June 10, 2024 – 2024.06.10: Lather Games Day 10 – Happy Together

• Brush: Bundubeard Oryx Horn handle with 26mm AP Shave Co. Pure Bliss knot
• Razor: Razorock Hawk v3
• Blade: Schick Proline
• Lather: Declaration Grooming – Cerberus
• Post Shave: Declaration Grooming – Cerberus
• Fragrance: Declaration Grooming – Cerberus

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Daily Theme: Happy Together

Theme justification: Declaration Grooming Cerberus](https://wetshavingdatabase.com/product/declaration-grooming-cerberus/) is a Collaboration between Declaration Grooming, House of Mammoth, and Noble Otter. DG made the soap, HoM made the fragrance, and Noble Otter made the splash. I just left it as DG in the post to not annoy the robodjudge.

Relevant Post Shave & Frag: Continuing the Collaboration theme by ~~dickholing~~ trickholing Cerberus.

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Scavenger Hunt Justification:

Razor facts: N/A

Brush facts: N/A

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Daily/Special Challenge: Song Day

For my song, I'm going with Hootsforce by Gloryhammer.

I found Gloryhammer several years ago, and I don't really know why, but I just love them. I think it is just the Sci-Fi nerd in me. Hootsforce was the first song of theirs that really grabbed me. The beat and rhythm is just so much fun to listen to, then you add in the lyrics you end up with very fun song.

Makes shaving a little hard for me, though, as my head won't stay still! :)

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Fragrance description

I think most of us here have smelled Cerberus. I received a smush of it before I purchased it. When I first smelled it, I hated it. But something just kept drawing me towards it; it grew on me over the next few weeks. So when DG had their Black Friday sale I grabbed a set. My sister then bought the frag as a Christmas gift for me.

I don't wear Cerberus as much as I'd like, unfortunately. There are some people in my life that have an adverse reaction to the smell. If I had to guess, I'd say it's the Opoponax that's causing the issue. I love it, though. It's got a punch, which I really enjoy.

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Now onto the shave!

We've hit day 10 of the Lather Games! The games are a marathon, not a sprint, that is for sure.

Bog-standard shave today. It's Monday, so that's probably the reason. Lovely shave all around. Hawk++

In other news, I'm doing well following my spider bite and I'm having fiber installed at my house today. So that's great!

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Sponsor Spotlight

Barrister and Mann

Will makes great stuff. Met him at Maggards, and he seems like a cool guy. Glad to have him as a part of this community.

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Totals:

• Razor Hashtags: 8/10
• Brush Hashtags: 7/10
• Hardware Sponsor Points: 2/2
• Software Sponsor Points: 7/16
• Number of Lather Brands: 10/30
• Number of Lather Scents: 10/30
• Number of Post Shaves: 10/30
• Number of Frags: 10/30

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Contest Hashtags:

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June 10, 2024

• Prep: Hot shower

• Brush: Badger brush I've had forever with the maker's mark rubbed off

• Razor: Muhle Companion

• Blade: Astra Green (Indian)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Smash

I thought I was going to miss out on today's theme, but was pleasantly surprised to discover that Smash is a collaboration with Barrister and Mann.

The obvious song choice for today would be Jack Black as Bowser singing Peaches. But for you folks I pulled out all the stops, dug deeper, and found the intro song to the lost 90s sitcom Shaving with Strangers on the Internet.

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• June 10
• Brush: Chisel and Hound – 26mm AP Shave Co Synbad
• Razor: Aylsworth Razors - Drakkant
• Blade: Astra Superior Platinum
• Lather: Declaration Grooming – Yuzu/Rose/Patchouli
• Post Shave: Elysian - Patchouli Peach
• Fragrance: Chatillon Lux – Yuzu/Rose/Patchouli

I started the day with Declaration Grooming's Yuzu/Rose/Patchouli soap, which was a collaboration with Chatillon Lux. I don’t get a ton of Patchouli from the soap, the rose and citrus make it feel like I was transported to a serene Japanese garden. The zesty citrus is the first to greet your senses—a bright, citrusy note that dances around, waking you up gently. As the lather built up, the rose added layer of soft, floral sophistication. But deep down is the earthy patchouli that anchors everything, grounding the scent in so it’s not TOO light and floral.

