LG24-02: Ahoy, Lather Games!
- Brush: Rubberset 400 26mm Soft Tuxedo
#FRANKENBRUSH #HOLLOW
- Razor: GEM Micromatic Gen 2 "Peerless" Clog Pruf
#RUSTYBUTTRUSTY #FLIPTOP
- Blade: GEM (27)
- Lather: Lather Bros. - Flamingo Trance - Shaving Soap
- Post Shave: Rooster's Nest Bourbon Bay Rum - Batch 002
- Fragrance: Clandestine Laboratories - BELEM
- Passes: WTG, XTG
- Coffee: Colombia SO, medium roast
- Music: Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue
I obviously had to go with a bay rum soap today, and Flamingo Trance stands out in my collection for it's weird Miami energy. The Lather Bros soap base is pretty long in the tooth—very slick, pretty drying, not particularly luxurious—but this lively scent makes up for it, mashing up bay rum and tropical fruit. I followed it up with the excellent Rooster's Nest splash, which is one of the best straightforward bay rum products I've tried. To finish, I sprayed on a not-quite bay rum. While it's missing the booze, Belem is a fresh-spicy citrus with some aquatic notes in the background, centered on a strong bay note (though probably not of the West Indian bay tree variety). Paired with the unusually-boozy bay rum aftershave, it really completes the bay rum trifecta.
For today's challenge, a nod to u/Priusaurus. I'm still laughing about the fact that he said he was going to up his game after 2022 and take me down in 2023, did so, and forgot about it until I commented on his old boast after he'd won. Like the scene in the action movie where our hero blows up the helicopter and never looks back.