What soap/cream did you use today?

Taylor of Old Bond Street Sandalwood

Grooming Dept Lavender
Kairos Base

When you use top quality ingredients and you are a skilled artisan shaving soap maker, you end up with a really excellent shaving soap.

"ONLY ESSENTIALS OILS AND NATURAL ABSOLUTES ARE USED IN THIS FRAGRANCE!
Scent Notes: A blend of 97% French High Elevation Lavender & French Maillette Lavender + 3% Violet Absolute, Cedarwood Absolute, Labdanum Absolute, Geranium Absolute, and Jasmine Sambac Absolute."

XPEC Unscented shaving cream (v.1) + Rose Essence hydrosol (jasmine, ylang-ylang, rose geranium, amber, patchouli, sandalwood)

PAA Diver Down CK-6

No. 89 (Floris) citrus fougère
Ingredients Aqua (Water), Stearic Acid, Myristic Acid, Potassium Hydroxide, Coconut Acid, Glycerin, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Triethanolamine, Phenoxyethanol, Parfum (Fragrance), Sodium Peg-7 Olive Oil Carboxylate, Sodium Hydroxide, Allantoin, Dimethicone, Ethylhexylglycerin, Propylene Glycol, Alcohol, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract, Limonene, Linalool, Geraniol, Citronellol, Coumarin, Citral, Evernia Prunastri (Oakmoss) Extract.

The engineers among us would say No. 89 makes a ‘low-structure lather’. Rich and glossy, it doesn’t bubble up and sit proud on your cheeks, even after it’s been well watered. It’s fairly slick, too. All around, very respectable performance, especially considering there’s no tallow in the recipe. And like D. R. Harris, Floris too gives you quite a bit more than advertised. The label promises 100 g, but even after five shaves, I've still over 120 g of soap in my bowl.
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Razor Henson AL13 Mild Black ・ Blade Astra SP ・ Brush Phoenix Shaving Amber Aerolite ・ Soap Hoard 18,176 g ・ YTD 56 g

No. 89 (Floris) citrus fougère
Ingredients Aqua (Water), Stearic Acid, Myristic Acid, Potassium Hydroxide, Coconut Acid, Glycerin, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Triethanolamine, Phenoxyethanol, Parfum (Fragrance), Sodium Peg-7 Olive Oil Carboxylate, Sodium Hydroxide, Allantoin, Dimethicone, Ethylhexylglycerin, Propylene Glycol, Alcohol, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract, Limonene, Linalool, Geraniol, Citronellol, Coumarin, Citral, Evernia Prunastri (Oakmoss) Extract.

The engineers among us would say No. 89 makes a ‘low-structure lather’. Rich and glossy, it doesn’t bubble up and sit proud on your cheeks, even after it’s been well watered. It’s fairly slick, too. All around, very respectable performance, especially considering there’s no tallow in the recipe. And like D. R. Harris, Floris too gives you quite a bit more than advertised. The label promises 100 g, but even after five shaves, I've still over 120 g of soap in my bowl.
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Razor Henson AL13 Mild Black ・ Blade Astra SP ・ Brush Phoenix Shaving Amber Aerolite ・ Soap Hoard 18,176 g ・ YTD 56 g

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Is the black tube to the left a cigar holder?  It's been a long time since I've enjoyed a good cigar (or any cigar) but I used to carry one those in my briefcase all the time.

HS - it is a big old fountain pen. Funny you mention the cigar tube. I also keep one in my briefcase, loaded with a stogie - always ready to burn the leaf!

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