u/resolutewhatever's SOTDs for challenge 'Lather Games 2024'

Jun. 22, 2024
Brush: Maggard Razors Kit
Razor: Maggard Razors V3
Blade: Gillette Nacet * Lather: Barrister & Mann - Hallows
Post Shave: Barrister & Mann - Hallows * Fragrance: Perfums de Marly - Herod

Haven’t used Hallows since like, November, and I forgot how much I like it. To me, it’s a very gourmand scent, sweet and spicy rounded out with some darkness. I finished up with Herod which I think compliments it nicely.

Jun. 25, 2024
Brush: Maggard Razors Kit
Razor: Maggard Razors V3
Blade: Gillette Nacet * Lather: Stirling Soap Co - Christmas Eve
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Santa Noir * Fragrance: Etat Libre d’Orange - Noel au Balcon

If my favorite scent season is “rain”, Christmas is probably my second. What’s great is that these are really different scents yet still undeniably solid interpretations of Christmas.

Jun. 27, 2024
Brush: Maggard Razors Kit
Razor: Maggard Razors V3
Blade: Gillette Nacet [4]
Lather: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag
Post Shave: Macduff’s Soap Co. - Prairie Blooms
Fragrance: First Line Shave - Turtle EdP

Midnight Stag is nice to pull out every once in a while. Apparently it has 11 notes (Russian Leather, Motor Oil, Hoppes #9, Birch Tar, Oakmoss, Gasoline, Smoke, Cedar, Cade, Bergamot, Vanilla) but I just get leather and sweet oil and gas. Smells like grandpa and that’s enough for me.

Because I can’t be smelling like grandpa all day or my family will end me, I followed up with Prairie Blooms and kept the overload going (12 notes: Lilac, Lemon, White Musk, Galbanum, Ylang Ylang, Peach, Jasmine, Musk, Carnation Absolute, Bergamot, Orange Blossom, Bamboo). I love this scent and its photorealistic lilac backed by a really nice collection of sweet citrus. It’s very bright and a polar opposite of the Stag.

And finally Turtle is a dupe of Acqua di Gio Absolu, listing 14 notes (Sea Notes, Bergamot, Pear, Apple, Grapefruit, Lemon; Lavender, Rosemary and Geranium, Woody Notes, Tonka Bean, Patchouli, Amberwood, Labdanum). This continues the sweet citrus theme from Prairie Blooms but transports it to the sea before drying down to a cool patchouli.