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SOTD May 2026

wombadom said:
Thanks for the great rabbit hole. I really enjoyed it 😄.
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lol, thank you brother. that's very kind of you. I should have mentioned that most American men found fragrance (as opposed to an aftershave like bay rum) to be too effeminate up until the late 1940s...In fact, when Shulton introduced Old Spice in 1937, it was initially marketed to women. If John Tyler, Ulysses Grant, or Andrew Jackson (especially) wore cologne, they probably would be too embarrassed to admit it.
 
Shaves for the week..

May 11, 2026

Prep: Hot water
Razor: Dscosmetic AX-SE #2
Blade: Gillette Platinum (Laser etched/Russian)
Brush: Simpsons Chubby 1 Super
Soap: Denton Majik: Mayberry Man
Post: Cosrx Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence
Fragrance: Equipage by Hermès



May 13, 2026

Prep: Hot water
Razor: RR Game Changer .76 P
Blade: Gillette Platinum (Laser etched/Russian)
Brush: Romera Manchurian 30/50 Fan
Soap: Noble Otter ‘Lonestar’
Post: Cosrx Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence
Fragrance: Bel Ami by Hermès



May 16, 2026

Prep: Hot water
Razor: Atelier Durdan Le Maurice 1.0
Blade: Gillette Platinum (Laser etched/Russian)
Brush: Zenith EURO/RX
Soap: Chiseled Face: Sherlock
Post: Cosrx Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence
Fragrance: Limited 71 Extrait de Parfum by WIDIAN

 
wombadom said:
Razor: Edwin Jagger DE89
Blade: Treet Platinum (1)
Brush: RazoRock Boar, Olive Wood, 26/64

Shave Soap: Stirling Glacial Citron
Post: Humphrey's Citrus Witch Hazel

Happy Mother's Day!
I hope you have a wonderful and safe day 😀.

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In a previous order I received a bath soap sample of Glacial Citron. I think it smells terrific. I was hoping they would release it this Spring/Summer. I didn’t see it in the Glacial soap announcement email I received the other day. 😮‍💨 Disappointed.
 
Sunday 5/10 Shave
MODERN MAY

EDGE TEST – Fresh Off the Nakayama Koppa Jnat
Oh what a difference – smooth & effective edge
Three Pass Straight Shave was DFS+ - Minimal Jawline DE Clean Up
Dried Down to a Glass Smooth BBS Shave result

Razor: Gold Dollar 208
Blade: Nakayama JNat – Botan/Tenjyou (1X)
Clean Up: Stirling “WarHammer” Razor
Lather: TOBS Royal Forest
Brush: PAA Solar Flare
Post Shave: Draggon Noir Splash
Post Shave: Proraso Cypress & Vetiver Balma

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10 May, 2026

Hello everyone! Hope you had a pleasant evening.

Another fantastic shave this morning! Returned to CBL Premium Shave Soap and the second of the Dave & Chris collabs, "Spaghetti Western" shave soap and tonic. Wonderful scent! Kind of a "desert southwest meets AdP Colonia". Wonderful scent now that the temps have gotten warmer. Phenomenal lather built with the WWBW badger brush for three passes with the Henson AL13 and I finished with alum, followed by Thayers unscented witch hazel, the matching aftershave tonic & CBL Barber Powder.

BBS bliss!!

Continuing on with the Henson. Today I popped in a fresh Kai. Felt harsh against the face, but that's par for the course with their blades. Seems to take two or three sessions for it to finally smooth out. Again, a lot of buffing had me expecting lots of irritation and feedback from the alum. There was some but not bad.

Hope you have a great day. :)

CBL Premium Shave Soap / Wild West Brushworks / Henson / Kai / Thayers

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RAZOR: Guerrilla SB .69 SS
BLADE: Personna Lab Blue
BRUSH: Elite Razor Orange over Irish Bog Oak 28mm Boar
LATHER: NOS Mitchell's Original Formula Wool Fat Shaving Soap
POST: Bricktown Grooming Lafayette Barbreshop Aftershave
 
,What a beautiful day. Warm and sunny. A happy Mother's Day to all the Moms out there. I chose a scent that I initially picked up as a Winter/Christmas fragrance. When I received the soap and splash, I found anything but a Winter frag. So while I was disappointed in not getting a Christmas scent to add to my Christmas collection of soaps; the happy accident is that I received a banger of a summer scent. It screams the beach. A tropical wave of floral and citrus, with ocean breeze thrown in. Miami, here I come. Really good fragrance for summer. So while it's not the yule time scent I was hoping for, it is the summer fragrance I needed. Really good stuff. Unfortunately I only picked 1 set up before they were gone/delisted. And let me tell you; the longevity of the splash is phenomenal. It easily stays with me throughout the day into the evening. I'm not sure how much it projects, so I can't testify to that aspect, but the longevity is phenomenal.
 

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Aomalley27 said:
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Going out for the evening and needed a touch up. Pulled out this soap and splash, which is an homage to Aventus. I should say it's more akin to MODERN Creed Aventus, as it lacks that smokiness that vintage CA used to have. A pity. But pleasant enough with the citrus, especially in the warm weather we're having today. Finished with Yardley Gentleman's Talc. That Darn BarberDave is responsible for my Talc obsession. It started about a year and a half ago, or maybe two years ago (Can't remember when I started watching his shave videos). Decided to try the Talc finish to a shave. It's become an obsession. I have over a dozen different Talc in my Den now, and still looking to add more. My most recent was CBL talc. It's really nice. Also picked up a few Noble Otter powders on the secondary market. Not sure when he discontinued them, but the ones I've acquired are fantastic. Also got a vintage Proraso talc dispenser and filled it with some Proaso Talc I picked up at a local Barber supply. It's bad enough that I have a SAD (Soap acquisition disorder) as well as a BAD (Brush Acquisition disorder), but now I've got to add a TAD (Talc Acquisition disorder) to it????
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hope you had a wonderful evening outing!

have you thought of perhaps making your own talc? it could be fun maybe...ive been thinking of trying some out
 
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