July 24, 2023
- Brush: AP Shave Co G5C 28mm
- Razor: Leaf Elite
- Blade: BIC Chrome Platinum (4)
- Lather: Talent Soap Factory – Frankie Mermaid
- Post Shave: Southern Witchcrafts – Necromantic
- Fragrance: Chatillon Lux – Weinstrasse
Huge shoutout to u/loudmusicboy for generously sending me todays sample. I was very late to getting prepared for the games and he immediately offered to help me out!
I would also like to shoutout u/OnionMiasma for many of the reasons that others have mentioned. He also offered to help me out with my calendar at the 11th hour, and has done an excellent job of making people feel included in this community inside and outside of the games.
For todays shave, Frankie Mermaid is a very sweet grapey scent. Certainly very interesting but probably not one I would go to very often. Fortunately, the Talent Soap Factory base is very very good, and provides an excellent shave.
I decided to go with the grape theme as best I could -- Necromantic is a much darker, earthier scent as with most of their offerings. Necromantic uses red wine as a scent, and wine is from grapes!
I finished it off with Chatillon Lux Weinstrasse, which is a fougère with a white grape top note, and another excellent fragrance.
All in all a great shave, and great smells.
#ROTY