Island Estate (Sir Henry’s) smooth bay rum
Shave 6 ・ 99 g left
Following Tommy’s lead, I picked a few tubs of bay rum to finish the week. Their spicy, warm scent suits the season. Today’s Island Estate, though, isn’t one of those overloaded holiday scents. In fact, apart from the bay itself, I don’t smell much spice at all. Happily, what I get is a nice pinch of pimenta racemosa coupled with lots of green, sappy notes and a whiff of smoke. The scent of the aftershave is a bit stronger, but thankfully cinnamon and orange haven’t blotted out the bay. I have to admit, though, the texture is a little odd. It comes out of the bottle oily and syrupy and takes quite a while to dry. Might be best for a desert shave.
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Razor Edwin Jagger DES89KN Kelvin ・ Blade Gillette Platinum ・ Brush PAA Peregrino ・ Story Sherlock Holmes, “The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire” ・ Hoard 16,895 g (⇣21,067 g)
Shave 6 ・ 99 g left
Following Tommy’s lead, I picked a few tubs of bay rum to finish the week. Their spicy, warm scent suits the season. Today’s Island Estate, though, isn’t one of those overloaded holiday scents. In fact, apart from the bay itself, I don’t smell much spice at all. Happily, what I get is a nice pinch of pimenta racemosa coupled with lots of green, sappy notes and a whiff of smoke. The scent of the aftershave is a bit stronger, but thankfully cinnamon and orange haven’t blotted out the bay. I have to admit, though, the texture is a little odd. It comes out of the bottle oily and syrupy and takes quite a while to dry. Might be best for a desert shave.
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Razor Edwin Jagger DES89KN Kelvin ・ Blade Gillette Platinum ・ Brush PAA Peregrino ・ Story Sherlock Holmes, “The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire” ・ Hoard 16,895 g (⇣21,067 g)