2018 shave #245 (DE:83 SE:83 Str:77 Cart:3)
Feather SS w/ Feather Proguard (3)
Timeless w/ Wilkinson Sword for clean-up
The Shaving Club - The Closer
VS 2.0 High Mountain Badger
Alum
Witch hazel
Nivea 2 in1
The Shaving Club - The Closer AS
This soap is like the fast food of soaps for me. It's not complex or sophisticated. It's a bit sweet and artificial smelling and I love it for that. It's feels like it's like the comfort food of scent. And if you happen to have any you're not using let me know! I have a saved search on the bay f
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Ahhhh the sweet smell of money after closing the deal. The Closer doesn't smell quite like money, but it does smell like a man that is all about business. The scent is for those that like to work hard and play harder. The Closer is a cologne type scent that is reminiscent of Armani Eau de Nuit (after the drydown, with less pepper notes at the top). It has warm, yet sweet notes with a blending of bergamot and pink pepper at the top and the warmth of nutmeg, cardamom and iris in the middle. It settles with amber, cedar and tonka bean. This is a masculine, cologne type scent that will not disappoint.
This was a good shave as well. The first two passes with the SS went well. I was having that desire again to add some pressure to even out the skin to make more blade contact and get more aggressive because of the audible feedback. So I paid a lot of attention to pressure and taking more strokes just like I would from a DE. The clean up with the Timeless was as smooth as can be. It was darn near close to feeling like there was no blade at all. I'll probably keep up this combo for a while seeing how good I can get those first two passes. Today, the cheeks were getting close to BBS with just the straight, so that's a good sign.