2018 shave #230 (DE:70 SE:85 Str:74 Cart:3)
Timeless scalloped w/ Feather (1)
Nuavia Rossa
Alum
Nivea Post Shave 2 in 1
Nivea Post Shave Balm
Penhaligon's Opus 1870
I know you're all anxious to read about the next episode of Dave and the Timeless. Wait no longer!!!
Again, advancing in what I hope to be a bit more aggression, I picked a super duper soap. Everyone has their own favorite Nuavia scent and when you pick yours, it's just killer. And this soap is elite to me. Maybe the residual slickness would be 9/10 or 14/15 or whatever scale you use, but the scent gets 15/10, so there you go.
This shave was dialed in my brothers. And let me say, putting the blade in, it just hit why this razor is less aggressive feeling. I think the Timeless bends the blade just as much as the Baby Smooth did. I don't have any other DEs that do that. I think it was CBL that posted about blade gap and angle of the blade, and this is a perfect example. So, with this shave I'm not going to say I used pressure, but I shaved more like I do with any other DE and less like the RX where I'm very conscious of using the weight of a feather. This time it shaved very close to my Parker with just a touch of clean-up at the jaw angle and two extra strokes ATG on one cheek. BBS all around with next to no alum sting on the neck.
At the moment I would agree with KJ's assessment. You can get about the same quality of shave as another DE, so is it really worth the money. But he also didn't have the scalloped plate to try. To me, the open comb was too aggressive on the neck. So I wouldn't use that. The scalloped plate though, while giving the same resulting shave has done it with less irritation on the neck. But yes, with only a few shaves as a sample size. I'll keep this combo until my solid bar plate comes and then compare. But with the the styling, weight, over all experience and less irritation, I would certainly buy the set-up I'm borrowing from Dave in KY.
Now, let me not forget to talk about scent today and sorry if this post is already too long. I LOVE the spicy/sweet/cologne scent of Rossa and this is one of a couple of soaps where the scent stays at all after all the post shave. And pairing with the Opus 1870, I am in olfactory nirvana. I mention this not only because I'm pleasantly pleases with my situation, but had an interesting scent experience this weekend. Long ago, I posted a thread over on B&B asking for suggestions of spicy scents to use after some spicy soaps. I've had a list of suggestions in my phone for quite a while and decided to go on pursuit of some this weekend. After being disappointed by men's selections and Sephora, Macy's and Nordstom, I found Dior Sauvage, Vikor & Rolf Spicebomb and Spicebomb Extreme. I tried on both Spicebombs and took home samples of all three. My wife like the original Spicebomb while I liked the Extreme. Original being a touch sweeter and Extreme being a touch spicier and stronger. Well, after about an hour, maybe 90min, they had both dried down to the same scent. And after 3 hours were pretty much gone. Now, we're talking bottles in the $120-130 range retail. Gone after 3hrs? Then my wife mentioned different body chemistry effecting longevity as well as scent. Makes sense. But also a good lesson to try on scents for longer term if possible prior to purchase. So while I liked those scents, I'll not be getting either one. I've heard the same with soaps, some people don't get the lasting scent from Nuavia soaps. Just f
ind that stuff interesting.