As I worked the rich, creamy lather onto my face, I felt like a zen master preparing for a meditative moment of bliss. The slickness was great, the cushion of the lather was luxurious, and the scent was bringing me close to mediation. I glided the razor over my stubble like a rake in a zen garden. I kinda wish I could experience this shave for longer.

Post-shave, I reached for Patchouli Peach by Elysian Soap Shop. Now, if the soap was a serene Japanese Zen Garden, the splash was like stepping into a sunlit orchard. The initial hit of patchouli is present, familiar and grounding, but it quickly melds with the sweet, juicy scent of ripe peaches. It’s refreshing, invigorating, and adds a playful twist to the sophisticated notes of the soap.

To cap off the shave, I spritzed on Chatillon Lux – Yuzu/Rose/Patchouli. The same scent of the soap to close out the SOTD. This fragrance is the grand finale, tying everything together with its sophisticated blend. The scent comes across so much better in the fragrance than it does in the soap. The yuzu’s brightness, the rose’s elegance, and the patchouli’s earthy depth harmonized perfectly, creating a scent that beautifully lingered throughout the day. It was like carrying a piece of the morning’s tranquility with me as I went about my day.

Challenge: I couldn’t really think of any good songs about Patchouli, so I’m going with Roses by Outkast

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LG2024- June 10th

• Brush: Frank Shaving 28mm Pur- Tech synthetic #FAUXFUR
• Razor: Razorock GC .84
• Blade: Astra Green (8)
• Lather: House of Mammoth/ Barrister and Mann- Smash
• Post: Murphy and McNeil- Valle Crucis splash

Shave: except for the 2024 releases I have smelled every HOM soap. Some, like Rumble or Tobacconist, aren’t initially pleasant and need to be lathered for more of the notes to be appreciated. Smash for me was a hit the second i first took a whiff. Tusk base and Will’s scent… I love this stuff. Followed it up with Valle Crucis which was my favorite 2023 release. All around great shave.

Challenge: see below

Viewing: The greatest collab of my lifetime. The entire album is perfect. RIP Chester

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June 10, 2024 - Happy Together

• Brush: Rubberset 400 w/ Maggard Synthetic
• Razor: Yates Precision Manufacturing - 921-H
• Blade: Gillette - Silver Blue
• Lather: Declaration Grooming x House of Mammoth - Cerberus
• Post Shave: Noble Otter - Barrbarr Splash

Kind of messed my lather today with this Cerberus smush, but the scent was pretty darn good. Definitely had some sweetness, slickness, and maybe a little smokiness to it and was very unique. Thanks to u/Tetriside for sending the smush. It was one of those soaps I’ve read and heard a lot about but never had the chance to try!

Today’s song pick for me will be Right Here, Right Now by Fatboy Slim. If only I’d used a Fatboy to shave today, but I don’t own one anymore. 921 did great though!

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• Brush: Stirling - Synthetic 2 band.
• Razor: Henson AL13 Mild - Blue.
• Blade: Personna- Super/ aka FKA.
• Lather: Declaration Grooming/Chatillon Lux - 88 Chestnut Street.
• Post: CeraVe Moisturizing Cream.

Song of the day: Under Pressure - Queen and David Bowie. 2 incredible musicians combining forces for a stellar collaboration. Plus it’s Queen and David Bowie.

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Jun. 10, 2024

• Brush: AP Shave Co AP 400 22MM GELOUSY SHD FAN #RESURRECTIONBRUSH

• Razor: Gillette Rocket HD

• Blade: Nacet [1]

• Lather: Declaration Grooming / Chatillon Lux - Yuzu/Rose/Patchouli

• Post Shave: Declaration Grooming / Chatillon Lux - Yuzu/Rose/Patchouli

• Fragrance: Tom Ford - White Patchouli

Happy together!

Well I am going to get the daily challenge out of the way. I love patchouli, it is by far my most favorite scent whether it be soap, fragrance, oil, incense or candle if it smells of patchouli I’m all over it. Now back in the 90’s you were told you smelled like a dirty hippy if you had it on. So for today’s song I share with you in my opinion the best “hippy artist” from the 60’s Mr. Jimi Hendrix live in Stockholm 1969

So with that all being when I saw today’s theme on the calendar, I finally have an excuse to buy it. I now have the Chatillon Lux matching EdT in my cart. I liked it so much that after I was done shaving I took what was left in the brush and washed my face and hands with it. I would absolutely buy this in bar soap, balm and lotion if they made it.

