Sunday, 13 May, 2018 | Mother’s Day Shave
Barrister & Mann 42 | Brass Colonial General | Feather Super Pro (2)
Currently on Shave #499 | Straight shave still at #300
First of all, I would like to wish a Happy Mother’s Day to all the wonderful women who brought us into the world!
So for the shave today, 42 seemed like it would be an appropriate set of software to use. The scent off of the tub is a pretty sharp citrus with a fairly strong floral component backing it up. The result is quite pleasant, and at a 3.5-4/5 SoS, it’s pretty strong too. Once lathered, the scent does change a bit, with some darker stuff comes through, and looking at the scent notes, it’s the ambergris. I can’t say I’m a fan of this scent note…it reminded me of something, but couldn’t put my finger on it until later in the shave. More on that later.
The shave was the 2[sup]nd[/sup] on the Feather Super Pro in the General. I think I have found my ideal blades for this razor. I was shaving a little faster today, still very aware of pressure, and ended up doing 3 ½ passes after the clean-up. The lather was pretty good, the Paladin whipping up some great suds, but it was lacking any kind of residual slickness. This was curious to me, so I added a bit more water to see if I could improve it, and actually ended up making it worse. Ok, so no water only clean-up. There was only a tiny bit more feedback from the alum than the previous shave, but still less than normal. I’m sitting here about 2 hours after the shave, and can safely say that I’m DSBBS. I topped off with the matching aftershave, which confirmed what I was smelling earlier. Normally, I would have gone with Blenheim Bouquet to match this, as it’s a very similar scent make-up (sans the mystery note), but decided to go with the Juniper Sling instead. It’s still a bright citrus-type scent, so still complemented the 42 well.
So that mystery scent? I couldn’t place it, but it was a musky something. I know it’s the ambergris that I’m smelling, but it was triggering something from my memory…when I put the aftershave on, I finally figured out exactly where I had smelled it before…or at least smelled what my mind associated with this fragrance note...our ferrets. This smelled eerily similar to the musk which comes out of our ferrets scent glands immediately after being washed. Now, that being said, I don’t completely consider this a bad thing, as I love my animals, and this does remind me of them. But, I know this won’t be a soap I break out around SWMBO, as with her sensitive sniffer, me smelling like some stinky rodents is an absolute non-starter. LOL…so much for a shave for Mother’s Day….
Have a great day everyone!
Barrister & Mann 42 | Brass Colonial General | Feather Super Pro (2)
Currently on Shave #499 | Straight shave still at #300
First of all, I would like to wish a Happy Mother’s Day to all the wonderful women who brought us into the world!
So for the shave today, 42 seemed like it would be an appropriate set of software to use. The scent off of the tub is a pretty sharp citrus with a fairly strong floral component backing it up. The result is quite pleasant, and at a 3.5-4/5 SoS, it’s pretty strong too. Once lathered, the scent does change a bit, with some darker stuff comes through, and looking at the scent notes, it’s the ambergris. I can’t say I’m a fan of this scent note…it reminded me of something, but couldn’t put my finger on it until later in the shave. More on that later.
The shave was the 2[sup]nd[/sup] on the Feather Super Pro in the General. I think I have found my ideal blades for this razor. I was shaving a little faster today, still very aware of pressure, and ended up doing 3 ½ passes after the clean-up. The lather was pretty good, the Paladin whipping up some great suds, but it was lacking any kind of residual slickness. This was curious to me, so I added a bit more water to see if I could improve it, and actually ended up making it worse. Ok, so no water only clean-up. There was only a tiny bit more feedback from the alum than the previous shave, but still less than normal. I’m sitting here about 2 hours after the shave, and can safely say that I’m DSBBS. I topped off with the matching aftershave, which confirmed what I was smelling earlier. Normally, I would have gone with Blenheim Bouquet to match this, as it’s a very similar scent make-up (sans the mystery note), but decided to go with the Juniper Sling instead. It’s still a bright citrus-type scent, so still complemented the 42 well.
So that mystery scent? I couldn’t place it, but it was a musky something. I know it’s the ambergris that I’m smelling, but it was triggering something from my memory…when I put the aftershave on, I finally figured out exactly where I had smelled it before…or at least smelled what my mind associated with this fragrance note...our ferrets. This smelled eerily similar to the musk which comes out of our ferrets scent glands immediately after being washed. Now, that being said, I don’t completely consider this a bad thing, as I love my animals, and this does remind me of them. But, I know this won’t be a soap I break out around SWMBO, as with her sensitive sniffer, me smelling like some stinky rodents is an absolute non-starter. LOL…so much for a shave for Mother’s Day….
Have a great day everyone!
