What soap/cream did you use today?

Prepared my face today for tomorrow’s ice storm by using Ethos Peppermint…uses 100% peppermint EO….so a frigid chill and a magnificent, natural scent without any menthol….

Thursday February 3, 2022
Razor: Ever Ready Sun Ray
Blade: Gem
Brush: Knothead Brushworks "The Kentuckian"
Soap: WK La Fougère Parfaite
AS 1: Humphrey's Alcoholado Maravilla 70
AS 2: Vintage Brut
Fragrance:
Consecutive Daily Shaves - # 1184

That anise note in Brut is so nice.

Razorock XX

8/19/42

Shannon’s is a terribly under appreciated soap.  This hobby is hard to predict.  Why will one soap catch fire and rocket into the exosphere while another, equally good and often better stubs along.  Shannon’s is a top tier soap in my book and her Rust Belt Reserve line is simply fantastic.  A while back someone was asking about this particular soap, Indigo Oud, and rummaging through a pile (I regularly put out a dozen soaps and put a dozen away) and ran into this tub.  Gents, some shaves are just spectacular.  This morning was just such a shave.  This soap is pretty firm so I’ll load it longer but even as I took it to my face I recognized to load even more so back to the tub with the knot.  The next go-round I had what I was looking for and spent time working the tan lather into an off-white emulsion.  I used my Rocca razor with a fresh feather blade.  With that combo the soap better be on point!  Two pass shave (seldom do three anymore) and I was slick as a whistle.  What an awesome combo today brought together. Indigo Oud is certainly about the oud but there is sandalwood and leather and a top note of berry that is just awesome.  A base of vanilla entwines the other notes and the outcome is what I would call a very nice oriental.  Lighter than brooding but darker than lilting, it sits the fence between day and evening scents.  And the scent lingers!  My hands smell amazingly of currant, leather, and oud.  I’ll spray on some Brut after an hour or so but for now I’ll enjoy some more Indigo Oud.  

Have you seen the Shannon's / Razor Company exclusives? There have been a few, including one coming soon (marked as sold out on their page).

Penhaligon's Opus 1870 shaving cream

Niiiiice

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Mike's Naturals - Vetiver

                                                                     

Wholly Kaw La Fougere Parfaite

Bouki, Lip, Davey, and Tommy complete the Brut grand slam

C U all tomorrow

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