What soap/cream did you use today?

Yeah, that was one I held onto for a long time thinking maybe someday the scent will grow on me. I wanted to like it, but just too synthetic and one-dimensional.
We need a better Violet! (GFT isn't without faults either. Razorock, same.)

Amen brother!  A great Violet would be awesome. GFT is the best I’ve run across this far

Have either of you tried Eleven's Clary Sage & Violet?

not YET... Guess which is the operative word

Winter Cabin arrived today, and I had my first shave with it.  According to MacDuff's,  this version is "much different than last year's", at least regarding scent.  I missed last year's version, so I can't comment on that, but I will say that the current Winter Cabin is softer than my other two MacDuff soaps - definitely a croap - and not a soap I would load out of a jar.  OTOH it was easy to scoop some out and smear it on my face, and face lathering was a breeze.  I would expect bowl lathering to be as easy.  The lather was fine, and I wound up with a bloodless BBS, which is not something I take for granted.  TBH though, I am not sure after only one shave if I would give the new Winter Cabin the same stellar marks as my other two MacDuff's soaps (Autumn Cabin and Birch + Root).  As for the scent, I found it mild and liked it, but did not think it was to-die-for.  No particular note jumped out to my admittedly challenged nose.  (My apologies to all frag-heads for being of so little help.)

Packing up the shave den today and this may be the last soap you see for awhile.  The remodel doesn't start for another couple of weeks but the majority of soaps are boxed up and in the basement.  Since the whole family will be using one bathroom, I've been asked (very politely I might add) to choose one setup for the next ~3 months.  Some tough decisions are having to be made...especially for someone who loves variety

Get a hotel room and shave there. I couldn't do it

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We looked into doing an AirBnb or short-term leasing but the costs were higher than what we were hoping for...plus, it's tough finding lodging when you have 2 dogs!

Packing up the shave den today and this may be the last soap you see for awhile.  The remodel doesn't start for another couple of weeks but the majority of soaps are boxed up and in the basement.  Since the whole family will be using one bathroom, I've been asked (very politely I might add) to choose one setup for the next ~3 months.  Some tough decisions are having to be made...especially for someone who loves variety

Garden hose in the back yard?  Cold water shaving….

HA!  I went through a similar major renovation about 17 years ago and had to take "showers" at my kitchen sink in the middle of January.  Wouldn't have been too bad but there was a large hole in the wall so it was basically like showering outside

Brother, I was just joshing you on the hotel. But I am such an Attention DEFICIT DISORDER shave I couldn't do it. Lol

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Another GD Verbrannt shave today.  This one is going to get some good use over the next week or two and then I will start in on the "Soap of the Quarter" shaves using MdC Fougere.  Decided to go with MdC since it only had 1 use and I'm curious to see if I can put a good dent into it with 3 months of consecutive use.

Good choice

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Windsor (D.R. Harris & Co. Ltd.) vetiver cologne
Shave 19 ・ 90 g left

I’m loving this D. R. Harris hard soap. Yeah, it takes a long time to load, and the lather isn’t quite as rich as some modern artisan lathers, but it gives me an excellent shave, even with an ancient Ever-Ready razor. The Windsor fragrance is only ten years old, but it smells like a classic, something you could imagine Scott Fitzgerald wearing on the Riviera in the 1920s.
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Razor 1924 Ever-Ready Shovelhead ・ Blade Gem by Personna ・ Brush Phoenix Shaving Peregrino ・ Soap Hoard 18,175 g ・ YTD 54 g

Oh buddy, I like this one!

It is a good soap I have been using it for several years.