March 16, 2024 - Otter Polo
- Brush: Noble Otter Black and White 26mm Synthetic
- Razor: MM24
- Blade: GEM PTFE
- Lather: Noble Otter - Neon Sun
- Post Shave: Noble Otter - Neon Sun Splash
- Fragrance: Ralph Lauren Polo - Blue
MMarch24
I started with the fragrance today. We went to the outlet mall today to look for shoes for my daughter. While my wife and daughter were trying on shoes, I went to the Ralph Lauren store and sampled a few fragrances. I tried Black, Intense, and Blue. I gave myself a free spritz of Blue before looking to see if what damage the girls were up to. Actually surprised to find that they got a pair of shoes at the Nike outlet for just over $30. Now I didn’t buy the fragrance at the Ralph Lauren store. For an outlet store, they still had it priced pretty close if not at RRP. I could pick it up at Sam’s Club for much less. I think the RL store wanted close to $100 for 2.5 oz of EdT. At Sam’s it was around $60 for the 4.2 oz. Fragrance.net has 2.5 oz at $40 with coupon activation. Yeah, I’m not buying from Ralph if I get it.
It is Otterday with no challenges to do instead. I went through my soaps and picked the scent that worked best with Blue. I knew Neon Sun was it as soon as I opened the tub for a sniff. I still smelled them all, and maybe twice for Barrbarr. The other NO scent that was good with it was Jack. Got out the NO brush today, and made one of my best lathers this week. Great cushion, residual slickness, and post shave feel. Really any of the Elite 8 this month have awesome bases, but I hit the sweet spot today with plenty of soap and water. I thought at the start I wouldn’t get there as it foamed up with big bubbles at first, but more water, and getting all of the scooped soap to load in the brush really got it in great shape. MM24 still going gangbusters on day 16 with the blade. Today, it had a bit less toast buttering noise.
Now I need to pick my scent for the first of the Elite 8. My first gut call is Cheshire, but Marilyn, Electric Mayhem, and 42 are also jumping out. Maybe Braeburn could be the one. No bad choices really, but we’ll see what calls to me tomorrow. Today, I had Barrbarr on my mind; at least until we went shopping.