LG23-15: Sheep-ruh
- Brush: Rubberset 400 26mm Soft Tuxedo (thanks /u/EldrormR!)
- Razor: Wolfman Razors WR2-DC 0.95 SB / 1.25 OC
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- Blade: Voskhod (15)
- Lather: Sudsy Soapery / Chatillon Lux - Lemon Rose Chypre - Shaving Soap
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Glacial Lemon Chill - Balm
- Fragrance: Rogue Perfumery - Chypre Siam
- Passes: WTG, XTG
- Coffee: Peru, Cajamara - v: Geisha - p: Washed.
- Music: Lindstrøm - Everyone Else Is a Stranger
- LG Tags:
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Continuing my famed WetTube career, I present Mosquito Shaves Episode #2. I should do these quick videos more often.
Also, for the other half of the challenge, I recommend Another Cut Above. I like getting an international perspective on the hobby, plus the occasional head shave demo (something I don't do myself), and he's got one of the best lathering tutorials out there. Unfortunately, I don't think he's posting regularly anymore.
As I mentioned in my video, I went with two citrus-floral chypres with a straightforward lemon balm to bridge the two. (My aftershave chypres might be limited to just Alive, Famine, and the WCS.) The Chatillon Lux collaboration is true to its name, the rose soft and blushing, mixed with lemon made complex by the tang of grapefruit and jolt of ginger. I notice the labdanum and oakmoss second, balanced to let the namesake combo sing. The lemon balm is straightforward, but goes with just about anything. In this case, it references the lemon in my soap and alludes to the lime and grapefruit in my chypre fragrance. Chypre Siam is a best-in-class example of the genre, with a traditionally structured mix of flowers, spice, leather, resins, and oakmoss kissed by wonderful kaffir lime. I've tried far more animalic chypres, but that aspect is as present in Chypre Siam as you'd expect from chypre perfumes in the classic mode. Come for the sour-floral lime opening, but stay for the study in progression.