What soap/cream did you use today?

Succès (Ethos) mossy pineapple
Shave 5 ・ 133 g left

Yesterday’s shave was a bust. I woke up this morning to find that even after two-hundred swirls with a greedy brush, my puck of Cheshire weighed exactly the same as it did the day before. This was disappointing and hard to explain. And what’s worse, a bit of irritation popped up on my jaw about seven hours after I shaved. That’s just not fair, not after I gave my chops such a sublime lather and used one of my mildest razors.

So it’s back to Ethos Succès for me. This soap really does wonders for my skin, patching up holes and just generally calming things down. The scent? Mostly pineapple, and lots of it. There may also be a pinch of something mossy at the bottom, and maybe a few flower petals have been thrown in. But like so many of Ethos’ concoctions, Succès smells quite fruity.
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Razor Henson Medium Blue ・ Blade Astra ・ Brush Peregrino ・ Hoard 16,934 g (⇣791 g) ・ Done by September 15, 2057

   

Succès (Ethos) mossy pineapple
Shave 5 ・ 133 g left

So it’s back to Ethos Succès for me. This soap really does wonders for my skin, patching up holes and just generally calming things down. The scent? Mostly pineapple, and lots of it. There may also be a pinch of something mossy at the bottom, and maybe a few flower petals have been thrown in. But like so many of Ethos’ concoctions, Succès smells quite fruity.
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Razor Henson Medium Blue ・ Blade Astra ・ Brush Peregrino ・ Hoard 16,934 g (⇣791 g) ・ Done by September 15, 2057

   

So it is here

For better or worse, whenever skin in serious trouble ETHOS does the job of calming like no other.  While all the top artisan soaps are truly amazing and Grooming Dept just so very very close (at a great price too), ETHOS has that ever so slight healing edge for my skin.

Stirling Vanilla Sandlewood

8/19/42

Grooming Dept Kairos SE (Lamb Tallow + Emu Oil) Shaving Soap - Omnia
Scent Notes: - Citrus Accord, apricot, jonquil, oakmoss, clary sage, orange blossom, lavender, orris, vetiver, galbanum, costus, thyme, tarragon, peru balsam, styrax.

James Taylor wrote a song in which he sings “the secret of life is enjoying the passing of time” and this morning I have to concur.  This morning I found my nose was back on task concerning Salters dirty nasty French Vetiver.  Ah, what a fortuitous blessing.  I really do love this stinker and until this morning covid had robbed me of this olfactory bliss.  It’s been half a year or so since my bout of covid and everything else had returned to some modicum of normal but for some reason this reeker was an outlier.  In fact until about a month ago it was scentless and if you have ever had the experience of opening a jar of this cream you know well what an enigma my situation was. It’s been quite a while since I’ve done three passes but I sure savored the journey this morning.  JT writes I. The same tune “Einstein said we could never understand it all” and that being the case, I’m just going to enjoy the ride.


https://youtu.be/yHWHPPHpAj8

James Taylor wrote a song in which he sings “the secret of life is enjoying the passing of time” and this morning I have to concur.  This morning I found my nose was back on task concerning Salters dirty nasty French Vetiver.  Ah, what a fortuitous blessing.  I really do love this stinker and until this morning covid had robbed me of this olfactory bliss.  It’s been half a year or so since my bout of covid and everything else had returned to some modicum of normal but for some reason this reeker was an outlier.  In fact until about a month ago it was scentless and if you have ever had the experience of opening a jar of this cream you know well what an enigma my situation was. It’s been quite a while since I’ve done three passes but I sure savored the journey this morning.  JT writes I. The same tune “Einstein said we could never understand it all” and that being the case, I’m just going to enjoy the ride.


https://youtu.be/yHWHPPHpAj8

Thank you for that.  The Live at the Colonial Theater (2007) performance (One Man Band) is one of my favorites, and IMO The Secret of Life is a song worth listening to.