As I am sitting here typing this out there’s a fuck ton of bullshit going on around me. My soon to be 26 yo daughter came home from work and immediately started loosing her shit because my soon to be 24 yo son who is home for summer break and my 14 yo son left “her” bathroom a mess. It’s not hers but when the middle son is not home she pretty much is the only person to use it. She’s 5’2” maybe 105 pounds soaking wet with a pocket full of rocks, he’s 6’1” 260 pounds. I had to pull her off of him. She was all over him like a spider monkey. After I stopped laughing I told both boys to go clean the bathroom. After that my wife walks in and says you have another box. So I said huh, I did not order anything and she just shook her head and called me a shave nerd and walked away. So now I am finally finishing this write up when this pain in the ass decided he wanted pets and then this one got jealous and pushed him out of the way. So now I smell great and I’m covered in Husky hair.

Frag. Tom Ford White Patchouli really goes well with Y/R/P

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Jun. 10, 2024 Happy Together * Brush: Chisel & Hound Quartermoon
Razor: Yates Winning Ti
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue * Lather: Chicago Grooming Co. - Armonía
Post Shave: Chicago Grooming Co. - Armonía * Post Shave: Osma - Alum
Post Shave: Jack Black - Double-Duty Face Moisturizer

Armonía is a collaboration between Chicago Grooming Co. and House of Mammoth. CG Co. provided the base while HoM supplied the fragrance. Both names appear on the label of the soap and aftershave. Dynamite teamwork! 🧨

Challenge: Simple - Florida Georgia Line This has been one of my daughter’s favorite songs as of late and has been requesting it often. 😃

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https://imgur.com/a/EyUT8bW

• Prep: PAA - The Cube 2.0
• Bowl: Naked Armor - Silver Fox Scuttle
• Brush: Wolf Whiskers - Iron Throne Bob Badger Knot
• Razor: Timeless - Aluminum Slant
• Blade: Gillette - London Bridge
• Lather: Zingari Man/Rogue - Bon Monsieur
• Post Shave: Talent Soap Factory - Fantastic
• Post Shave: Omega - Alum Stick

Another shave down. The Timeless slant was nice, but the London Bridge Blade was a little rough. The scent of the Zingari Man/Rogue Collaboration is out of this world! I just bought a full tub after trying this sample.

Challenge: The song I hear when shaving is The Scorpions "No One Like You" I guess I should say I hear it and picture the video. Especially the forks! Something clicks when I am shaving and that the song and video pop into my head frequently. Perhaps it is that the time I spend shaving is an escape from all of my trouble, like escaping prison or maybe it is just a good song? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VwbyBGbqPY

Personal challenge to use a different blade, razor, brush, aftershave and soap brand is still going.

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SOTD - 2024-06-10

• Beard Growth: 24 Hours
• Prep: Hot Shower
• Pre Shave: None
• Brush: Yaqi - Mysterious Space Synthetic
• Razor: Lambda Athena
• Blade: Bic Chrome Platinum
• Passes: WTG x2
• Lather: Declaration Grooming - Gratiot League Square - Chatillon Lux Collaboration
• Post Shave: Southern Witchcrafts - Fougere Nemeta After Shave Splash

• Fragance: Southern Witchcrafts - Fougere Nemeta EDP

• Comments: Collaboration day more like, Shawn Maher day… both Dec. Grooming and SW products I used today had his custom fragrances. Hopefully this is considered to be on theme for today.

Man! I love this base, great slick lather, very thick and could handle a significant amount of water. The smell is great too I got some strong incense notes, maybe that’s the sandalwood, vetiver and tobacco coming through.

