June 05 2024: Canned Goop
- Brush: Hand
- Razor: Gillette - Venus Extra Smooth #RAINBOW
- Lather: Aveeno - Therapeutic Shave Gel
- Post Shave: Brut - Classic Aftershave
- Fragrance: Air-Val - Captain America EdT
There's a whole lot going on with this shave today. Canned Goop day is never fun, and in addition to the lousy lather, everything else in the shave is from a local store. Except my hand. Hence me using my wife's cartridge razor, this bottle of Brut I grabbed from the grocery store yesterday and Captain America EdT from either Target or TJ Maxx.
I usually face lather with a brush, the opposite of that is obviously bowl lathering without a brush. So I squirted some of the goop into my bowl, swirled it around with my hand, and smeared it on. The Aveeno is fine for what it is, but using the Venus is miserable. The blades are dull and the rubber bit around the border makes it especially draggy. I got through a single pass and called it quits. Brut splash is exactly what you'd expect, the scent is a classic and it does the job. And I followed it all up with some Captain America EdT. Getting to wear the Cap EdT is a treat, as it comes from legendary perfumers Air-Val International, the same house behind such fabled fragrances as the Peppa Pig perfume, eau Minecraft and Squid Game EdT. I wasn't kidding about it being a treat though since my daughter picked it out as a Christmas gift for me last year so I already feel a sentimental connection to the scent. The fact that it doesn't last long makes it beautiful in a contemplative, mono no aware sense, which is the only way that this mediocre fragrance could reasonably be described as beautiful.
The connecting theme of my products today is that they were all purchased within a 5 minute drive from my house. A further connection would be unscented, because the Aveeno gel is unscented and after about half an hour, Captain America EdT is unscented too. The Brut lasts the longest but by the time I got to work this morning there were no traces of scent left from my shave.
Sponsor spotlight is Spearhead, they have put out nothing but bangers and Roman Spice is going to get a lot of use this summer (after LG of course).