(This post was last modified: 11-05-2022, 04:59 PM by Southsider.)
Gentleman's Nod Musashi
C4 Base
This is a delicately scented shaving soap and the Cardinal base, version 4 is a superb base. At first, I did not well appreciate the subtlety of this Japanese blend of yuzu, pear, jasmine tea, florals, spice and woods. So I put it away for over a month, returning to it today. What a revelation, particularly when followed by the matching aftershave.
It felt like I was back in the Japanese Tea Garden, a popular feature of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, originally built as part of a sprawling World's Fair, the California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894. My Mother first took me there when I was growing up and it made a deep impression on me. That may have been the first time I had jasmine tea. I still remember how extraordinarily beautiful it all was. I think it is one of San Francisco's gems, worth seeing if you visit The City.
"Originally created as a “Japanese Village” exhibit for the 1894 California Midwinter International Exposition, the site originally spanned about one acre and showcased a Japanese style garden. When the fair closed, Japanese landscape architect Makoto Hagiwara and superintendent John McLaren reached a gentleman’s agreement, allowing Mr. Hagiwara to create and maintain a permanent Japanese style garden as a gift for posterity." https://www.japaneseteagardensf.com/about
C4 Base
This is a delicately scented shaving soap and the Cardinal base, version 4 is a superb base. At first, I did not well appreciate the subtlety of this Japanese blend of yuzu, pear, jasmine tea, florals, spice and woods. So I put it away for over a month, returning to it today. What a revelation, particularly when followed by the matching aftershave.
It felt like I was back in the Japanese Tea Garden, a popular feature of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, originally built as part of a sprawling World's Fair, the California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894. My Mother first took me there when I was growing up and it made a deep impression on me. That may have been the first time I had jasmine tea. I still remember how extraordinarily beautiful it all was. I think it is one of San Francisco's gems, worth seeing if you visit The City.
"Originally created as a “Japanese Village” exhibit for the 1894 California Midwinter International Exposition, the site originally spanned about one acre and showcased a Japanese style garden. When the fair closed, Japanese landscape architect Makoto Hagiwara and superintendent John McLaren reached a gentleman’s agreement, allowing Mr. Hagiwara to create and maintain a permanent Japanese style garden as a gift for posterity." https://www.japaneseteagardensf.com/about
(This post was last modified: 11-05-2022, 07:47 PM by TommyCarioca.)
Sa°Tabac °urday
I struggle on Saturday sometimes - as this is a self-inflicted designated soap day - and I stare at mounds and pounds of soap not in regular rotation. And then I shave with this baby and regret nothing, reminding myself to pull the same routine next Saturday. The lather [tallow] version is great, and the post routine of AFS & ASB is on target. The Tabac ASB is really quite nice.
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I struggle on Saturday sometimes - as this is a self-inflicted designated soap day - and I stare at mounds and pounds of soap not in regular rotation. And then I shave with this baby and regret nothing, reminding myself to pull the same routine next Saturday. The lather [tallow] version is great, and the post routine of AFS & ASB is on target. The Tabac ASB is really quite nice.
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