2023-07-13 Look out! Jive turkeys!
- Brush: Zenith B35 Moar Boar #CHONK #OLDWORLD
- Razor: Nameless Straight 3/4" #STR8SNOB #ALLNATURAL
- Lather: St. James of London - Mandarin & Patchouli
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - D503
- Fragrance: Chatillon Lux - Yuzu/Rose/Patchouli
An ill-advised caffeine bender began last Sunday, and I think I'm finally back
to normal.
Patchouli's right in the name of today's lather and
there's the width of the razor.
Relevant Post-shave and Fragrance: This sample came with a matching
pre-shave oil instead of aftershave (like most other scents in Maggard's St.
James sampler), so I chose a citrusy aftershave to link to the mandarin of Mandarin & Patchouli.
More importantly, though, the aftershave's label is also orange, like that of the
cream's pouch thingy.
Also, the label for the fragrance is orange! At least, the label of the
corresponding soap
is orange...
Oh, hey, wouldja look at that, the label of the fragrance vial is, too!
That definitely had nothing to do with the orange highlighter that I had lying
around after the draw-a-label challenge, no sir.
And yeah, sure, it shares the citrus and patchouli highlights.
I also felt like the straight was appropriate to today's theme, because...
it's a hippie-y thing? Definitely a hipster thing, which I'm well aware is
similar by name alone. I'm convinced, though, that there's a continuum with
beatnik-hippie-hipster, which brings me to...
Challenge Accepted: Regina Spektor's early album 11:11 is full of what I
think of as beatnik vibes. I'm not about to just plop the whole album here, nor
am I going to present the standout track from the album, Pavlov's Daughter,
because that's nearly 8 minutes long.
Instead, here's the much shorter Wasteside,
which is strong with beatnikiness, with its string bass and
the lyrically-painted picture of aimless characters. Bonus for the mention
of barbershops, too.
#FOF
This list of scents and scent notes that make me say "I have no idea" is pretty
long. All I really knew about patchouli is that Patton Oswalt is not a
fan. So I bought a cheap few mL
of patchouli oil to find out what all the fuss was about.
Frankly, I like it. I am a fan. I don't see what the problem is, or why I've
seen it described here as "stanky" (which, by the way, seems like it should be
more semantically narrow than "stink," and yet the usage seems to suggest it's
nearly interchangeable. But I digress.
The patchouli is strong with this cream, so much so that I'm not sure why they
even bothered to put "mandarin" in the name. By the end of the first pass, my
opinion of patchouli completely changed. I am not a fan. I was
glad to be free of the stank (a word that I've just now decided is 100%
appropriate and indeed a subcategory of "stink") when it came time for the
D-503, which provided a relatively subtle transition thanks to the
otherwise-overpowered mandarin of the cream. The YRP at the top, being lighter
on patchouli, made me feel like I was finally free of the stank.
#photocontest
Photo: Vegetables
That's right, a mandarin is a vegetable. I'm not even joking or trying any
loopholes; it was made pretty clear that the fruit/vegatable themes aren't
tied to particular definitions thereof, and vegetables include
all edible plant matter, including [...]
fruits. There sure is a bunch of
plant-based photo themes!