been on my radar as long as Beaudelaire.  A coincidence?  Who's to say, but Beaudelaire it is!  Hopefully its journey to my mailbox will be quicker and less fraught with escapades than Dantès!

OT1H I confess skepticism about pairing books with soaps, but OTOH the issue is of no matter to me.  To me, this is mainly a chance to get reacquainted with an old friend (the book), but with a bonus chance to make the acquaintance of a new soap.  If you knew how long Monte Cristo has sat on my shelf, you would understand how much I appreciate your help Bouki.  The unabridged Monte Cristo has 117 chapters (which average almost 11 pages each), and reading a chapter a day would take almost four months.  I doubt things will play out that way here at Casa Highspeed, since for me, fiction books tend to be either non-stop page turners or dust magnets.  I doubt Monte Cristo will ever be a dust magnet, at least not a permanent magnet.

In any case, on February 24, 1815, the lookout at Notre-Dame de la Garde signalled the arrival of the three-master Pharaon, coming from Smyrna, Trieste, and Naples. ...

Cold River Soap Works - Fougère Classic (Oliva)

A criminally underrated soap for sure. Marvelous shave!!

Thanks! We agree.


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BoukiLeviathan sample (Barrister & Mann) leather, sandalwood, coffee, cedar & musk
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Interesting idea.  The first "brick book" that comes to mind for me is Robin Buss' translation of The Count of Monte Cristo.  I wonder what soap would go with that?

Unabridged, huh. That takes dedication, HighSpeed. For the Count of Monte Cristo, I might lean toward a new tub of Martin de Candre Fougère. A great French soap for a great French book. Both are built to last. What do you think?

Thank you Bouki.   I'm of two minds on the MdC Fougère.  OT1H, it pairs well with the book in ways that never occurred to me until you mentioned it.  For example, MdC's ethnicity matches the characters' ethnicity; MdC's marketing image fits with their time period and station; and the titular nobility of Houbigant's original Fougère Royale fits too.  And yes, both are definitely built to last!  OTOH in my mind, MdC does not really speak either to the initial treachery, or to the ensuing clever and swashbuckling adventures through which Dantès loses and then wins back his freedom, reputation, wealth, and true love.

But at the end of the day, I think MdC Fougère would do well enough; I'm beginning to see how easy it is to overthink these things; and I thank you again.

I don’t know about the book/scent matchups, but I do know you all caught my attention by mentioning Houbigant’s Fougere Royalle. I obsessed over it for a year in creating Casino Royale 2021 from texts. That was my reading connection.


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While I really do enjoy this soap and the scent, I'm pretty sure there are some Tootsie Rolls in that cabin!

Oceana (Barrister & Mann) salt water, bergamot, sandalwood & jasmine
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For the last couple of days I’ve used Leviathan in the new Omnibus base. I really enjoy the performance, and the finish is stupendous. It moisturizes and heals my skin fast after a careless nick. But that bold coffee-'n'-leather scent is just too cloying for a hot tropical afternoon. So today I picked up Oceana, a much milder fragrance, with a dryer sheet freshness. Smells good enough now – I'm getting a sort of melon-y floral – but I think I’m going to like it a lot better once it’s had time to air out and settle down.
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