July 21, 2023 - Fougère Friday

• Brush: Yaqi Dandelion Green 24mm Synthetic
• Razor: MM24
• Blade: Personna GEM PTFE
• Lather: Spearhead Shaving Company - Seaforth! Heather
• Post Shave: Barrister and Mann - Lavender Interrupted
• Fragrance: Chatillon Lux - Weinstrasse

FOF

Today’s theme is a tougher one for me. I do have a couple fougère soaps, but they are not my favorites. Heather performs excellent, and I got a very good shave. I’m surprised there aren’t a lot of shaves with it today. Maybe everyone went with Sea Spice Lime for the summertime theme. I don’t have the splash or much else in a traditional fougère, but I recall that Lavender Interrupted could be a modern interpretation of one. It certainly shares a lot of the same scents. For the fragrance, went with one of the few fougères in my samples of EdPs.

Today’s Fragrances:

Heather gives me a strong hit of earthy greens. It is a bit sharp to my nose. Baudelaire is the same for me. Since I don’t have lots in the category, my choices were limited, but Lavender Interrupted was a good choice for me. The vanilla on top of the lavender, oakmoss, Mousse de Saxe, sandalwood, etc. warms and sweetens it up for me. The EdP Weinstrasse was very interesting for me. It is somewhere between the other two. I can smell the woody and moss elements, that dark forest smell, but the white grape adds a wine-like note to the mix. The scent reminds me a little of House of Mammoth Damocles, or maybe it is the combo. I feel like I should like the category more than I actually do. Yesterday’s EdP, Jean Paul Gaultier - Le Male is called an amber fougère in the description on fragrantica.com, but it is very different from these scents.

Today’s challenge. I’ve been trying haiku’s all month, but now that it is the challenge, why is it harder to think of one?

So dark and mossy,
I prefer my scents brighter,
Two and a half stars.