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Soap/cream of the day

JanJosh said:
I wonder, yall. Is the scent of your soap really meaningful after the shave? Or is it for the pleasure of it "in the moment" while you shave? I ask because I assume most wash off their face and apply whichever post shave toiletries and choice aftershave, which would override whatever scent might've been there.

This is not an insult in any way, but curiosity.
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A number of modern day soaps will often leave a pleasant skin scent after the shave, very detectable, depending on your post shave care and follow up fragrance, if any, as you say.

Sometimes though, that lingering skin scent on its own is just simply quite enjoyable.
 
I did something today that I have been contemplating for a week or two. I combined proto-lather from Mitchell's Wool Fat Tallow (Original Formula) and CBL Fusion Base in my shaving bowl and whipped up a batch of lather too luxurious to be believed. This will not be the last time I combine these two soaps.
 
JanJosh said:
I wonder, yall. Is the scent of your soap really meaningful after the shave? Or is it for the pleasure of it "in the moment" while you shave? I ask because I assume most wash off their face and apply whichever post shave toiletries and choice aftershave, which would override whatever scent might've been there.

This is not an insult in any way, but curiosity.
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In the moment for me. I primarily use MdC Rose soap which is not heavily scented and use different SV aftershaves that have Rose base notes. There is no conflict between the soap and aftershaves, but I could just as easily be fooling myself about the coordination.
 
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