July 29, 2023 – Sandalwood Saturday
- Brush: Muehle Classic Shaving Brush w/ Silvertip Fibre 25mm
- Razor: Karve CB
- Blade: Wizamet (17)
- Lather: Proraso – Sandalwood
- Post Shave: Proraso – Sandalwood
- Fragrance: Maher Olfactive – Santal Auster
Challenge: I didn’t realize we had a homework assignment. You know, aside from being asked this question every year. I’m not the one who’s supposed to be reading and djudging all of the posts. You’re asking someone who’s going to take a C-/D+ on the test, and that’s from cheating off the judges from listening to the podcast.
Who’s winning? I’ve enjoyed /u/Priusaurus’ interviews and his posts have been interesting and well written. I think he has a good shot.
Feats of Fragrance is tough. No one has taken it to the level /u/USS-SpongeBob did last year. There’s a bunch of us doing consistent write-ups. It’s going to be close.
I haven’t paid attention to the photo contest. I made no attempt to compete in it. Isn’t it points based on a checklist? You want to me to go through and add up everyone’s themes? That’s what the bot is for.
Thanks to /u/schontzm for the smoosh. This is my first time using Proraso. The soap was very soft, so I’m assuming it’s the cream. I’ve noticed that when the topic of Proraso comes up on the sub, sandalwood seems to be the favorite. I can see why. I used the whole smush thinking I would need all of it for two passes. This is a very fluffy soap. I ended up with enough for four passes. It lathered easily and was plenty slick. There was a bit of secondary slickness, but not a lot. My face feels very dry right now, but the shave was pleasant. This is a good sandalwood fragrance. Off the top of my head, I would say it’s dry. Let’s look through the list: “decalinyl formate” sounds like what I’m smelling. It's not very complex, but it's sure to satisfy fans of sandalwood.
I bought a sample of the aftershave to use today. It also left my face feeling dry. It’s lightly fragranced. In addition to sandalwood I smell a bit of aloe, which makes the sandalwood in this smell creamier than the soap. I like the soap, I could do without this splash.
Santal Auster is an unapologetic-ally masculine sandalwood fragrance. This smells like “amyris acetate” variety. It smells a bit earthy. It has a warm, honey sweet, resinous quality. There’s an animalic note that comes in on the tail end, like a beaver that chomped a bunch of sandalwood. While I got a lot of sandalwood at first, the animalic note now overpowers it. There’s something that smells kind of sour that inter-plays with the warm sweet note. I like animalic fragrances. This is a very good one. Once I stopped nosing it constantly and gave it time to dry down, it comes off as Sandalwood, again. It's an awesome fragrance whichever stage of dry down it's in. It's layered, nuanced, and refined. It feels classic.
#FOF