What soap/cream did you use today?

Yahoo!  This morning I chose Salters French Vetiver because it always provides a slick and creamy experience.  ALWAYS.  But better yet, when I uncorked the Genie I was of an instant transported to Pasadena, CA in 2017 to a now defunct shop called Old Town Shaving.  I was in SoCal on business but found myself in Pasadena and stopped into the most glorious shop that was the old OldTown Shaving.  They had an enormous Rooney brush in there and a plethora of products that were blind-buys for me elsewhere.  I was just beginning a love affair with Vetiver at that point and the young kid who was helping me spend money (always odd to me that a business so aficionado - centric would hire folks who knew nothing about the items they sold) lead me to Cyril Salters French Vetiver.  He cracked the top and offered it to me and was totally mind-blown when I smiled and went for a second sniff.  There it was!  The earthy, dank, dark, swamp fire of rooty goodness.  It was so earthy I could feel grit on my teeth.  It was so Smokey as to make me squint.  It was unpolished and unapologetic for wearing work clothes to a black tie affair.   Good golly it was good.  The poor kid didn’t know what to think.  He’d likely sprung this trap on many an unsuspecting nose to his mirth only to have me ruin his schtick.  I don’t recall what else I purchased that day but I clearly remember that Salters purchase.  But why my glee this morning?  Because heretofore my appreciation for the glory of this tub was dashed on the rocks of Covid and it’s temporary removal of my olfactory system.  I’d gotten back most of my scent but alas the tub of Salters remained unused because it was nearly scentless but this morning!  This morning the charred earth was back!  I’ve still got some recovery to do but it’s good to see you again my old grassy friend even if you are still just a bit out of focus.

And Google to you my friend!

Old Town Shaving: now there was a business deserving a better fate. Had I the dosh would have bought them out. Surely there a need for a West Coast Pasteur's.

B&M Latha / Sandalwood

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Caswell-Massey Newport

Art of Shaving Rose Absolute shaving cream (vintage)

New Years and today

I Coloniali Mango
Valobra Patchouli

C U all tomorrow

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Crowne & Crane Tobacco Leaf & Amber
Tallow Base

Slåtterøy (Fitjar Islands) spiced orange
Shave 13 ・ 72 g left

Great news, Lipripper660. I’m really happy to hear you’re getting your smeller back. Just out of curiosity, what were the first scents you were able to detect?

Slåtterøy is a very nice mix of key lime, lemon, olive, bay, coriander, and Atlas cedar. There’s no rum or even an attempt to fake it, so it’s hard to call this fragrance a bay rum. Instead, I’ll call it a bay rum ally, and I’ll gladly shelve it with the best of my other bay rums. Fact is, I’m caught in the grip of the bay rum beast. A few years ago, if you told me I was going to become a fanatic bay rummer, I would have laughed myself silly. I thought the stuff stank. But little by little it insinuated itself into my sensibilities until now it has wormed its way up to the top of my olfactory totem pole. What’s that they say about vices becoming habits?
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