Also the Fougere Nemeta - wow! Love this scent probably my favorite, managed to get one from the bazaar was lucky enough to get for today’s shave. Thanks u/EldrormR for the speedy shipping 🙂

Now coming to the song selection for today: Not Like Us - Kendrick Lamar

Let’s get serious for a minute here. We all know that Kendrick Lamar recently came out with a diss track for Drake. And it’s know that Kendrick is a long time wetshaver, some speculation is that this song is actually not a track for Drake, but rather commentary on some of the unsavory elements here, who keep chasing baby butts. There are also some folks who are participating in #FOF contest, who keep chasing notes but I think that’s still okay as long as they don’t go after the minor notes. We can root out these smooth baby butt chasers, they will never give up and will keep going against the grain of our societal values.

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Thirsty Thursday

• Brush: Chisel and Hound Scholar V20
• Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24 #FLIPTOP #MODERNGEM
• Blade: Personna PTFE Coated Stainless GEM
• Lather: Chicago Grooming Co. - Armonia
• Post Shave: Barrister and Mann - Cologne Russe Aftershave Balm
• Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Smash

Daily Gratitude
Thanks to ShavinginCT for the soap and fragrance sample. Thanks to EldrormR for including some free blades with my MM24. Thanks to our wonderful judges and other people for putting this whole thing together.

Daily Mistakes
None, I am perfect.

Daily Writeup
Writing this after work, I originally was going to do it right after I shaved but then someone asked me to cover their shift and I couldn't refuse so I didn't have time to do a writeup. Ngl today's shave was very tobacco smelling and I smelt like a smoker at work lol. Pretty good base though! It's also been a while since I've used the good ole Scholar V20 and man badger is so much better than synthetic lol. There's a big gap in my collection for some badger brushes so I might start the hunt for a nice DG brush secondhand. Today was the first time I had bacon in years and it was terrible, not much more to say.

Daily Theme Points
The scent for Armonia was crafted for Chicago Grooming Co. by House of Mammoth.

Daily Relevant Post Shave & Fragrance Points
For the fragrance I went with House of Mammoth Smash because it's another tobacco scent by House of Mammoth. For the aftershave I went with Cologne Russe because it's another darker matching kind of scent and I thought why not throw in a 3rd artisan in the mix and have a super collab shave!

Daily Challenge
For the song I went with probably my favorite song, Misty, specifically the Ella Fitzgerald version. Pretty good song especially for a band kid like me, the first time I heard this was when I was in 7th grade and decided to go to the high school jazz band concert, a kid name Alec was the lead alto at the time and he had a killer solo and that was the first decent saxophone playing I've ever heard, so this song is always special to me.

Hardware Scavenger Hunt
No new hashtags because I'm too lazy to change razors and have to make new hashtags, I just copy paste. If you want to see my reasoning for these hashtags look at my previous SOTDs.

Photo Contest
Comedy! If you can't read the note it says: Knock knock Who's There? Freep Freep Who? Free Poo? ew

TL;DR
I win rookie of the year thank you very much give me my prize.

Side Contests

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June 10, 2024

• Brush: Stirling Soap Company Finest Badger 24mm Fan Knot
• Razor: Fatip Piccolo Slant Closed Comb
• Blade: Astra Green (1)
• Lather: Declaration Grooming + Chatillon Lux Collaboration – 88 Chestnut St.
• Post Shave: Cella – Riserva Fresco
• Fragrance: Yves Saint Laurent – L’Homme Ultime

Fine shave. Love the brightness of 88 Chestnut St. I chose Cella Riserva Fresco aftershave not because it’s a collaboration, but because it suits the current transition (where I live, at least) from spring into summer. In addition to the citrus in both the soap and the aftershave, Cella Riserva has herbal notes such as basil and jasmine that lend some lushness and depth.

Wasn’t sure if I had any collaborative fragrances (that is, fragrances marketed as collaborations between houses). Upon checking, however, I discovered that YSL L’Homme Ultime, a scent that happens to go quite well with the two above, is the work of three perfumers (or “noses” as they sometimes say): Anne Flipo, Dominique Ropion, and Juliette Karagueuzoglou. A trio of noses, if you will.

Song about Being Happy…Together

As one of Adam Sandler’s characters famously mused, “Some of us will never find true love.” But that’s not what we’re here to talk about today. For me, the song that comes to mind when I think “Happy Together” is one by the Carpenters…about praising Satan. Just kidding. It’s this song (as performed by Shonen Knife).

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