July 29, 2023 - Sandalwood Saturday

• Brush: Yaqi Dandelion Green 24mm Cashmere
• Razor: Pearl Blaze
• Blade: Lord Platinum
• Lather: Edwin Jagger - Sandalwood Shaving Cream
• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Santa Noir
• Fragrance: Chatillon Lux - Rose Santal

FOF

Today’s Theme:

All three are sandalwood scents. Pretty much hits the theme.

Today’s Challenge:

Not a fan of cheating on the homework, but points are points.

For the LG overall there are a few people I can see winning and one I’d think would be awesome, but not enough shaves to contend.

u/OnionMiasma - I think all the on location shaves were great. Very engaged and funny. Not which one to win! This timeline, or the alt-universe. I guess this universe because in Bizarro World, PAA is a top artisan. Trying to guess where he’ll go next year, maybe shaving in the bleachers at Wrigley?

u/CrispMango - I can barely think of a few things for a haiku, going for 30 songs? Also, not sure the location, but if in the US, is shaving very late at night.

u/Priusaurus and u/MrTangerineSky: The feud was very entertaining, but got a bit crazy at the end.

Really a lot of good performances this year, but I’m sad that this poster didn’t go for it every day.

u/ktturtlesue - Not shaving everyday, but I looked for your replies, and all your dunking on Onion. u/OnionMiasma looks like you got a keeper.

Feats of Fragrance:

Fragrance has been a real journey for me this year. I’ve enjoyed learning more about the art, and trying more. I’ll say the the likely winners would be between u/RedMosquitoMM and u/chronnoisseur420

Photocontest:

u/gcgallant - consistently has beautiful arrangements, color, and lighting.
u/jwoods23 - I like the Lego themes

Today’s Fragrances:

After the underwhelming cheap stuff yesterday, it was nice to get back to something good. Sandalwood is in a lot of things I have. It is usually more a base note I think, so not always upfront or in your face, but it comes out as a mellow foundation that is a bit woody (duh) and sometimes a bit creamy. I couldn’t find a list of scents in the Edwin Jagger other than warm spice and sandalwood. The soap/cream was very mildly scented, and just gave me a hint of sandalwood once I got some water in the lather. To really get things more interesting, House of Mammoth - Santa Noir adds a dark and musky flavor to the sandalwood. Lots of interesting things added to the sandalwood like black currant, evergreen scents like balsam, spruce, and hemlock, then musk, patchouli, and sandalwood. A few other scents are listed, but to me it is a fresh cut pine tree with some incense in the background. Definitely get the sandalwood from it, but there is a lot layered in there. The Rose Santal from Chatillon Lux took the darker sandalwood experience of Santa Noir, and brightened things up with the rose and bergamot. This scent has the strongest sandalwood of the three. Rose as a scent is a strange one to me. Whenever I smell something rose scented, my mind just says flowers. I’d only be guessing if I said rose. I can smell lavender and lilac and pretty much identify them, but rose seems to be my default flower scent. I was talking about that with my mom a while ago. She thinks it is probably because most modern roses you get in floral arrangements have very little scent. The were cultivated for their appearance, and lost a lot of scent over time. Features like the shape of the buds, and long straight stems were the goal. I do like this EdP, and it pairs nicely with the splash.

Today’s Haiku:

Sandalwood, musk, rose,
A freshly cut Christmas tree,
A bit dark, yet bright.