July 3, 2023 – Almonday
- Brush: Muehle Classic Shaving Brush Silvertip Fibre 25mm
- Razor: Ever Ready 1912 #TWINS
- Blade: Personna GEM PTFE (7)
- Lather: Captain’s Choice – Italia
- Post Shave: Captain’s Choice – Italia
- Fragrance: Rogue Perfumery – A’Oud Ancienne
Challenge/album thoughts: I love music. I listened to music all the time when I was growing up. My iPod click wheel and iPod Classic are two things I remember fondly because I loved having all of my music with me all the time. As an adult, I switch between music and podcasts depending on the activity. While I occasionally play a vinyl on the stereo in the nearby bedroom while I shave, I typically listen to podcasts while shaving. In honor of /u/RedMosquitoMM I listened to Gorillaz – Plastic Beach, which he shaved to on June 4, 2022 during the lather games. I don’t know how I landed on that particular post any more than you do. The Gorillaz song I’m most familiar with is Clint Eastwood, which got a lot of radio play back in the day. I never liked the song and thus never felt a need to listen to the rest of their music. But, this is for Mosquito, so I pulled it up on Spotify. This isn’t a review as I’ve only listened to it once. These are initial thoughts. Plastic Beach is musically adventurous. It hits a lot of genres: hip-hop, 80’s synth pop, modern synth pop, Outrun, orchestral, space opera, Jamacain. It has a lot of features that work well on their respective tracks. There’s definitely enough going on to hold my attention. I’ll give this another listen later.
I bought this Ever-Ready 1912 for #TWINS. It came in a random case with two handles, neither or which where screwed into the head. The handles are identical. I picked one at random and screwed it into the head. It didn’t want to stay put. It kept loosening during the shave. Aside from the head pivoting randomly, it gave a good shave.
After using a smoosh for Almonday last year, I bought samples of this and Geo F. Trumper Almond cream. Italia is a straight marzipan fragrance. I enjoy baked goods with almond extract. This scratches that itch. This is a simple yet enjoyable fragrance. I’d like to have a set, but I’m trying to limit my purchases (trying). The aftershave smelled sweeter as I was spraying it from the sample. I got a spun sugar note. Once I rubbed it in and it dried, the fragrance isn’t really perceptible. I think A’Oud is overpowering it.
I picked A’Oud because it has a bitter almond base note, and that’s the only almond note I have among my frag bottles and samples. This was one of two samples that was included with a bottle of Mousee Illuminee. These vials are odd. I’m not sure how I’m supposed to use them. It took a bit of effort to remove the plunger. I splashed a bit onto each wrist and rubbed them together lightly. Surprisingly, oud isn’t the star of the show. The dominate note I get is civet. It packs a punch. I get notes of bitter citrus, and as the name suggest, oud. I wasn’t expecting this to be so fecal. There’s also nothing my nose recognizes as almond. Oh, well. I tried.
#FOF