What soap/cream did you use today?

Razorock / Don Donato

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Art of Shaving - Ocean Kelp cream

Absolutely love this stuff!

Mystic Water - Vetiver & Oakmoss

Mystic Water was one of the first artisan brands I purchased way back in 2015/16 when I first started wet shaving. To this day I don't think I've run across a slicker soap base and I've tried A LOT of soaps. Overall post shave is also among the best out there. Just great soaps at a great price, absolutely love the scent on this puck as well.

“Tobacco” really smells like banana bread batter – the wet goop you mix up before putting the loaf in the oven. It’s fruity, spicy, and it’s sort of doughy.

Maybe if you put paint thinner in your banana bread.  Are you getting that note?  Chemical, petroleum, plastic, kerosene . . . something?  Maybe brown banana peels that have been through a house fire?  Banana peels and burning tires?

Blazing Bananas is my first/only Eufros: do the scents of the rest of them align any better with their names?  

Aye, you've got something there, swellcat. I smell Xylene in my tub of Tobacco. Not at all off-putting, though. I've done a lot of house painting in my days, and that powerful thinner just reminds me of good times and clean walls.

I've tried quite a few of JabonMan's soaps. Generally the label is a good description. 

Brisa de Oriente is mostly sweet cardamom with a dab of vanilla to soften the camphor. Is there some myrrh in there, too?
Dama de Noche is night-blooming jasmine. It was way too strong for me. I gave it to my colleague at work. He adored it since he grows jasmine in his yard.
Fougère is a piney, mossy fougère. I love it on a Sunday.
Gea is an homage to Francis Kurkdjian’s Le Mâle: mint, cardamom, cinnamon, sandalwood, vanilla
Hoi An is spearmint.
Mediterraneo smells like spiced lime. Good soap, ugly label. 
Incienso smells like frankincense, though it took a year for it to finally develop that scent in full. At first it smelled very odd.
Rosa Bourbon smells like a luscious wet bourbon rose.
Kasbah strikes me as a minty amber.
Tierra Húmeda is a moderately powerful vetiver, a little on the dirty side.
Vetiver de Haití is a very strong vetiver, rivaled in terms of rankness only by Salter's French Vetiver.
Ylang Ylang smells like a tropical garden bordered by ripening bananas. It's too strong for me.

Sunday, April 14, 2024 - Grooming Dept Before The Fire

 

  
Brush .... Wald A1 Synthetic (29mm)
Soap ..... Los Jabones de Joserra Orris Root
Razor .... Karve Overlander (stainless)
Blade .... Wizamet Iridium Super
Post ..... Witch Hazel (w/alcohol)
Post ..... CeraVe Hydrating Hyaluronic Acid Serum
Post ..... Seven Minerals Aloe Vera Gel
Finish ... Dior Homme Parfum (2014)

I borrowed a page from Bouki's playbook for tonight's shave, and went with Joserra's Orris Root.  I am among the LJDJ fan boy's who post in this thread, and Orris Root is one of my many LJDJ favs.  The Dior Homme is also a fav of mine.  FWIW almost 10,000 Fragrantica respondents vote Tuscan Iris, Leather, and Sandalwood as its three most prominent notes, all of which fits nicely with the Orris Root scent profile.  Lastly, I switched from the aluminum to the stainless Overlander tonight - also a loaner from my very good friend.  As expected, the stainless did a fine job, but I could tell that the aluminum is a better fit for me.

Niiiiice shave HS.

Dior Homme - masterpiece

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Thanks Tommy.

“Tobacco” really smells like banana bread batter – the wet goop you mix up before putting the loaf in the oven. It’s fruity, spicy, and it’s sort of doughy.

Maybe if you put paint thinner in your banana bread.  Are you getting that note?  Chemical, petroleum, plastic, kerosene . . . something?  Maybe brown banana peels that have been through a house fire?  Banana peels and burning tires?

Blazing Bananas is my first/only Eufros: do the scents of the rest of them align any better with their names?  

Aye, you've got something there, swellcat. I smell Xylene in my tub of Tobacco. Not at all off-putting, though. I've done a lot of house painting in my days, and that powerful thinner just reminds me of good times and clean walls.

I've tried quite a few of JabonMan's soaps. Generally the label is a good description. 

Brisa de Oriente is mostly sweet cardamom with a dab of vanilla to soften the camphor. Is there some myrrh in there, too?
Dama de Noche is night-blooming jasmine. It was way too strong for me. I gave it to my colleague at work. He adored it since he grows jasmine in his yard.
Fougère is a piney, mossy fougère. I love it on a Sunday.
Gea is an homage to Francis Kurkdjian’s Le Mâle: mint, cardamom, cinnamon, sandalwood, vanilla
Hoi An is spearmint.
Mediterraneo smells like spiced lime. Good soap, ugly label. 
Incienso smells like frankincense, though it took a year for it to finally develop that scent in full. At first it smelled very odd.
Rosa Bourbon smells like a luscious wet bourbon rose.
Kasbah strikes me as a minty amber.
Tierra Húmeda is a moderately powerful vetiver, a little on the dirty side.
Vetiver de Haití is a very strong vetiver, rivaled in terms of rankness only by Salter's French Vetiver.
Ylang Ylang smells like a tropical garden bordered by ripening bananas. It's too strong for me.

I have to revisit my collection.  I loved Fougere and Tobacco.  OTOH, Mediterraneo was a disappointment as was Dama de Noche.  These soaps perform well whatever the scent.

Wow - that shaving set is in excellent shape. WWI - Beautiful!